No. 212 Squadron RAF
No. 212 Squadron RAF | |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Role | Photographic reconnaissance / Maritime patrol |
Motto(s) | Amari ad Astra ("From the Sea to the Stars") |
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Squadron Code | QB (April–September 1939) |
No. 212 Squadron RAF is an inactive squadron of the British Royal Air Force.
First World War
The squadron was first formed as No. 12 Squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service, a training unit of No. 1 Wing, founded at Hondschoote on 8 June 1917. However, unlike other RNAS units it was not absorbed into the RAF as No. 212 Squadron, and was disbanded on 1 April 1918.[1]
On 20 August 1918 Flights 490, 557 and 558 of the former RNAS base at Great Yarmouth were formed into No. 212 Squadron RAF. Flying the DH4, DH9 and DH9A, it carried out anti-submarine patrols over the North Sea until the end of the war. In March 1919 it moved to Swingate Down near Dover, and was disbanded on 9 February 1920.[1]
Second World War
In early 1940 a detachment from the
The squadron was reformed on 22 October 1942 to operate the
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e "Squadron Histories 211-215". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. 2014. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ "Squadrons 2 to 268". The Royal Air Force & Commonwealth Photographic Reconnaissance Squadrons 1939-1946. 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ Gale, Tony (2012). "RAF Masirah". UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron Association. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ Rickard, J. (15 February 2011). "No. 212 Squadron (RAF) during the Second World War". History of War. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- Bibliography
- Halley, James J. (1980). The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-083-9.
- Jefford, C.G. (2001) [1998]. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 (2nd ed.). Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.