No. 135 Squadron RAF
Active	1 April 1918 – 4 July 1918 15 August 1941 – 10 June 1945
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Motto(s)	Latin:Pennas ubique monstramus ("We show our wings everywhere")[1]
Insignia
Squadron Badge	Apeacock.
Squadron Codes	WK (Aug 1941 - June 1945)

No. 135 Squadron RAF was aRoyal Air Force Squadron formed to be a bomber unit in theFirst World War and reformed as a fighter unit in theSecond World War.

No. 135 SquadronRoyal Flying Corps was formed on 1 March 1918 atRAF Hucknall,Nottinghamshire, as a training squadron. It was intended to be equipped with theDe Havilland DH.9 from September 1918 and to move to France in October 1918, but in a re-organisation of squadrons after theRoyal Air Force was formed, the squadron disbanded on 4 July 1918 without becoming operational.^[2][3]

The squadron reformed on 15 August 1941 as a fighter unit equipped with theHawker Hurricane IIA atRAF Baginton, but moved toRAF Honiley on 4 September.^[4] It became operational for a month on 3 October, but was then moved toCalcutta,India, embarking for there on 10 November. Due to the outbreak of thePacific War the squadron was diverted toRangoon,Burma, where it began operations against Japanese air attacks on 26 January 1942, having replaced its IIAs with Hurricane IIBs. It was based at Zayatkwin from 16 January and thenMingaladon from 28 January. The aircraft were almost entirely lost in the fighting, and to avoid being overrun by the Japanese advance the ground crew were evacuated to Calcutta, embarking on 20 February. The squadron was reformed there atDum Dum from 27 March and began flying convoy patrols, moving to air defence duties and sweeps over Burma in January 1943. For the latter, it operated from fields code named George/Hove from 23 January, Ramu/Reindeer from 13 May, andDohazari from 16 May.^[3]

Withdrawn toSt. Thomas Mount in southern India on 22 May, No. 135 Squadron became a conversion unit forBristol Blenheim squadrons being re-equipped with Hurricanes and provided air defence for the area, receiving the Hurricane IIC in October. Relocated toYelahanka on 1 July it returned to St. Thomas Mount on 22 November, then moved toMinneriya on 16 January 1944. It was re-equipped with theRepublic Thunderbolt I in May and completed conversion by the end of August, resuming ground attack missions over Burma on 16 October. The squadron temporarily relocated toAmarda Road between 25 August and 16 September, then moved toChittagong on 9 October, Jumchar on 9 December, andCox's Bazar on 15 April. The squadron was only briefly at Cox's Bazar before it moved forward toAkyab on 24 April. The squadron continued the ground attack missions until May 1945, when it was withdrawn from combat before being renumbered to615 Squadron on 10 June 1945.^[4] Its final station wasChakulia from 17 May.^[3]

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• Pine, L. G. (1983).A Dictionary of Mottoes. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.ISBN 0-7100-9339-X – via Archive Foundation.

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