No. 127 Squadron RAF

No. 127 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force.

No. 127 Squadron RAF
Active(RFC) 1 March 1918 – 4 July 1918
(RAF) 29 June 1941 - 30 April 1945
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
RoleFighter Command.
Motto(s)Eothen (Latin: Out of the east)[1]
AircraftGladiator
Hurricane
Spitfire
Battle honours•World War II
• Home Defence
• Middle East
• Italy
• Western Desert
• Invasion of Europe
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryA tarantula.
Squadron CodesHF allocated April 1939 - September 1939
EJ June 1942 - January 1943
9N April 1944 - April 1945

History

It was first formed as a day bomber unit in February 1918, but was disbanded on 4 July of that year without seeing service. From 29 June to 12 July 1941, the designation was assigned to a detachment of Hawker Hurricanes and Gloster Gladiators in service in Iraq before they were renumbered No. 261 Squadron. Thereafter, the designation was taken up again and the squadron who served in Egypt.

It returned to the UK for Operation Overlord (the Allied invasion of Normandy) when it was equipped with the Spitfire IX HF operating from RAF Lympne in Air Defence of Great Britain, though under the operational control of RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2nd TAF).[2]

The squadron disbanded on 30 April 1945.

Notes
  1. Pine, L G (1983). A dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 65. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  2. Delve, p. 137.
gollark: I love how you've used a system designed to withstand far-future attacks by hypothetical technology and yet used it so horribly that it's pointless against anyone who cares.
gollark: I mean "how well" as in "how goodfully", to completely un-english.
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References
  • Ken Delve, D-Day: The Air Battle, London: Arms & Armour Press, 1994, ISBN 1-85409-227-8.
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