201 Squadron is a maritime reconnaissance Squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth, having originally formed as a Royal Naval Air Service fighter squadron.
The Squadron currently operate the P-8A Poseidon, but previous aircraft include the Supermarine Southampton, Shorts Sunderland, Avro Shackleton, and Nimrod MR1 and MR2.
1914 Formed as 1 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, before becoming 201 Squadron RAF in 1918.
1915 Sub-Lieutenant R. A. J. Warneford Royal Navy was awarded the Victoria Cross while flying with the Squadron.
1929 Reformed at RAF Calshot as a flying boat squadron, a role it would continue with for 28 years.
1970 Began flying the Nimrod MR.1. and later MR2.
2010 Stood down operationally, with the Squadron being disbanded the following year.
2021 Stood up at RAF Lossiemouth to fly the P-8A Poseidon.
1915 - 1918* Western Front
1917* Arras
1917* Ypres
1918* Somme
1918 Amiens
1918 Hindenburg Line
1939 - 1945 Channel & North Sea
1940* Norway
1941 - 1945* Atlantic
1941 - 1945* Bismarck
1941 - 1945 Biscay
1944* Normandy
1982 South Atlantic
1991 Gulf
2003 Iraq
2001 - 2014 Afghanistan
*Honours marked with an asterisk are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard.
