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From the first RFC squadrons of the Western Front to today's fast jet and remotely-piloted units — the numbered squadrons of the Royal Air Force.
Featured Squadron
44 Squadron
Fulmina Regis Iusta — The King's thunderbolts are righteous
How 44 Squadron evolved from home defence and Lancaster raids to the V-Force, with the Augsburg raid central to its wartime record.
disbanded VC Awarded
View squadron → Formed 24 July 1917
Disbanded 21 December 1982
Final base RAF Waddington
Final aircraft Avro Vulcan B.2
Era Second World War
Squadron Index
15 squadrons1–99
11 Squadron ● 14 February 1915
12 Squadron ● 14 February 1915 "Shiny Twelve"
19 Squadron ● 1 September 1915 "The Chosen Squadron; The Dolphins"
20 Squadron ● 1 September 1915
25 Squadron ● 25 September 1915
29 Squadron ● 7 November 1915
35 Squadron 1 November 1916–1 March 1982
41 Squadron ● 15 April 1916 (original RFC formation); re-formed 14 July 1916
44 Squadron 24 July 1917–21 December 1982
56 Squadron ● 8 June 1916 "Firebirds; Punjab (wartime adopted title from 1941)"
74 Squadron 1 July 1917–22 September 2000 "Tiger Squadron; "Trinidad Squadron" (wartime honorary title)"
83 Squadron 7 January 1917 at Montrose–31 August 1969