no. 42 squadron raf

bgcolor="lightskyblue" colspan="3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"\|No. 42 Squadron
olspan="3" align="center"\| Squadron badge
gcolor="lightskyblue" colspan="3"\|Information
b>Role	colspan="2"\|Maritime Patrol
b>Aircraft Operated	colspan="2"\|Nimrod MR Mk2
b>Home Station	colspan="2"\|RAF Kinloss
b>Motto	colspan="2"\|Fortiter in re (Bravely into action)
gcolor="lightskyblue" colspan="3"\|History
b>Date Founded	colspan="2"\|1 April 1916 (RFC)
b>Badge	colspan="2"\|On a terrestrial globe, a figure of Perseus
b>Notable Battle Honours	colspan="2"\|North West Frontier 1916-1918, Iraq 1941, Egypt and Libya 1941-1942, Burma 1941-1942, North Burma 1943-1944, Arakan 1943-1944, Manipur 1944, Burma 1944-1945, Gulf 1991

No. 42 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is one of three operational RAF squadrons operating the Nimrod MR2, based at RAF Kinloss, Moray.

History

Formed from crews of 19 Squadron at Filton in 1916, 42 Squadron spent the First World War flying reconnaissance sorties. Using BE2s (and later RE8s), the squadron spent time on both the Western Front and the Austro-Italian Front. On returning to England in 1919 after the war, the Squadron was disbanded. + WW2 and post-war history

No. 42 Squadron Raf

History

RAF Nimrod squadrons

MR.2

R.1

See also