No. 200 Squadron RAF | |
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Active | July 1917 – 13 June 1919 May 1941 – April 1945 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Motto(s) | Latin: In loco parentis "We act as guardians"[1] |
Equipment | Lockheed Hudson Consolidated Liberator |
Insignia | |
Squadron Badge heraldry | In front of a fountain, a Pegasus. |
No. 200 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operated during the First and Second World War. The squadron was first formed in mid-1917 and during the First World War, it undertook a training role, before being disbanded in mid-1919. It was re-formed in 1941, and operated maritime patrol aircraft firstly from the United Kingdom, and then west Africa until early 1944 when it moved to India. In April 1945, the squadron was disbanded, having been renumbered No. 8 Squadron RAF.