No. 14 Squadron RAF

No. 14 (The Crusaders) Squadron RAF
No. 14 (The Crusaders) Squadron RAF
	Squadron badge
Active	3 Feb 1915 – 4 Feb 1919; 1 Feb 1920 – 1 Jun 1945; 1 Jun 1945 – 31 Mar 1946; 1 Apr 1946 – 17 Dec 1962; 17 Dec 1962 – 30 Jun 1970; 30 Jun 1970 – 1 Jun 2011; 14 Oct 2011 – present;
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying squadron
Role	Battlefield reconnaissance
Part of	No. 1 Group RAF
Home station	RAF Waddington
Motto(s)	أنا نشر الأجنحة بلدي وابقي على وعد; (Arabic for 'I spread my wings and keep my promise')
Aircraft	Beechcraft Shadow R1
Battle honours	Egypt (1915–1917); Gaza; Megiddo (1918); Arabia (1916–1917); Palestine (1917–1918); Transjordan (1924); Palestine (1936–1939); East Africa (1940–1941); Mediterranean (1941–1943); Egypt and Libya (1941–1942); Sicily (1943); Atlantic (1945); Gulf (1991); Kosovo (1999); Iraq (2003–2011); Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A winged plate charged with a cross throughout and shoulder pieces of a suit of armour. The badge was approved by King George VI in May 1937 and represents a crusader in association with the Cross of St George due to the squadron's close First World War association with Diospolis, Palestine, the reputed burial place of the Saint, and its location in the Middle East at the time of submission to the Chester Herald.
Squadron roundel
Squadron codes	BF (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939); CX (Sep 1944 – Jun 1945, Apr 1946 – Feb 1951); B (May 1953 – Jun 1955); A (Carried on Jaguars); B (Carried on Jaguars); BA – BZ (Aug 1985 – Jun 2011)

No. 14 (The Crusaders) Squadron of the Royal Air Force currently operates the Beechcraft Shadow R1 (a modified Beechcraft Super King Air) in the Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) role from RAF Waddington.

^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 104. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

[1] Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 104. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

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No. 14 (The Crusaders) Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	3 Feb 1915 – 4 Feb 1919 1 Feb 1920 – 1 Jun 1945 1 Jun 1945 – 31 Mar 1946 1 Apr 1946 – 17 Dec 1962 17 Dec 1962 – 30 Jun 1970 30 Jun 1970 – 1 Jun 2011 14 Oct 2011 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying squadron
Role	Battlefield reconnaissance
Part of	No. 1 Group RAF
Home station	RAF Waddington
Motto(s)	أنا نشر الأجنحة بلدي وابقي على وعد (Arabic for 'I spread my wings and keep my promise')^[1]
Aircraft	Beechcraft Shadow R1
Battle honours	Egypt (1915–1917)* Gaza Megiddo (1918) Arabia (1916–1917)* Palestine (1917–1918)* Transjordan (1924) Palestine (1936–1939) East Africa (1940–1941)* Mediterranean (1941–1943)* Egypt and Libya (1941–1942)* Sicily (1943)* Atlantic (1945)* Gulf (1991)* Kosovo (1999) Iraq (2003–2011) * Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A winged plate charged with a cross throughout and shoulder pieces of a suit of armour. The badge was approved by King George VI in May 1937 and represents a crusader in association with the Cross of St George due to the squadron's close First World War association with Diospolis, Palestine, the reputed burial place of the Saint, and its location in the Middle East at the time of submission to the Chester Herald.
Squadron roundel
Squadron codes	BF (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939) CX (Sep 1944 – Jun 1945, Apr 1946 – Feb 1951) B (May 1953 – Jun 1955) A (Carried on Jaguars) B (Carried on Jaguars) BA – BZ (Aug 1985 – Jun 2011)