| bgcolor="lightskyblue" colspan="3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|No. 47 Squadron |
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Squadron badge |
| gcolor="lightskyblue" colspan="3"|Information |
| b>Role | colspan="2"|Air Transport |
| b>Aircraft Operated | colspan="2"|C-130 Hercules |
| b>Home Station | colspan="2"|RAF Lyneham |
| b>Motto | colspan="2"| Nili nomen roboris omen - "The name of the Nile is an omen of our strength". |
| gcolor="lightskyblue" colspan="3"|History |
| b>Date Founded | colspan="2"|1 March 1916 |
| b>Badge | colspan="2"|In front of a fountain, a demoiselle crane's head |
| b>Notable Battle Honours | colspan="2"| |