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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style>Number 39 Squadron is an inactive squadron of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>. It last operated the <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper</a> from <a href="/wiki/Creech_Air_Force_Base" title="Creech Air Force Base">Creech AFB</a>, Nevada, between January 2007 and July 2022. It had previously operated the <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberra</a> PR.7, PR.9 and T.4 from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Marham" title="RAF Marham">RAF Marham</a>, Norfolk, as No. 39 (1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit) Squadron between July 1992 and July 2006. <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">No. 39 Squadron RAF</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><a href="/wiki/File:39_Squadron_RAF.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="39 Squadron badge"><img alt="39 Squadron badge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/39_Squadron_RAF.jpg/150px-39_Squadron_RAF.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/39_Squadron_RAF.jpg/225px-39_Squadron_RAF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/39_Squadron_RAF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="272" data-file-height="367"></a><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_badges_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force">Squadron badge</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">15 April 1916 – 1 April 1918 (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">RFC</a>) 1 April 1918 – 16 Nov 1918 (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a>) 1 July 1919 – 8 September 1946 1 April 1948 – 28 February 1949 1 March 1949 – 30 June 1958 1 July 1958 – 1 June 1982 1 July 1992 – 28 July 2006 1 January 2007 – July 2022</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</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;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Die noctuque (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> for 'By day and night')<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></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">Home Defence (1916-1918)*,<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_North-West_Frontier" title="Military history of the North-West Frontier">North West Frontier</a> (1930–1931), Mohmand (1933), <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_North-West_Frontier" title="Military history of the North-West Frontier">North West Frontier</a> (1935–1939), <a href="/wiki/East_African_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="East African Campaign (World War II)">East Africa</a> (1940)*, Egypt & Libya (1940–1943)*, Greece (1941)*, Mediterranean (1941–1943)*, Malta (1942)*, North Africa (1942–1943)*, South East Europe (1944–1945)*,<a href="/wiki/Operation_Herrick" title="Operation Herrick">Afghanistan</a> (2001–2014), <a href="/wiki/Operation_Telic" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Telic">Iraq</a> (2003–2011)<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> <ul><li>Honours marked with an asterisk are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard</li></ul> </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;">Badge</th><td class="infobox-data">A winged bomb</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Squadron codes</th><td class="infobox-data">SF (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939) (Allocated but probably not carried) XZ (Sep 1939 – Dec 1940) AA–AZ (Canberras)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Squadron roundel</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_39_sqn.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/RAF_39_sqn.svg/150px-RAF_39_sqn.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/RAF_39_sqn.svg/225px-RAF_39_sqn.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/RAF_39_sqn.svg/300px-RAF_39_sqn.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="216"></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History">1 History</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#First_World_War">1.1 First World War</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Between_the_wars">1.2 Between the wars</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Second_World_War">1.3 Second World War</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Cold_War">1.4 Cold War</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#No._1_Photographic_Reconnaissance_Unit">1.5 No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#RPAS">1.6 RPAS</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Aircraft_operated">2 Aircraft operated</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#See_also">3 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#References">4 References</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Notes">4.1 Notes</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Citations">4.2 Citations</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Bibliography">4.3 Bibliography</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#External_links">5 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="History">History</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First World War" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> No. 39 Squadron was founded at <a href="/wiki/Hounslow_Heath_Aerodrome" title="Hounslow Heath Aerodrome">Hounslow Heath Aerodrome</a> on 15 April 1916 with <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_B.E.2" title="Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2">Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2s</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_B.E.12" title="Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12">B.E.12s</a> in an attempt to defend against German <a href="/wiki/Zeppelin" title="Zeppelin">Zeppelin</a> raids on <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis195929-4">[4]</a> Having moved to <a href="/wiki/RFC_Suttons_Farm" class="mw-redirect" title="RFC Suttons Farm">RFC Suttons Farm</a>, 39 Squadron achieved its first success on the night of 2/3 September 1916, when <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">Lieutenant</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Leefe_Robinson" class="mw-redirect" title="William Leefe Robinson">William Leefe Robinson</a> shot down the German Airship <a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%BCtte-Lanz#SL11" class="mw-redirect" title="Schütte-Lanz">Schütte-Lanz SL11</a>, being awarded the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> for this action. On 23 September 1916, the German Navy launched another Zeppelin raid against London. Responding to this raid, 2nd Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Sowrey" title="Frederick Sowrey">Frederick Sowrey</a> of No. 39 Squadron shot down Zeppelin <a href="/wiki/List_of_Zeppelins#LZ_32" title="List of Zeppelins">L.32</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Brandon_(RAF_officer)" title="Alfred Brandon (RAF officer)">Alfred Brandon</a> in another No. 39 Squadron B.E.2 engaged Zeppelin <a href="/wiki/List_of_Zeppelins#LZ_33" title="List of Zeppelins">L.33</a>, already damaged by anti-aircraft fire, with L.33 force landing at Little Wigborough, Essex, and being destroyed by its crew.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Flight''_20_May_1932454-5">[5]</a> On the night of 1/2 October 1916, 2nd Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Wulstan_Tempest" title="Wulstan Tempest">W. L. Tempest</a> of 39 Squadron, flying a B.E.2c, spotted Zeppelin <a href="/wiki/List_of_Zeppelins#LZ_31" title="List of Zeppelins">L.31</a> illuminated by searchlights over southwest London and shot it down with the loss of the entire airship crew.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColeCheesman1984174%E2%80%93176-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198518-7">[7]</a> The squadron continued in the defence of London, supplementing its B.E.2s and B.E.12s with three <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_S.E.5" title="Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5">Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5s</a> to help deal with daylight attacks by German Gotha bombers,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColeCheesman1984256,_265-8">[8]</a> with at least one <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_F.K.8" title="Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8">Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8</a> also operated by the unit.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBruce1982103,_105-9">[9]</a> The squadron re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Bristol_F.2_Fighter" title="Bristol F.2 Fighter">Bristol F.2 Fighters</a> in September 1917,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalley198072-10">[10]</a> but had no more success against German raiders until the night of 19/20 May 1918, when a No. 39 Squadron Bristol Fighter shot down a Gotha bomber.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColeCheesman1984428-11">[11]</a> In October 1918, it was re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_F.E.2" title="Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2">Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b</a> aircraft and sent to France for night bombing, but was disbanded five days after the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany_(Compi%C3%A8gne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)">Armistice</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis195929-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-RAF-12">[12]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Between_the_wars">Between the wars</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Between the wars" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> It was reformed on 1 July 1919, when <a href="/wiki/No._37_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 37 Squadron RAF">No. 37 Squadron</a> based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Biggin_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Biggin Hill">Biggin Hill</a> was renumbered. The squadron was reduced to a <a href="/wiki/En_cadre" class="mw-redirect" title="En cadre">cadre</a> in December 1919, but did not disband, and in April 1921 it was decided to return the Squadron to operations. By May that year, the squadron was fully manned and received a number of <a href="/wiki/Avro_504" title="Avro 504">Avro 504</a> to train aircrew in preparation for operating more warlike aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198522%E2%80%9323-13">[13]</a> These arrived in February 1923 when the squadron, now based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Spitalgate" title="RAF Spitalgate">RAF Spitalgate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a> received 18 <a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.9A" title="Airco DH.9A">Airco DH.9As</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis195929-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-RAF-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[a]</a> As well as training for its role as a day bomber, the squadron also was chosen to perform a formation flying display at the RAF Air Pageant at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hendon" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Hendon">Hendon</a> in 1923,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198524%E2%80%9325-18">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Flight''_5_July_1923362%E2%80%93363-19">[18]</a> repeating its appearance in 1926 and 1927, when it flew joint formation flying and bombing displays with <a href="/wiki/No._207_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 207 Squadron RAF">207 Squadron</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThetford199221-20">[19]</a> In January 1928, the squadron moved from Spitalgate to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bircham_Newton" title="RAF Bircham Newton">RAF Bircham Newton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a>, where it began to prepare to a prospective move to <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198528-21">[20]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg/220px-100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5500" data-file-height="4266"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 171px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg/220px-100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="171" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg/330px-100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg/440px-100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">Hawker Harts</a> K2096 and K2098 of No. 39 Squadron at Miramshah, Pakistan, 1938.</figcaption></figure> In December 1929 it left the United Kingdom, leaving behind its DH.9As to equip <a href="/wiki/No._101_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 101 Squadron RAF">No. 101 Squadron</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThetford199220%E2%80%9322-22">[21]</a> It arrived at <a href="/wiki/Risalpur_Airbase" class="mw-redirect" title="Risalpur Airbase">Risalpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">North-West Frontier Province</a> India (now part of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>) at the end of January 1929, receiving its complement of twelve <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wapiti" title="Westland Wapiti">Westland Wapitis</a> (which had been shipped out separately) in March that year.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198529,_31-23">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199550%E2%80%9351-24">[23]</a> It was used for Air Policing in the North West Frontier, carrying out bombing missions against rebelling tribesmen and their villages, and support for the army. In December 1931, it was re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">Hawker Harts</a>, operations continuing as before, also being used as part of the relief effort following the <a href="/wiki/1935_Quetta_earthquake" title="1935 Quetta earthquake">1935 Quetta earthquake</a>, flying supplies to devastated <a href="/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta">Quetta</a> and carrying out medical evacuations.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199556%E2%80%9357-25">[24]</a> Major military operations included support of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Mohmand_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Mohmand Campaign">Second Mohmand Campaign</a> of 1935 against hostile tribesmen in <a href="/wiki/Mohmand_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohmand Agency">Mohmand Territory</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198550%E2%80%9351-26">[25]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Waziristan_campaign_(1936%E2%80%9339)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waziristan campaign (1936–39)">operations</a> against supporters of the <a href="/wiki/Faqir_of_Ipi" title="Faqir of Ipi">Faqir of Ipi</a> in 1938.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198553-27">[26]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Second World War" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg/220px-Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="748" data-file-height="549"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 161px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg/220px-Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="161" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg/330px-Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg/440px-Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Martin_Maryland" title="Martin Maryland">Martin Marylands</a> of No. 39 Squadron operating from a landing ground in the Western Desert, 1941.</figcaption></figure> In 1939, the squadron re-equipped with more modern <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Bristol Blenheim</a> I twin-engined <a href="/wiki/Monoplane" title="Monoplane">monoplane</a> bombers. As the threat of war increased, it was decided to strengthen British defences in the Far East by moving No. 39 Squadron to <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, with the squadron setting off with nine Blenheims on 6 August. The ferry trip was a disaster, with six aircraft wrecked, and three men killed, including <a href="/wiki/Wing_commander_(rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing commander (rank)">Wing Commander</a> Burton Ankers, commander of the 2nd Indian Wing Station at Risalpur, whose Blenheim caught fire and crashed after being struck by lightning.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198554%E2%80%9355-28">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a> In April 1940, the squadron was ordered back to India, arriving at <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> on 25 April, and then to strengthen defences in the Middle East, being ordered to reinforce <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a>, setting out on 5 May, with the air component reaching Aden on 13 May and the groundcrew arriving by ship on 10 June 1940.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198555%E2%80%9356-30">[29]</a> On that day, Italy declared war on Great Britain and France, and No. 39 Squadron was quickly committed to action against <a href="/wiki/Italian_East_Africa" title="Italian East Africa">Italian East Africa</a>, carrying out its first combat mission of the war on 12 June when a force of Blenheims attacked <a href="/wiki/Dire_Dawa" title="Dire Dawa">Dire Dawa</a> airfield in <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>, causing little damage.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShores199618-31">[30]</a> The squadron continued operations against Italian forces until 24 November, when it was ordered to transfer to Egypt to support the planned offensive in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_(Egypt)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert (Egypt)">Western Desert</a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Compass" title="Operation Compass">Operation Compass</a>), with the first aircraft leaving Aden for <a href="/wiki/Helwan_Airfield" title="Helwan Airfield">RAF Helwan</a> on 29 November.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198557%E2%80%9360-32">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShores199680-33">[32]</a> A detachment of three Blenheims operated with <a href="/wiki/No._45_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 45 Squadron RAF">No. 45 Squadron</a> over the Western Desert from 10 December, flying harassment raids against Italian-held airfields, while the remainder of the Squadron remained at Helwan while it recovered from the operations in East Africa, and started to replace its Blenheim Is with Blenheim IVs. In January, however, the squadron was ordered to recall the three aircraft detachment and hand over the squadron's Blenheims to <a href="/wiki/No._11_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 11 Squadron RAF">11 Squadron</a>, which was to deploy to Greece. To replace its Blenheim IVs, 39 Squadron received <a href="/wiki/Martin_Maryland" title="Martin Maryland">Martin Maryland</a> bombers, originally built for the French Air Force, becoming the first RAF squadron to operate the Maryland.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShoresMassimelloGuest2012114%E2%80%93115-34">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198562%E2%80%9362-35">[34]</a> Owing to the long-range of the Maryland, No. 39 Squadron used it mainly for reconnaissance. The squadron was heavily deployed during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crete" title="Battle of Crete">Battle of Crete</a>, claiming at least two Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft shot down in the course of its operations during the battle.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198562,_64-36">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShoresMassimelloGuest2012191,_199-37">[36]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg/220px-Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="588"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 162px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg/220px-Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="162" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg/330px-Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg/440px-Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>A No. 39 Squadron <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beaufort II</a> at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Luqa" title="RAF Luqa">RAF Luqa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>, in June 1943.</figcaption></figure> In August–September 1941, the squadron partly converted to the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beaufort</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_bomber" title="Torpedo bomber">torpedo bomber</a> for anti-shipping operations, although it retained a flight of Marylands until January 1942. At first the Squadron's Beauforts were armed with bombs but from January 1942 it added torpedo attack to its roles.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198565-38">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199626%E2%80%9328-39">[38]</a> On 23 January 1942, in the first torpedo attack by the squadron, three Beauforts set out an airfield near <a href="/wiki/Benghazi" title="Benghazi">Benghazi</a> against an Italian convoy carrying supplies to <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Libya" title="Tripoli, Libya">Tripoli, Libya</a>. They hit the troopship and ex-liner <a href="/w/index.php?title=MS_Victoria_(1930)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MS Victoria (1930) (page does not exist)">Victoria</a> with two torpedoes. A third torpedo hit later that day by a <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Albacore" title="Fairey Albacore">Fairey Albacore</a> of <a href="/wiki/826_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="826 Naval Air Squadron">826 Naval Air Squadron</a> caused Victoria to sink.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShoresCullMalizia199152%E2%80%9354-40">[39]</a> In late 1941 the unit was split up. One flight moved to <a href="/wiki/Luqa,_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Luqa, Malta">Luqa, Malta</a> in December 1941: six months later this flight was combined with others from <a href="/wiki/No._86_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 86 Squadron RAF">Nos. 86</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._217_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 217 Squadron RAF">217 Squadrons</a> to eventually form a new No. 39 Squadron. In 1943 the unit re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter</a> aircraft in the ground attack role and moved back to Egypt then on to Italy.<a href="#cite_note-RAF-12">[12]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Civil_War" title="Greek Civil War">Greek Civil War</a>, it sent rocket-armed aircraft to participate in RAF operations.<a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a> In December 1944, it re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/B-26_Marauder" class="mw-redirect" title="B-26 Marauder">Martin Marauders</a>, flying medium bombing missions in support of <a href="/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito" title="Josip Broz Tito">Tito</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Partisans</a>.<a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a> It re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquitos</a> in 1946, disbanding later in the year.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis195929-4">[4]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cold War" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> It reformed as a fighter squadron equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Tempest" title="Hawker Tempest">Hawker Tempest</a> at <a href="/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a> on 1 April 1948, disbanding on 28 February 1949, but reforming the next day at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fayid" title="RAF Fayid">RAF Fayid</a> in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, flying <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk 36</a> night fighters.<a href="#cite_note-43">[42]</a> The squadron moved to nearby <a href="/wiki/RAF_Kabrit" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Kabrit">RAF Kabrit</a> on 21 February 1951. As 1951 continued, tensions between the British forces in the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Suez Canal Zone">Suez Canal Zone</a> and the Egyptians, who wanted Britain to pull out of Egypt, and following <a href="/wiki/Cairo_fire" title="Cairo fire">anti-British riots</a> in Cairo in January 1952, the squadron was put on standby to support plans for a British attack on Cairo if the situation further deteriorated, until the Egyptian army intervened and stopped the rioting, easing tensions a little.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985144%E2%80%93145-44">[43]</a> It re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">Gloster Meteor NF.13</a> night fighters in March 1953, but following the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_revolution_of_1952" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian revolution of 1952">Egyptian revolution of 1952</a>, the situation for the British gradually became untenable, and in October 1954, the Anglo-Egyptian Agreement was signed, in which Britain agreed that its forces would leave Egypt by June 1956. As part of this agreement, No. 39 Squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Luqa" title="RAF Luqa">RAF Luqa</a> in <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> on 10 January 1955.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985145%E2%80%93147-45">[44]</a> The squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Akrotiri" title="RAF Akrotiri">RAF Akrotiri</a> on <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> in August 1956 as Britain and France prepared a military response to the Egyptian <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Nationalisation of the Suez Canal</a>. On 31 October, the British and French launched <a href="/wiki/Operation_Musketeer_(1956)" title="Operation Musketeer (1956)">Operation Musketeer</a>, a series of heavy air attacks against Egyptian targets followed by landings on 6 November. No. 39 Squadron's role was to protect the vital airfields on Cyprus from any potential Egyptian retaliation. Pressure from the UN forced a ceasefire in Egypt and a withdrawal of the Anglo-French forces by the end of December, but the squadron remained in Cyprus after the British forces dispersed,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985149%E2%80%93151-46">[45]</a> flying patrols to deter aircraft that were suspected of dropping supplies to <a href="/wiki/EOKA" title="EOKA">EOKA</a> forces fighting against the British rule of Cyprus. The main body of the squadron returned to Malta in March 1957, but a detachment was maintained on Cyprus.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985152%E2%80%93153-47">[46]</a> Tensions in <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> (which eventually culminated in the <a href="/wiki/1958_Lebanon_Crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 Lebanon Crisis">Lebanon Crisis of July–October 1958</a>) caused the whole squadron to move to Cyprus in May 1958, but it soon returned to Malta and disbanded on 30 June 1958.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985153-48">[47]</a> No. 39 Squadron reformed the next day at RAF Luqa by renumbering <a href="/wiki/No._69_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 69 Squadron RAF">No. 69 Squadron</a>, flying reconnaissance <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberra PR.3s</a> in the high altitude reconnaissance role and assigned to the NATO <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Allied_Tactical_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force">Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985154-49">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson198869-50">[49]</a> It moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Wyton" title="RAF Wyton">RAF Wyton</a> in September 1970, disbanding on 1 June 1982.<a href="#cite_note-RAF-12">[12]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No._1_Photographic_Reconnaissance_Unit">No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg/220px-Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="1283"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 132px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg/220px-Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="132" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg/330px-Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg/440px-Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberra PR.9</a> XH135 of No. 39 (1 PRU) Squadron departing <a href="/wiki/RIAT" class="mw-redirect" title="RIAT">RIAT</a>, 2006.</figcaption></figure> The squadron was reformed on 1 July 1992 when <a href="/wiki/No._1_Photographic_Reconnaissance_Unit_RAF" title="No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF">No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit</a> (1 PRU) at RAF Wyton, equipped with Canberra PR.9 and T.4 aircraft was re-numbered No. 39 (1 PRU) Squadron. The unit moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Marham" title="RAF Marham">RAF Marham</a> in December 1993, where it also received Canberra PR.7s.<a href="#cite_note-RAF-12">[12]</a> In December 1996, the squadron deployed to <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a> in order to search for <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_refugee_crisis" title="Great Lakes refugee crisis">Rwandan refugees</a> in eastern <a href="/wiki/Zaire" title="Zaire">Zaire</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Rwandan_genocide" title="Rwandan genocide">Rwandan genocide</a>.<a href="#cite_note-RAFM-51">[50]</a> Between 1996 and 2001, No. 39 (1 PRU) Squadron deployed six times to Kenya and Zimbabwe to carry out photo-mapping.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrookes201489-52">[51]</a> Between October 2001 and January 2002, the squadron deployed two Canberra PR.9s to <a href="/wiki/Muscat_International_Airport" title="Muscat International Airport">Seeb International Airport</a>, Oman, from where it undertook sorties over Afghanistan as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Veritas" title="Operation Veritas">Op VERITAS</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_military_operations_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of military operations in the war in Afghanistan (2001–present)">Op ORACLE</a>. In 2003, the unit deployed to <a href="/wiki/Muwaffaq_Salti_Air_Base" title="Muwaffaq Salti Air Base">Azraq Air Base</a>, Jordan, in support of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Telic" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Telic">Operation Telic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrookes201491-53">[52]</a> On 8 September 2003, Canberra PR.9 XH168 was written off after bursting its main landing gear tyres upon touching down at RAF Marham, with the crew suffering no injuries.<a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a> In November 2003, two Canberra PR.9s departed to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Mount_Pleasant" title="RAF Mount Pleasant">RAF Mount Pleasant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a>, to carry out survey work.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrookes201492-55">[54]</a> On 2 September 2004, Canberra T.4 WJ866 crashed at RAF Marham while carrying out a touch and go at night time, killing both pilots and injuring the navigator, this was the last operational Canberra loss for the RAF.<a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a> No. 39 (1 PRU) Squadron carried out the last RAF flight of a Canberra T.4 (WJ874) on 1 September 2005, marking an end to 45 years of service, flying over locations associated with the type such as RAF Wyton, former <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bassingbourn" title="RAF Bassingbourn">RAF Bassingbourn</a> and the former English Electric factory at <a href="/wiki/Samlesbury_Aerodrome" title="Samlesbury Aerodrome">Samlesbury Aerodrome</a>.<a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a> In January 2006, No. 39 (1 PRU) Squadron deployed for the last time to Afghanistan in support of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Herrick" title="Operation Herrick">Operation Herrick</a>, with the two Canberra PR.9s arriving back to RAF Marham on 23 June 2006 – marking an end to operational service for the Canberra.<a href="#cite_note-58">[57]</a> The squadron disbanded on 28 July 2006 at RAF Marham, with the occasion marked by a flypast and parade.<a href="#cite_note-aoa-59">[58]</a> The last three Canberras (XH131, XH134 and XH135) undertook their last flight from Marham to <a href="/wiki/Cotswold_Airport" title="Cotswold Airport">Kemble Airfield</a>, Gloucestershire, on 31 July 2006.<a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RPAS">RPAS</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: RPAS" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield,_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield%2C_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg/220px-Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield%2C_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1262"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 116px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield%2C_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg/220px-Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield%2C_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="116" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield%2C_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg/330px-Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield%2C_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg/220px-Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 157px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg/220px-Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg" data-alt="Four RAF badges in a row, each showing letters RAF, inside a blue laurel, with a crown above it and wings to either side" data-width="220" data-height="157" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg/330px-Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg 1.5x, 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(Phased out in favour of traditional Pilot Brevet as of 1 Apr 2019)</figcaption></figure> In January 2004, a new unit, No. 1115 Flight, was formed at <a href="/wiki/Creech_Air_Force_Base" title="Creech Air Force Base">Creech Air Force Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a> to operate the RAF's first <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">Remotely-piloted Air System (RPAS)</a>. Operating the <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-1_Predator" title="General Atomics MQ-1 Predator">General Atomics MQ-1 Predator</a>, the unit was embedded with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> as part of the Joint Predator Task Force.<a href="#cite_note-MQ9A-61">[60]</a> The RAF crews, integrated with <a href="/wiki/42nd_Attack_Squadron" title="42nd Attack Squadron">42nd Attack Squadron</a>, began training on the <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper</a> in late 2006.<a href="#cite_note-FlightGlobal2008-62">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-MQ9A-61">[60]</a> No. 39 Squadron was reformed on 1 January 2007 at Creech AFB, parented by <a href="/wiki/RAF_Waddington" title="RAF Waddington">RAF Waddington</a> in Lincolnshire.<a href="#cite_note-39archived-63">[62]</a> The former No. 1115 Flight became 'A' Flight still operating the Predator, while 'B' Flight prepared to receive the Reaper.<a href="#cite_note-FlightGlobal2008-62">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-ga-64">[63]</a> The squadron's first Reaper (ZZ200) was delivered to Afghanistan in early October 2007, officially entering into RAF service on 31 October.<a href="#cite_note-ga-64">[63]</a> On 9 November 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> announced that the squadron's MQ-9 Reapers had begun operations in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a> On 23 January 2008, No. 39 Squadron was awarded a new squadron Standard.<a href="#cite_note-39archived-63">[62]</a> On 9 April 2008, MQ-9A Reaper ZZ200 was destroyed after it made a forced landing in southern Afghanistan in order stop it from falling into insurgents hands.<a href="#cite_note-ukserials-66">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[66]</a> As of March 2009, the squadron operated 12 three-man teams to pilot its Reaper aircraft. Supporting intelligence specialists, Information Communications Technicians, signallers, and meteorologists bring the total number of squadron personnel to around 90. The squadron operated two aircraft but planned to have a total of six by the end of 2009.<a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a> As of April 2011, five Reaper aircraft were in operation, with a further five on order<a href="#cite_note-69">[68]</a> and as of September 2016, the squadron had ten operational Reaper aircraft, with missions being undertaken in <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Shader" title="Operation Shader">Operation Shader</a>.<a href="#cite_note-70">[69]</a> No. 39 Squadron was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Battle_honour" title="Battle honour">battle honour</a> 'Afghanistan 2001–2014' (without the right to emblazon) by Her Majesty <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> on 24 March 2020 due to their participation in Operation Herrick.<a href="#cite_note-71">[70]</a> The squadron disbanded in July 2022, with a Reaper Ground Control System returning from Creech AFB to RAF Waddington for use by <a href="/wiki/No._13_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 13 Squadron RAF">No. 13 Squadron</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-72">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[72]</a> No. 39 Squadron managed 90,000 hours of RPAS operations while based at Creech AFB.<a href="#cite_note-74">[73]</a> The last Officer Commanding No. 39 Squadron Group Captain Wigglesworth went on to become the Station Commander for RAF Marham, the former home of No. 39 Squadron, in September 2022.<a href="#cite_note-75">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-39disband-76">[75]</a> The squadron Standard was laid up in the Rotunda at College Hall Officers’ Mess at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_College_Cranwell" title="Royal Air Force College Cranwell">Royal Air Force College Cranwell</a> in February 2023.<a href="#cite_note-39disband-76">[75]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Aircraft_operated">Aircraft operated</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Aircraft operated" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> From <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985169%E2%80%93170-77">[76]</a> except where stated <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_BE.2" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2">Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2c</a>, d, e — April 1916 – 1917</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_BE.12" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12">Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12</a> — April 1916 – 1917</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_SE.5" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5">Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a</a> — 1917<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColeCheesman1984256,_265-8">[8]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_F.2_Fighter" title="Bristol F.2 Fighter">Bristol F.2 Fighter</a> — 1917 – November 1918</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_504" title="Avro 504">Avro 504</a> — 1921</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.9A" title="Airco DH.9A">Airco DH.9A</a> — February 1923 –December 1928<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalley198072-10">[10]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wapiti" title="Westland Wapiti">Westland Wapiti</a> — 1928 – November 1931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">Hawker Hart</a> — November 1931 – August 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Bristol Blenheim</a> I, IV — August 1939 – January 1941</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Maryland" title="Martin Maryland">Martin Maryland</a> — January 1941 – January 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beaufort</a> — August 1941 – June 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter</a> — June 1943 – December 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-26_Marauder" title="Martin B-26 Marauder">Martin Marauder</a> — December 1944 –September 1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito</a> FB.VI, T3 — January 1946 – September 1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Tempest" title="Hawker Tempest">Hawker Tempest</a> VI — June 1948 – March 1949</li> <li>de Havilland Mosquito NF.36, T.3 — June 1949 – March 1953</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">Gloster Meteor</a> NF.13 — March 1953 – June 1958</li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberra</a> PR.3, PR.7, PR.9, T.4 — June 1958 – June 1982</li> <li>English Electric Canberra PR.9, PR.7 — July 1992 – July 2006<a href="#cite_note-RAF-12">[12]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-1_Predator" title="General Atomics MQ-1 Predator">General Atomics MQ-1 Predator</a> — January 2007 – 20??<a href="#cite_note-ga-64">[63]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper</a> — October 2007 – July 2022<a href="#cite_note-RAF-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-72">[71]</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons">List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" 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href="#cite_note-RAF-12">[12]</a> others suggest that they arrived earlier, either in 1921<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMoyes196459%E2%80%9360-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThetford199220%E2%80%9321-15">[15]</a> or 1922.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198523-16">[16]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Citations" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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