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12 SQN W.W.II Points Of Interest
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Continuous service as a bomber squadron through the duration of the war, first with the Advance Air Striking Force and then with Bomber Command.
- Suffered second highest percentage loss of all Bomber Command squadrons.
- Suffered highest percentage loss of all 1 Group Squadrons.
- Suffered highest losses of all 1 Group Wellington squadrons.
- Victoria Crosses: Flying Officer D.E. Garland and Sergeant T. Gray
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Current Aircraft: Tornado GR1B
Motto: Leads the Field - suggested by the use of the fox as the squadron emblem and its reputation for daylight bombing development.
Badge: A fox's mask - approved by HRH King George VI in February 1937. Based on a suggestion when the squadron was equipped with the Fairey Fox, an aircraft of which they were proud and the sole operators.
Battle Honors: Western Front 1915-1918, Loos*, Somme 1916, Arras, Cambrai 1917*, Somme 1918*, Hindenburg Line, France and Low Countries 1939-1940*, Meuse Bridges*, Fortress Europe 1940-1944, German Ports 1941-1945, Biscay Ports 1940-1945, Berlin 1941-1945*, Ruhr 1941-1945*, France and Germany 1944-1945, Rhine*, Gulf 1991*
Honors marked with an asterisk, are emblazoned on the Squadron Standard |
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