No. 34 Squadron RAF
| No. 34 Squadron RAF | |
|---|---|
| Active | 7 Jan 1916 – 25 Sept 1919 3 Dec 1935 – Feb 1942 1 Apr 1942 – 15 Oct 1945 1 Aug 1946 – 31 July 1947 11 Feb 1949 – 24 June 1952 1 Aug 1954 – 10 Jan 1958 1 Oct 1960 – 31 Dec 1967 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Air Force |
| Motto(s) | Latin: Lupus vult, lupus volat ("Wolf wishes, wolf flies") |
| Battle honours | Western Front, 1916–17, Ypres, 1917, Italian Front & Adriatic, 1917–18, Somme, 1916, Hindenburg Line, Eastern Waters 1941, Malaya, 1941–42, Arakan, 1942–44, Manipur, 1944, Burma, 1944–45 |
| Insignia | |
| Squadron badge heraldry | In front of an increscent, a wolf passant. |
| Squadron codes | LB Apr–Aug 1939 EG Mar–Oct 1945 8Q Feb 1949 – Jul 1951 6J March 1949 – Nov 1952 |
| Post-1950 squadron roundel | |
No. 34 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. During the First World War it operated as a reconnaissance and bomber squadron and in the 1930s operated light bombers. It was re-equipped with fighter-bombers in the later half of the Second World War and in the post-war period was reformed four times; first as a photo-reconnaissance unit, then anti-aircraft co-operation, then as a jet fighter squadron through the 1950s. It was last active in the 1960s, as a Blackburn Beverley transport squadron.