No. 28 Squadron RAF
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| No. 28 Squadron | ||
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 Squadron badge | ||
| Information | ||
| Role | Transport and search and rescue | |
| Aircraft Operated | Merlin HC.3 | |
| Home Station | RAF Benson | |
| Motto | Quicquid agas age - "Whatsoever you may do, do" | |
| History | ||
| Date Founded | November 7 1915 | |
| Badge | In front of a demi-Pegasus, a fasces | |
| Notable Battle Honours | Italian Front and Adriatic 1917-1918, Piave, Vittoria Venito, Waziristan 1921-1925, North-West Frontier 1939, Burma 1942, Arakan 1943-1944, Manipur 1944, Burma 1944-1945. | |
No. 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Merlin HC.3 from RAF Benson.
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History
No. 28 (AC) Squadron was formed on November 7 1915. After World War I No. 28 moved to India as an Army co-operation squadron. During World War II it flew the Lysander and from December 1942 the Hawker Hurricane fighter-bomber. By 1943 the Sqn was operating in Burma until 1945 when it started to re-equip with the Supermarine Spitfire. After WWII the squdaron operated as a fighter-reconnaisance unit as part of the Far East Air Force, moving to RAF Kai Tak, Hong Kong in 1949.
Other aircraft operated
- 1959 - De Havilland Vampire
- 1956 - De Havilland Venom
- 1962 - Hawker Hunter
- 1968 - Westland Whirlwind
The Squadron operated the Westland Wessex from 1972. With this helicopter it was based at RAF Sek Kong from 1978 until 1996. The squadron returned to Kai Tai from then until the British withdrawal in June 1997 and was the last RAF squadron to leave the territory.
Current role
The RAF ordered 22 Merlin HC.3s in March 1995, the first of which was received from AgustaWestland on March 7 2001. The squadron officially reformed on July 17.
