No. 206 Squadron RAF

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No. 206 Squadron
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Information
Role	Not currently extant
Aircraft Operated	N/A
Home Station	N/A
Motto	Nihil nos effugit Latin "Nothing Escapes Us"
History
Date Founded	1 November 1916 (RNAS)
Badge	An Octopus
Notable Battle Honours	Western Front 1916-1918, Arras 1917, Channel and North Sea 1939-1945, Atlantic 1939 and 1941-1945, Fortress Europe 1940 and 1942, Biscay 1943-1944, Bismarck

No. 206 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was, until April 2005, employed in the martime patrol role with the Nimrod MR2 at RAF Kinloss, Moray.

It was announced in December 2004 that 206 Sqn would disband on 1 April 2005, with half of its crews being redistributed to 120 and 201 Sqns, also stationed at Kinloss. This was a part of the UK Defence Review called Delivering Security in a Changing World; the Nimrod MR2 fleet was reduced from 21 to 16 as a consequence.

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[edit] History

The squadron was originally founded 1 November 1916 as No. 6 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service. This was a fighter squadron and was disbanded less than a year later. The squadron was reformed in 1917 as a bomber and reconnaissance unit. With the formation of the RAF in 1918 the squadron was renumbered No. 206 Squadron, RAF. It was again disbanded in 1920.

The squadron was again reformed in 1936, as part of the new RAF Coastal Command, initially as a training squadron but was later assigned to maritime patrols. It was active flying the Lockheed Hudson from RAF Bircham Newton in the early years of World War II, later operating the Fortress II and Liberator VIII. A section was detached to West Africa for anti-submarine and convoy patrols as No. 200 Squadron RAF. Flights also operated on detached duties, such as from RAF St Eval in Cornwall. The squadron was disbanded in 1946. It was reformed in 1947 but again disbanded in 1949.