No. 221 Squadron RAF

No. 221 Squadron RAF
A Vickers Wellington Mk.1C ("DF-S") of No. 221 Squadron based at Limavady, County Londonderry, guides an escort vessel to pick up the crew of a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200C Kondor in a dinghy, after they were shot down in the Atlantic by a Lockheed Hudson of No. 233 Squadron RAF, 1941
Active1 April 1918 - 1 September 1919
21 November 1940 – 25 August 1945
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
RoleReconnaissance
Anti-Shipping
SizeSquadron
Motto(s)From sea to sea[1]
Aircraft flown
PatrolVickers Wellington

No. 221 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron that saw service in both the First and Second World Wars. Its motto was "From sea to sea".

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