No. 57 Squadron RAF
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Number 57 Squadron, also known as No. LVII Squadron, is a Royal Air Force flying training squadron, operating the Grob Prefect T1 from RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire.
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No. 57 Squadron RAF | |
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Active | 8 June 1916 – 1 April 1918 (RFC) 1 April 1918 – 31 December 1919 (RAF) 20 October 1931 – 25 November 1945 26 November 1945 – 9 December 1957 1 January 1959 – 30 June 1986 1 July 1992 – 14 March 2002 1 October 2008 – present |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Flying squadron |
Role | Elementary Flying Training |
Part of | No. 3 Flying Training School |
Home station | RAF Cranwell |
Motto(s) | Corpus non animum muto (Latin for 'I change my body not my spirit')[1] |
Aircraft | Grob Prefect T1 |
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Squadron badge heraldry | Issuant from two logs fesse-wise in saltire a phoenix, commemorating that on one occasion during the First World War the whole of the flying personnel became casualties within a few days, but the squadron remained in action with new personnel. Approved by King George VI in December 1936. |
Squadron codes | EQ (Nov 1938 – Sep 1939)[2] DX (Apr 1940 – Apr 1951)[2] QT (1944 – Nov 1945, 'C' Flt)[2] |
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