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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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RAF Badges - Nos 101 - 200 Squadrons
The table below shows the badges awarded to each unit, the motto and translation where known, the monarch who authorised it and the general date of the award
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| No 101 Squadron | No 102 Squadron | No 103 Squadron | No 104 Squadron |
Motto: Mens agitat molem (Mind over matter) Authorised: King George VI - February 1938 |
Motto: Tentate et perficite (Attempt and Achieve) Authorised: King George VI - March 1938 |
Motto: Nili me tangere (Touch me not) Authorised: King George VI - December 1936 |
Motto: Strike hard Authorised: ? - December 1936 |
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No 105 Squadron |
No 106 Squadron | No 107 Squadron | No 108 Squadron |
Motto: Fortis in proeliis (Valiant in battles) Authorised: King George VI - January 1938 |
Motto: Pro libertate (For freedom) Authorised: King George VI - February 1941 |
Motto: Nous y serons (We shall be there) Authorised: King George VI - April 1938 |
Motto: Viribus contractic (With gathering strength) Authorised: King George VI - July 1938 |
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No 109 Squadron |
No 110 Squadron | No 111 Squadron | No 112 Squadron |
Motto: Primi hastati (The first of the legion) Authorised: King George VI - January 1944 |
Motto: Nec timeo mec sperno (I neither fear nor despise) Authorised: King George VI - August 1940 |
Motto: Adstantes (Standing by) Authorised: King Edward VIII - October 1936 |
Motto: Swift in destruction Authorised: King George VI - February 1941 |
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No 113 Squadron |
No 114 Squadron |
No 115 Squadron |
No 116 Squadron |
Motto: Velox et vindex (Swift to vengeance) Authorised: King George VI - November 1939 |
Motto: With speed I strike Authorised: King George VI - December 1937 |
Motto: Despite the elements Authorised: King George VI - January 1938 |
Motto: Precision
in Defence Authorised: King George VI - November 1944 |
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No 117 Squadron |
No 118 Squadron | No 119 Squadron | No 120 Squadron |
| Motto: It shall be done Authorised: King George VI - 1945 |
Motto:
Occido redeoque (I kill and return) Authorised: King George VI - June 1943 |
Motto:
By night and day Authorised: King George VI - February 1945 |
Motto: Endurance Authorised: King George VI - August 1944 |
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No 121 (Eagle) Squadron |
No 122 Squadron |
No 123 (East India) Squadron |
No 124 (Baroda) Squadron |
| Motto:
For Liberty Authorised: King George VI - September 1942 |
Motto: Victuri
volamus (We fly to conquer) Authorised: King George VI - December 1943 |
Motto: Swift to strike Authorised: King George VI - March 1942 |
Motto: Danger is our opportunity Authorised: King George VI - December 1942 |
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No 125 (Newfoundland) Squadron |
No 126 (Persian Gulf) Squadron | No 127 Squadron | No 128 Squadron |
Motto: Nunquam domandi (Never to be tamed) Authorised: King George VI - April 1944 |
Motto: Foremost in Attack
Authorised: King George VI - April 1944 |
Motto: Eothen (Out of the East) Authorised: King George VI - January 1945 |
Motto:
Fulminis Instar (Like a Thunderbolt)
Authorised: King George VI - February 1943 |
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| No 129 (Mysore) Squadron |
No 130 (Punjab) Squadron |
No 131 (County of Kent) Squadron |
No 132 (City of Bombay) Squadron |
| Motto: I Will Defend the Right
Authorised: King George VI - January 1942 |
Motto: Strong to Serve Authorised: King George VI - April 1943 |
Motto: Invicta
(Unconquered) Authorised: King George VI - May 1942 |
Motto:
Cave leopardum (Beware the leopard) Authorised: King George V - February 1942 |
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| No 133 (Eagle) Squadron | No 134 Squadron | No 135 Squadron |
No 136 Squadron |
| Motto:
Let us to the battle Authorised: King George VI - September 1942 |
Motto: Per ardua volabimus (We shall fly through hardships) Authorised: King George VI - April 1942 |
Motto:
Pennas ubique monstramus (We show our wings everywhere) Authorised: King George VI - October 1945 |
Motto:
Nihil Fortius (Nothing is stronger) Authorised: King George VI - November 1947 |
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No 137 Squadron |
No 138 Squadron |
No 139 (Jamaica) Squadron |
No 140 Squadron |
Motto: Do right fear naught Authorised: King George VI - October 1944 |
Motto: For freedom Authorised: King George VI - August 1944 |
Motto: Si placet necamus (We destroy at will) Authorised: King George VI - December 1938 |
Motto:
Foresight Authorised: King George VI - October 1944 |
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| No 141 Squadron | No 142 Squadron | No 143 Squadron | No 144 Squadron |
Motto: Caedimus Noctu (We slay by night) Authorised: King George VI - June 1941 |
Motto: Determination Authorised: King George VI - June 1937 |
Motto:
Vincere est vivere (To conquer is to live) Authorised: King George VI - June 1943 |
Motto: Who shall stop us Authorised: King George VI - March 1938 |
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| No 145 Squadron | No 146 Squadron | No 147 Squadron |
No 148 Squadron |
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Motto: Diu Noctuque Pugnamus (We fight by day and night) Authorised: King George VI - March 1942 |
Motto: Percutit
insidians pardus (The watchful panther strikes) Authorised: King George VI - January 1945 |
Motto: Assidue portamus (We carry with regularity) Authorised: King George VI - October 1945 |
Motto: Trusty Authorised: King George VI - February 1938 |
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| No 149 Squadron | No 150 Squadron | No 151 Squadron | No 152 Squadron |
Motto: Firtis nocte (Strong by night) Authorised: King George VI - February 1938 |
Motto: ΑΙΕΙ ΦΘΑΝΟΜΕΝ (Always ahead) Authorised: King George VI - March 1939 |
Motto: Foy Pour Devoir (Fidelity unto duty) Authorised: King George VI - April 1937 |
Motto: Faithful Ally Authorised: King George VI - August 1940 |
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| No 153 Squadron | No 154 Squadron | No 155 Squadron | No 156 Squadron |
| Motto:
Noctividus (Seeing by night)
Authorised: King George VI - October 1944 |
Motto: His modis ad victoriam (By this means to Victory) Authorised: King George VI - April 1942 |
Motto: Eternal
vigilance
Authorised: King George VI - November 1946 |
Motto:
We light the way Authorised: King George VI - July 1943 |
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| No 157 Squadron | No 158 Squadron | No 159 Squadron | No 160 Squadron |
| Motto: Our cannon speak our
thoughts Authorised: King George VI - August 1943 |
Motto: Strength in unity Authorised: King George VI - October 1944 |
Motto: Quo non, quando non
(Whither not, when not?) Authorised: King George VI - November 1946 |
Motto: Api soya paragasamu (We seek and strike) Authorised: King George VI - January 1945 |
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No badge authorised |
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| No 161 Squadron | No 162 Squadron | No 163 Squadron |
No 164 Squadron |
| Motto: Liberate Authorised: King George VI - April 1944 |
Motto: One time, one purpose Authorised: King George VI - March 1946 |
Motto: Firmes volamos
(Firmly we fly) Authorised: King George VI - August 1943 |
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| No 165 (Ceylon) Squadron | No 166 Squadron | No 167 Squadron | No 168 Squadron |
| Motto:
Infensa virtuti invidia (Envy is the foe of honour) Authorised: King George VI - January 1943 |
Motto:
Tenacity Authorised: King George VI - July 1944 |
Motto: Ubique sine mora
(Everywhere without delay) Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1954 |
Motto:
Rerum cognoscere causas (To know the cause of things) Authorised: King George VI - January 1945 |
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| No 169 Squadron | No 170 Squadron | No 171 Squadron | No 172 Squadron |
| Motto: Hunt
and destroy Authorised: King George VI - July 1944 |
Motto:
Videre non videri (To see and not to be seen) Authorised: King George VI - January 1944 |
Motto:
Per dolum defendimus (Confound the enemy)
Authorised: King George VI - July 1945 |
Motto: Insidiantibus insidiamur
(We ambush the ambushers)
Authorised: King George VI - July 1944 |
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| No 173 Squadron | No 174 (Mauritius) Squadron | No 175 Squadron | No 176 Squadron |
| Motto:
Quocumque (Whithersoever)
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - October 1956 |
Motto: Attack
Authorised: King George VI - February 1945 |
Motto: Stop at nothing Authorised: King George VI - January 1943 |
Motto: Nocte custodimus
(We keep the night watch) Authorised: King George VI - November 1946 |
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| No 177 Squadron | No 178 Squadron | No 179 Squadron | No 180 Squadron |
| Motto: Silentur in medias res
(Silently into the midst of things) Authorised: King George VI - November 1946 |
Motto: Irae
emissarii (Emissaries of wrath) Authorised: King George VI - April 1945 |
Motto: Delenterm deleo (I
destroy the destroyer) Authorised: King George VI - April 1944 |
Motto:
Suaviter in modo fortier in re (Agreeable in manner, forcible in act) Authorised: King George VI - April 1945 |
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| No 181 Squadron | No 182 Squadron | No 183 (Gold Coast) Squadron | No 184 Squadron |
| Motto: Irruimus
vastatum (We rush in and destroy)
Authorised: King George VI - June 1943 |
Motto: Fearless I direct my flight
Authorised: King George VI - July 1943 |
Motto: Versatility
Authorised: King George VI - September 1945 |
Motto: Nihil impenetrabile
(Nothing impenetrable)
Authorised: King George VI - August 1944 |
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No badge authorised |
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No badge authorised |
| No 185 Squadron | No 186 Squadron | No 187 Squadron | No 188 Squadron |
Motto:Motto: Surrigere colligere (To arise and pick up) Ara fejn hu (Look where it is) Authorised: King George VI - February 1946 |
Motto: Versatile Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 1953 |
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| No 189 Squadron | No 190 Squadron | No 191 Squadron | No 192 Squadron |
| Motto:
Ex tenebris (Through darkness) Authorised: King George VI - February 1945 |
Motto:
Vidi Vici (I saw, I conquered) Authorised: King George VI - May 1946 |
Motto: Dare to discover Authorised: King George VI - March 1945 |
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| No 193 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Squadron | No 194 Squadron | No 195 Squadron | No 196 Squadron |
| Motto: Aera et terram imparate (To govern the air and the earth) Authorised: King George VI -1945 |
Motto: Surrigere colligere (To arise and pick up) Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1955 |
Motto: Velocitate fortis (Strong by speed) Authorised: King George VI - December 1943 |
Motto: Sic fidem servamus (Thus we keep the faith) Authorised: King George VI - May 1946 |
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| No 197 Squadron | No 198 Squadron | No 199 Squadron | No 200 Squadron |
| Motto: Findimus caelum (We
cleave the sky) Authorised: King George VI - June 1943 |
Motto: Igni renatus (Born again to fire) Authorised: ? |
Motto: Let
tyrants tremble Authorised: King George VI - July 1944 |
Motto: In loco parentis (We act as guardians) Authorised: King George VI - April 1942 |
All badges on this page are Crown Copyright and have been produced by Mary Denton on behalf of the RAF Heraldry Trust and are displayed on this page with the permission of the RAFHT. Mary Denton and the RAFHT have probably completed half of the 'official' badges authorised but are still looking for sponsorship for the remaining badges. The work continues and details can be found on their website.
© Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Directorate of Intellectual Property Rights
This page was last updated on 26/11/23
