|
Squadron
& Code
|
Designation
or
Dedication
|
Aircraft
Type
|
Dates
at Hurn
|
Notes
on Posting
|
Motto
|
|
66
|
RB
|
|
Spitfire
(V's?)
|
July/44
|
Flew B-17 Escort
Mssions on Daylight Raids
|
Cavete
Praemonui/ Beware I have Given Warning |
|
125
|
VA
|
Newfoundland
|
Mosquito
XVII
|
March/July/44
|
Nightfighter
Unit controlled by "Starlight" Sopley based GCI unit
|
Nunquam
Domandi/Never to be Tamed |
|
131
|
NX
|
County
of Kent
|
Spitfire
(V's?)
|
July/43
|
Flew
B-17 Escort Mssions on Daylight Raids |
Invicta/Unconquered |
|
164
|
FJ
|
Argentine-British
|
Typhoon
1B
|
June/July/44
|
Members
of 2nd Tactical Airforce |
Firmes
Volamos/Firmly we fly |
|
170
|
BN
|
Army
Cooperation
|
Mustang
I
|
1942
|
Forward
Reconnaisance & Army Support |
|
|
181
|
EL
|
|
|
April/June/44
|
|
Irriumus
Vastatum/We rush in and destroy |
|
182
|
XM
|
|
|
April/June/44
|
|
Fearless
I direct my flight |
|
183
|
HF
|
Gold
Coast
|
|
July/44
|
|
Versatility |
|
193
|
DP
|
Fellowship
of the Bellows
|
Aera
et Terrain Imparare/ To govern the air and the earth |
|
197
|
OV
|
|
Findimus
Caelum/We cleave the sky |
|
198
|
TP
|
|
Igni
Renatus/Born in Fire |
|
247
|
ZY
|
China
British
|
April/July/44
|
Rise
from the East |
|
257
|
FM
|
Burma
|
July/44
|
Thay
Myay Gyee Shin Shwe Hti/Death or Glory |
|
263
|
HE
|
|
Wesland
Whirlwind Serial: P6983
|
6th
Aug/41
|
1st
landing at Hurn. Forced landing after air combat over Cherbourg Peninsula.
Two Bf-109's claimed by pilot as destroyed. |
Ex
Ungue Ieonem |
| By
his claws one knows the Lion. |
|
Typhoon
IB
|
July/44
|
Members
of 2nd Tactical Airforce |
Hlabezezulu |
|
266
|
ZH
|
Rhodesia
|
The stabber
of the sky
|
|
277
|
BA
|
|
Walrus
|
August/44
|
Air
Sea Rescue Unit
|
Quaerendo
Servamus |
|
Spitfire
ARS
|
We
save by seeking |
|
295
|
EE
|
Halifax
II
|
43/44
|
Glider
Tugs. Took part in Operation Husky |
In
Caelo Auxilium/Aid from the skies |
|
296
|
7C
|
Army
Cooperation
|
Whitleys
|
42
|
Worked
with 1st Airbourne Division |
Prepared
for all things |
|
Albemarle's
|
43
|
Took
part in Operation Husky |
|
412
RCAF
|
VZ
|
|
Spitfire
Mk. Vb
|
March/43
|
|
Promptus
Advindtictum/ Quick to Avenge |
|
418
RCAF
|
TH
|
City
of Edmonton
|
Mosquito
NF II
|
July/44
|
Covered
D-Day Landing |
Piyautailili/Defend
even unto death |
|
438
RCAF
|
F3
|
Wildcat
|
Hurricane
Mk. IV
|
March/April/44
|
Members
of 2nd Tactical Airforce |
Going
Down |
|
Typhoon
IB
|
April/July/44
|
|
439
RCAF
|
5V
|
Westmount
|
Hurricane
Mk. IV
|
March/April/44
|
Members
of 2nd Tactical Airforce |
Fangs
of Death |
|
Typhoon
IB
|
April/July/44
|
|
440
RCAF
|
I8
|
City
of Ottawa and Beaver
|
Hurricane
Mk. IV
|
March/April/44
|
Members of 2nd
Tactical Airforce
|
Ka Ganawaitah
Saguenay |
|
Typhoon
IB
|
April/July/44
|
He who guards
the Saguenay |
|
504
|
TM
|
County
of Nottingham
|
Spitfire
(V's?)
|
July/43
|
Flew
B-17 Escort Mssions on Daylight Raids |
Vindicat
in Ventis/It avenes the wind |
|
570
|
|
|
Albemarle's
|
July/43
|
|
Impetum
Deducimus/We launch the spearhead |
|
604
|
RAK
|
County
of Middlesex
|
Mosquito
XIII
|
May/July/44
|
Nightfighter
Unit controlled by "Starlight" Sopley based GCI unit. |
Si
Vis Pacem, Para Bellum/If you want peace, prepare for war. |
|
633
|
|
|
|
Never
|
Fictional
Squadron created by Bournemouth author Frederick Smith for book and
film. |
|