No. 25 Squadron RAF
| No. XXV Squadron RAF | |
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| Active | 25 September 1915 – 31 January 1920 1 February 1920 – 23 June 1958 1 July 1958 – 30 November 1962 1 October 1963 – 1 October 1989 1 October 1989 – 4 April 2008 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 Royal Air Force
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| Motto(s) | (Latin): Feriens tego ("Striking I defend") |
| Equipment | Panavia Tornado F3. |
| Battle honours | Home Defence, 1916: Western Front, 1916–1918: Somme, 1916: Arras: Ypres, 1917: Cambrai, 1917: Somme, 1918: Lys: Hindenburg Line: Channel & North Sea, 1939–1941: Battle of Britain, 1940: Fortress Europe, 1943–1944: Home Defence, 1940–1945: France & Germany, 1944–1945. |
| Insignia | |
| Squadron Badge heraldry | On a gauntlet a hawk rising affrontée |
| Post 1950 squadron roundel |  |
| Squadron Codes |
RX (Dec 1938 – Sep 1939) ZK (Sep 1939 – Apr 1951) |
No. 25(F) Squadron (alternatively No. XXV(F) Squadron) was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. Until April 2008 the squadron operated the Panavia Tornado F3, from RAF Leeming.
No. 25 Squadron RAF was formed at RAF Montrose on 25 September 1915 from No. 6 Reserve Squadron, moving to France in February 1916, flying F.E.2bs on fighter and reconnaissance duties. They gave way to D.H.4 bombers in 1917.
During the course of the First World War, 25 Squadron had nine flying aces among its ranks, including James Fitz-Morris, James Green, Reginald George Malcolm, Lancelot Richardson, Noel Webb, Charles WoollvenAlexander Roulstone, Leonard Herbert Emsden, and Hartley Pullan.
After the war the squadron acquired D.H.9s. The unit was disbanded on 31 January 1920 at RAF Scopwick.
The squadron reformed the next day at RAF Hawkinge, flying Snipes, and went to Turkey in 1922/23 during the Chanak Crisis. After returning to the UK the unit stayed for a number of years at Hawkinge. The Snipes gave way to Grebes and later Siskins, while in December 1936 the squadron became the first unit to receive the Hawker Fury Mk II, having already flown the Fury Mk I since 1932. The Fury was replaced by the Hawker Demon when the squadron was given a night-fighter role. For night-flying training purposes the squadron also received Gloster Gladiators. No. 25(F) Squadron moved to RAF Northolt on 12 September 1938.
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