Active 1941-1945 Branch Royal Air Force | Country United Kingdom | |
Role Anti-aircraft Co-operation Motto(s) Latin: Respice Finem
("Consider the end") Squadron Badge heraldry In front of a pair of wings elevated and conjoined in base, two bird bolts in saltire | ||
No. 285 Squadron RAF was a non-operational Second World War Royal Air Force squadron that operated a variety of aircraft to provide targets for anti-aircraft gun practice initially in the North Midlands and North Wales area.
History
The squadron was formed at RAF Wrexham on 1 December 1941 from No. 9 Group AAC Flight. In 1944 the squadron moved to RAF Andover and then RAF North Weald before finally moving to RAF Weston Zoyland where it was disbanded on 26 June 1945.
References
No. 285 Squadron RAF Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA