No. 139 Squadron RAF

No. 139 (Jamaica) Squadron RAF
Active3 July 1918 – 7 Mar 1919
3 Sept 1936 – 31 Dec 1959
1 Jan 1962 – 31 Dec 1968
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Nickname(s)Jamaica
Motto(s)Latin: Si placet necamus
("We destroy at will")[1]
Insignia
Squadron HeraldryA fasces in front of a crescent (The fasces is from the badge of No. 28 Squadron RAF to which No. 139 was first attached in 1918)
Squadron CodesSY (Apr – Sep 1939)
XD (Sep 1939 – Mar 1942, Jun 1942 – 1951)

No. 139 (Jamaica) Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron that was fighter unit in World War I and a bomber unit from World War II until the 1960s.

  1. ^ Pine, L G (1983). A dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 213. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.