No. 2 Squadron RAAF
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| Service | RAAF | ||
| FEG | Surveillance & Response Group | ||
| Parent Unit | 42 Wing | ||
| Role | AEW&C | ||
| Motto | Consilio et manu | ||
| Formed | 1916 | ||
| Base | RAAF Base Williamtown | ||
| Aircraft | Boeing Wedgetail | ||
No. 2 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force squadron. The Squadron was first formed in 1916 at Heliopolis, Egypt[1] and is currently being re-formed to operate Boeing Wedgetail aircraft from RAAF Base Williamtown and RAAF Base Tindal.
The Squadron heavily involved (as a fighter squadron) during the Battle of Cambrai in the First World War and as a bomber squadron in the Second World War and Vietnam War.
In the later years of the Canberra bomber's RAAF operations it was predominately used for target towing and aerial mapping.
2 Squadron operated the Canberra aircraft at RAAF Amberley (west of Brisbane, Qld) until 1982.
[edit] References
- ^ 2 Squadron - Australian Flying Corps of World War I. Retrieved on [[August 1, 2006]].
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