No. 194 Squadron RAF

No. 194 Squadron RAF
Active9 Aug 1917 – 21 Jul 1918
14 Oct 1942 – 15 Feb 1946
1 Feb 1953 – 3 Jun 1959
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
RoleTransport
Part ofNo. 20th (Training) Wing, RAF Middle East Area
(1917–1918);[1]
No. 221 Group RAF (India)
(1942–1943);[2]
No. 229 Group RAF, Eastern Air Command, South East Asia Command
(1943–1946);[3]
RAF AHQ Malaya, Far East Air Force
(1953–1957)[4]
Nickname(s)"The Friendly Firm"
Motto(s)Latin: Surrigere colligere
Translation: "To arise and pick up"[5]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryA Malayan kris with a dragonfly superimposed[6]
Unofficial Squadron BadgeA Flying Elephant[7][8][9]

194 Squadron RAF, though formed as a training unit in Egypt and ended as a casualty evacuation unit in Malaya, was for most of its active service life a RAF transport squadron that flew in South East Asia.

  1. ^ Delve 1994, p. 47.
  2. ^ Delve 1994, p. 68.
  3. ^ Delve 1994, p. 84.
  4. ^ Delve 1994, p. 87.
  5. ^ Pine, LG (1983). A Dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge & K. Paul. p. 226. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  6. ^ Halley 1988, p. 253.
  7. ^ Russell 1972, front cover.
  8. ^ Williams 1987, front cover.
  9. ^ Briscoe 2000, front cover.