No. 127 Squadron RAF

No. 127 Squadron RAF
Active(RFC) 1 March 1918–4 July 1918
(RAF) 29 June 1941–30 April 1945
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Part ofRAF Fighter Command
Motto(s)Eothen (Latin: Out of the east)[1]
AircraftGloster Gladiator
Hawker Hurricane
Supermarine Spitfire
Battle honoursWorld War II
• Home Defence
• Middle East
• Italy
• Western Desert
• Invasion of Europe
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryA tarantula
Squadron CodesEJ (June 1942–January 1943)
9N )April 1944–April 1945)

No. 127 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. Originally formed in early 1918 for service in the First World War, it was disbanded after six months without commencing operations. Reformed in 1941 for the Second World War, it served in the Middle East, the Mediterranean and in Europe.

  1. ^ Pine 1983, p. 65.