Country United Kingdom Role Bomber Squadron | Branch Royal Air Force | |
Active 1 September 1943 – 22 August 1945 Part of No. 3 Group RAF, Bomber Command Motto(s) Latin: Nil Obstare Potest
(Translation: "Nothing can withstand") | ||
No. 514 Squadron RAF (514 Sqn) was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
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History
Members of 514 Sqn were awarded with 1 DSO, 84 DFCs, one Bar to the DFC and 26 DFMs.
Reunions
From 1988 to 2012 the Squadron held an annual Reunion in June at Waterbeach Barracks hosted by the Royal Engineers. A service of remembrance was held in the parish church, and the BBMF Lancaster made a flypast over the former RAF airfield.
In 2013, following the barracks' closure, a reunion was held in the village on 15 June with the Lancaster flypast over the Recreation Ground.
In 2015 a Reunion was again held in Waterbeach Barracks in a new community building provided by Urban&Civic.
Museum
The 514 Squadron Association and the Army established a Museum in Waterbeach Barracks in 1985. This museum closed in September 2012, as the Barracks closed permanently in March 2013, although the contents have been saved. It expected that the new Waterbeach Military Heritage Museum will return to its building at the Barracks, and re-open in early summer 2016.