No. 65 Squadron RAF

No. 65 Squadron
Active	1 August 1916 (RFC) to 1919 1934–1961 1964–1970 1970–1974 1986–1992
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Motto(s)	Latin: Vi et armis "By force of arms"
Battle honours	Western Front, 1917-1918: Cambrai, 1918: Somme, 1918: France & Low Countries: Dunkirk: Battle of Britain, 1940: Home Defence, 1940-42: Fortress Europe, 1941-1944: Channel & North Sea, 1942-1945: Dieppe: Normandy, 1944: Arnhem: France & Germany, 1944-1945: Baltic 1945: Honours marked with an asterisk are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	In front of fifteen swords in pile, the hilts in base, a lion passant. The number of swords refers to a memorable combat in which a similar number of enemy arircraft were destroyed.
Post 1950 Squadron Roundel

No. 65 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force.

The squadron was first formed at Wyton on 1 August 1916 as a squadron of the Royal Flying Corps with a core provided from the training ground at Norwich. By the end of World War I, it had claimed over 200 victories. Thirteen aces had served with it, including : John Inglis Gilmour, Joseph White, Maurice Newnham, Thomas Williams, William Harry Bland, Alfred Leitch, Jack Armand Cunningham, Godfrey Brembridge, and George M. Cox.Arthur G. Jones-Williams, who would go on to long-range flight record attempts in 1929, also served in the squadron.

The squadron reformed in 1934 at RAF Hornchurch with the Hawker Demon, converting to the Gloster Gauntlet in 1936 and the Gloster Gladiator in 1937. During World War II, the squadron operated Supermarine Spitfires, having converted from Gladiators in 1939. In December 1943, the squadron converted to North American Mustangs. For a period of time their Wing Commander was Reg Grant.