No. 210 Squadron RAF

No. 210 Squadron RAF
Active12 February 1917(RNAS)– 24 June 1919
1 February 1920 – 1 April 1923
1 March 1931 – 31 December 1943
1 January 1944 – 4 June 1945
1 June 1946 – 31 January 1957
1 December 1958 – 31 October 1970
1 November 1970 – 17 November 1971
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
RoleMaritime patrol
Motto(s)Welsh: Yn y nwyfre yn hedfan
("Hovering in the Heavens")[1]
Battle honoursWestern Front, 1916–18
Ypres 1917
Lys
Atlantic 1939–45
Arctic 1945
Bismarck
North Africa, 1942–43
Biscay 1943
All these honours are emblazoned on the squadron standard
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Wg Cdr R. Leckie
Wg Cdr A.T. Harris
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryA griffin segreant[1]
Squadron CodesVG (May 1939 – Sep 1939)[2][3]
DA (Sep 1939 – Mar 1944)[4][5]
OZ (Apr 1946 – 1951)[6][7]
L (1951–1956)[8][9]

No. 210 Squadron was a Royal Air Force unit established in the First World War. Disbanded and reformed a number of times in the ensuing years, it operated as a fighter squadron during the First World War and as a maritime patrol squadron during the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War and the Cold War before it was last deactivated in 1971.

  1. ^ a b Halley 1988, p. 274.
  2. ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 14.
  3. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 52.
  4. ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 28.
  5. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 68.
  6. ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 81.
  7. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 154.
  8. ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 127.
  9. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 192.