No. 178 Squadron RAF

No. 178 Squadron RAF
No. 178 Squadron RAF
Active 15 Jan 1943 -15 April 1946
Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg Royal Air Force
Motto Latin: Irae emissarii (Emissaries of wrath)
Insignia
Squadron Badge An erased lion holding a flash of lightning

No. 178 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron that was a bomber unit based in Egypt, Libya and Italy in World War II.

Contents

History

Formation in World War II

The Squadron was equipped with Liberators at Shandur, Egypt on 15 January 1943 and then moved to Libya, then Italy from March 1944.

Postwar

In November 1945 the Liberators were replaced by Lancasters at Fayid, Egypt. It was disbanded upon renumbering as No. 70 Squadron RAF on 15 April 1946.

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by no. 178 Squadron RAF
From To Aircraft Variant
Jan 1943 Dec 1943 Consolidated B-24 Liberator II
May 1943 Sep 1943 Handley Page Halifax II
Sep 1943 Jul 1944 Consolidated B-24 Liberator III
Jan 1944 Jan 1946 Consolidated B-24 Liberator VI
Nov 1945 Apr 1946 Avro Lancaster III

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