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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">10 Feb 1915 – 1 April 1918 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">(RFC)</a><br />1 April 1918 – 31 Dec 1919 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">(RAF)</a><br />1 April 1924 – 1 June 1957<br />1 March 1958 – 6 June 1972<br />8 January 1973 – 29 February 1984<br />1 March 1984 – 11 September 1991<br />1 November 1991 – 11 March 2005<br />1 October 2008 – present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons">Flying squadron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Elementary flying training</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/No._3_Flying_Training_School_RAF" title="No. 3 Flying Training School RAF">No. 3 Flying Training School RAF</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">Home station</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wittering" title="RAF Wittering">RAF Wittering</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">'The Saints'<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Operta aperta</i></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> for 'Hidden things are revealed')<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_honour" title="Battle honour">Battle honours</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> (1915–1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle" title="Battle of Neuve Chapelle">Neuve Chappelle</a> (1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Loos" title="Battle of Loos">Loos</a> (1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Somme</a> (1916)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_(1917)" title="Battle of Arras (1917)">Arras</a> (1917)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Battle of Passchendaele">Ypres</a> (1917)*</li> <li>France and Low Countries (1939–1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dunkirk" title="Battle of Dunkirk">Dunkirk</a> (1940)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortress_Europe" title="Fortress Europe">Fortress Europe</a> (1941–1944)</li> <li>France and Germany (1944–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">Normandy</a> (1944)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arnhem" title="Battle of Arnhem">Arnhem</a> (1944)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ruhr" title="Battle of the Ruhr">Ruhr</a> (1942–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Granby" title="Operation Granby">Gulf</a> (1991)</li></ul> * <small>Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard</small></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Squadron badge heraldry</th><td class="infobox-data">Two keys in <a href="/wiki/Saltire" title="Saltire">saltire</a>. The badge symbolises <a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">army co-operation</a> duties. The keys indicate the unlocking of the enemy's secrets; the gold key by day, the black key by night. Approved by <a href="/wiki/Edward_VIII" title="Edward VIII">King Edward VIII</a> in November 1936.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Squadron roundel</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_111_Sqn.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/RAF_111_Sqn.svg/150px-RAF_111_Sqn.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/RAF_111_Sqn.svg/225px-RAF_111_Sqn.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/RAF_111_Sqn.svg/300px-RAF_111_Sqn.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="209" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Aircraft flown</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Trainer_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trainer (aircraft)">Trainer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Grob_Tutor" class="mw-redirect" title="Grob Tutor">Grob Tutor T1</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>Number 16 Squadron Royal Air Force</b>, nicknamed 'the Saints', is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons">flying squadron</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) who currently provide <a href="/wiki/Flight_training" title="Flight training">elementary flying training</a> (EFT) with the <a href="/wiki/Grob_Tutor" class="mw-redirect" title="Grob Tutor">Grob Tutor T1</a>, presently based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Wittering" title="RAF Wittering">RAF Wittering</a>, an RAF <a href="/wiki/Airbase" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbase">airbase</a> in Cambridgeshire, England.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It originally formed as a <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a> (RFC) in 1915, at <a href="/wiki/Saint-Omer" title="Saint-Omer">Saint-Omer</a>, France, to carry out a mixture of offensive patrolling and <a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a>, and was disbanded in 1919, shortly after the end of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>. The squadron reformed as part of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) in 1924, and again took on a reconnaissance role which it continued throughout the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. Post-war, the squadron was disbanded and reformed several times, and was converted to a <a href="/wiki/Bomber_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Bomber aircraft">bomber</a> squadron. Equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Panavia_Tornado" title="Panavia Tornado">Tornado GR1</a> from 1984, the squadron took part in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> in 1990. It was reformed in November 1991 as the <a href="/wiki/Operational_conversion_unit" title="Operational conversion unit">operational conversion unit</a> (OCU) for the <a href="/wiki/SEPECAT_Jaguar" title="SEPECAT Jaguar">Jaguar</a>, until the Jaguar's imminent withdrawal from service in 2005. No. 16 Squadron reformed again and took on its current role in 2008. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._16_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._16_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RFC_aircraft_with_aerial_reconnaissance_camera.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/RFC_aircraft_with_aerial_reconnaissance_camera.jpg/220px-RFC_aircraft_with_aerial_reconnaissance_camera.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/RFC_aircraft_with_aerial_reconnaissance_camera.jpg/330px-RFC_aircraft_with_aerial_reconnaissance_camera.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/RFC_aircraft_with_aerial_reconnaissance_camera.jpg/440px-RFC_aircraft_with_aerial_reconnaissance_camera.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2458" data-file-height="1772" /></a><figcaption>An observer of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_B.E.2c" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c">Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c</a> reconnaissance aircraft demonstrates a C type aerial reconnaissance camera fixed to the side of the fuselage, 1916.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons">squadron</a> was formed at <a href="/wiki/Saint-Omer" title="Saint-Omer">Saint-Omer</a>, France on 10 February 1915, from elements of <a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RAF">No. 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 6 Squadron RAF">No. 6</a>, and <a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 9 Squadron RAF">No. 9 Squadron RFC</a>. It immediately began fighting in the First World War under <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Dowding" title="Hugh Dowding">Hugh Dowding</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-wind_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wind-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for some time was based at the aerodrome at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Beaupr%C3%A9-sur-la-Lys_Abbey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beaupré-sur-la-Lys Abbey (page does not exist)">Beaupré-sur-la-Lys Abbey</a> in <a href="/wiki/La_Gorgue" title="La Gorgue">La Gorgue</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cister_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cister-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the rest of the Great War, the 'Saints'<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were deployed throughout Northern France and operated a mixture of aircraft including <a href="/wiki/Bleriot_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="Bleriot XI">Bleriot XI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martinsyde_S.1" title="Martinsyde S.1">Martinsyde S.1</a> and <a href="/wiki/B.E.2" class="mw-redirect" title="B.E.2">Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c</a> on <a href="/wiki/Offensive_(military)" title="Offensive (military)">offensive</a> patrol and <a href="/wiki/Military_tactics" title="Military tactics">tactical</a> <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a> duties.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Disbandment occurred on New Year's Eve 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-aoa_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aoa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September <a href="/wiki/1915_in_aviation" title="1915 in aviation">1915</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Grinnell-Milne" title="Duncan Grinnell-Milne">Duncan Grinnell-Milne</a> joined the squadron as a junior pilot, and later (<a href="/wiki/1933_in_aviation" title="1933 in aviation">1933</a>) published an account of his time in the squadron. His portrait of Dowding (who when the book was originally published had not then attained his later fame) is unflattering.<sup id="cite_ref-wind_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wind-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The squadron was reformed at <a href="/wiki/Old_Sarum_Airfield" title="Old Sarum Airfield">Old Sarum</a> in Wiltshire in the tactical reconnaissance role on 1 April 1924. Initially, it operated the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_F.2_Fighter" title="Bristol F.2 Fighter">Bristol Fighter</a>, but this was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Atlas" title="Armstrong Whitworth Atlas">Atlas</a> in January <a href="/wiki/1931_in_aviation" title="1931 in aviation">1931</a>, and by the <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Audax" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawker Audax">Audax</a> in December <a href="/wiki/1933_in_aviation" title="1933 in aviation">1933</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aoa_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aoa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._16_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Aircraft_in_Royal_Air_Force_Service,_1939-1945-_North_American_Na_73_and_Na_102_Mustang._ATP10680C.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/American_Aircraft_in_Royal_Air_Force_Service%2C_1939-1945-_North_American_Na_73_and_Na_102_Mustang._ATP10680C.jpg/220px-American_Aircraft_in_Royal_Air_Force_Service%2C_1939-1945-_North_American_Na_73_and_Na_102_Mustang._ATP10680C.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/American_Aircraft_in_Royal_Air_Force_Service%2C_1939-1945-_North_American_Na_73_and_Na_102_Mustang._ATP10680C.jpg/330px-American_Aircraft_in_Royal_Air_Force_Service%2C_1939-1945-_North_American_Na_73_and_Na_102_Mustang._ATP10680C.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/American_Aircraft_in_Royal_Air_Force_Service%2C_1939-1945-_North_American_Na_73_and_Na_102_Mustang._ATP10680C.jpg/440px-American_Aircraft_in_Royal_Air_Force_Service%2C_1939-1945-_North_American_Na_73_and_Na_102_Mustang._ATP10680C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="602" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American Mustang Mk.I</a>, shortly after delivery to the UK, 1941</figcaption></figure> <p>In May <a href="/wiki/1938_in_aviation" title="1938 in aviation">1938</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lysander" title="Westland Lysander">Westland Lysander</a> arrived,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">Squadron</a> continued in its tactical role in wartime France from April 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May <a href="/wiki/1940_in_aviation" title="1940 in aviation">1940</a>, it returned to England and conducted roving sea patrols searching for both downed aircrew and enemy forces.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From April <a href="/wiki/1942_in_aviation" title="1942 in aviation">1942</a>, 16 Squadron was re-equipped with the Allison-engined <a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American Mustang I</a> for fighter sweeps and reconnaissance duties over France from its base at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">RAF Weston Zoyland</a> in Somerset. The <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Spitfire Mk.V</a> took over this role from September 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-aoa_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aoa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 June 1943, the Squadron became part of the Strategic Reconnaissance Wing of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Tactical_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Tactical Air Force">2nd Tactical Air Force</a> (2TAF) as a high-altitude photo reconnaissance unit with Spitfire PR Mk.IXs based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Blackbushe" title="RAF Blackbushe">Hartford Bridge</a>. In the build-up to <a href="/wiki/D_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D Day">D Day</a>, No 16 supplied photographs instrumental to the planning of the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_Landings" class="mw-redirect" title="Normandy Landings">Allied landings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War_(1946–1991)"><span id="Cold_War_.281946.E2.80.931991.29"></span>Cold War (1946–1991)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._16_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cold War (1946–1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EE_Canberra_B(I)8_XM275_16_Sq_WATT_16.09.72_edited-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/EE_Canberra_B%28I%298_XM275_16_Sq_WATT_16.09.72_edited-3.jpg/220px-EE_Canberra_B%28I%298_XM275_16_Sq_WATT_16.09.72_edited-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/EE_Canberra_B%28I%298_XM275_16_Sq_WATT_16.09.72_edited-3.jpg/330px-EE_Canberra_B%28I%298_XM275_16_Sq_WATT_16.09.72_edited-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/EE_Canberra_B%28I%298_XM275_16_Sq_WATT_16.09.72_edited-3.jpg/440px-EE_Canberra_B%28I%298_XM275_16_Sq_WATT_16.09.72_edited-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="671" /></a><figcaption>No. 16 Squadron <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberra B(I)8</a>, with shark mouth <a href="/wiki/Nose_art" title="Nose art">nose art</a>, 1972</figcaption></figure> <p>No. 16 Squadron was disbanded at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Celle" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Celle">RAF Celle</a> on 1 April 1946<span class="noprint">; 78 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1946-04-01</span>)</span> but reformed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fassberg" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fassberg">RAF Fassberg</a> the same day, and took the 24 <a href="/wiki/Cylinder_(engine)" title="Cylinder (engine)">cylinder</a> <a href="/wiki/H_engine" title="H engine">H-engined</a> <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Tempest" title="Hawker Tempest">Hawker Tempest Mk.V</a> on charge, until converting to the <a href="/wiki/Radial_engine" title="Radial engine">radial-engined</a> Mk.II on 7 June <a href="/wiki/1946_in_aviation" title="1946 in aviation">1946</a>. On 7 December 1948, the squadron took delivery of its first <a href="/wiki/Jet_engine" title="Jet engine">jet engined</a> aircraft, the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">de Havilland Vampire FB.5</a>, which subsequently gave way to the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Venom" title="De Havilland Venom">de Havilland Venom FB.1</a> in November <a href="/wiki/1954_in_aviation" title="1954 in aviation">1954</a> until disbandment at Celle once more on 1 June 1957<span class="noprint">; 67 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1957-06-01</span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-aoa_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aoa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HS_Buccaneer_S2B_XW526_Y.16_Sq_FINN_30.07.77_edited-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/HS_Buccaneer_S2B_XW526_Y.16_Sq_FINN_30.07.77_edited-3.jpg/220px-HS_Buccaneer_S2B_XW526_Y.16_Sq_FINN_30.07.77_edited-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/HS_Buccaneer_S2B_XW526_Y.16_Sq_FINN_30.07.77_edited-3.jpg/330px-HS_Buccaneer_S2B_XW526_Y.16_Sq_FINN_30.07.77_edited-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/HS_Buccaneer_S2B_XW526_Y.16_Sq_FINN_30.07.77_edited-3.jpg/440px-HS_Buccaneer_S2B_XW526_Y.16_Sq_FINN_30.07.77_edited-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="707" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Buccaneer" title="Blackburn Buccaneer">Buccaneer S.2B</a>, No. 16 Squadron, 1977</figcaption></figure> <p>As East-West relations cooled, the Squadron reformed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Laarbruch" title="RAF Laarbruch">RAF Laarbruch</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> on 1 March 1958. No. 16 Squadron maintained a permanent readiness state, tasked with meeting the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Soviet threat</a>, in the expected conventional phase and with the use of <a href="/wiki/Tactical_nuclear_weapon" title="Tactical nuclear weapon">tactical nuclear weapons</a>. The squadron was re-quipped with the <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">Canberra B(I).8</a> armed with the <a href="/wiki/WE.177" title="WE.177">WE.177</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Two-man_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-man rule">dual-key</a> free-fall <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear bomb">nuclear bomb</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aoa_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aoa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Canberra gave way to the <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Buccaneer" title="Blackburn Buccaneer">Buccaneer S.2B</a> on 16 October 1972. The squadron's twelve Buccaneers were equipped with a variety of conventional weapons and eighteen British <a href="/wiki/WE.177" title="WE.177">WE.177</a> nuclear bombs.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Buccaneers could carry two WE.177 weapons, after taking into account <a href="/wiki/Attrition_warfare" title="Attrition warfare">attrition</a> in the conventional phase of a high-intensity European war, and after withholding some aircraft in reserve, RAF planners expected that squadron strength remaining would still be sufficient to deliver the nuclear weapons stockpile. The Buccaneer distinguished itself in many bombing exercises; among its victories included the winning of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Salmond_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salmond Trophy (page does not exist)">Salmond Trophy</a> in <a href="/wiki/1978_in_aviation" title="1978 in aviation">1978</a> and <a href="/wiki/1979_in_aviation" title="1979 in aviation">1979</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The squadron briefly expanded in <a href="/wiki/1983_in_aviation" title="1983 in aviation">1983</a>-<a href="/wiki/1984_in_aviation" title="1984 in aviation">1984</a>, absorbing some aircraft and personnel from its sister <a href="/wiki/No._15_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 15 Squadron RAF">15 Squadron</a> which had converted to the <a href="/wiki/Panavia_Tornado" title="Panavia Tornado">Panavia Tornado GR1</a>. 16 Squadron followed in late 1984 following the 'designate' process where a new 16 Squadron 'formed up' at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Honington" title="RAF Honington">RAF Honington</a>, before moving to Laarbruch and assuming the squadron standard from the Buccaneer unit which had continued to operate throughout. Despite the change of aircraft, the squadron's role remained unchanged in countering a Soviet threat in Europe with conventional weapons and eighteen <a href="/wiki/WE.177" title="WE.177">WE.177</a> nuclear bombs. As with the Buccaneer, there was a ratio of 1.5 weapons per aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:16-20_Squadron_Tabuk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/16-20_Squadron_Tabuk.jpg/220px-16-20_Squadron_Tabuk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/16-20_Squadron_Tabuk.jpg/330px-16-20_Squadron_Tabuk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/16-20_Squadron_Tabuk.jpg/440px-16-20_Squadron_Tabuk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="881" data-file-height="661" /></a><figcaption>Letter sent to 16/20 Squadron groundcrews upon return from <a href="/wiki/Tabuk,_Saudi_Arabia" title="Tabuk, Saudi Arabia">Tabuk</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Ahead of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Granby" title="Operation Granby">Operation GRANBY</a> in <a href="/wiki/1990_in_aviation" title="1990 in aviation">1990</a> and the first <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>, the squadron deployed to <a href="/wiki/Tabuk,_Saudi_Arabia" title="Tabuk, Saudi Arabia">Tabuk</a> <a href="/wiki/Airbase" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbase">airbase</a>. No. 16 was the lead squadron in the deployment, with <a href="/wiki/No._20_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 20 Squadron RAF">No. 20</a> and crews from other Tornado GR1 squadrons. The 'Tabuk Force' used <a href="/wiki/JP233" title="JP233">JP233s</a> and 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Pound_(mass)" title="Pound (mass)">pounds</a> (450 <a href="/wiki/Kilogram" title="Kilogram">kilograms</a>) bombs on low-level sorties against <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraqi</a> airfields and other targets. Some of the Squadron's aircraft later formed a <a href="/wiki/TIALD" title="TIALD">TIALD</a> flight that conducted accurate medium-level bombing.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following hostilities, the Squadron disbanded on 11 September 1991<span class="noprint">; 33 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1991-09-11</span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SEPECAT_Jaguar_(1991–2005)"><span id="SEPECAT_Jaguar_.281991.E2.80.932005.29"></span>SEPECAT Jaguar (1991–2005)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._16_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: SEPECAT Jaguar (1991–2005)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sepecat_Jaguar_GR1A,_UK_-_Air_Force_AN1878247.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Sepecat_Jaguar_GR1A%2C_UK_-_Air_Force_AN1878247.jpg/220px-Sepecat_Jaguar_GR1A%2C_UK_-_Air_Force_AN1878247.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Sepecat_Jaguar_GR1A%2C_UK_-_Air_Force_AN1878247.jpg/330px-Sepecat_Jaguar_GR1A%2C_UK_-_Air_Force_AN1878247.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Sepecat_Jaguar_GR1A%2C_UK_-_Air_Force_AN1878247.jpg/440px-Sepecat_Jaguar_GR1A%2C_UK_-_Air_Force_AN1878247.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/SEPECAT_Jaguar" title="SEPECAT Jaguar">SEPECAT Jaguar GR1A</a> XX116 of No. 16(R) Squadron in commemorative livery, displaying '<a href="/wiki/The_Saint_(Simon_Templar)" title="The Saint (Simon Templar)">The Saint</a>' on its tail fin, 1995</figcaption></figure> <p>On 1 November 1991, the Squadron reformed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth" title="RAF Lossiemouth">RAF Lossiemouth</a> as No. 16(Reserve) Squadron, a <a href="/wiki/Military_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Military Reserve">reserve</a> squadron and an <a href="/wiki/Operational_conversion_unit" title="Operational conversion unit">operational conversion unit</a> (OCU), replacing and taking over the aircraft and weapons of <a href="/wiki/No._226_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF" title="No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF">No. 226 OCU</a>, training and converting new pilots for the <a href="/wiki/SEPECAT_Jaguar" title="SEPECAT Jaguar">SEPECAT Jaguar</a>. Although no longer a front-line operational squadron, as a reserve, or shadow squadron, its twelve aircraft were equipped with conventional weapons and eight <a href="/wiki/WE.177" title="WE.177">WE.177</a> nuclear weapons for use in a high-intensity European war, and it remained assigned to <a href="/wiki/SACEUR" class="mw-redirect" title="SACEUR">SACEUR</a> for that purpose.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although a non-operational squadron, its pilots were still involved in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Deny_Flight" title="Operation Deny Flight">Operation DENY FLIGHT</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Northern_Watch" title="Operation Northern Watch">Operation NORTHERN WATCH</a>. The squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coltishall" title="RAF Coltishall">RAF Coltishall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a>, on 21 July 2000, thus consolidating the RAF's entire Jaguar force at one <a href="/wiki/Airbase" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbase">airbase</a>, joining numbers <a href="/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 6 Squadron RAF">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._41_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 41 Squadron RAF">41</a>, and <a href="/wiki/No._54_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 54 Squadron RAF">54</a> squadrons.<sup id="cite_ref-aoa_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aoa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2003, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> (MoD) announced with the <a href="/wiki/Delivering_Security_in_a_Changing_World" title="Delivering Security in a Changing World">Delivering Security in a Changing World</a> defence review, RAF Coltishall would close in 2007, and the recently upgraded Jaguar fleet would be retired early.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This led to the disbandment of No. 16 Squadron on 11 March 2005 as the Jaguar approached retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Squadron Standard<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was laid up in Notre-Dame Cathedral <a href="/wiki/Saint-Omer" title="Saint-Omer">Saint-Omer</a>, France on 20 March 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elementary_flying_training_(2008–present)"><span id="Elementary_flying_training_.282008.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Elementary flying training (2008–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._16_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elementary flying training (2008–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 October 2008, the squadron was reformed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Cranwell" title="RAF Cranwell">RAF Cranwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a>, as part of <a href="/wiki/No._22_Group_RAF" title="No. 22 Group RAF">No. 22 Group</a>, operating the <a href="/wiki/Grob_Tutor" class="mw-redirect" title="Grob Tutor">Grob Tutor T1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No. 16(R) Squadron continues its training role by instructing new <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) <a href="/wiki/Pilot" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilot">pilots</a> in elementary flying training (EFT)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as part of No.1 Elementary Flying Training School (1EFTS). From <a href="/wiki/2005_in_aviation" title="2005 in aviation">2005</a> to <a href="/wiki/2008_in_aviation" title="2008 in aviation">2008</a>, the unit was known as 1 Squadron, 1 EFTS following a restructuring of the RAF's pilot training.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the first half of <a href="/wiki/2015_in_aviation" title="2015 in aviation">2015</a>, No. 16(R) Squadron, along with <a href="/wiki/No._115_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 115 Squadron RAF">No. 115(R) Squadron</a> relocated to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Wittering" title="RAF Wittering">RAF Wittering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a>, which saw flying return to the base for the first time since <a href="/wiki/2010_in_aviation" title="2010 in aviation">2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_operated">Aircraft operated</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._16_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aircraft operated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Supermarine_Spitfire_PR_XIX_G-RRGN_5D4_8391_(52255390332).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Supermarine_Spitfire_PR_XIX_G-RRGN_5D4_8391_%2852255390332%29.jpg/220px-Supermarine_Spitfire_PR_XIX_G-RRGN_5D4_8391_%2852255390332%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Supermarine_Spitfire_PR_XIX_G-RRGN_5D4_8391_%2852255390332%29.jpg/330px-Supermarine_Spitfire_PR_XIX_G-RRGN_5D4_8391_%2852255390332%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Supermarine_Spitfire_PR_XIX_G-RRGN_5D4_8391_%2852255390332%29.jpg/440px-Supermarine_Spitfire_PR_XIX_G-RRGN_5D4_8391_%2852255390332%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4497" data-file-height="3002" /></a><figcaption>Preserved Spitfire PR XIX painted in the colours of No. 16 Squadron, 2022 </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:16Sqn_Tutor1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/16Sqn_Tutor1.jpg/220px-16Sqn_Tutor1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/16Sqn_Tutor1.jpg/330px-16Sqn_Tutor1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/16Sqn_Tutor1.jpg/440px-16Sqn_Tutor1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>A No. 16(R) Squadron student pilot flies his first solo formation sortie in <a href="/wiki/Grob_Tutor" class="mw-redirect" title="Grob Tutor">Grob Tutor T1</a> G-BYWB, 2009.</figcaption></figure> <p>Aircraft operated included: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Aircraft operate by No. 16 Squadron RAF </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; background:#B0C4DE">date from</th> <th style="text-align:left; background:#B0C4DE">date to</th> <th style="text-align:left; background:#B0C4DE"><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_manufacturer" class="mw-redirect" title="Aircraft manufacturer">manufacturer</a></th> <th style="text-align:left; background:#B0C4DE">aircraft model </th></tr> <tr> <td>February 1915</td> <td>March 1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Aircraft Factory">Royal Aircraft Factory</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_R.E.5" title="Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.5">R.E.5</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1915</td> <td>March 1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vickers" title="Vickers">Vickers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vickers_FB5" class="mw-redirect" title="Vickers FB5">F.B.5</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1915</td> <td>March 1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_Bl%C3%A9riot" title="Louis Blériot">Blériot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bleriot_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="Bleriot XI">XI</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1915</td> <td>May 1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martinsyde" title="Martinsyde">Martinsyde</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martinsyde_S.1" title="Martinsyde S.1">S.1</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 1915</td> <td>May 1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Voisin" title="Gabriel Voisin">Voisin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Voisin_III" title="Voisin III">III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 1915</td> <td>May 1917</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Aircraft Factory">Royal Aircraft Factory</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_BE.2" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2">B.E.2c</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 1915</td> <td>November 1917</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Farman_Aviation_Works" title="Farman Aviation Works">Farman Aviation Works</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Farman_S.11" class="mw-redirect" title="Maurice Farman S.11">S.11</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 1915</td> <td>December 1919</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Aircraft Factory">Royal Aircraft Factory</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_R.E.8" title="Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8">R.E.8</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1924</td> <td>1931</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Aeroplane_Company" title="Bristol Aeroplane Company">Bristol Aeroplane Company</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bristol_F.2_Fighter" title="Bristol F.2 Fighter">F.2 Fighter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931</td> <td>1934</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Aircraft" title="Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft">Armstrong Whitworth</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Atlas" title="Armstrong Whitworth Atlas">Atlas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1934</td> <td>1938</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Aircraft" title="Hawker Aircraft">Hawker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">Audax</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938</td> <td>1942</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Westland_Aircraft" title="Westland Aircraft">Westland</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Westland_Lysander" title="Westland Lysander">Lysander</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1942</td> <td>1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_American_Aviation" title="North American Aviation">North American Aviation</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">Mustang</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1944</td> <td>1946</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Supermarine" title="Supermarine">Supermarine</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Spitfire Mk.XI</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1946</td> <td>1948</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Aircraft" title="Hawker Aircraft">Hawker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Tempest" title="Hawker Tempest">Tempest V</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948</td> <td>1948</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Aircraft" title="Hawker Aircraft">Hawker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Tempest" title="Hawker Tempest">Tempest II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948</td> <td>1954</td> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland" title="De Havilland">de Havilland</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">Vampire FB.5</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954</td> <td>1957</td> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland" title="De Havilland">de Havilland</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Venom" title="De Havilland Venom">Venom FB.1</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958</td> <td>1972</td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_Electric" title="English Electric">English Electric</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">Canberra B(I).8</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972</td> <td>1984</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Aircraft" title="Blackburn Aircraft">Blackburn</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Buccaneer" title="Blackburn Buccaneer">Buccaneer S.2B</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984</td> <td>1991</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Panavia">Panavia</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panavia_Tornado" title="Panavia Tornado">Tornado GR1</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td>2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/SEPECAT" title="SEPECAT">SEPECAT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/SEPECAT_Jaguar" title="SEPECAT Jaguar">Jaguar GR1, GR3, T2, & T4</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td>present</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grob_Aerospace" class="mw-redirect" title="Grob Aerospace">Grob</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grob_Tutor" class="mw-redirect" title="Grob Tutor">Tutor T1</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanding_officers">Commanding officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._16_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Commanding officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:No._16_Squadron_RAF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/No._16_Squadron_RAF.jpg/220px-No._16_Squadron_RAF.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="347" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/No._16_Squadron_RAF.jpg/330px-No._16_Squadron_RAF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/No._16_Squadron_RAF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="592" /></a><figcaption>No. 16 Squadron's 'Saint' logo. The nickname stems from the original formation at Saint Omer in France. In the past, the logo has been painted onto No. 16 Squadron aircraft and worn as a badge on the flying suits. The badge is presented to student pilots after their first solo sortie.</figcaption></figure> <p>Commanding officers included: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Officer commanding, No. 16 Squadron RFC / RAF </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; background:#B0C4DE">date from</th> <th style="text-align:left; background:#B0C4DE">date to</th> <th style="text-align:left; background:#B0C4DE"><a href="/wiki/RAF_officer_ranks" title="RAF officer ranks">rank</a></th> <th style="text-align:left; background:#B0C4DE">name </th></tr> <tr> <td>8 February 1915</td> <td>23 July 1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">Major</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Felton_Holt" title="Felton Holt">F V Holt</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 July 1915</td> <td>January 1916</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">Major</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Dowding,_1st_Baron_Dowding" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding">H C T Dowding</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 1916</td> <td>5 August 1916</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">Major</a></td> <td>D W Powell<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 August 1916</td> <td>16 June 1917</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">Major</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Maltby" title="Paul Maltby">P C Maltby</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 June 1918</td> <td>June 1918</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">Major</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Portal,_1st_Viscount_Portal_of_Hungerford" title="Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford">C F A Portal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a> and <a href="/wiki/Medal_bar" title="Medal bar">Bar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">MC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 1918</td> <td>1919</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">Major</a></td> <td>A W C V Parr </td></tr> <tr> <td>1924</td> <td>1925</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>J O Archer, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire">CBE</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1925</td> <td>1928</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alec_Coryton" title="Alec Coryton">W A Coryton</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">MVO</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1928</td> <td>1931</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>D O Mulholland, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)">AFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931</td> <td>1933</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>A R Churchman,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1933</td> <td>1934</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>J R I Scrambler, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)">AFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1934</td> <td>1936</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>R P Musgrave-Whitman, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire">OBE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">MC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1936</td> <td>1938</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>T Humble </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938</td> <td>1939</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>R E S Skelton </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940</td> <td>1940</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>T Humble </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940</td> <td>1941</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>R C Hancock </td></tr> <tr> <td>1941</td> <td>1942</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>P W Stansfeld </td></tr> <tr> <td>1942</td> <td>1942</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>A F Pallot </td></tr> <tr> <td>1942</td> <td>1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>J R Davenport </td></tr> <tr> <td>1943</td> <td>1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>R I M Bowen, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1943</td> <td>1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>Mackie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1943</td> <td>1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>E M Goodale, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1944</td> <td>1945</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Norman_Davis" title="Anthony Norman Davis">A N Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1945</td> <td>1946</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>A S Baker, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1946</td> <td>1948</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>D C Usher, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Medal" title="Distinguished Flying Medal">DFM</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948</td> <td>1948</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>R E Mooney </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948</td> <td>1949</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>L A Malins, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1949</td> <td>1951</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>L H Lambert, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)">AFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951</td> <td>1952</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>J E J Sing, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952</td> <td>1952</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>R H Benwell </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952</td> <td>1954</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>R U P De Burgh </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954</td> <td>1956</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>G G G Walkington </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956</td> <td>1956</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>C E Keay </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956</td> <td>1958</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flight_lieutenant" title="Flight lieutenant">Flight lieutenant</a></td> <td>H E Clements </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958</td> <td>1960</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>J R Forsythe,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960</td> <td>1963</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>J E Holland, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">DFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963</td> <td>1964</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>J V Horwood </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964</td> <td>1966</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>A L Bennett </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966</td> <td>1968</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>J C Newby </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968</td> <td>1970</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>L C Swalwell </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970</td> <td>1973</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>K J Appleboom </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973</td> <td>1975</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>R A Edwards </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975</td> <td>1977</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>W I C Stoker </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977</td> <td>1980</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Cousins" title="David Cousins">D Cousins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)">AFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980</td> <td>1983</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>P C Norriss, <a href="/wiki/New_Year_Honours_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="New Year Honours 2000">KBE</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983</td> <td>1984</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>E R Cox </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984</td> <td>1986</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>R H Goodall, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)">AFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986</td> <td>1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>R F R Carr </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988</td> <td>1991</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>I Travers Smith, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td>1992</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>N C Rusling </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td>1995</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>J W White, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire">CBE</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td>1997</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>B W Newby, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)">AFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td>2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>A J Sudlow, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire">MBE</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>P Allan </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td>2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing commander</a></td> <td>G Stockill </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td>2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>I S Smith<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>S J Foote </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td>2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>F C J Parkinson </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>C A Melen, <a href="/wiki/Conspicuous_Service_Medal" title="Conspicuous Service Medal">CSM</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td>present</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td> <td>M Pickles </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stations">Stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._16_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stations included: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Stations and bases, No. 16 Squadron RFC / RAF </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left; background:#B0C4DE">date from</th> <th style="text-align:left; background:#B0C4DE">date to</th> <th style="text-align:left; background:#B0C4DE">location</th> <th style="text-align:left; background:#B0C4DE">notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>10 February 1915</td> <td>5 March 1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint-Omer" title="Saint-Omer">Saint-Omer</a></td> <td>initial formation </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 March 1915</td> <td>31 May 1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Gorgue" title="La Gorgue">La Gorgue</a></td> <td>detachment to <a href="/wiki/Aire-sur-la-Lys" title="Aire-sur-la-Lys">Aire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle" title="Battle of Neuve Chapelle">Battle of Neuve Chapelle</a> began 10 March 1915 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 June 1915</td> <td>17 July 1915</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choques&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Choques (page does not exist)">Choques</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 July 1915</td> <td>11 December 1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merville,_Nord" title="Merville, Nord">Merville</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Loos" title="Battle of Loos">Battle of Loos</a> between 25 and 28 September 1915 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 December 1915</td> <td>30 August 1916</td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Gorgue" title="La Gorgue">La Gorgue</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 August 1916</td> <td>24 May 1917</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruay">Bruay</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Battle of the Somme</a> between 1 July and 18 November 1916 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 May 1917</td> <td>20 October 1918</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Camblain-l%27Abbe" class="mw-redirect" title="Camblain-l'Abbe">Camblain-l'Abbe</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 October 1918</td> <td>24 October 1918</td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Brayelle_Airfield" title="La Brayelle Airfield">La Brayelle</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 October 1918</td> <td>13 February 1918</td> <td>Auchy</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 February 1918</td> <td>31 December 1918</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fowlmere" title="Fowlmere">Fowlmere</a></td> <td>disbanded following cessation of hostilities </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 April 1924</td> <td>16 February 1940</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Sarum_Airfield" title="Old Sarum Airfield">Old Sarum</a></td> <td>reformed as Army co-operation squadron<br />1938 - first squadron to operate the Lysander </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 February 1940</td> <td>12 April 1940</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawkinge" title="Hawkinge">Hawkinge</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 April 1940</td> <td>13 April 1940</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amiens" title="Amiens">Amiens</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 April 1940</td> <td>18 May 1940</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bertangles" title="Bertangles">Bertangles</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a> commenced 10 May 1940 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 May 1940</td> <td>2 June 1940</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lympne_Airport" title="Lympne Airport">Lympne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk evacuation</a> between 26 May and 4 June 1940 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 June 1940</td> <td>28 June 1940</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Redhill_Aerodrome" title="Redhill Aerodrome">Redhill</a></td> <td>first RAF squadron to operate there </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 June 1940</td> <td>2 August 1940</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge Airport">Cambridge</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 August 1940</td> <td>14 August 1940</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Okehampton" title="Okehampton">Okehampton</a></td> <td>detachment to Cambridge </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 August 1940</td> <td>3 June 1941</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">Western Zoyland</a></td> <td>Detachments to <a href="/wiki/Okehampton" title="Okehampton">Okehampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Roborough" title="RAF Roborough">Roborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Tilshead" title="RAF Tilshead">RAF Tilshead</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Just_in_Penwith" title="St Just in Penwith">St Just</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bolt_Head" title="Bolt Head">Bolt Head</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a> occurred between 10 July and 31 October 1940. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 June 1941</td> <td>5 June 1941</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Okehampton" title="Okehampton">Okehampton</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 June 1941</td> <td>8 September 1941</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">Western Zoyland</a></td> <td>detachments to <a href="/wiki/Lee-on-Solent" class="mw-redirect" title="Lee-on-Solent">Lee-on-Solent</a> and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Tilshead" title="RAF Tilshead">RAF Tilshead</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 September 1941</td> <td>10 September 1941</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Okehampton" title="Okehampton">Okehampton</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 September 1941</td> <td>24 September 1941</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">Western Zoyland</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 September 1941</td> <td>2 October 1941</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thruxton" title="RAF Thruxton">Thruxton</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 October 1941</td> <td>22 November 1941</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">Western Zoyland</a></td> <td>detachment to <a href="/wiki/Farnborough_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Farnborough Airfield">Farnborough</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 November 1941</td> <td>26 November 1941</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lympne" title="Lympne">Lympne</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 November 1941</td> <td>31 December 1942</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">Western Zoyland</a></td> <td>detachment to <a href="/wiki/Okehampton" title="Okehampton">Okehampton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 January 1943</td> <td>25 February 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andover" title="RAF Andover">Andover</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 February 1943</td> <td>12 March 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ford" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Ford">Ford</a>, Wiltshire</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 March 1943</td> <td>5 April 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andover" title="RAF Andover">Andover</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 April 1943</td> <td>8 April 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">Western Zoyland</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 April 1943</td> <td>15 May 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andover" title="RAF Andover">Andover</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 May 1943</td> <td>21 May 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">Western Zoyland</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 May 1943</td> <td>31 May 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andover" title="RAF Andover">Andover</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 June 1943</td> <td>28 June 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Middle_Wallop" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Middle Wallop">Middle Wallop</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 June 1943</td> <td>15 April 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Blackbushe" title="RAF Blackbushe">Hartford Bridge</a></td> <td>operated in Strategic Reconnaissance Wing of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Tactical_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Tactical Air Force">2nd Tactical Air Force</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 April 1944</td> <td>19 September 1945</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Northolt" title="RAF Northolt">Northolt</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Normandy_Landings" class="mw-redirect" title="Normandy Landings">D-Day</a> on 6 June 1944, based several ALGs as part of 2TAF.<br />Disbanded following cessation of hostilities. </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 September 1945</td> <td>1 April 1946</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Celle" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Celle">Celle</a></td> <td>reformed and disbanded; renumbered from <a href="/wiki/No._268_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 268 Squadron RAF">268 Squadron</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 April 1946</td> <td>31 May 1946</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fassberg" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fassberg">Fassberg</a></td> <td>reformed from <a href="/wiki/No._56_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 56 Squadron RAF">56 Squadron</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 June 1946</td> <td>11 June 1946</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Manston" title="RAF Manston">Manston</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 June 1946</td> <td>20 June 1946</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fassberg" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fassberg">Fassberg</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 June 1946</td> <td>13 July 1946</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sylt" title="Sylt">Sylt</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 July 1946</td> <td>4 September 1946</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fassberg" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fassberg">Fassberg</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 September 1946</td> <td>15 September 1946</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Manston" title="RAF Manston">Manston</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 September 1946</td> <td>3 February 1947</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fassberg" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fassberg">Fassberg</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 February 1947</td> <td>20 March 1947</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Gatow" title="RAF Gatow">Gatow</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 March 1947</td> <td>7 May 1947</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fassberg" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fassberg">Fassberg</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 May 1947</td> <td>19 May 1947</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ahlhorn" title="RAF Ahlhorn">Ahlhorn</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 May 1947</td> <td>12 July 1947</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fassberg" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fassberg">Fassberg</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 July 1947</td> <td>11 August 1947</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zeltweg_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Zeltweg Airfield">Zeltweg</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 August 1947</td> <td>5 October 1947</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fassberg" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fassberg">Fassberg</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 October 1947</td> <td>16 October 1947</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Middle_Wallop" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Middle Wallop">Middle Wallop</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 October 1947</td> <td>2 November 1947</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fassberg" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fassberg">Fassberg</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 November 1947</td> <td>23 November 1947</td> <td><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck" title="Lübeck">Lübeck</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 November 1947</td> <td>31 November 1947</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fassberg" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fassberg">Fassberg</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 December 1947</td> <td>5 January 1948</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_G%C3%BCtersloh" title="RAF Gütersloh">Gütersloh</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 January 1948</td> <td>1 February 1948</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Gatow" title="RAF Gatow">Gatow</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 February 1948</td> <td>13 July 1948</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_G%C3%BCtersloh" title="RAF Gütersloh">Gütersloh</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berlin_Airlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin Airlift">Berlin Airlift</a> begins on 24 June 1948 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 July 1948</td> <td>6 August 1948</td> <td><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck" title="Lübeck">Lübeck</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 August 1948</td> <td>1 November 1950</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_G%C3%BCtersloh" title="RAF Gütersloh">Gütersloh</a></td> <td>Berlin Airlift ends 11 May 1949 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 November 1950</td> <td>1 June 1957</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Celle" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Celle">Celle</a></td> <td>disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 March 1958</td> <td>6 June 1972</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Laarbruch" title="RAF Laarbruch">Laarbruch</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a> between 8 and 28 October 1962 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 January 1973</td> <td>29 February 1984</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Laarbruch" title="RAF Laarbruch">Laarbruch</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 Mar 1984</td> <td>11 Sep 1991</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Laarbruch" title="RAF Laarbruch">Laarbruch</a></td> <td>squadron took part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Granby" title="Operation Granby">Operation GRANBY</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 November 1991</td> <td>20 July 2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth" title="RAF Lossiemouth">Lossiemouth</a></td> <td>became a Reserve squadron as Jaguar OCU </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 July 2000</td> <td>11 March 2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Coltishall" title="RAF Coltishall">Coltishall</a></td> <td>Coltishall, the last surviving operational RAF base 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<li><a href="/wiki/No._67_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 67 Squadron RAF">67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._68_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 68 Squadron RAF">68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._69_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 69 Squadron RAF">69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._71_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 71 Squadron RAF">71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._73_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 73 Squadron RAF">73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._74_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 74 Squadron RAF">74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._75_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 75 Squadron RAF">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._76_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 76 Squadron RAF">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._77_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 77 Squadron RAF">77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._79_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 79 Squadron RAF">79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._81_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 81 Squadron RAF">81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._82_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 82 Squadron RAF">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._83_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 83 Squadron RAF">83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._85_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 85 Squadron RAF">85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._86_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 86 Squadron RAF">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._87_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 87 Squadron RAF">87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._88_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 88 Squadron RAF">88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._89_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 89 Squadron RAF">89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._90_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 90 Squadron RAF">90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._91_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 91 Squadron RAF">91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._93_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 93 Squadron RAF">93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._94_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 94 Squadron RAF">94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._95_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 95 Squadron RAF">95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._96_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 96 Squadron RAF">96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._97_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 97 Squadron RAF">97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._98_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 98 Squadron RAF">98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._100_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 100 Squadron RAF">100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._102_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 102 Squadron RAF">102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._103_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 103 Squadron RAF">103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._104_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 104 Squadron RAF">104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._105_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 105 Squadron RAF">105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._106_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 106 Squadron RAF">106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._107_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 107 Squadron RAF">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._108_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 108 Squadron RAF">108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._109_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 109 Squadron RAF">109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._110_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 110 Squadron RAF">110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._111_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 111 Squadron RAF">111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._112_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 112 Squadron RAF">112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._113_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 113 Squadron RAF">113</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._114_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 114 Squadron RAF">114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._116_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 116 Squadron RAF">116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._117_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 117 Squadron RAF">117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._118_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 118 Squadron RAF">118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._119_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 119 Squadron RAF">119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._121_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 121 Squadron RAF">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._122_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 122 Squadron RAF">122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._123_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 123 Squadron RAF">123</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._124_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 124 Squadron RAF">124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._125_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 125 Squadron RAF">125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._126_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 126 Squadron RAF">126</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._127_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 127 Squadron RAF">127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._128_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 128 Squadron RAF">128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._129_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 129 Squadron RAF">129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._130_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 130 Squadron RAF">130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._131_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 131 Squadron RAF">131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._132_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 132 Squadron RAF">132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._133_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 133 Squadron RAF">133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._134_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 134 Squadron RAF">134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._135_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 135 Squadron RAF">135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._136_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 136 Squadron RAF">136</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._137_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 137 Squadron RAF">137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._138_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 138 Squadron RAF">138</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._139_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 139 Squadron RAF">139</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._140_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 140 Squadron RAF">140</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._141_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 141 Squadron RAF">141</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._142_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 142 Squadron RAF">142</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._143_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 143 Squadron RAF">143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._144_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 144 Squadron RAF">144</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._145_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 145 Squadron RAF">145</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._146_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 146 Squadron RAF">146</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._147_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 147 Squadron RAF">147</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._148_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 148 Squadron RAF">148</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._149_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 149 Squadron RAF">149</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._150_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 150 Squadron RAF">150</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._151_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 151 Squadron RAF">151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._152_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 152 Squadron RAF">152</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._153_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 153 Squadron RAF">153</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._154_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 154 Squadron RAF">154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._155_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 155 Squadron RAF">155</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._156_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 156 Squadron RAF">156</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._157_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 157 Squadron RAF">157</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._158_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 158 Squadron RAF">158</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._159_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 159 Squadron RAF">159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._160_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 160 Squadron RAF">160</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._161_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 161 Squadron RAF">161</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._162_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 162 Squadron RAF">162</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._163_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 163 Squadron RAF">163</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._164_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 164 Squadron RAF">164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._165_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 165 Squadron RAF">165</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._166_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 166 Squadron RAF">166</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._167_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 167 Squadron RAF">167</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._168_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 168 Squadron RAF">168</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._169_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 169 Squadron RAF">169</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._170_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 170 Squadron RAF">170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._171_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 171 Squadron RAF">171</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._172_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 172 Squadron RAF">172</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._173_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 173 Squadron RAF">173</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._174_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 174 Squadron RAF">174</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._175_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 175 Squadron RAF">175</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._176_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 176 Squadron RAF">176</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._177_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 177 Squadron RAF">177</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._178_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 178 Squadron RAF">178</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._179_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 179 Squadron RAF">179</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._180_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 180 Squadron RAF">180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._181_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 181 Squadron RAF">181</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._182_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 182 Squadron RAF">182</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._183_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 183 Squadron RAF">183</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._184_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 184 Squadron RAF">184</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._185_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 185 Squadron RAF">185</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._186_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 186 Squadron RAF">186</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._187_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 187 Squadron RAF">187</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._188_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 188 Squadron RAF">188</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._189_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 189 Squadron RAF">189</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._190_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 190 Squadron RAF">190</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._191_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 191 Squadron RAF">191</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._192_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 192 Squadron RAF">192</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._193_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 193 Squadron RAF">193</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._194_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 194 Squadron RAF">194</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._195_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 195 Squadron RAF">195</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._196_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 196 Squadron RAF">196</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._197_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 197 Squadron RAF">197</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._198_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 198 Squadron RAF">198</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._199_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 199 Squadron RAF">199</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._200_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 200 Squadron RAF">200</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._203_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 203 Squadron RAF">203</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._204_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 204 Squadron RAF">204</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._205_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 205 Squadron RAF">205</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._208_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 208 Squadron RAF">208</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._209_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 209 Squadron RAF">209</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._210_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 210 Squadron RAF">210</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._211_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 211 Squadron RAF">211</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._212_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 212 Squadron RAF">212</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._213_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 213 Squadron RAF">213</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._214_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 214 Squadron RAF">214</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._215_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 215 Squadron RAF">215</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._217_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 217 Squadron RAF">217</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._218_(Gold_Coast)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF">218</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._219_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 219 Squadron RAF">219</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._220_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 220 Squadron RAF">220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._221_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 221 Squadron RAF">221</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._222_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 222 Squadron RAF">222</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._223_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 223 Squadron RAF">223</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._224_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 224 Squadron RAF">224</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._225_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 225 Squadron RAF">225</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._226_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 226 Squadron RAF">226</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._227_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 227 Squadron RAF">227</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._228_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 228 Squadron RAF">228</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._229_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 229 Squadron RAF">229</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._231_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 231 Squadron RAF">231</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._232_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 232 Squadron RAF">232</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._233_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 233 Squadron RAF">233</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._234_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 234 Squadron RAF">234</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._235_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 235 Squadron RAF">235</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._236_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 236 Squadron RAF">236</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._237_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 237 Squadron RAF">237</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._238_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 238 Squadron RAF">238</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._239_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 239 Squadron RAF">239</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._240_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 240 Squadron RAF">240</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._241_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 241 Squadron RAF">241</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._242_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 242 Squadron RAF">242</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._243_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 243 Squadron RAF">243</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._244_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 244 Squadron RAF">244</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._245_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 245 Squadron RAF">245</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._246_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 246 Squadron RAF">246</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._247_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 247 Squadron RAF">247</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._248_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 248 Squadron RAF">248</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._249_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 249 Squadron RAF">249</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._250_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 250 Squadron RAF">250</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._251_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 251 Squadron RAF">251</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._252_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 252 Squadron RAF">252</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._253_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 253 Squadron RAF">253</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._254_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 254 Squadron RAF">254</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._255_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 255 Squadron RAF">255</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._256_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 256 Squadron RAF">256</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._257_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 257 Squadron RAF">257</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._258_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 258 Squadron RAF">258</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._259_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 259 Squadron RAF">259</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._260_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 260 Squadron RAF">260</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._261_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 261 Squadron RAF">261</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._262_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 262 Squadron RAF">262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._263_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 263 Squadron RAF">263</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._264_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 264 Squadron RAF">264</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._265_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 265 Squadron RAF">265</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._266_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 266 Squadron RAF">266</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._267_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 267 Squadron RAF">267</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._268_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 268 Squadron RAF">268</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._269_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 269 Squadron RAF">269</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._270_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 270 Squadron RAF">270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._271_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 271 Squadron RAF">271</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._272_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 272 Squadron RAF">272</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._273_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 273 Squadron RAF">273</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._274_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 274 Squadron RAF">274</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._275_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 275 Squadron RAF">275</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._276_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 276 Squadron RAF">276</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._277_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 277 Squadron RAF">277</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._278_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 278 Squadron RAF">278</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._279_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 279 Squadron RAF">279</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._280_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 280 Squadron RAF">280</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._281_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 281 Squadron RAF">281</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._282_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 282 Squadron RAF">282</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._283_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 283 Squadron RAF">283</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._284_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 284 Squadron RAF">284</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._285_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 285 Squadron RAF">285</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._286_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 286 Squadron RAF">286</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._287_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 287 Squadron RAF">287</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._288_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 288 Squadron RAF">288</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._289_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 289 Squadron RAF">289</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._290_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 290 Squadron RAF">290</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._291_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 291 Squadron RAF">291</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._292_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 292 Squadron RAF">292</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._293_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 293 Squadron RAF">293</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._294_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 294 Squadron RAF">294</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._295_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 295 Squadron RAF">295</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._296_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 296 Squadron RAF">296</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._297_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 297 Squadron RAF">297</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._298_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 298 Squadron RAF">298</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._299_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 299 Squadron RAF">299</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._353_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 353 Squadron RAF">353</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._354_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 354 Squadron RAF">354</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._355_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 355 Squadron RAF">355</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._356_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 356 Squadron RAF">356</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._357_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 357 Squadron RAF">357</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._358_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 358 Squadron RAF">358</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._360_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 360 Squadron RAF">360</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._361_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 361 Squadron RAF">361</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._510_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 510 Squadron RAF">510</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._511_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 511 Squadron RAF">511</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._512_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 512 Squadron RAF">512</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._513_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 513 Squadron RAF">513</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._514_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 514 Squadron RAF">514</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._515_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 515 Squadron RAF">515</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._516_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 516 Squadron RAF">516</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._517_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 517 Squadron RAF">517</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._518_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 518 Squadron RAF">518</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._519_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 519 Squadron RAF">519</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._520_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 520 Squadron RAF">520</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._521_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 521 Squadron RAF">521</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._524_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 524 Squadron RAF">524</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._525_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 525 Squadron RAF">525</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._526_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 526 Squadron RAF">526</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._527_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 527 Squadron RAF">527</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._528_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 528 Squadron RAF">528</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._529_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 529 Squadron RAF">529</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._530_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 530 Squadron RAF">530</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._531_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 531 Squadron RAF">531</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._532_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 532 Squadron RAF">532</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._533_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 533 Squadron RAF">533</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._534_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 534 Squadron RAF">534</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._535_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 535 Squadron RAF">535</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._536_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 536 Squadron RAF">536</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._537_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 537 Squadron RAF">537</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._538_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 538 Squadron RAF">538</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._539_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 539 Squadron RAF">539</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._540_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 540 Squadron RAF">540</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._541_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 541 Squadron RAF">541</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._542_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 542 Squadron RAF">542</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._543_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 543 Squadron RAF">543</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._544_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 544 Squadron RAF">544</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._547_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 547 Squadron RAF">547</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._548_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 548 Squadron RAF">548</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._549_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 549 Squadron RAF">549</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._550_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 550 Squadron RAF">550</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._567_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 567 Squadron RAF">567</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._569_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 569 Squadron RAF">569</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._570_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 570 Squadron RAF">570</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._571_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 571 Squadron RAF">571</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._575_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 575 Squadron RAF">575</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._576_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 576 Squadron RAF">576</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._577_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 577 Squadron RAF">577</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._578_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 578 Squadron RAF">578</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._582_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 582 Squadron RAF">582</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._586_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 586 Squadron RAF">586</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._587_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 587 Squadron RAF">587</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._595_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 595 Squadron RAF">595</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._597_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 597 Squadron RAF">597</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._598_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 598 Squadron RAF">598</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._618_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 618 Squadron RAF">618</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._619_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 619 Squadron RAF">619</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._620_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 620 Squadron RAF">620</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._621_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 621 Squadron RAF">621</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._623_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 623 Squadron RAF">623</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._624_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 624 Squadron RAF">624</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._625_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 625 Squadron RAF">625</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._626_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 626 Squadron RAF">626</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._627_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 627 Squadron RAF">627</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._628_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 628 Squadron RAF">628</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._629_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 629 Squadron RAF">629</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._630_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 630 Squadron RAF">630</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._631_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 631 Squadron RAF">631</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._635_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 635 Squadron RAF">635</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._639_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 639 Squadron RAF">639</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._640_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 640 Squadron RAF">640</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._644_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 644 Squadron RAF">644</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._650_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 650 Squadron RAF">650</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._651_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 651 Squadron AAC">651</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._652_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 652 Squadron AAC">652</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._653_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 653 Squadron AAC">653</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._654_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 654 Squadron AAC">654</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._655_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 655 Squadron RAF">655</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._656_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 656 Squadron AAC">656</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._657_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 657 Squadron AAC">657</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._658_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 658 Squadron AAC">658</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._659_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 659 Squadron AAC">659</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._660_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 660 Squadron AAC">660</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._661_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 661 Squadron AAC">661</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._662_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 662 Squadron AAC">662</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._663_Squadron" title="No. 663 Squadron">663</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._664_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 664 Squadron AAC">664</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._665_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 665 Squadron AAC">665</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._666_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 666 Squadron AAC">666</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._667_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 667 Squadron AAC">667</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._668_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 668 Squadron AAC">668</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._669_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 669 Squadron AAC">669</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._670_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 670 Squadron AAC">670</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._671_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 671 Squadron AAC">671</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._672_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 672 Squadron AAC">672</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._673_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 673 Squadron AAC">673</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._679_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 679 Squadron RAF">679</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._680_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 680 Squadron RAF">680</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._681_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 681 Squadron RAF">681</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._682_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 682 Squadron RAF">682</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._683_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 683 Squadron RAF">683</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._684_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 684 Squadron RAF">684</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._691_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 691 Squadron RAF">691</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._692_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 692 Squadron RAF">692</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._695_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 695 Squadron RAF">695</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Australian Flying Corps</a><br />units attached to the RAF<br />during the First World War</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._1_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Squadron RAAF">67</a> (1 Sqn AFC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RAAF">68</a> (2 Sqn AFC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 3 Squadron RAAF">69</a> (3 Sqn AFC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 4 Squadron RAAF">71</a> (4 Sqn AFC)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Article_XV_squadrons" title="Article XV squadrons">Article XV</a><br />(Commonwealth)<br />air force units<br />attached to the<br />RAF during the<br />Second World War</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian<br />Air Force</a> (RCAF)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/400_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">400</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="401 Tactical Fighter Squadron">401</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/402_Squadron" title="402 Squadron">402</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/403_Helicopter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron">403</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404_Long_Range_Patrol_and_Training_Squadron" title="404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron">404</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/405_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron" title="405 Long Range Patrol Squadron">405</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/406_Maritime_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron">406</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron" title="407 Long Range Patrol Squadron">407</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/408_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">408</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/409_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="409 Tactical Fighter Squadron">409</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410_Tactical_Fighter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron">410</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._411_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 411 Squadron RCAF">411</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/412_Transport_Squadron" title="412 Transport Squadron">412</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/413_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="413 Transport and Rescue Squadron">413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/414_Electronic_Warfare_Support_Squadron" title="414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron">414</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/415_Long_Range_Patrol_Force_Development_Squadron" title="415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron">415</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="416 Tactical Fighter Squadron">416</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/417_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="417 Combat Support Squadron">417</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/418_Search_and_Rescue_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="418 Search and Rescue Operational Training Squadron">418</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/419_Tactical_Fighter_Training_Squadron" title="419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron">419</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._420_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 420 Squadron RCAF">420</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._421_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 421 Squadron RCAF">421</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._422_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 422 Squadron RCAF">422</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/423_Maritime_Helicopter_Squadron" title="423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron">423</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/424_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="424 Transport and Rescue Squadron">424</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/425_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="425 Tactical Fighter Squadron">425</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/426_Transport_Training_Squadron" title="426 Transport Training Squadron">426</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/427_Special_Operations_Aviation_Squadron" title="427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron">427</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._428_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 428 Squadron RCAF">428</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/429_Transport_Squadron" title="429 Transport Squadron">429</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/430_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">430</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowbirds_(aerobatic_team)" title="Snowbirds (aerobatic team)">431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._432_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 432 Squadron RCAF">432</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/433_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="433 Tactical Fighter Squadron">433</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/434_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="434 Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron">434</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/435_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="435 Transport and Rescue Squadron">435</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/436_Transport_Squadron" title="436 Transport Squadron">436</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/437_Transport_Squadron" title="437 Transport Squadron">437</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/438_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">438</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/439_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="439 Combat Support Squadron">439</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/440_Transport_Squadron" title="440 Transport Squadron">440</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/441_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="441 Tactical Fighter Squadron">441</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/442_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="442 Transport and Rescue Squadron">442</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/443_Maritime_Helicopter_Squadron" title="443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron">443</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian<br />Air Force</a> (RAAF)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._450_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 450 Squadron RAAF">450</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._451_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 451 Squadron RAAF">451</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._452_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 452 Squadron RAAF">452</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._453_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 453 Squadron RAAF">453</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._454_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 454 Squadron RAAF">454</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._455_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 455 Squadron RAAF">455</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._456_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 456 Squadron RAAF">456</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._457_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 457 Squadron RAAF">457</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._458_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 458 Squadron RAAF">458</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._459_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 459 Squadron RAAF">459</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._460_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 460 Squadron RAAF">460</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._461_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 461 Squadron RAAF">461</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._462_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 462 Squadron RAAF">462</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._463_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 463 Squadron RAAF">463</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._464_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 464 Squadron RAAF">464</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._466_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 466 Squadron RAAF">466</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._467_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 467 Squadron RAAF">467</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force" title="Royal New Zealand Air Force">Royal New Zealand<br />Air Force</a> (RNZAF)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._485_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 485 Squadron RNZAF">485</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._486_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 486 Squadron RNZAF">486</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._487_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 487 Squadron RNZAF">487</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._488_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 488 Squadron RNZAF">488</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._489_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 489 Squadron RNZAF">489</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._490_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 490 Squadron RNZAF">490</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Squadrons<br />formed from<br />non-Commonwealth<br />personnel during the<br />Second World War</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:50%;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Argentine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._164_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 164 Squadron RAF">164</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Section_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Section of the Royal Air Force">Belgian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/349th_Squadron_(Belgium)" title="349th Squadron (Belgium)">349</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/350th_Squadron_(Belgium)" title="350th Squadron (Belgium)">350</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Czechoslovak</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._310_(Czechoslovak)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF">310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._311_(Czechoslovak)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF">311</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._312_(Czechoslovak)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF">312</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._313_(Czechoslovak)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF">313</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Dutch</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._320_(Netherlands)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF">320 (Netherlands)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._321_(Netherlands)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 321 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF">321 (Netherlands)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._322_(Dutch)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron RAF">322 (Dutch)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">French</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._326_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 326 Squadron RAF">326</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Escadron_de_Chasse_3/11_Corse" title="Escadron de Chasse 3/11 Corse">327</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._328_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 328 Squadron RAF">328</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._329_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 329 Squadron RAF">329</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._340_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 340 Squadron RAF">340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._341_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 341 Squadron RAF">341</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._342_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 342 Squadron RAF">342</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._343_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 343 Squadron RAF">343</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._344_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 344 Squadron RAF">344</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._345_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 345 Squadron RAF">345</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._346_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 346 Squadron RAF">346</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._347_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 347 Squadron RAF">347</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:50%;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Greek</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/13th_Light_Bomber_Squadron" title="13th Light Bomber Squadron">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/335th_Squadron_(HAF)" title="335th Squadron (HAF)">335</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/336th_Bomber_Squadron" title="336th Bomber Squadron">336</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Norwegian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._330_Squadron_RNoAF" title="No. 330 Squadron RNoAF">330</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._331_Squadron_RNoAF" title="No. 331 Squadron RNoAF">331</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._332_Squadron_RNoAF" title="No. 332 Squadron RNoAF">332</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._333_Squadron_RNoAF" title="No. 333 Squadron RNoAF">333</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._334_Squadron_RNoAF" title="No. 334 Squadron RNoAF">334</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Polish_Air_Forces_in_France_and_Great_Britain" title="Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain">Polish</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._300_Polish_Bomber_Squadron" title="No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron">300</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._301_Polish_Bomber_Squadron" title="No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron">301</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._302_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron">302</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._303_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 303 Squadron RAF">303</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._304_Polish_Bomber_Squadron" title="No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron">304</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._305_Polish_Bomber_Squadron" title="No. 305 Polish Bomber Squadron">305</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._306_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron">306</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._307_Polish_Night_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron">307</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._308_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 308 Polish Fighter Squadron">308</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._309_Polish_Fighter-Reconnaissance_Squadron" title="No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron">309</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._315_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron">315</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._316_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron">316</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._317_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 317 Polish Fighter Squadron">317</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._318_Polish_Fighter-Reconnaissance_Squadron" title="No. 318 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron">318</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._663_Squadron" title="No. 663 Squadron">663</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Squadrons" title="Eagle Squadrons">United States</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._71_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 71 Squadron RAF">71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._121_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 121 Squadron RAF">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._133_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 133 Squadron RAF">133</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Yugoslav</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._351_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 351 Squadron RAF">351</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._352_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 352 Squadron RAF">352</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Auxiliary_Air_Force" title="Royal Auxiliary Air Force">Royal Auxiliary Air Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Special Reserve</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._500_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 500 Squadron RAuxAF">500</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._501_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 501 Squadron RAuxAF">501</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._502_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 502 Squadron RAuxAF">502</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._503_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 503 Squadron RAF">503</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._504_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 504 Squadron RAuxAF">504</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Auxiliary Air Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._600_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 600 Squadron RAuxAF">600</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._601_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 601 Squadron RAuxAF">601</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._602_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 602 Squadron RAuxAF">602</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._603_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 603 Squadron RAuxAF">603</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._604_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 604 Squadron RAuxAF">604</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._605_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 605 Squadron RAuxAF">605</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._606_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 606 Squadron RAuxAF">606</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._607_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 607 Squadron RAuxAF">607</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._608_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 608 Squadron RAuxAF">608</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._609_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 609 Squadron RAuxAF">609</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._610_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 610 Squadron RAuxAF">610</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._611_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 611 Squadron RAuxAF">611</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._612_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 612 Squadron RAuxAF">612</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._613_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 613 Squadron RAuxAF">613</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._614_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 614 Squadron RAuxAF">614</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._615_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 615 Squadron RAuxAF">615</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._616_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 616 Squadron RAuxAF">616</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._622_Squadron_RAuxAF" title="No. 622 Squadron RAuxAF">622</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm of the RAF</a><br />(1924–1939)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/712_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="712 Naval Air Squadron">712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/715_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="715 Naval Air Squadron">715</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/718_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="718 Naval Air Squadron">718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/800_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="800 Naval Air Squadron">800</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="801 Naval Air Squadron">801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/802_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="802 Naval Air Squadron">802</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/803_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="803 Naval Air Squadron">803</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/810_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="810 Naval Air Squadron">810</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/811_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="811 Naval Air Squadron">811</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/812_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="812 Naval Air Squadron">812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/813_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="813 Naval Air Squadron">813</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/814_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="814 Naval Air Squadron">814</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/820_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="820 Naval Air Squadron">820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/821_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="821 Naval Air Squadron">821</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/822_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="822 Naval Air Squadron">822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/823_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="823 Naval Air Squadron">823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/824_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="824 Naval Air Squadron">824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/825_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="825 Naval Air Squadron">825</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Gliding_Squadron" title="Volunteer Gliding Squadron">Volunteer Gliding<br />Squadrons</a> (VGS)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>611</li> <li>615</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._621_Volunteer_Gliding_Squadron" title="No. 621 Volunteer Gliding Squadron">621</a></li> <li>622</li> <li>626</li> <li>631</li> 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stations">Former</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Satellite_Landing_Grounds" title="List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds">Satellite Landing Grounds</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Regiment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Flights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Branches and<br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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ground trades">RAF ground trades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Music_Services" title="Royal Air Force Music Services">RAF Music Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force" title="RAF Search and Rescue Force">RAF Search and Rescue Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Mountain_Rescue_Service" title="Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service">RAF Mountain Rescue Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Marine_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Marine Branch">RAF Marine Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Air_Cadets" title="Royal Air Force Air Cadets">RAF Air Cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_operations" title="List of Royal Air Force operations">Operations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Reserve forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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