No. 211 Squadron RAF
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Active in the Royal Air Force from 1918 to 1919 and from 1937 to 1946, in World War II No 211 Squadron RAF operated as a medium bomber unit in the Middle East and Far East and later as a strike fighter unit in the Far East. During World War II the Squadron was equipped with, successively, the Bristol Blenheim, the Bristol Beaufighter and de Havilland Mosquito.
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[edit] Aircraft
Airco DH.4 (April 1918) Airco DH.9 (April 1918 to June 1919) Hawker Audax (July to October 1937) Hawker Hind (August 1937 to May 1939) Bristol Blenheim I (April 1939 to November 1941) Bristol Blenheim IV (May 1941 to February 1942) Bristol Beaufighter X (October 1943 to May 1945) de Havilland Mosquito FB VI (June 1945 to March 1946)
[edit] Badge and motto
Squadron badge: An azure lion disjointed, ducally crowned. Motto: Toujours à propos (Always at the right moment)
[edit] References
- Dunnet, J 2001 Blenheim Over the Balkans Durham: Pentland Press
- “RAFMO” [S/Ldr HF Squire MRCS LRCP] 1997 Middle East Scrapbook Durham: Pentland Press
- Wisdom TH 1942 Wings Over Olympus London: George Allen and Unwin
