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No. 96 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron. The squadron served on the Western Front during World War II and the Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II. No. 96 Squadron served in a variety of roles such as night fighter cover and transportation. It was disbanded in 1959, when its personnel was assigned to No. 3 Squadron.

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  • No. 96 Squadron RAF
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  • No. 96 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron. The squadron served on the Western Front during World War II and the Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II. No. 96 Squadron served in a variety of roles such as night fighter cover and transportation. It was disbanded in 1959, when its personnel was assigned to No. 3 Squadron.
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aircraft fighter
  • December 1940 - March 1942: Hawker Hurricane
  • February 1941 - June 1942: Boulton Paul Defiant
  • June 1943 - December 1944: de Havilland Mosquito
  • May 1942 - June 1943: Bristol Beaufighter
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Garrison
Branch
  • --10-08
Role
  • Training unit
  • Night Fighter unit
  • Transport unit
identification symbol
  • December 1940 - December 1944: ZJ
  • December 1944 - June 1946: 6H October 1952 - 1955: L
  • A lion passant facing to the sinister with ten stars representing the constellation of Leo
Country
  • United Kingdom
Caption
  • Official Squadron Badge of No. 96 Squadron RAF
Dates
  • --09-28
  • --11-17
  • --12-21
  • --10-08
  • --12-18
Unit Name
  • No. 96 Squadron RAF
aircraft bomber
  • December 1944-April 1945: Handley Page Halifax
Motto
  • : Nocturni obambulamus
abstract
  • No. 96 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron. The squadron served on the Western Front during World War II and the Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II. No. 96 Squadron served in a variety of roles such as night fighter cover and transportation. It was disbanded in 1959, when its personnel was assigned to No. 3 Squadron.
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