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  • No. 42 Squadron RAF
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  • No. 42 Squadron RAF
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  • 42
  • collided
  • No. 42
  • 42 Squadron
  • No. 42 Squadron
  • No. 42 Squadrons
  • 42 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron
  • 42 Sqn
  • 42(R) Sqn
  • No. 42 (Reserve) Squadron
  • No. 42 Sqn
  • No. 42 Squadron RFC
  • No. 42 Training Depot Squadron
  • No. 42 sqn
  • No. 42(R) Squadron
  • No. 42 Squadron RFC
clgo:activeYearsEndYear
  • 1918
clgo:activeYearsStartYear
  • 1916
clgo:battleHonours
  • Arras, 1917: Ypres, 1917: Lys: Channel & North Sea, 1939–1942*: Biscay, 1940*: Baltic, 1941*: Fortress Europe, 1941: Pacific, 1943–1945: Eastern Waters, 1943*: Arakan, 1943–1944*: Manipur, 1944*: Burma, 1944–1945: South Atlantic, 1982: Gulf, 1991.
  • (Honours marked with an asterisk (*) are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard)
  • Western Front, 1916–1918*:Italian Front & Adriatic, 1917–1918*: Somme, 1916
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clgo:identificationSymbol
  • (No. 42 Squadron was the 1st to use theBristol Perseusengine and this accounts for the presence of Perseus in the badge; he was known always to achieve his object and destroy his enemies and he stands in front of a globe to signify his activities over many lands and seas)
  • 1943 – Dec 1945)
  • 42 (1956–1968)
  • A (Jun 1952 – 1956)
  • AW (Sep 1939 – Jun 1942
  • On a terrestrial globe, a figure ofPerseus
  • QM (Oct 1946 – Oct 1947)
  • QD (Allocated Apr 1939 – Sep 1939, but probably not used)
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clgo:motto
  • (Translation: \"Bravely into action\")
  • Latin: Fortiter in re
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