No. 692 Squadron RAF

No. 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Squadron RAF
Active1 January 1944 – 20 September 1945
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
RoleLight Bomber Squadron
Part ofNo. 8 Group RAF, Bomber Command
Nickname(s)Fellowship of the Bellows
Motto(s)Latin: Polus Dum Sidera Pascet
(Translation: "So long as the sky shall feed the stars")[1][2]
Commanders
Notable
commanders
S/Ldr. (then) S.D. Watts, the first pilot to drop a 4,000 lbs "Cookie".[1]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryIn front of a pair of wings conjoined in base, a dagger, point downwards[1][2]
Squadron CodesP3 (Jan 1944 – Jun 1945)[3][4][5]
Aircraft flown
Bomberde Havilland Mosquito

No. 692 Squadron RAF was a light bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

  1. ^ a b c Moyes 1976, p. 291.
  2. ^ a b Halley 1988, p. 457.
  3. ^ Bowyer & Rawlings 1979, p. 84.
  4. ^ Bowyer 1984, p. 142.
  5. ^ Flintham & Thomas 2003, p. 96.