No. 110 Squadron RAF

No. 110 (Hyderabad) Squadron RAF
Active1 Nov 1917 – 27 Aug 1919
18 May 1937 – 7 Apr 1946
1 Jun 1946 – 31 Dec 1957
3 June 1959 – 15 Feb 1971
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Nickname(s)Hyderabad
Ipswich's Own Squadron[1]
Motto(s)Latin: Nec timeo nec sperno
("I neither fear nor despise")[2]
Battle honoursIndependent Force & Germany, 1918*;
Channel & North Sea, 1939–42*;
Norway, 1940*;
France & Low Countries, 1940*;
Dunkirk;
Invasion Ports, 1940;
Ruhr, 1940–41;
German Ports, 1940–41;
Fortress Europe, 1940–42*;
Malta, 1941*;
Mediterranean, 1941;
Arakan, 1943–44*;
Burma, 1945*;
Manipur, 1944
The honours marked with an asterisk* are those emblazoned on the squadron standard
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryIssuant from an astral crown a demi-tiger[3]
The demi-tiger was the crest of the Nizam of Hyderabad who presented the squadron with its original DH.9A aircraft in 1918[4]
Squadron CodesAY (Oct 1938 – Sep 1939)
VE (Sep 1939 – Mar 1942)

No. 110 Squadron RAF was a unit of the British Royal Air Force, initially formed as a bomber squadron during the First World War. Re-formed during the Second World War, again as a bomber squadron, it was re-formed twice more post-war, firstly as a transport, and then a helicopter squadron, before being disbanded in 1971.

  1. ^ Moyes 1976, p. 155.
  2. ^ Pine, L G (1983). A Dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge & K. Paul. p. 148. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  3. ^ Halley 1988, p. 183.
  4. ^ Rawlings 1982, p. 99.