The first UK-based Reaper squadron, providing real-time surveillance and reconnaissance in support of frontline troops.
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1915 - Formed at Gosport
1916 - Pioneered formation bombing, including a nine-aircraft raid on Achiet-le-Grand. Disbanded in 1919
1924 - Re-formed on the Bristol F.2B Fighter as an army co-operation squadron
1940 - Deployed Westland Lysanders to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force, evacuating back to the UK for air-sea rescue and anti-invasion patrols
1941 - Re-equipped with the Bristol Blenheim
1942 - Began night-intruder work and participated in the Dieppe Raid before moving to North Africa
1944 - Flew the Martin Baltimore and then the Douglas Boston
1946 - Disbanded in Italy, before re-forming in Palestine as a Mosquito photo-reconnaissance squadron
1956 - Stationed at RAF Akrotiri flying the Gloster Meteor PR10 and Canberra PR7, operating the latter during the Suez Crisis
1978 - Moved to RAF Wyton. Disbanded in 1982
1990 - Stood up as a Tornado GR1A reconnaissance unit at RAF Honington, moving to RAF Marham in 1994. Disbanded in 2011
2012 - Reformed as the first UK-based Reaper RPAS squadron
Western Front 1915-1918*
Somme 1916
Arras*
Cambrai 1917*
Somme 1918*
Hindenburg Line
France and Low Countries 1939-1940
Dieppe*
North Africa 1942-1943
Mediterranean 1943
Italy 1944-1945*
Gustav Line
Gothic Line
Gulf 1991*
Iraq 2003-2011
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