No. 39 Squadron RAF

No. 39 Squadron RAF
39 Squadron badge
Squadron badge
Active15 April 1916 – 1 April 1918 (RFC)
1 April 1918 – 16 November 1918 (RAF)
1 July 1919 – 8 September 1946
1 April 1948 – 28 February 1949
1 March 1949 – 30 June 1958
1 July 1958 – 1 June 1982
1 July 1992 – 28 July 2006
1 January 2007 – July 2022
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Motto(s)Die noctuque
(Latin for 'By day and night')[1]
Battle honours *Honours marked with an asterisk are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldryA winged bomb
Squadron codesSF (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939) (Allocated but probably not carried)
XZ (Sep 1939 – Dec 1940)
AA–AZ (Canberras)
Squadron roundel

Number 39 Squadron is an inactive squadron of the Royal Air Force. It last operated the General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper from Creech AFB, Nevada, between January 2007 and July 2022. It had previously operated the English Electric Canberra PR.7, PR.9 and T.4 from RAF Marham, Norfolk, as No. 39 (1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit) Squadron between July 1992 and July 2006.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 53. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  2. ^ "RAF Battle Honours - RAF Heraldry Trust". www.rafht.co.uk.
  3. ^ Mander, Simon (20 October 2017). "Royal honours for heroes of Libya and Iraq". RAF News (1429). High Wycombe: Royal Air Force: 5. ISSN 0035-8614.