No. 245 Squadron RAF

No. 245 (Northern Rhodesian) Squadron RAF
Active20 August 1918 – 19 May 1919
30 October 1939 – 10 August 1945
10 August 1945 – 3 June 1957
21 August 1958 – 18 April 1963[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Nickname(s)Northern Rhodesian
Motto(s)Latin: Fugo Non Fugio
("I put to fight, I do not flee")[2]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryIn front of a fountain, an eagle volant
The eagle symbolises readiness to attack and the fountain the sea over which No. 245 Squadron flew many patrols[3]
post 1950 aircraft insignia
Squadron CodesDX (Mar 1940 – Jun 1941)[4][5]
MR (Jun 1941 – 1951)[6][7]

No. 245 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It flew as an anti-submarine squadron during World War I and as a fighter squadron during World War II. After the war it was first a jet-fighter squadron and its last role was as a radar-calibration unit.

  1. ^ Jefford 2001, p. 79.
  2. ^ Halley 1988, p. 313.
  3. ^ Rawlings 1978, p. 346.
  4. ^ Bowyer and rawlings, p. 31.
  5. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 69.
  6. ^ Bowyer and rawlings, p. 73.
  7. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 90.