No. 64 Squadron RAF
| No. 64 Squadron | |
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| Active | 1 August 1916 - 31 December 1919 1 March 1936 - 16 June 1967 16 May 1968 – 31 January 1991 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 Royal Air Force
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| Motto(s) |
Latin: Tenax propositi ("Firm of purpose") |
| Battle honours | Western Front, 1917-1918 Cambrai, 1918 Amiens, Hindenburg Line, Somme, 1918 Lys, Channel & North Sea, 1940 Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, Home Defence, 1940 Fortress Europe, 1941-1944 Normandy, 1944 Arnhem, Walcheren, France & Germany, 1944-1945 |
| Insignia | |
| Squadron badge heraldry | A scarab |
| Squadron codes |
XQ (February to September 1939) SH (September 1939 to April 1951) |
No. 64 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It was first formed on 1 August 1916 as a squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. It was disbanded on 31 January 1991 at RAF Leuchars.
No. 64 Squadron Royal Flying Corps was formed at Sedgeford in Norfolk on 1 August 1916. Initially, it was equipped with a variety of types for training purposes, including Henry Farmans, Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2bs, Avro 504s and Sopwith Pups. In June 1917, the squadron re-equipped with its intended operational equipment, the Airco DH.5 fighter, and began to work up ready for operations. The DH.5 had poor altitude performance, and so the squadron extensively practiced low-level flying both prior to and following its move to France on 14 October 1917. On 20 November, the British launched the Battle of Cambrai, an offensive supported by the use of large number of tanks and No. 64 Squadron supported the British troops, flying many low-level ground attack missions, both during the British attack, and during the German counterattack that followed.
The DH.5s were replaced by SE.5As in March 1918 and conducted both fighter and ground-attack operations for the remainder of the First World War. It returned to Narborough in February 1919, where it was disbanded on 31 December 1919. During the World War I era, the squadron claimed in excess of 130 victories, and produced eleven aces, among whom were James Anderson Slater, Edmund Tempest, Philip Scott Burge, Thomas Rose, Charles Cudemore, William H. Farrow, Dudley Lloyd-Evans, Edward Dawson Atkinson, and .
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