| No. 201 Squadron RAF | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 17 October 1914 – 21 June 1915 (RNAS) 6 December 1916 – 1 April 1918 (RNAS) 1 April 1918 – 31 December 1919 (RAF) 1 January 1929 – 28 February 1957 1 October 1958 – 26 May 2011 7 August 2021 – present |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Air Force |
| Type | Flying squadron |
| Role | Anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and maritime patrol aircraft |
| Part of | No. 1 Group |
| Home station | RAF Lossiemouth |
| Nickname(s) | Guernsey's Own Squadron |
| Motto(s) | Latin: Hic et ubique ("Here and everywhere")[1][2] |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Wing Commander Adam Smolak[3] |
| Notable commanders | Roderic Dallas Robert Marsland Groves |
| Insignia | |
| Squadron Badge heraldry | A seagull, wings elevated and addorsed[1][2] |
| Squadron codes | VQ (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939)[4][5] ZM (Sep 1939 – Aug 1943)[6][7] 1 (Nov 1943 – Mar 1944)[8] NS (Jul 1944 – Apr 1951)[9][10] A (Apr 1951 – Feb 1957)[11][12] |
Number 201 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It currently operates the Boeing Poseidon MRA1 from RAF Lossiemouth, Moray.
It is the only squadron affiliated with Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. This affiliation started in 1935 and is commemorated in the museum on Castle Cornet. Its history goes even further back than the RAF itself, being formed originally as No. 1 Squadron RNAS on 17 October 1914. It had previously operated the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2, based at RAF Kinloss, Moray, between January 1982 and March 2010.
- ^ a b Rawlings 1982, p. 128.
- ^ a b Halley 1988, pp. 259–260.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
reformwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 13.
- ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 52.
- ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 121.
- ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 123.
- ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 128.
- ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 77.
- ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, pp. 94 and 154.
- ^ Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 126
- ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 192.