No. 201 Squadron RAF

No. 201 Squadron RAF
Active17 October 1914 – 21 June 1915 (RNAS)
6 December 1916 – 1 April 1918 (RNAS)
1 April 1918 – 31 December 1919 (RAF)
1 January 1929 – 28 February 1957
1 October 1958 – 26 May 2011
7 August 2021 – present
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeFlying squadron
RoleAnti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and maritime patrol aircraft
Part ofNo. 1 Group
Home stationRAF Lossiemouth
Nickname(s)Guernsey's Own Squadron
Motto(s)Latin: Hic et ubique
("Here and everywhere")[1][2]
Commanders
Current
commander
Wing Commander Adam Smolak[3]
Notable
commanders
Roderic Dallas
Robert Marsland Groves
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryA seagull, wings elevated and addorsed[1][2]
Squadron codesVQ (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939)[4][5]
ZM (Sep 1939 – Aug 1943)[6][7]
1 (Nov 1943 – Mar 1944)[8]
NS (Jul 1944 – Apr 1951)[9][10]
A (Apr 1951 – Feb 1957)[11][12]

Number 201 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It currently operates the Boeing Poseidon MRA1 from RAF Lossiemouth, Moray.

It is the only squadron affiliated with Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. This affiliation started in 1935 and is commemorated in the museum on Castle Cornet. Its history goes even further back than the RAF itself, being formed originally as No. 1 Squadron RNAS on 17 October 1914. It had previously operated the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2, based at RAF Kinloss, Moray, between January 1982 and March 2010.

  1. ^ a b Rawlings 1982, p. 128.
  2. ^ a b Halley 1988, pp. 259–260.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference reform was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 13.
  5. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 52.
  6. ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 121.
  7. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 123.
  8. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 128.
  9. ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 77.
  10. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, pp. 94 and 154.
  11. ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 126
  12. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 192.