THE SQUADRON

No. 22 Squadron re-formed at RAF Benson as the Operational Evaluation Unit of the Joint Helicopter Command under the Air Warfare Branch. 

They are responsible for testing all new equipment to be used on eight helicopter types used across the three Services.

Valiant and brave

BASED AT

RAF Benson

History

1915   Formed at Fort Grange.

1941   Flying Officer K Campbell was awarded the VC.

1955   Reformed as SAR squadron.

2015   Disbanded as a SAR squadron.

2020   Reformed at RAF Benson as an Operational Evaluation Unit.

BATTLE HONOURS

1916 - 1918*   Western Front

1916*   Somme

1917*   Ypres

1917   Cambrai

1918   Somme

1918   Lys

1918   Amiens

1918*   Hindenburg Line

1939 - 1941*   Channel and North Sea 

1940   France and Low Countries

1940   Invasion Ports 

1940 - 1941   Biscay Ports 

1942*   Mediterranean 

1942 - 1944*   Eastern Waters 

1944 - 1945*   Burma 

*Honours marked with an asterisk, may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard.