No. 143 Squadron RAF

No. 143 Squadron RAF
Active1 February 1918 – 31 October 1919
15 June 1941 – 25 May 1945
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Motto(s)Latin: Vincere est vivere
("To conquer is to live")[1]
Insignia
Squadron BadgeA gamecock.
Squadron CodesHO (Jun 1941 - Aug 1943, Jul 1944 - Oct 1944) )
NE (Oct 1944 - Jul 1945)

No. 143 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed as a fighter unit in the First World War and reformed as an RAF Coastal Command fighter and anti-submarine unit in the Second World War.

  1. ^ Pine, L G (1983). A dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 253. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.