No. 3 Squadron RAF

No. 3(F) Squadron RAF
No. 3(F) Squadron RAF
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Active	13 May 1912 – 1 April 1918 (RFC); 1 April 1918 – 27 October 1919 (RAF); 1 April 1920 – 30 September 1921; 1 October 1921 – 1 April 1923; 1 April 1924 – 15 June 1957; 21 January 1959 – 31 December 1960; 1 January 1961 – 31 March 2006; 1 April 2006 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying squadron
Role	Multi–role combat
Part of	No. 1 Group (Air Combat)
Home station	RAF Coningsby
Motto(s)	Tertius primus erit; (Latin for 'The third shall be the first')
Aircraft	Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4
Battle honours	Western Front (1915–1918); Mons (1914); Neuve Chappelle (1915); Loos (1915); Somme (1916); Cambrai (1917); Somme (1918); Hindenburg Line (1918); France and Low Countries (1939–1940); Battle of Britain (1940); Home Defence (1940–1945); Fortress Europe (1941–1944); Channel & North Sea (1941–1945); Normandy (1944); Arnhem (1944); Rhine (1944–1945); France and Germany (1944–1945); Afghanistan (2001–2014); Iraq (2003); Libya (2011); Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron tail badge
Squadron badge heraldry	A cockatrice on a monolith, chosen because in mythology it was the first creature to fly. Approved by King George VI in September 1937.
Squadron Roundel

Number 3 Squadron, also known as No. 3 (Fighter) Squadron, of the Royal Air Force operates the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, since reforming on 1 April 2006.^[2] It was first formed on 13 May 1912 as one of the first squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps – being the first to fly heavier than air aircraft.

^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 231. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
^ "No.3 Squadron". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[1] Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 231. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

[RAFM-2] "No.3 Squadron". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

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No. 3(F) Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	13 May 1912 (1912-05-13) – 1 April 1918 (RFC) 1 April 1918 – 27 October 1919 (RAF) 1 April 1920 – 30 September 1921 1 October 1921 – 1 April 1923 1 April 1924 – 15 June 1957 21 January 1959 – 31 December 1960 1 January 1961 – 31 March 2006 1 April 2006 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying squadron
Role	Multi–role combat
Part of	No. 1 Group (Air Combat)
Home station	RAF Coningsby
Motto(s)	Tertius primus erit (Latin for 'The third shall be the first')^[1]
Aircraft	Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4
Battle honours	Western Front (1915–1918)* Mons (1914)* Neuve Chappelle (1915) Loos (1915) Somme (1916) Cambrai (1917) Somme (1918)* Hindenburg Line (1918) France and Low Countries (1939–1940) Battle of Britain (1940)* Home Defence (1940–1945) Fortress Europe (1941–1944) Channel & North Sea (1941–1945) Normandy (1944)* Arnhem (1944)* Rhine (1944–1945) France and Germany (1944–1945) Afghanistan (2001–2014) Iraq (2003)* Libya (2011) * Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron tail badge
Squadron badge heraldry	A cockatrice on a monolith, chosen because in mythology it was the first creature to fly. Approved by King George VI in September 1937.
Squadron Roundel