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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.

No. 178 Squadron RAF
No. 178 Squadron ground crew preparing to load a Liberator bomber with mines
Active15 Jan 1943 – 15 April 1946
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Motto(s)Latin: Irae emissarii (Emissaries of wrath)[1]
Insignia
Squadron BadgeAn erased lion holding a flash of lightning

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. The squadron was actively involved in the air drop operations in support of the besieged Polish Home Army in Warsaw in 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[2]
FromToAircraftVariant
Jan 1943Dec 1943Consolidated B-24 LiberatorII
May 1943Sep 1943Handley Page HalifaxII
Sep 1943Jul 1944Consolidated B-24 LiberatorIII
Jan 1944Jan 1946Consolidated B-24 LiberatorVI
Nov 1945Apr 1946Avro LancasterIII

References


  1. Pine, L G (1983). A Dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge & K. Paul. p. 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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