No. 58 Squadron RAF

No. 58 Squadron
Active8 June 1916 – 1 April 1918 (RFC)
1 April 1918 – 1 February 1920 (RAF)
1 April 1924 – 25 May 1945
1 October 1946 – 1 September 1970
1 August 1973 – 4 June 1976
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Motto(s)Latin: Alis nocturnis
("On the wings of the night")[1]
Battle honoursWestern Front, 1918: Somme, 1918: Hindenburg Line: France & Low Countries, 1940: Atlantic, 1939–45: Norway 1940: Fortress Europe, 1940–41: Ruhr, 1940–41: Berlin, 1940–41: German Ports, 1940–41: Biscay Ports, 1941–42: Biscay 1942–44: Arctic, 1942–43: Normandy, 1944: Baltic 1944–45:
Commanders
Notable
commanders
"Bomber" Harris
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldryOn a branch an owl.
Squadron codesBW (Nov 1938 – Sep 1939)
GE (Sep 1939 – Apr 1943)
BY (Apr 1943 – May 1945)
OT (Oct 1946 – Oct 1951)

No. 58 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. For much of its service history in the First and Second World Wars, it operated as a bomber squadron. In the later stages of the Second World War, it was part of Coastal Command and was engaged in anti-submarine patrols.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 9. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.