About
- Based at RAF Odiham, home of the UK Chinook force
- The last RFC unit to stand up before WWI
- Aircraft flown include the Lancaster, Valiant and the Canberra
- Flies the latest Chinook HC6 variant
By day and by night
On a hurt, seven mullets of six points forming a representation of the constellation Ursa Major - approved by King George VI in June 1939.
History
1914 - Formed at Farnborough.
1941 - The first RAF unit to operate four-engined bombers in WWII.
2000 - Took part in operations in Sierra Leone.
Based at
Battle honours
Western Front 1915-1918
Ypres 1915
Loos, Somme 1916
Ypres 1917
Fortress Europe 1941-1944
Biscay Ports 1941-1944
Ruhr 1942-1945
German Ports 1942-1945
Berlin 1943-1945
France and Germany 1944-1945
Normandy 1944
Rhine
Kosovo
SIERRA LEONE 2000
Iraq 2003*.
Iraq 2003-2011*
Afghanistan 2001-2014
(Honours marked with an asterisk, may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard)
Flying
Contact
Please contact the home station Media Communications team for more information or to contact the Squadron
Media enquiries details for RAF Odiham