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No. 131 Squadron RAF

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Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force

No. 131 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF
Active1 March 1918 – 17 August 1918
28 June 1941 – 10 June 1945
26 June 1945 – 31 December 1945
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
BranchRoyal Air Force
NicknameCounty of Kent
MottosLatin:Invicta
("Unconquered")[1]
Insignia
Squadron BadgeIn front of anestoile of sixteen points, a horseforcene.
Squadron CodesNX (Jun 1941 – Dec 1945)
Military unit

No. 131 (County of Kent) 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.

History

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Formation and World War I

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No. 131 SquadronRoyal Flying Corps was formed on 1 March 1918 and became a unit of theRoyal Air Force, but it disbanded on 17 August 1918 without becoming operational.

Reformation in World War II

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The squadron reformed in 1941 atRAF Ouston as a fighter unit equipped withSpitfires and then provided air defence forconvoys fromRAF Atcham andLlanbedr in Wales. It moved to India in October 1944. The squadron re-assembled atAmarda Road on 5 February 1945 but its Spitfires were re-allocated to theRoyal Indian Air Force and the squadron was disbanded on 10 June 1945. Sixteen days later,134 Squadron was renumbered to 131 and was equipped withThunderbolts to begin training to support the invasion of Malaya. It was disbanded on 31 December 1945 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Aircraft operated

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No. 131 Squadron Spitfires
Aircraft operated by no. 131 Squadron RAF[2]
FromToAircraftVariant
Jun 1941Nov 1941Supermarine SpitfireIA
Sep 1941Jan 1942Supermarine SpitfireIIA
Dec 1941Sep 1943Supermarine SpitfireVB
Dec 1942Sep 1943Supermarine SpitfireVC
Sep 1943Mar 1944Supermarine SpitfireIX
Mar 1944Oct 1944Supermarine SpitfireVII
Feb 1945Jun 1945Supermarine SpitfireVIII
Jun 1945Dec 1945Republic P-47 ThunderboltII

References

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  1. ^Pine, L.G. (1983).A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 115–116.ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  2. ^C.G.Jefford (1988).RAF Squadrons. UK Airlife Publishing.ISBN 1-85310-053-6.

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