No. 98 Squadron RAF

No. 98 Squadron RAF
ActiveAugust 1917 – March 1919
February 1936 – July 1941
September 1942 – July 1957
August 1959 – February 1976
Country UK
Branch Royal Air Force
Motto(s)Never failing[1]
Battle honoursWestern Front 1918
Amiens
Lys
Atlantic 1940–1941
Fortress Europe 1940–44
Normandy 1944
France & Germany 1944–45
Rhine
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryCerberus. The squadron claims to have barred the way (front and rear) during the German retreat in 1918 and so considered Cerberus, as the watchdog of Hades, a suitable badge.
Squadron CodesVO, OE
Aircraft flown
BomberAirco DH.9
Hawker Hind
Fairey Battle
B-25 Mitchell
de Havilland Mosquito
de Havilland Vampire
de Havilland Venom
Electronic
warfare
English Electric Canberra
FighterHawker Hunter

No. 98 Squadron was a Royal Air Force bomber squadron during World War I and World War II. It flew fighter-bombers post-war, and converted to fighters in 1955. Reformed as a ballistic missile unit between 1959 and 1963, its final incarnation was as a radar calibration unit. It was disbanded in 1976.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1st ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 149. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.