Number 92 Squadron, also known as No. 92 (East India) Squadron and currently as No. 92 Tactics and Training Squadron, of the

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is a test and evaluation squadron based at

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. It was formed as part of the

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as a fighter squadron on 1 September 1917. It deployed to France in July 1918 and saw action for just four months, until the end of the war. During the conflict it flew both air superiority and direct ground support missions. It was disbanded at

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on 7 August 1919. Reformed on 10 October 1939,at Tangmere Airfield, the unit was supposed to be equipped with medium bombers but in the spring of 1940 it became one of the first RAF units to receive the

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, going on to fight in the

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. Reformed after the war in January 1947, No. 92 (Fighter) Squadron was assigned to

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flying the Gloster Meteor F.3. Between 1961 and 1962, No. 92 (F) Squadron was the RAF's official aerobatic team, flying 16

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s known as ''the Blue Diamonds''. In December 1965, the squadron was reassigned to

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alongside No. 19 (F) Squadron, flying the

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F.2/F.2A and from January 1977, the McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2. Disbanded in July 1991, the Squadron was reformed as No. 92 (Reserve) Squadron at

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flying the

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until October 1994. No. 92 Squadron then lay dormant for the next 14 years before being reformed at

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on 30 June 2009.

Operational history

First World War

No. 92 Squadron was established as part of the

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on 1 September 1917, working up as a scout squadron with

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s, and

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s. The Squadron became part of the

on its formation on 1 April 1918. Standardising on SE.5as, the squadron went to France in July 1918, at first operating in the

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with the Army of Occupation. It had claimed a total of 38 victories during its World War I service. Eight aces had served in the squadron, including

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Thomas Stanley Horry Squadron Leader Thomas Stanley Horry (21 May 1898 – 15 January 1960) was a First World War flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. He was the son of William Horry of Rout Green, Boston, Lincolnshire. He attended Framlingham College ...

, William Reed,

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, future

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James Robb,

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, Herbert Good, and future Air Marshal Arthur Coningham.

Second World War

Following the outbreak of the

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, No. 92 Squadron was reformed on 10 October 1939 at

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. Initially it flew

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Mk.IFs but in March 1940 they were replaced by the

Mk.I, which became operational on 9 May. No. 92 Squadron first saw action over the

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beaches flying from

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. During the latter stages of the

No. 92 Squadron flew from

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In February 1942, the Squadron was posted to

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to join Air Headquarters Western Desert to support the Allies on the ground. Personnel arrived in Egypt in April but no aircraft were available. Some pilots flew operations with

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s of No. 80 Squadron. Spitfires finally arrived in August and the squadron commenced operations from

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over the El Alamein sector, and then with their Spitfire Vs at Landing Ground 173 in the Western Desert. No. 92 Squadron provided air cover at the

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and on 18 April 1943, 11 Spitfires from the squadron flew top cover at the Palm Sunday Massacre during which approximately 75 axis aircraft were disabled or destroyed. Following the Allied victory in North Africa, the Squadron moved to

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in June. It went on to provide air cover for the 8th Army during the campaigns in

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and

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, arriving on Italian soil on 14 September 1943. No. 92 Squadron then followed the armies up the Italian coast as part of No. 244 Wing and No. 211 (Offensive Fighter) Group. During World War II the Squadron claimed the highest number of victories scored, 317, in the RAF.

Cold War

Following the cessation of hostilities, No. 92 Squadron was disbanded at

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on 30 December 1946. No. 91 Squadron was disbanded on 31 January 1947 at

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and re-numbered as No. 92 (Fighter) Squadron as part of

with the Gloster Meteor F.3. The Squadron relocated to

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on 15 February 1947 before moving onto

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in October 1949. It went on a goodwill tour of Scandinavia in 1949. Subsequently, equipped with the Meteor F.8, it received the Canadair Sabre F.4 in February 1954, becoming part of the only Sabre wing in Fighter Command alongside No. 66 Squadron, before getting the

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F.4 in April 1956 while based at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Throughout this period, No. 92 (F) Squadron was also based at

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and

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. In 1961, No. 92 (F) Squadron, under the command of Sqn. Ldr. Brian Mercer, was chosen as Fighter Command's official aerobatic squadron – the RAF Aerobatic Display Team, taking over from "Treble One"'s ''Black Arrows''. Originally forming in 1960, the team was initially called ''the Falcons'' before later adopting the name ''the Blue Diamonds'' under which they operated 16 bright blue painted

s. No. 92 (F) Squadron thrilled the crowds with its precision display including looping a formation of 18 aircraft, only four fewer than the world record 22 Hawker Hunters looped by the ''Black Arrows'' of No. 111 (F) Squadron at the Farnborough Airshow in September 1958. When they re-equipped with the

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from April 1963 onward they continued to perform with these. In December 1965, along with No. 19 (F) Squadron they were reallocated to

initially at

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, moving to join No. 19 (F) Squadron at

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. They remained at RAF Gütersloh from January 1968 until the Squadron disbanded on 31 March 1977. In January 1977, No. 92 (Designate) Squadron had begun training as a McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 air defence unit at

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and on 1 April this unit formally adopted the No. 92 (F) numberplate. On 25 May 1982, RAF Phantom ''XV422'' of 92 Sqn shot down RAF

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''XX963'' of 14 Sqn from

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with a Sidewinder, over Germany, by mistake when the Phantom pilot did not realise that he was fully armed. On 17 August 1990, Phantoms from No. 92 (F) Squadron and No. 19 (F) Squadron were sent to

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, to provide air defence due to the deployment of No. V (AC) Squadron and No. 29 (F) Squadron from Akrotiri to

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after the Iraqi

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. Due to the rundown of RAF Germany following the fall of the

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the Squadron disbanded on 1 July 1991.

Hawks to the Air Warfare Centre

On 23 September 1992, No. 151 (Reserve) Squadron was renumbered No. 92 (Reserve) Squadron at

as part of

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(FTS) for weapons training, flying the

T.1. With the transfer of No. 7 FTS weapons training role to No. 4 FTS at

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, No. 92 (R) Squadron was disbanded on 1 October 1994. In November 2008, it was announced that the Tactics and Training Wing of the

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was to become No. 92 (Reserve) Tactics and Training Squadron. The Squadron officially stood up after 14 years on 30 June 2009 at the College Hall at

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. On 1 February 2018, the Royal Air Force rescinded all (Reserve) nameplates changing No. 92 (Reserve) Tactics and Training Squadron to No. 92 Tactics and Training Squadron. As part of their work at the Air Warfare Centre, No. 92 Squadron helped design and carry out Exercise Cobra Warrior 2019 for units of the RAF,

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and

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Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated include: *

(Sep 1917–Apr 1918) *

(Mar 1918–Nov 1918) *

Mk.IF (Oct 1939–Mar 1940) *

Mk.I/Ib (Mar 1940–Feb 1941) *

Mk.Vb (Feb 1941–Feb 1942; Aug 1942–Sep 1943) *

Mk.Vc (Aug 1942–Sep 1943) *

Mk.IX (Apr 1943–Aug 1943; Jun 1946–Dec 1946) *

Mk.VIII (Jul 1943–Dec 1946) *

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F.3 (Jan 1947–May 1948) *

F.4 (May 1948–Oct 1950) *

F.8 (Oct 1950–Feb 1954) *

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F.4 (Feb 1954–Apr 1956) *

F.4 (Apr 1956–Mar 1957) *

F.6 (Mar 1957–Apr 1963) *

F.2 (Apr 1963–July 1971) *

F.2A (Aug 1968–Mar 1977) * McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR.2 (Jan 1977–Jul 1991) *

T.1/T.1A (Sep 1992–Oct 1994)

Aces

Robert Stanford Tuck Wing Commander Robert Roland Stanford Tuck, (1 July 1916 – 5 May 1987) was a British fighter pilot, flying ace and test pilot. Tuck joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1935 and first engaged in combat during the Battle of France, over Dunkirk ...

27 enemy aircraft destroyed, two shared destroyed, six probably destroyed, six damaged and one shared damaged * Donald Ernest Kingaby 21 kills plus two shared kills, six probable kills and 11 damaged - 14½ of his kills came against the Messerschmitt Bf 109 *

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11 kills three shared kills, five probable kills and seven damaged *

Ronnie Fokes Ronald Henry Fokes, (1913 – 12 June 1944) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War, credited with nine confirmed "kills". RAF career Fokes joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1937, and eventually ...

nine kills, four shared kills, two unconfirmed kills, three probables, one damaged and one shared damaged *

Brian Kingcome Group Captain Charles Brian Fabris Kingcome (31 May 1917 – 14 February 1994) was a British flying ace of the Second World War, most notable for serving with No. 92 Squadron in 1940 during the Battle of Britain. He frequently led the squadron on ...

eight kills and 3 shared destroyed, one 1 shared unconfirmed, five probables, 13 damaged *

John Fraser Drummond John Fraser Drummond, DFC (19 October 1918 – 10 October 1940) was a fighter pilot and flying ace who flew with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was killed after his aircraft collided with another during the Battle of Britain ...

eight kills, one shared kill, three probables and four damaged *

Tony Bartley Anthony Charles Bartley, (28 March 1919 – 18 April 2001) was a British film and television executive, and fighter pilot. As a Royal Air Force (RAF) Spitfire pilot, Bartley was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions during the ...

eight kills with 92 squadron, 12 confirmed kills during WW2, plus one unconfirmed destroyed, five 'probables' and eight damaged *

Adolf Pietrasiak Adolf Pietrasiak (17 November 1916 – 29 November 1943) was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 8 confirmed kills and one shared. Biography Adolf Pietrasiak was born in Kośmin near Puławy. In 1932 he entered the A ...

Polish Air Force (P.A.F.) 8 1/10 enemy aircraft destroyed, 2/5 damaged.

Honours

In 1950 the

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steam locomotive No. 34081 was named "92 Squadron". This locomotive was saved from the scrapyard in 1976 and is now owned and operated by The Battle of Britain Locomotive Society and having been based on the

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in recent years, has returned to the

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– where it was originally restored – pending a major overhaul and a return to traffic following the expiration of its boiler ticket in mid-2008. The locomotive returned to steam again in December 2016.

References

Bibliography

* Derry, Martin and Robinson, Neil. ''Flight Craft 11: English Electric Lightning''. Pen & Sword, 2016. * Forrester, Larry and Wootton, Frank. ''Fly For Your Life: The Glorious Story Of Englands Greatest Air Ace Robert Stanford Tuck And His Deadly Spitfire''. Bantam Books, 1956 (reprinted in 1978 by Bantam Books and by Cerebus in 2002 as ''Fly for your life: the story of Bob Stanford Tuck''). * Halley, James J. ''The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988''. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. . * Jefford, C.G. ''RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912''. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 2001. . * Kingcombe, Brian, DSO, DFC & Bar. ''A Willingness to Die: Memories from Fighter Command''. Tempus Publishing, 1992(reprinted 2007). * Morris, Simon. ''A Cobra in the Sky The history of 92 Squadron'' 1975 * Rawlings, J.D.R. "Squadron Histories: No. 92". ''Air Pictorial'', Vol. 23, No. 7. July 1961. pp. 207–208. * Rawlings, John D.R. ''Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft''. London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 1969 (new edition 1976, reprinted 1978). . * Robinson, Anthony. ''RAF Fighter Squadrons in the Battle of Britain''. London: Arms and Armour Press Ltd., 1987 (Reprinted in 1999 by Brockhampton Press, .) * Robinson, M. ''Best of the Few: 92 Squadron 1939–40''. (Robinson 2001) * Wellum, Geoffrey. ''First Light: The True Story of the Boy Who Became a Man in the War-Torn Skies Above Britain''. London: Penguin Viking, 2002. .

External links

Official History on RAF websiteJohn Fraser Drummond: 92 Squadron and the Battle of BritainMK1 Spitfires flown by No. 92 Squadron at cambridgemilitaryhistory.com weblogA Cobra in the Sky – The History of 92 Squadron Royal Air ForceThe Battle Of Britain Locomotive Society, locomative named after No. 92 Squadron92 Squadron in Pictures
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