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No. 12 Squadron RAF
12 Squadron badge
Active 14 February 1915
Role Strike/attack
Garrison/HQ RAF Lossiemouth
Motto "Leads the Field"
Equipment Tornado GR4
Battle honours Western Front 1915-1918, Loos, Somme 1916, Arras, Cambrai 1917, Somme 1918, Hindenburg Line, France and Low Countries 1939-1940, Meuse Bridges, Fortress Europe 1940-1944, German Ports 1941-1945, Biscay Ports 1940-1945, Berlin 1941-1945, Ruhr 1941-1945, France and Germany 1944-1945, Rhine*, Gulf 1991*, Iraq 2003
Insignia
Identification
symbol		 A fox's mask

No. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A battle honour is a military tradition practised in the Commonwealth countries of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand 12 Squadron of the Royal Air Force currently operates the Tornado GR4 from RAF Lossiemouth. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland.

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History

No. 12 Squadron Royal Flying Corps was formed in February 1915 from a flight of No. 1 Squadron RFC at Netheravon. The Royal Flying Corps (RFC was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. No 1 (F Squadron is a Squadron of the Royal Air Force. It currently operates the Harrier GR7 from RAF Cottesmore. Netheravon is a Village in the English county of Wiltshire. Location Position Nearby towns and cities The squadron moved to France in September 1915 and operated a variety of aircraft on operations over the Western Front. In March 1918 the squadron was re-equipped with the Bristol F2b Fighter just before the squadron became part of the newly formed Royal Air Force. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The squadron then based at Bickendorf in Germany was disbanded in 1922. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

The squadron reformed at RAF Northolt on the 1 April 1923 to operate the de Havilland DH.9A. RAF Northolt is a Royal Air Force station in the London Borough of Hillingdon, in north west Greater London, England. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Airco DH9 (from de Havilland 9 also known after 1920 as the de Havilland DH In 1924 it moved to RAF Andover and converted to the Fairey Fawn a single-engined biplane bomber. For both the types of transport aircraft called Andover used by the RAF see Avro Andover (1920s and Hawker Siddeley Andover (1960s-present day. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Fawns were replaced in 1926 with the Fairey Fox, which influenced the adoption of the Foxes head as part of the squadron emblem. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout In 1931 the squadron re-equipped with the Sydney Camm designed Hawker Hart. Sir Sydney Camm, CBE, FRAeS ( August 5, 1893 March 12, 1966) was an English aeronautical engineer who contributed The Hawker Hart was a British two-seater Biplane light-bomber of the Royal Air Force (RAF which had a prominent role during the RAF's inter-war period In October 1935 the squadron moved to the Middle East, but returned to Andover in August 1936. The Harts were replaced by the Hawker Hind in 1936 and in 1938 the squadron was equipped with Fairey Battles. The British Hawker Hind was an Royal Air Force light bomber of the inter-war years produced by Hawker Aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

On the first day of the Second World War the squadron moved to France to begin operations. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. On 12 May 1940, over the Albert Canal, Belgium, one bridge in particular was being used by the invading army, with protection from fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft and machine-guns. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Albert Canal (Albertkanaal Canal Albert is a Canal located in northeastern Belgium, named after King Albert I of Belgium. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The RAF was ordered to demolish this vital bridge, and five Fairey Battles from the squadron were dispatched. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout They met an inferno of anti-aircraft fire, but the mission was accomplished, much of the success being due to the coolness and resource of the pilot Flying Officer Garland of the leading aircraft and the navigation of Sergeant Gray. Donald Edward Garland VC (28 June 1918 - 12 May 1940 born Ballincor, County Wicklow he was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross Thomas Gray VC ( May 17, 1914 - May 12, 1940) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest Unfortunately the leading aircraft and three others did not return. Flying Officer Garland and Sergeant Gray were both posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since

The squadron returned to England in November 1940 and re-equipped with the Vickers Wellington at RAF Binbrook. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout RAF Binbrook, located at Binbrook, England, was opened as a Bomber Command station in June 1940 during World War II. The squadron moved again in 1942 to operate the Avro Lancaster. "Lanc" redirects here Distinguish from Lank (adjective and from Amon Lanc (a place in Tolkien's fiction In 1946 the squadron re-equipped with the Avro Lincoln until in 1952 it joined the jet-age and re-equipped with the Canberra jet bomber. The Avro Type 694 Lincoln was a British four-engined Heavy bomber of the Second World War, first flying on 9 June 1944 and entering service in August WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout After 44 years continious service the squadron was disbanded on July 1961.

From 1962 to 1967 the squadron was reformed to operate the Avro Vulcan V-bomber, initially from RAF Coningsby then RAF Cottesmore. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout History Early development RAF Bomber Command ended World War II with a policy of using heavy four- Piston-engined bombers for massed RAF Coningsby, is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England. Station crest The badge of RAF Cottesmore consists of a Hunting horn, a Five-pointed star and a horseshoe

Reformed again at RAF Honnington in October 1969 to operate the Blackburn Buccaneer in the anti-shipping role, with Martel missiles (from 1974). WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Martel is an Anglo - French Anti-radiation missile (ARM The name Martel is a contraction of Missile Anti-Radiation Television, referring It moved to RAF Lossiemouth in 1980. RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. In 1993 it was disbanded.

In September 1993, No. 27 Squadron RAF then at RAF Marham disbanded and immediately re-formed as No 12 Squadron operates the Tornado GR1. No 27 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the CH-47 Chinook HC Royal Air Force Station Marham, commonly known as RAF Marham, is a Royal Air Force station, a Military Airbase, near the WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

During the period January to April 2001, the Tornado GR1s were replaced with upgraded Tornado GR4s.

Current role

No. 12 Squadron currently operates from RAF Lossiemouth and operates the Tornado GR4 in a variety of roles, from close air support and strike bombing to training missions that keep the Aircrew current in the latest tactics and methods as well as giving them the continued hands on experience with the vast and varied weapon systems that are available to them. RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

The squadron continues to support Coalition forces in Iraq currently as part of Operation TELIC. As part of a seven squadron rotation cycle, of all the operational Tornado GR4 squadrons, the squadron spends two months at an American controlled base in Qatar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Qatar ( قطر; ˈqɑtˁɑr local pronunciation giṭar officially the State of Qatar (Arabic دولة قطر transliterated The squadron conducts close air support operations as well as providing a reconnaissance role.

12(B) Squadron are better than 617 Squadron by a mile PLUS they have the Paveway King, AKA Mauser Doolerz.

Aircraft operated

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