50 Sqn Lancasters

Lancasters at Swinderby, 1942.
No 50 Sqn.at Swinderby, Lincolnshire, 28 August 1942.

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No. 50 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It was formed during the First World War as a home defence fighter squadron, and operated as a bomber squadron during the Second World War and the Cold War. It disbanded for the last time in 1984.


No. 50 Squadron badge
Active 15 May 1916 – 13 June 1919
3 May 1937 – 31 January 1951
15 August 1952 – 1 October 1959
1 August 1961 – 31 March 1984
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Motto(s) Latin: Sic fidem servamus
("Thus we keep faith")
Squadron crest shows "From Defence to Attack"[1]
Battle honours Home Defence, 1916-18*: Channel & North Sea, 1939-43*: Norway 1940: Baltic, Invasion Ports, 1940: 1940-43: France & Low Countries, 1940: Biscay Ports, 1940-44: German Ports, 1940-45*: Ruhr, 1940-45*: Berlin, 1940-44*: Fortress Europe, 1940-44*: Normandy, 1944*: France & Germany, 1944-45*: Walcheren: Rhine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._50_Squadron_RAF