No. 252 Squadron RAF
Active	1 May 1918 – 30 June 1919 21 November 1940 – 15 June 1941 14 November 1941 – 1 December 1946
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Motto	With or on
Insignia
Squadron Badge	ASpartan Shield
Squadron Codes	PN (Nov 1940 – May 1941) BT (May 1941 –Nov 1942)

No. 252 Squadron RAF was aRoyal Air Force (RAF) squadron that formed as a bomber unit inWorld War I andre-formed as part ofRAF Coastal Command inWorld War II.

No. 252 Squadron was formed atTynemouth on 1 May 1918 as a day bomber unit when four RNAS flights were amalgamated and was equipped with theBlackburn Kangaroo andDH.6s. One of these flights,No. 510 (Special Duty) Flight was posted toRedcar with its DH.6s for protection of shipping in theTeesport area until 21 January 1919.

The squadron disbanded atRNAS Killingholme on 30 June 1919.

On 21 November 1940 the squadron re-formed atRAF Bircham Newton and was equipped withBlenheims andBeaufighters as a Coastal Command unit. It moved to Northern Ireland in April 1941 and an attachment went toGibraltar.

The squadron was disbanded upon renumbering asNo. 143 Squadron RAF on 15 June 1941 and re-established atIdku, Egypt on 14 Nov 1941. It then operated from Libya and various locations in Greece and was finally disbanded on 1 December 1946.

• Rawlings, John D. R. (1982).Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Jane's Publishing Company Limited.ISBN 0-7106-0187-5.
• Thomas, Andrew (13–26 May 1988). "Desert Beaus: No.252 Squadron, Royal Air Force".Aviation News. Vol. 16, no. 26. pp. 1201–1204.

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