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No. 277 Squadron RAF

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Country
  
Branch
  
Active
  
22 December 1941 – 15 February 1945

Motto(s)
  
Latin: Quaerendo servamus("We save by seeking")

Squadron Badge
  
A winged hand rising from water

Squadron Code
  
BA (December 1941 – February 1945)

No. 277 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed as an air-sea rescue unit in World War II.

Formation in World War II

The squadron formed at Stapleford Tawney on 22 December 1941 equipped with the Lysander and Walrus. Defiants and Spitfires were then supplied for spotting downed aircrew in the English Channel.

The Warwick which could drop lifeboats was operated from November 1944 and the squadron was able to increase its area of operations with a detachment based at RAF Portreath. The squadron was disbanded On 15 February 1945.

References

No. 277 Squadron RAF Wikipedia


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