Country United Kingdom Squadron Badge A gauntlet closed. | Branch Royal Air Force | |
Active 1 March 1918 – 4 July 1918
31 July 1941 – 10 March 1946 Motto(s) Latin: Per ardua volabimus
("We shall fly through hardships") Squadron Codes G (Aug 1941 - Nov 1941)
GQ (1942 - Jun 1945) | ||
No. 134 Squadron RAF was a part of the Royal Air Force which was formed as a light bomber unit in World War I and reformed as a fighter squadron in World War II.
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Formation and World War I
No. 134 Squadron Royal Flying Corps was formed on 1 March 1918 and became a unit of the Royal Air Force a month later, but it disbanded on 17 August 1918.
Reformation in World War II
The squadron reformed from a nucleus provided by 17 Squadron in July 1941 as a fighter unit equipped with Hawker Hurricanes stationed at RAF Leconfield. It was then based near Murmansk to train Russian pilots until the Hurricanes were handed over to the Russian Navy.
Back in the UK the Squadron was re-assembled at RAF Catterick on 7 December 1941, moved to Northern Ireland for two months and returned to RAF Baginton (in Warwickshire) to prepare to move overseas once again. It then operated in Egypt until November 1943 when it moved to India and Burma. The squadron converted to the P-47 Thunderbolt and disbanded by being renumbered 131 Squadron.