No. 115 Squadron RAF

No. 115 Squadron RAF
No. 115 Squadron RAF
	Squadron badge
Active	1 December 1917 – 1 April 1918 (RFC); 1 April 1918 – 18 October 1919 (RAF); 15 June 1937 – 1 March 1950; 13 June 1950 – 1 June 1957; 21 August 1958 – 1 October 1993; 1 October 2008 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying training squadron
Role	Qualified flying instructor training
Part of	No. 6 Flying Training School
Home station	RAF Wittering
Motto(s)	Despite the elements
Aircraft	Grob Tutor T1
Battle honours	Independent Force & Germany (1918); Channel & North Sea (1939–1943); Norway (1940); France & Low Countries; German Ports (1940–1945); Ruhr (1940–1945); Fortress Europe (1940–1945); Invasion Ports (1940); Berlin (1940–1945); Biscay Ports 1940–1943; Baltic (1943); Normandy (1944); France & Germany (1944–1945); Rhine; * Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A dexter hand erased at the wrist holding a tiller. The squadron laid great stress on the importance of navigation and the hand on the tiller is symbolic of this. Approved by King George VI in February 1938.
Squadron codes	BK (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939); KO (Sep 1939 – Mar 1950, Jun 1950 – Apr 1951); A4 Nov 1943 – Oct 1944 (only used by 'C' Flt); IL Nov 1944 – Aug 1945

Number 115 Squadron is a Royal Air Force squadron operating the Grob Tutor T1, training QFIs for the RAF's Elementary Flying Training (EFT) squadrons and the University Air Squadrons, as well as undertaking evaluation and standardisation duties.

No. 115 Squadron was formed during the First World War. It was then equipped with Handley Page O/400 heavy bombers. During World War II the squadron served as a bomber squadron and after the war it flew in a similar role till 1958, when it was engaged as a radio calibration unit. The squadron disbanded for the last time as an operational unit in 1993, but reformed in 2008 at RAF Cranwell as No. 115(Reserve) Squadron, part of No. 22 Group, operating the Grob Tutor T.1 before moving to their present base at RAF Wittering.

^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 50. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
^ Moyes 1976, p. 161.

[1] Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 50. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

[Moyes1976-161-2] Moyes 1976, p. 161.

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No. 115 Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	1 December 1917 – 1 April 1918 (RFC) 1 April 1918 – 18 October 1919 (RAF) 15 June 1937 – 1 March 1950 13 June 1950 – 1 June 1957 21 August 1958 – 1 October 1993 1 October 2008 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying training squadron
Role	Qualified flying instructor training
Part of	No. 6 Flying Training School
Home station	RAF Wittering
Motto(s)	Despite the elements^[1]
Aircraft	Grob Tutor T1
Battle honours	Independent Force & Germany (1918)* Channel & North Sea (1939–1943)* Norway (1940)* France & Low Countries German Ports (1940–1945)* Ruhr (1940–1945)* Fortress Europe (1940–1945)* Invasion Ports (1940) Berlin (1940–1945)* Biscay Ports 1940–1943 Baltic (1943) Normandy (1944)* France & Germany (1944–1945) Rhine * Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A dexter hand erased at the wrist holding a tiller. The squadron laid great stress on the importance of navigation and the hand on the tiller is symbolic of this. Approved by King George VI in February 1938.^[2]
Squadron codes	BK (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939) KO (Sep 1939 – Mar 1950, Jun 1950 – Apr 1951) A4 Nov 1943 – Oct 1944 (only used by 'C' Flt) IL Nov 1944 – Aug 1945