No. 51 Squadron RAF
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Number 51 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. Since 2014 it has operated the Boeing RC-135W Airseeker R.1, more commonly referred to as the Rivet Joint, from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. It had previously flown the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 from 1974 until 2011. Following the Nimrod's retirement, crews from No. 51 Squadron trained alongside the United States Air Force on the RC-135W Rivet Joint, which was being acquired by the RAF under the Airseeker project.
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No. 51 Squadron RAF
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No. 51 Squadron RAF
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'York's own squadron'
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Squadron badge
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*Home Defence *
*Channel and North Sea
*Norway *
*France and Low Countries
*Ruhr *
*Fortress Europe
*German Ports
*Invasion Ports
*Biscay Ports
*Berlin 1940–1944
*Baltic 1940–1944*
*Biscay 1942
*Italy *
*France and Germany *
*Normandy
*Walcheren
*Rhine
*South Atlantic 1982
*Gulf
*Kosovo
*Iraq
*Libya
* (Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard)
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23
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United Kingdom
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--03-05
--04-01
--05-15
--08-21
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Aircraft
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Home station
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LK
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TB
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UT
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MH
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6.0
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A goose volant, chosen as a play on the word 'Anson', the aircraft which the squadron was flying when the badge was being designed, as 'Anser' is the Latin word for Goose, and it was felt that a heavy wild fowl was appropriate for a bomber squadron. Approved by King George VI in December 1937.
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Squadron badge heraldry
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Squadron codes
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150
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Swift and Sure
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'York's own squadron'
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Three aircraft
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Flying squadron
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No. 51 Squadron RAF
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Number 51 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. Since 2014 it has operated the Boeing RC-135W Airseeker R.1, more commonly referred to as the Rivet Joint, from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. It had previously flown the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 from 1974 until 2011. Following the Nimrod's retirement, crews from No. 51 Squadron trained alongside the United States Air Force on the RC-135W Rivet Joint, which was being acquired by the RAF under the Airseeker project.
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16362
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1918
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1916
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* (Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard)
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*Baltic1940–1944*
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*Berlin1940–1944
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*Biscay 1942
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*Biscay Ports(1940–1944)
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*Channel and North Sea (1940–1943)
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*Fortress Europe (1940–1944)
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*France and Germany (1944–1945)*
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*France and Low Countries (1940)
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*German Ports (1940–1945)
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*Gulf(1991)
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*Home Defence (1916–1918)*
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*Invasion Ports (1940)
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*Iraq(2003–2011)
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*Italy(1943)*
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*Kosovo
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*Libya(2011)
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*Normandy(1944)
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*Norway(1940)*
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*Rhine
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*Ruhr(1940–1945)*
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*South Atlantic1982
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*Walcheren
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('C' Flt which became 578 Sqn)
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('C' Flt)
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Agoosevolant, chosen as a play on the word 'Anson', the aircraft which the squadron was flying when the badge was being designed, as 'Anser' is theLatinword for Goose, and it was felt that a heavywild fowlwas appropriate for a bomber squadron. Approved byKing George VIin December 1937.
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C6 (Jan 1944 – May 1945)
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LK (? – Jan 1944)
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MH (Dec 1949 – Oct 1950)
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MH (Sep 1939 – May 1945)
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TB (May 1945 – Dec 1949)
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UT (Aug 1939 – Sep 1939)
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Three aircraft
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Swift and Sure
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Signals intelligence
