No. 611 Squadron RAF

No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron RAuxAF
Active10 February 1936 – 15 August 1945
10 May 1946 – 10 March 1957
2013 – current
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Part ofRoyal Auxiliary Air Force
BaseRAF Woodvale
Nickname(s)West Lancashire
Motto(s)Beware Beware[1][2]
Commanders
Honorary Air CommodoreG.L. Pilkington
Notable
commanders
Roland "Bee" Beamont
Insignia
Squadron BadgeIn front of a trident, a rose[2]
The rose points to the County of Lancaster and the trident to Liverpool[1]
Squadron CodesGZ (May 1939 – Sep 1939)[3]
FY (Sep 1939 – Aug 1945
and 1949 – Apr 1951)[4]
RAR (May 1946 – 1949)[5]
Post-1950 squadron roundel

No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron is a British Royal Air Force squadron. It was first formed in 1936 and was disbanded in 1957 after seeing combat as a fighter unit during the Second World War. It was reformed as a reserve squadron in 2013.

  1. ^ a b Moyes 1976, p. 279.
  2. ^ a b Halley 1988, p. 428.
  3. ^ Bowyer & Rawlings 1979, p. 14.
  4. ^ Bowyer & Rawlings 1979, p. 42.
  5. ^ Bowyer & Rawlings 1979, p. 138.