No. 147 Squadron RAF

Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force

No. 147 Squadron RAF
Active	17 October 1941 – 15 February 1943 15 September 1944 – 15 September 1946 1 February 1953 – 15 September 1958
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Motto(s)	Assidue portamus Latin: We carry with regularity^[1]
Insignia
Squadron Badge	A shuttle in front of a staff
Squadron Codes	RT (Apr 1939 - Sep 1939)

Military unit

No. 147 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron that was a transport unit in World War II.

History

Formation and World War II

Plans for formation of the squadron in World War I never came to fruition. It was formed on 17 October 1941 and deployed to Egypt as a bomber unit but was attached to other units due to a lack of aircraft and disbanded on 15 February 1943.

On 5 September 1944 it formed as a Transport Command unit equipped with Douglas Dakotas. Avro Ansons were added and operated until the squadron disbanded on 13 September 1946. It reformed on 1 February 1953 as an overseas ferry unit moving aircraft such a Sabres and Hunters before final disbandment upon merger with No. 167 Squadron RAF on 15 September 1958.

Became the Ferry Squadron.

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by No. 147 Squadron RAF
From	To	Aircraft	Variant
Oct 1941	Sep 1942	Douglas Dakota
Mar 1942	May 1942	Avro Anson	XII
Mar 1942	May 1942	Avro Anson	C.19

References

^ Pine, L G (1983). A dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 17. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

External links

History of No.'s 146–150 Squadrons at RAF Web
147 Squadron history on the official RAF website

Royal Air Force flying squadrons

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Australian Flying Corps units
attached to the RAF
during the First World War

67 (1 Sqn AFC)
68 (2 Sqn AFC)
69 (3 Sqn AFC)
71 (4 Sqn AFC)

Article XV (Commonwealth) air force units attached to the RAF during the Second World War

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)	400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)	450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 466 467
Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)	485 486 487 488 489 490

Squadrons formed from
non-Commonwealth personnel
during the Second World War

Argentine	164
Belgian	349 350
Czechoslovak	310 311 312 313
Dutch	320 (Netherlands) 321 (Netherlands) 322 (Dutch)
French	326 327 328 329 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347

Greek	13 335 336
Norwegian	330 331 332 333 334
Polish	300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 315 316 317 318 663
United States	71 121 133
Yugoslav	351 352

Royal Auxiliary Air Force

Special Reserve	500 501 502 503 504
Auxiliary Air Force	600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 622

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