No. 132 (City of Bombay) Squadron RAF
Active	1 Mar 1918 – 23 Dec 1918 7 Jul 1941 – 15 April 1946
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Nickname	City of Bombay
Mottos	Latin:Cave leopardum ("Beware the leopard")[1]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	Aleopard rampant.
Squadron Codes	FF (Jul 1941 – Apr 1946)

No. 132 (City of Bombay) Squadron RAF was aRoyal Air Force Squadron formed to be a bomber unit inWorld War I and reformed as a fighter unit inWorld War II.

No. 132 SquadronRoyal Flying Corps was formed on 1 March 1918 and became a unit of the Royal Air Force a month later, but it disbanded on 23 December 1918 without becoming operational.

The squadron reformed in 1941 as a fighter unit equipped withSpitfires and then provided air defence fromPeterhead,Scotland, and Southern England. It then moved toNormandy after theD-Day landings. It returned to England in September 1944 before moving toVavuniya,Ceylon, in January 1945. It was then based inHong Kong, and was disbanded on 15 April 1946. The Squadron was a mixed RAF squadron meaning its members were from all over the world: The Caribbean, Poland, Canada, New Zealand etc.

132 Squadron had a number of prestigious pilots, many of whom received theDistinguished Flying Cross.

Thecommanding officers for the Squadron were: J.R Ritchie, F.F Colloredo-Mansfield,A.G Page, and K.L Charney.

Flight Commanders in the Squadron were: D. Fopp, G. StClair, B.Rein, H.L. Smith,H.E Walmsley, A.E Tomblin, R.L.F Day, J.D Carpenter, A. Hvinden, T. Johnson, M. Graham, H.C Prudman, and J.M Maynyard.

DFCs were awarded to: F.F Colloredo-Mansfield, H.E Walmsley, A.E Tomblin, A.G Page, D.J Hawkings, R.L.F Day, M. Graham, K.L Charney, and H.C Prudman.

A singleDistinguished Flying Medal was awarded to F. Campbell.

Of the 130 pilots who served on the Squadron, 14 lost their lives and 4 went missing with unknown fates.

The Sqn started as a fighter unit before transitioning to a Fighter-Bomber role to support the D-Day landings. They were the first Spitfire Sqn to carry a bomb load of 1000lbs per aircraft and dropped 110 tons of bombs during the course of thewar. The Sqn claimed 29 victories over enemy aircraft with a further 15 probable destroyed. They also destroyed 253 transport ground vehicles, and 15midget submarines - "...another of the Flight Commanders who was Norwegian by the name of Hvinden spotted these whilst on a routine patrol on the Normandy Beaches. They were obviously trying to attack our shipping forces lying off the beaches, but unfortunately for them 132 Squadron arrived on the scene" - A.G. Page.

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