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84 Squadron is based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. The Squadron has been stationed overseas since 1920. Aircraft flown have included the Mosquito FBVI, Beverley, Whirlwind and the Wessex HAR2. 84 Squadron provides an invaluable fire fighting capability to the Sovereign Base Area and Cyprus territory.
1917 Formed at Beaulieu.
1920 Left the UK for the last time.
1940 Flew during WWII in Africa, the Middle and the Far East.
2003 The last RAF Squadron to operate the Westland Wessex.
1917-1918* Western Front
1917 Cambrai
1918* Somme
Amiens
Hindenburg Line*
1920 Iraq
1923-1925 Iraq
1928-1929 Iraq
1940-1942* Egypt and Libya
1940-1941* Greece
1941* Iraq
1941 Habbaniya, Iraq
1942* Malaya
1944* North Burma
1944 Manipur
Honours marked with an asterisk, may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard.
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