No. 148 Squadron RAF

No. 148 Squadron RAF
148 Squadron Halifax loaded with supplies reading for dropping to Yugoslav Partisans, at Brindisi, Italy
Active1918–19
1937–1940
1940
1940–42
1943–46
1946–55
1956–65
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Motto(s)Trusty[1]
Insignia
Squadron badge[a][2]

No. 148 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force disbanded and re-established several times since the First World War, until its dissolution on 1 May 1965. During the Second World War, the squadron operated as a Special Duties squadron performing partisan supply missions and working closely with the Special Operations Executive for agent drop and pick-up operations.

  1. ^ Pine, L G (1983). A dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 248. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
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