No. 219 Squadron RAF

No. 219 (Mysore) Squadron RAF
ActiveAugust 1918 – 7 February 1919
4 October 1939 – 1 September 1946
1 March 1951 – 1 September 1954
5 September 1955 – 31 July 1957
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Nickname(s)Mysore
Motto(s)From dusk till dawn[1]
Battle honoursBattle of Britain
Insignia
Squadron BadgeA Death's head Hawk Moth
Squadron codeFK
1950s squadron roundel

No. 219 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was founded in 1918 and disbanded in 1957 after four separate periods of service. During the First World War it served as a coastal defence unit, and through most of the Second World War and the 1950s it operated as a night fighter air defence squadron. Three commanders of the squadron went on to be Chiefs of the Air Staff, two of the RAF and one of the Royal Pakistani Air Force.

  1. ^ Pine, L G (1983). A dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 88. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.