No. 106 Squadron RAF

No. 106 Squadron RAF
Active30 September 1917 – 8 February 1919
1 June 1938 – 18 February 1946
22 July 1959 – 24 May 1963
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Motto(s)Latin: Pro Libertate
("For Freedom")[1]
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Guy Gibson
Insignia
Squadron BadgeA 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 CodesXS (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.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 182. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  2. ^ "Bomber Command: No.106 Squadron". Royal Air Force. 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.