No. 106 Squadron RAF | |
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Active | 30 September 1917 – 8 February 1919 1 June 1938 – 18 February 1946 22 July 1959 – 24 May 1963 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Motto(s) | Latin: Pro Libertate ("For Freedom")[1] |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Guy Gibson |
Insignia | |
Squadron Badge | A lion sejant, rampant, holding a banner charged with an astral crown. Based on the crest of the County Borough of Doncaster, the squadron being stationed near there at the time of adopting the badge.[2] |
Squadron Codes | XS (May 1939 – September 1939) ZN (September 1939 – February 1946) |
No. 106 Squadron RAF was a Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force squadron active from 1917 until 1919, throughout World War II and during the Cold War from 1959 until 1963.