No. 90 Squadron RAF
| No. 90 Squadron RAF | |
|---|---|
| Active | 8 October 1917 - 29 July 1918 14 August 1918 - 13 June 1919 15 March 1937 - 6 April 1940 3 May 1941 - 10 February 1942 7 November 1942 - 1 September 1950 4 October 1950 - 1 May 1956 1 January 1957 – 1 March 1965 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 Royal Air Force
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| Motto(s) | Latin: Celer ("Swift") |
| Insignia | |
| Squadron badge heraldry | A hind salient. The Hind - "representative of vigilance and great speed" - commemorates the fact that, at one time, the squadron was equipped with Hind aircraft. |
| Squadron Codes |
TW Oct 1938 - Sep 1939 WP May 1941 - Sep 1950, Oct 1950 - Apr 1951 XY Mar 1943 - Oct 1944 carried by 'C' Flt only |
No. 90 Squadron RAF (sometimes written as No. XC Squadron) is a squadron of the Royal Air Force.
No. 90 Squadron was formed as a fighter squadron of the Royal Flying Corps at Shawbury in Shropshire on 8 October 1917, moving to Shotwick in North Wales on 5 December 1917. It was equipped with a variety of types, including the Avro 504, Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b, together with a number of Sopwith Pups. The squadron was intended to equip with the new Sopwith Dolphin fighter, and was intended to become operational in France in the spring of 1918, but although it received a few Dolphins in July 1918, it disbanded at Brockworth, Gloucestershire on 3 August 1918 without becoming operational.
The squadron reformed on 14 August 1918 at RAF Buckminster, Leicestershire as a Home Defence squadron equipped with Avro 504Ks with the mission of defending the Midlands against German air attack.Flights of Avro 504s were based at Buckminster, Leadenham and Wittering, but the squadron saw no action, disbanding on 13 June 1919.
The squadron reformed at RAF Bicester on 15 March 1937 from a flight of 101 Squadron, as a light bomber squadron equipped with Hawker Hind biplanes as its initial equipment. It replaced its Hinds with the more modern Bristol Blenheim twin-engined monoplane from May that year. It replaced its Blenheim Is with Blenheim Mark IVs in early 1939, and on the outbreak of the Second World War, became a training squadron, training Blenheim crews for the rest of Bomber Command. It disbanded on 4 April 1940 when it merged with No. 35 Squadron to become part of No. 17 OTU.
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