No. 37 Squadron RAF | |
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Active | 15 April 1916 - May 1916, 15 September 1916 – 1 July 1919, 26 April 1937 – 31 March 1946, 15 April 1946 – 1 April 1947, 14 September 1947 – 7 September 1967 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Motto(s) | "Wise without eyes"[1] |
Battle honours | Home Defence, 1916-18*: Norway 1940: Dunkirk*: Channel & North Sea, 1939-40: Fortress Europe, 1940*: Malta, 1940,1942*: Greece, 1941*: El Alamein*: Italy, 1943-45*: South-East Europe, 1943-45* Honours marked with an asterisk are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard |
Insignia | |
Squadron badge heraldry | A hawk hooded, belled and fessed, wings elevated and addorsed |
Squadron codes | 37 Apr 1937 - Apr 1939 FJ Apr 1939 - Sep 1939 LF Sep 1939 - Mar 1946 |
No. 37 Squadron was a Royal Flying Corps (RFC) fighter squadron during the First World War, a Royal Air Force bomber squadron during the Second World War, and performed maritime reconnaissance in the years 1947–67.