No. 204 Squadron RAF

No 204 Squadron RAF
ActiveRoyal Naval Air Service
23 March 1915 – 15 October 1915
31 December 1916 – 1 April 1918
Royal Air Force
1 - April 1918 - 31 December 1919
1 February 1929 – 30 June 1945
1 August 1947 – 20 February 1953
1 January 1954 – 1 April 1971
1 April 1971 – 1 May 1972[1][2]
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Motto(s)Latin: Praedam mari quaero
("I seek my prey in the sea")[3][4][5]
Battle honoursHome Waters, 1915
Western Front, 1917–18
Atlantic, 1940–45
Norway, 1940
Arctic, 1941[6]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryOn water barry wavy, a mooring buoy, thereon a cormorant displayed[3]
The badge is based upon a photograph made by Aircraftsman T.E. Shaw (Lawrence of Arabia)[5][7]
Squadron CodesRF (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939)[8]
KG (Sep 1939 – 1943)[9]
T (Jan 1954 – 1956)[10]

No. 204 Squadron was a Royal Air Force unit first formed in March 1915 as No.4 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service.

  1. ^ Halley 1988, p. 265.
  2. ^ Jefford 2001, p. 71.
  3. ^ a b Halley 1973, p. 5.
  4. ^ Halley 1988, p. 264.
  5. ^ a b Rawlings 1982, p. 133.
  6. ^ Halley 1973, p. 8.
  7. ^ Rawlings 1978, p. 320.
  8. ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 13.
  9. ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 61.
  10. ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 127.