No. 25 Squadron RAF
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Number 25 (Fighter) Squadron (alternatively Number XXV (F) Squadron) is squadron of the Royal Air Force, having reformed on 8 September 2018. During the First World War, No. 25 Squadron operated as a fighter-reconnaissance unit and later as a bomber squadron. Pilots from the Squadron, Cpl. James Henry Waller and 2nd Lt. George Reynolds McCubbin, shot down the famous German fighter ace Max Immelmann in June 1916. In the Inter-war years, the Squadron was based at RAF Hawkinge, from where No. 25 Squadron's badge originated from. Throughout the Second World War, the unit flew both bombers and escorted bombers. In the 1950s, it became a night-fighter squadron. Between 1963 and 1989, No. 25 Squadron operated the Bristol Bloodhound Surface-to-Air Missile from RAF Brüggen, West Germany and later R
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No. 25 Squadron RAF
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No. XXV (F) Squadron RAF
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* Home Defence 1916
* Western Front 1916–1918*
* Somme 1916
* Arras
* Ypres 1917*
* Cambrai 1917*
* Somme 1918*
* Lys
* Hindenburg Line
* Channel & North Sea 1939–1941
* Battle of Britain 1940*
* Fortress Europe 1943–1944*
* Home Defence 1940–1945*
* France & Germany 1944–1945*
* (Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard)
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United Kingdom
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--02-01
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--07-01
--09-08
--09-25
--10-01
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150
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RX
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ZK
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FA–FM
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FA–FZ
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On a gauntlet a hawk rising affrontée
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Post 1950 squadron roundel
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Squadron Codes
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Squadron Badge heraldry
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150
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: Feriens tego
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No. XXV Squadron RAF
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Number 25 (Fighter) Squadron (alternatively Number XXV (F) Squadron) is squadron of the Royal Air Force, having reformed on 8 September 2018. During the First World War, No. 25 Squadron operated as a fighter-reconnaissance unit and later as a bomber squadron. Pilots from the Squadron, Cpl. James Henry Waller and 2nd Lt. George Reynolds McCubbin, shot down the famous German fighter ace Max Immelmann in June 1916. In the Inter-war years, the Squadron was based at RAF Hawkinge, from where No. 25 Squadron's badge originated from. Throughout the Second World War, the unit flew both bombers and escorted bombers. In the 1950s, it became a night-fighter squadron. Between 1963 and 1989, No. 25 Squadron operated the Bristol Bloodhound Surface-to-Air Missile from RAF Brüggen, West Germany and later RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire. The Squadron regained its wings in July 1989, operating the Panavia Tornado F.3 interceptor, these were flown until April 2008 when the Squadron disbanded. Since reforming in 2018, No. 25 Squadron operates the BAE Systems Hawk T.2. It provides Advanced Fast Jet Training (AFJT) for pilots of the RAF and Royal Navy, as part of No. 4 Flying Training School at RAF Valley.
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1920
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1915
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* (Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard)
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* Arras
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* Battle of Britain 1940*
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* Cambrai 1917*
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* Channel & North Sea 1939–1941
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* Fortress Europe 1943–1944*
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* France & Germany 1944–1945*
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* Hindenburg Line
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* Home Defence 1916
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* Home Defence 1940–1945*
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* Lys
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* Somme 1916
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* Somme 1918*
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* Western Front 1916–1918*
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* Ypres 1917*
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150px
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On a gauntlet a hawk rising affrontée (The badge incorporates a previous badge used unofficially by the Squadron, the hawk being associated with the Squadron's period at RAF Hawkinge.)
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FA–FM (Sep 2018–present)
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FA–FZ (July 1989–Apr 2008)
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RX (Dec 1938 – Sep 1939)
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ZK (Sep 1939 – Apr 1951)
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("Striking I defend")
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(Latin): Feriens tego
