No. 128 Squadron RAF

No. 128 Squadron RAF
Active1 February 1918 – 4 July 1918
7 October 1941 – 8 March 1943
5 September 1944 – 31 March 1946
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Motto(s)Latin: Fulminis Instar
("Like a Thunderbolt")[1]
Insignia
Squadron heraldryIn front of an ogress a shuttle in hand
Squadron CodesWG (October 1941 – March 1943)
M5 (September 1944 – March 1946)

No. 128 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron briefly existed in the later stages of the First World War without seeing operational service. It was reformed as a fighter squadron in the Second World War in West Africa, tasked with the aerial defence of RAF bases and stations in Sierra Leone from 1941 to 1943 before being disbanded. It was later reestablished as a pathfinder squadron in Bomber Command.

  1. ^ Pine 1983, p. 88.