No. 68 Squadron RAF

No. 68 Squadron RAF
Active
  • 30 Jan 1917 – 28 Jan 1919
  • 7 Jan 1941 – 20 Apr 1945
  • 1 Jan 1952 – 20 January 1959
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Typeinactive
RoleFighter
Motto(s)Czech: Vždy připraven
(Always ready)[1]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryA tawny owl's head couped[2]
Squadron Roundel
Squadron CodesWM (1943–1944)[3]

The name No. 68 Squadron has been used for two quite different units, only one of which was strictly a unit of the Royal Air Force. "No. 68 Squadron RFC" was for a time the official British military designation for No. 2 Squadron Australian Flying Corps.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 262. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  2. ^ "68 Squadron". Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  3. ^ "No 67 – 69 Squadron Aircraft & Markings". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 16 February 2013.