No. 61 Squadron RAF

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No. 61 Squadron RAF
Active	24 Jul 1917 – 13 June 1919 8 March 1937 – 31 March 1958
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Nickname(s)	"Hull's 'own' Squadron"[1]
Motto(s)	Latin: Per purum tonantes ("Thundering through the clear air")[2]
Mascot(s)	The Lincoln Imp
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	The lincoln Imp The figure associates the squadron with the district in which it was re-formed in 1937 and where it spent most of its active days in World War II.[2]
Squadron Codes	LS (Mar 1939 – Sep 1939)[3][4] QR (Sep 1939 – Apr 1951)[5][6]

No. 61 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It was first formed as a fighter squadron of the British Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. It was reformed in 1937 as a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force and served in the Second World War and after, until disbanded in 1958.