No. 184 Squadron RAF

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184 SQUADRON

Motto "Nihil impenetrabile"

(Nothing impenetrable)

No.184 Squadron was formed at Colerne on 1 December 1942, as a fighter bomber unit equipped with Hurricanes. Initially, Mark IIDs with 40mm anti-tank cannon were received and the squadron trained with the Army in ground attack practice guns, bombs and rockets, replaced the IIDs and rockets became the main anti-tank weapon used by the Second TAF. Attacks on enemy shipping began on 17 June 1943 and cross-channel operations became No.184's main task.

In October 1943, four Spitfires were received for conversion training but in December it was the Typhoons which replaced the Hurricanes. With these the squadron began a series of attacks on enemy communications in preparation for the invasion. On 27 June 1944, the squadron moved to Normandy and supported the 21st Army Group throughout the battle of Normandy and the subsequent advance to the Netherlands by attacking enemy tanks and transport. After spending the winter in the Netherlands, it moved to Germany on 21 March 1945, claiming to be the first squadron based on German soil during World War Two.

The squadron moved to Europe on 27 June 1944. They continued to support the army throughout the push to Holland and finally Germany where the squadron arrived on 21 March 1945, becoming the first RAF squadron based on German soil. Ground support was continued right up until the end of the war until 184 was disbanded on 10th September 1945.

Squadron C/O's

Sqn Ldr Jack Rose Sqn Ldr B Smith

Those who lost their lifes: Charles Haddow, James Thomson, John Richardson, John Rowland, Robert Bruce 28-05-45, R Gaskin, Gil Gilham, William O'Brian, William Ross RNAF 21-02-45 Ronald Currie RCAF, Douglas Gross RCAF, Henry Laflamme RCAF, A Collett SAAF 27-12-1944, Flt Lt Angus Ruffhead, Lt Collet 27-12-44

[1] History of 184 Squadron with Photo's supplied by pilots and relatives

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