No. 666 Squadron RAF
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No. 666 Squadron | |
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Active | 1 May 1949 - 10 March 1957 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Role | Air Observation |
Motto | Speculatus ascendimus Latin: "We ascend to observe" |
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Identification symbol |
Badge: In front of two gun barrels in saltire, a lion rampant charged with the Cross of St. Andrew |
No. 666 Squadron was an Air Observation Post unit of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force formed on 1 May 1949, equipped with Auster aircraft, based at Perth (Scone), with three detached flights at Abbotsinch, Renfrew and Turnhouse, before it was disbanded on 10 March 1957. A similarly named squadron, No. 666 Squadron RCAF, had served during the Second World War.