No. 65 Squadron RAF

No. 65 (East India) Squadron RAF
Active1 August 1916 (RFC) to 1919
1934–1961
1964–1970
1970–1974
1986–1992
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Motto(s)Latin: Vi et armis
"By force and arms"[1]
Battle honoursWestern Front, 1917-1918*: Cambrai, 1918*: Somme, 1918*: France & Low Countries*: Dunkirk: Battle of Britain, 1940*: Home Defence, 1940-42: Fortress Europe, 1941-1944*: Channel & North Sea, 1942-1945*: Dieppe: Normandy, 1944: Arnhem: France & Germany, 1944-1945*: Baltic 1945:
Honours marked with an asterisk are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryIn front of fifteen swords in pile, the hilts in base, a lion passant.[2]
The number of swords refers to a memorable combat in which fifteen enemy aircraft were destroyed.
Post 1950 Squadron Roundel

No. 65 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 250. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  2. ^ Poulsen, C M, ed. (2 September 1937). "RAF Unit Badges". Flight International. 32 (1, 497): 235. ISSN 0015-3710.