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No. 65 Squadron RAF
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No. 65 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force.
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No. 65 (East India) Squadron RAF | |
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Active | 1 August 1916 (RFC) to 1919 1934–1961 1964–1970 1970–1974 1986–1992 |
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Motto(s) | Latin: Vi et armis "By force and arms"[1] |
Battle honours | Western 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 |
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Squadron Badge heraldry | In 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 | ![]() |
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