RAF Squadron Standards

On the south wall are displayed 3 RAF Squadron Standards

LIV (54) Squadron
Battle Honours:
Western Front (1916-1918)
Arras*
Ypres (1917)
Cambrai (1917)*
Amiens*
Home Defence (1940-1945)
France and Low Countries (1940)
Dunkirk*
Battle of Britain (1940)*
Fortress Europe (1941)*
Eastern Waters (1943-45)*
Gulf 1991
The Squadron Standard was laid up on 11 March 2005 when 54 Squadron, then flying Sepecat Jaguars was disbanded at nearby RAF Coltishall
Aircraft flown: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c & B.E. 12, Avro 505, Bristol Scout, Sopwith Pup & Camel, Armstrong Whitworth Siskin, Bristol Bulldog, Gloster Gauntlet & Gladiator, Supermarine Spitfires, Mk1, Mk 11a, MkVa, Mk11b, MkVb, MkVc,MkV111, Hawker Tempest, de Haviland VampireMk1, F3 &FB.5, Gloster meteor, Hawker Hunter F1, F4, F6 &FGA9, McDonnell Douglas Phantom, SEPECAT Jaguar Gr1 & GR3.
54 Sqdn is still an operational squadron flying out of RAF Waddington.

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No 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron.
Battle honours:
Independent France and Germany (1914-1918)
German Ports (1940-1945)
Ruhr (1941-1944)
Normandy (1944)
Fortress Europe (1940-1945)
Berlin (1941-1944)
Baltic (1941-1943)
France and Germany (1944-1945)

Aircraft flown: Handley Page O/400, Airco DH10 Amiens, Handley Page Heyford, Avro Manchester, Lancaster & Lincoln. In 1959 it was equipped with Thor Intermediate Ballistic Missiles.
The Squadron Standard was laid up in 1967 when the squadron flying Hastings, Canberra and Varsity aircraft out of RAF Watton was disbanded.
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No 6 Squadron
Battle Honours:(* indicates displayed on Standard)
Western Front (1914-1918)*
Neuve Chappelle (1915)*
Ypres (1915)*
Loos (1915)
Somme (1916)
Ypres (1917)
Amiens (1918)
Hindenburg Line (1918)
Iraq (1919-1920)
Kurdestan (1922-1924)
Palestine (1936-1939)
Egypt and Libya (1940-1943)*
El Alamein (1942)*
El Hamma
Italy (1944-1945)*
South East Europe (1944-1945)
Gulf (1991)*
Bosnia (1995)*

Aircraft flown: Farman MF7 & MF11, RAE BE2 and RE*, Bristol Scout, Bristol F2B 'Brisfit', Fairey Gordon, Gloster Gauntlet, Hawker Hart, Hawker Demon, Hawker Hardy, Westland Lysander, Gloster gladiator, Hawker Hurricanes 11D & IV., Bristol Blenheim, Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker tempest, de Haviland Vampire and Venom, English Electric Canberras, McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom, SEPECAT Jaguar GR3 and Eurofighter Typhoon.
The Squadron standard was laid up on 31st May 2007 when the squadron then flying Jaguars was disbanded.

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward

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