No. 192 Squadron RAF

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No. 192 Squadron RAF
192 Squadron RAF.jpg
Official squadron badge of No. 192 Squadron RAF
Active5 Sep 1917 – Dec 1918
4 Jan 1943 – 22 Aug 1945
15 Jul 1951 – 21 Aug 1958
Country Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Branch Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg Royal Air Force
Motto(s)Dare to Discover [1] [2]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryIn front of a flash of lightning, an owl's head affrontée [1] [2]
Squadron CodesDT [3] [4]

No. 192 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron operational during the First World War as a night training squadron and during the Second World War as a radar countermeasure unit. After the war the squadron served again in the Electronic Intelligence role, until disbanded in 1958.

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History

Formation in World War I

No. 192 Squadron was formed at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire on 5 September 1917 as a night training squadron operating the Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b and FE.2d. The squadron moved to Newmarket, Suffolk in 1918 and was disbanded in December 1918.

Reformation in World War II

The squadron was re-formed on 4 January 1943 when No. 1474 Flight at RAF Gransden Lodge was re-numbered 192 (Special) Squadron. [5] The squadron operated specially modified Vickers Wellingtons and de Havilland Mosquitos to identify German radar patterns and wavelengths. It also carried out similar missions over the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean. [1] In April 1943 the squadron moved to RAF Feltwell and at the end of the year, the squadron moved again to RAF Foulsham to operate with 100 (Bomber Support) Group. During bomber raids the aircraft would provide countermeasures against German radars. The squadron disbanded at the end of the Second World War on 22 August 1945 to form the bases of the Central Signals Establishment and the Radio Warfare Establishment (RWE). [2] [6]

Reformed again in the Cold War

On 15 July 1951, the squadron reformed at RAF Watton as part of that same Central Signals Establishment for Operational Signals Research. Despite the name Research in the role, the squadron continued with its traditional ELectronic Signals INTelligence (ELINT) role. The squadron also used the Boeing Washington and English Electric Canberra in the ELINT role. The squadron disbanded on 21 August 1958 at Watton when it was renumbered to 51 Squadron. [2]

Aircraft operated

FromToAircraftVariant
Sep 1917Dec 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 F.E.2b and 2d
Jan 1943Feb 1943 Vickers Wellington Mks.Ic, III
Jan 1943Mar 1945Vickers WellingtonMk.X
Jan 1943Mar 1945 de Havilland Mosquito Mk.IV
Mar 1943Jul 1943 Handley Page Halifax Mk.II
Jul 1943Mar 1944Handley Page HalifaxMk.V
Mar 1944Aug 1945Handley Page HalifaxMk.III
Feb 1945Aug 1945de Havilland MosquitoMk.XVI
Aug 1945Aug 1945 Airspeed Oxford
Aug 1945Aug 1945 Avro Anson Mk.I
Jul 1951Sep 1952de Havilland MosquitoPR.34
Jul 1951Mar 1953 Avro Lincoln B.2
Apr 1952Feb 1958 Boeing Washington B.1
Jan 1953Aug 1958 English Electric Canberra B.2
Apr 1954Apr 1956 Vickers Varsity T.1
Jul 1954Aug 1958English Electric CanberraB.6 (Mod)
Jul 1957Aug 1958 de Havilland Comet C.2R or R.2

[1] [2] [6]

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rawlings 1982, pp. 125–126.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Halley 1988, pp.251–252.
  3. ↑ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 31.
  4. ↑ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 69.
  5. ↑ "RAF - Bomber Command No.192 (Special) Squadron". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 Jefford 2001, p. 69.

Bibliography

  • Bowyer, Michael J.F. and John D.R. Rawlings. Squadron Codes, 1937–56. Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1979. ISBN   0-85059-364-6.
  • Flintham, Vic and Andrew Thomas. Combat Codes: A full explanation and listing of British, Commonwealth and Allied air force unit codes since 1938. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 2003. ISBN   1-84037-281-8.
  • Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN   0-85130-164-9.
  • Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN   1-85310-053-6.
  • Rees, William J. and John E. Espionage in the Ether: The Wartime Story of Electronic Intelligence & Radio Countermeasures Carried out by 192 (Bomber Support) Squadron. Compaid Graphics, 1999. ISBN   1-900604-11-6.
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