Leads the Field
A fox's mask – approved by King George VI in February 1937. Based on a suggestion when the squadron was equipped with the Fairey Fox, an aircraft of which it was the proud sole operator.
1915 - Formed at Netheravon
1926 - Sole operator of the Fairey Fox
1940 - Flying Officer Garland and Sergeant Gray were awarded Victoria Crosses for a Fairey Battle raid on the Maastricht bridge over the Albert Canal. The unit soon re-equipped with the Vickers Wellington
1942 – Re-equipped with the Lancaster
1951 – Re-equipped with the Canberra and then with the Vulcan, in 1962
1969 – Switched to maritime and strike operations with the Buccaneer
1991 – Flew the Buccaneer in Operation GRANBY, the 1991 Gulf War
1993 – Re-equipped with the Tornado GR1B
1998 - Took part in Operation DESERT FOX over Iraq
2003 – Took part in Operation TELIC over Iraq with the Tornado GR4
2010 - First Tornado unit in Afghanistan
2011 – Took part in Operation ELLAMY, including Storm Shadow missions from RAF Marham
2014 – Stood down
2015 – Re-formed to support Operation SHADER
2018 – Stood down in February and re-formed as a joint Typhoon unit in July
2020 – Began joint operations at RAF Coningsby
Western Front 1915-1918
Loos*
Somme 1916
Arras
Cambrai 1917*
Somme 1918*
Hindenburg Line
France and Low Countries 1939-1940*
Meuse Bridges*
Fortress Europe 1940-1944
German Ports 1941-1945
Biscay Ports 1940-1945
Berlin 1941-1945*
Ruhr 1941-1945*
France and Germany 1944-1945
Rhine*
Gulf 1991*
Iraq 2003-2011
Afghanistan 2001-2014
(Honours marked with an asterisk, may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard)
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