No. 95 Squadron RAF

No. 95 Squadron RAF
Official Squadron Badge of 95 Squadron RAF
Active	(RFC) 8 October 1917 - 4 July 1918 (RAF) 16 January 1941 - 30 June 1945
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Coastal Command
Motto	Trans mare exivi - 'I went out over the sea.'
Aircraft	Short Sunderland
Battle honours	•World War II • Africa • Atlantic • Mediterranean
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	On a mount in waves of the sea in front of a palm tree, a crowned crane displayed.
Squadron Codes	PX allocated April 1939 - September 1939 SE January 1941 - August 1942

No. 95 Squadron was a squadron of the RFC and RAF.

Contents

1 History
- 1.1 In World War I
- 1.2 In World War II
2 References

History

In World War I

8 October 1917 - 4 July 1918

In World War II

Created at Pembroke Dock on 16 January 1941. Initially three Short Sunderland flying boats
Moved to Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 17 March 1941
Moved to Gambia in March 1943, with detachments from Sierra Leone, Dakar and Liberia
Disbanded on 30 June 1945

References

"History of No. 95 Squadron.". The Royal Air Force - History Section. http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/h95.html. Retrieved 20 January 2010.