No. 42 Squadron RAF

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No. 42 Squadron RAF
Active	1 April 1916 (RFC)
Role	Maritime Patrol
Garrison/HQ	RAF Kinloss
Motto	"Fortiter in re" (Bravely into action)
Equipment	Nimrod MR Mk2
Battle honours	North West Frontier 1916-1918, Iraq 1941, Egypt and Libya 1941-1942, Burma 1941-1942, North Burma 1943-1944, Arakan 1943-1944, Manipur 1944, Burma 1944-1945, Gulf 1991
Insignia
Identification symbol	On a terrestrial globe, a figure of Perseus

No. 42 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Nimrod MR2, based at RAF Kinloss, Moray.

Contents 1 History 2 RAF Nimrod squadrons 2.1 MR.2 2.2 R.1 3 See also 4 External Links

[edit] History

Formed from crews of 19 Squadron at Filton in 1916, 42 Squadron spent the First World War flying reconnaissance sorties. Using BE2s (and later RE8s), the squadron spent time on both the Western Front and the Austro-Italian Front. On returning to England in 1919 after the war, the Squadron was disbanded.

+ WW2 and post-war history

[edit] RAF Nimrod squadrons

[edit] MR.2

• No. 42(Reserve) Squadron - Nimrod OCU
• No. 120 Squadron
• No. 201 Squadron

[edit] R.1

• No. 51 Squadron

[edit] See also

• List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

[edit] External Links

• The History of No 42 Squadron at raf.mod.uk