Country United Kingdom Squadron Badge A diving kingfisher | Branch Royal Air Force | |
Active 22 October 1942 – 4 June 1945 Motto(s) Latin: Celer ad caedendum (Swift to strike) Squadron Code 2V (August 1943 - June 1945) | ||
No. 547 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed as an RAF Coastal Command anti-shipping and anti submarine squadron in World War II.
Formation in World War II
The squadron formed at RAF Holmsley South on 21 October 1942 and was equipped with Wellingtons, it then operated Liberators and patrolled the Bay of Biscay. It later moved to RAF Leuchars, Scotland where it disbanded on 4 June 1945.
References
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