No. 100 Squadron RAF
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| No. 100 Squadron | |
|---|---|
| Active | February 1917 |
| Role | Target Facilities |
| Garrison/HQ | RAF Leeming |
| Equipment | Hawk T1/T1A |
| Motto | "Sarang tebuan jangan dijolok" (Never stir up a hornet's nest) |
| Battle honours | Ypres 1917, Somme 1918, Independent Force and Germany 1918, Malaya 1941-1942, Fortress Europe 1943-1944 , Ruhr 1943-1945, Berlin 1943-1945, Normandy 1944 |
| Insignia | |
| Identification symbol |
In front of two bones in saltire, a skull |
No. 100 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is based at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire, UK, and operates the Hawker-Siddeley Hawk.
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[edit] History
No. 100 was the first RAF squadron formed for night bombing. It was formed at Hingham in Norfolk in 1917 and then went to France. It was part of the Independent Force used for the strategic bombing of Germany with Handley Page 0/400 heavy bombers.
[edit] Aircraft operated
- Handley Page 0/400
- Bristol F.2 Fighter
- De Havilland DH9a
- Fairey Fawn
- Hawker Horsley
- Vickers Vimy
- Vickers Vildebeest
- Avro Lancaster III
- Avro Lincoln
- English Electric Canberra
- Hawker-Siddeley Hawk
