No. 87 Squadron RAF

No. 87 (United Provinces) Squadron RAF
Active1 September 1917 – 24 June 1919
15 March 1937 – 30 December 1946
1 January 1952 – 3 January 1961
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Nickname(s)United Provinces
Motto(s)Latin: Maximus me metuit
("The most powerful fear me")[1][a][2]
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldryA serpent reversed, head reguardant and tail embowed[2]
Squadron Roundel
Squadron codesPD Oct 1938 – Sep 1939
LK Sep 1939 – Dec 1946
B Jan 1952 – Jan 1961
A Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin of No.87 Squadron in France, 1918 – the squadron's "lazy-S" unit insignia of that time is painted in white.

No. 87 Squadron RAF was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force during the First World War and Second World War.

  1. ^ Pine, L. G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 136. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  2. ^ a b "87 Squadron". Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2016.


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