No. 611 Squadron RAuxAF

No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron RAuxAF
Active10 February 1936 – 15 August 1945
10 May 1946 – 10 March 1957
2013 – current
CountryUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Auxiliary Air Force
Part ofRoyal Auxiliary Air Force
BaseRAF Woodvale
Nickname(s)West Lancashire
Motto(s)Beware Beware
Commanders
Honorary Air CommodoreG.L. Pilkington
Notable
commanders
Roland "Bee" Beamont
Insignia
Squadron BadgeIn front of a trident, a rose
The rose points to the County of Lancaster and the trident to Liverpool
Squadron CodesGZ (May 1939 – Sep 1939)
FY (Sep 1939 – Aug 1945
and 1949 – Apr 1951)
RAR (May 1946 – 1949)
Post-1950 squadron roundel

No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron is a British Royal Air Force squadron. It was first formed in 1936 and was disbanded in 1957 after seeing combat as a fighter unit during the Second World War. It was reformed as a reserve squadron in 2013.