No. 47 Squadron RAF
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Number 47 Squadron is an inactive squadron of the Royal Air Force. Previously based at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, it last operated the Lockheed Martin Hercules C4/C5 between 2013 and 2023. It previously flew the Lockheed Hercules C.1/C.3 between 1968 and 2013.
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No. 47 Squadron RAF | |
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Active | 1 March 1916 – 1 April 1918 (RFC) 1 April 1918 – 7 October 1919 (RAF) 1 February 1920 – 21 March 1946 1 September 1946 – 31 October 1967 25 February 1968 – 21 September 2023 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Flying squadron |
Motto(s) | Nili nomen roboris omen (Latin for 'The name of the Nile is an omen of our strength')[1] |
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Squadron badge heraldry | In front of a fountain, a demoiselle crane's head erased. The unofficial badge had been a sun rising over a pyramid, but tours in Russia and Sudan inspired the use of a crane (found in both countries) which, when navigating, flies high like a bomber. The fountain commemorates the amphibious role when seaplanes were flown off the River Nile. Approved by King George VI in November 1938. |
Squadron Codes | EW (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939) KU (Sep 1939 – Sep 1942) (Feb 1945 – Mar 1946) |
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