No. 92 Squadron RAF
| No. 92 Squadron RAF | |
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| Active | 1 September 1917 (RFC) – 7 August 1919 10 October 1939 – 30 December 1946 31 January 1947 – 1 July 1991 23 September 1992 - 1 October 1994 30 June 2009 – present |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 Royal Air Force
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| Motto(s) |
Latin: Aut Pugna Aut Morere ("Either fight or die") |
| Battle honours | Western Front, 1918*; Somme, 1918; Hindenburg Line; Amiens; Home Defence, 1940–1941; France & Low Countries, 1940; Battle of Britain, 1940*; Fortress Europe, 1941-1941*; Egypt & Libya, 1942–1943; El Alamein*; El Hamma*; Mediterranean, 1943; Sicily, 1943*; Italy, 1943–1945; Anzio & Nettuno*; Gustav Line; Gothic Line*. Honours marked with an asterisk* are those actually emblazoned on the Squadron Standard |
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| Squadron Badge Crest heraldry |
A cobra entwining a sprig of maple leaf The maple leaf signifies the squadron's association as a Canadian unit in World War I whilst the cobra represents the fact that No. 92 squadron was one of the East India gift squadrons in World War II. |
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No. 92 Squadron, also known as No 92 (East India) Squadron, of the Royal Air Force was formed as part of the Royal Flying Corps at London Colney as a fighter squadron on 1 September 1917. It deployed to France in July 1918 and saw action for just four months, until the end of the war. During the conflict it flew both air superiority and direct ground support missions. It was disbanded at Eil on 7 August 1919. Reformed on 10 October 1939, the unit was supposed to be equipped with medium bombers but in the spring of 1940 it became one of the first RAF units to receive the Supermarine Spitfire.
It was established at London Colney on 1 September 1917, working up as a scout squadron with Sopwith Pups, Spads, and SE.5as. The Squadron became part of the RAF on its formation on 1 April 1918. Standardising on SE.5as, the squadron went to France in July 1918, at first operating in the Dunkirk area. It was then moved to Serny in August 1918, where it began scoring victories. During the Somme offensive of 1918 the squadron was heavily involved, and continued to operate over the Western Front until the Armistice. It was disbanded on 7 August 1919, while stationed at Eil with the Army of Occupation. It had claimed a total of 37 victories during its World War I service. Eight aces had served in the squadron, including Oren Rose, Thomas Stanley Horry, William Reed, Earl Frederick Crabb, future Air Chief Marshal James Robb, Evander Shapard, Herbert Good, and future Air Marshal Arthur Coningham.
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