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No 105 Squadron RAF

No 105 Squadron RAF


No 105 Squadron Royal Air Force King's Crown

 Imported Military Blazer badge of excellent quality. Precise details in the manufacture. See image for details. POST FREE

Formed at Andover as a day bomber unit on 14 September 1917, it was redesignated as a Corps Reconnaissance unit in April 1918.  Equipped with RE8s it was sent to Ireland, instead of France as originally planned, to provide support to local security units.  Bristol Fighter replaced the RE8s in December 1918 and the squadron remained in Ireland until disbanding on 1 February 1920.

The squadron reformed from 'B' Flight of No 18 Squadron at Upper Heyford on 12 April 1937 as a light bomber unit equipped Audaxes, which it took to Harwell at the end of that month.  New equipment arrived in the form of Fairey Battles in August 1937 and these were taken to France as part of the Advanced Air Striking Force in September 1939.

Here it re-equipped with Blenheims and joined No 2 Group and for the next year carried out low-level daylight raids against enemy shipping, ports and airfields. 

Later that month the squadron provided the No 2 Group detachment to Malta, returning to Horsham St Faith in September, where in November it began to receive new equipment.  It had been selected to introduce the De Havilland Mosquito into RAF service as a bomber.  In June 1943, the squadron was transferred to No 8 (Pathfinder Force) Group.  It was now tasked with the precision marking at night of targets for Bomber Command's Main Force, a role it retained until the end of the war.  The squadron disbanded on 1 February 1946.

From 1 February 1949 until 1February 1957, the squadron number was linked to No 109 Squadron, but it would be 21 February 1962 before the squadron reformed again.  Initially bases at Benson, it was equipped with Argosies in the transport role, which it  took to Aden in June of that year, where it provided support to security forces in the region.  With the run-down of forces in Aden, the  squadron moved to Bahrain in August 1967, disbanding there on 20 January 1968.

Motto:      Fortis in proeliis (Valiant in battles)

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