| No. 92 (East India) Squadron RAF | |
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| Active | 1 September 1917 – 1 April 1918 (RFC) 1 April 1918 – 7 August 1919 (RAF) 10 October 1939 – 30 December 1946 31 January 1947 – 31 March 1977 1 April 1977 – 1 July 1991 23 September 1992 – 1 October 1994 30 June 2009 – present |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Air Force |
| Type | Non-flying squadron |
| Role | Tactics and training squadron |
| Part of | Air Warfare Centre |
| Home station | RAF Waddington |
| Nickname(s) | East India |
| Motto(s) | Aut pugna aut morere (Latin for 'Either fight or die')[1] |
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| Squadron badge heraldry | A cobra entwining a sprig of maple leaf. The maple leaf signifies the squadron's association as a Canadian unit in the First World War whilst the cobra represents that the squadron was one of the East India gift squadrons during the Second World War.[2] Awarded by King George VI in January 1942.[3] |
| Post-1950 squadron roundel |  |
| Squadron codes | GR (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939; Oct 1939 – May 1940) QJ (May 1940 – Dec 1946) DL (Jan 1947 – Sep 1950) (formerly No. 91 Sqn) 8L (Sep 1950 – Apr 1951) |
Number 92 Squadron, also known as No. 92 (East India) Squadron and currently as No. 92 Tactics and Training Squadron, of the Royal Air Force is a test and evaluation squadron based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. It was formed as part of the Royal Flying Corps at London Colney as a fighter squadron on 1 September 1917. It deployed to France in July 1918 and saw action for just four months, until the end of the war. During the conflict it flew both air superiority and direct ground support missions. It was disbanded at Eil on 7 August 1919. Reformed on 10 October 1939,at Tangmere Airfield, the unit was supposed to be equipped with medium bombers but in the spring of 1940 it became one of the first RAF units to receive the Supermarine Spitfire, going on to fight in the Battle of Britain.
Reformed after the war in January 1947, No. 92 (Fighter) Squadron was assigned to RAF Fighter Command flying the Gloster Meteor F.3. Between 1961 and 1962, No. 92 (F) Squadron was the RAF's official aerobatic team, flying 16 Hawker Hunter F.6s known as the Blue Diamonds. In December 1965, the squadron was reassigned to RAF Germany alongside No. 19 (F) Squadron, flying the English Electric Lightning F.2/F.2A and from January 1977, the McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2. Disbanded in July 1991, the Squadron was reformed as No. 92 (Reserve) Squadron at RAF Chivenor flying the British Aerospace Hawk until October 1994. No. 92 Squadron then lay dormant for the next 14 years before being reformed at Royal Air Force College Cranwell on 30 June 2009.
- ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 20. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
- ^ Rawlings 1978, p. 219.
- ^ "92 Sqn". RAF Heraldry Trust. Retrieved 28 March 2019.