No. 108 Squadron

Motto: Motto: "Viribus contractis" ("With gathered strength").
Badge: An oak leaf. The unit was formed at Stonehenge and it adopted an oak leaf as a badge being symbolic of strength and age.
Authority: King George VI, July 1938.

No 108 Squadron, RFC, was formed on 11th November 1917, at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, and in July 1918, went to Capelle, Dunkirk, equipped with DH9s for day-bombing operations against targets in North-West Belgium. In October 1918, it moved to Bisseghem, Belgium, and remained based there until the Armistice. During its service overseas the squadron made 59 successful bombing raids, 40 reconnaissance flights, 2 photographic flights, dropped approximately 70 tons of bombs, and shot down 9 enemy aircraft (a further 20 were reported shot down but were not confirmed).

Disbanded in July 1919, the squadron did not reappear in the order of battle until January 1937, when it was re-formed as No 108 (Bomber) Squadron at Upper Heyford. On the day before the outbreak of World War 2 it became a No. 6 Group training squadron and in April 1940, was absorbed into No 13 OTU.

Bomber Command WWII Bases:

• Bassingbourn : Apr 1938-Sep 1939

• Bicester : Sep 1939-Apr 1940

Bomber Command WWII Aircraft:

• Bristol Blenheim I and IV : Jun 1938-Apr 1940

No operational missions undertaken in Bomber Command

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