547th RAF Squadron
No. 547 Squadron RAF
period of existence / Active
547th Squadron RAF [1942-1945]
motto
Celer ad caedendum (Swift to attack / Swift to strike)
history
22.10.1942 - Established at Holmsley South as a naval reconnaissance unit, conducting anti-submarine and anti-submarine patrols until the end of the war
04.06.1945 - disbanded
sources
HALLEY, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal & Commonwealth Air Force 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
JEFFORD, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
RAWLINGS, John D. R. Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd, 1982. ISBN 0-7106-0187-5.
http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn541-598.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._547_Squadron_RAF
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/547squadron.cfm
http://www.rafcommands.com/Ross/Coastal/547C.html
www.historyofwar.org
No. 547 Squadron RAF
period of existence / Active
547th Squadron RAF [1942-1945]
motto
Celer ad caedendum (Swift to attack / Swift to strike)
history
22.10.1942 - Established at Holmsley South as a naval reconnaissance unit, conducting anti-submarine and anti-submarine patrols until the end of the war
04.06.1945 - disbanded
sources
HALLEY, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal & Commonwealth Air Force 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
JEFFORD, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
RAWLINGS, John D. R. Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd, 1982. ISBN 0-7106-0187-5.
http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn541-598.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._547_Squadron_RAF
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/547squadron.cfm
http://www.rafcommands.com/Ross/Coastal/547C.html
www.historyofwar.org
