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No. 653 Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Squadron Numbers 651 to 663 were Air Observation Post units working closely with British Army units in artillery spotting and liaison. A further three of these squadrons, 664–666, were manned with Canadian personnel. Their duties and squadron numbers were transferred to the Army with the formation of the Army Air Corps on 1 September 1957.

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  • No. 653 Squadron RAF
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  • No. 653 Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Squadron Numbers 651 to 663 were Air Observation Post units working closely with British Army units in artillery spotting and liaison. A further three of these squadrons, 664–666, were manned with Canadian personnel. Their duties and squadron numbers were transferred to the Army with the formation of the Army Air Corps on 1 September 1957.
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Garrison
  • RAF Wattisham, Suffolk
Branch
  • 23(xsd:integer)
command structure
  • 3(xsd:integer)
  • 16(xsd:integer)
Role
  • Air Observation Post Squadron
identification symbol
  • In front of two gun barrels in saltire, an eagle's head affrontée erased
Country
  • United Kingdom
identification symbol label
  • Squadron badge heraldry
Dates
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 20(xsd:integer)
  • --05-11
aircraft trainer
Unit Name
  • No. 653 Squadron AAC
  • No. 653 Squadron RAF
garrison label
  • Base
Equipment
aircraft recon
Motto
  • Latin: Ubique Speculabundus
abstract
  • No. 653 Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Squadron Numbers 651 to 663 were Air Observation Post units working closely with British Army units in artillery spotting and liaison. A further three of these squadrons, 664–666, were manned with Canadian personnel. Their duties and squadron numbers were transferred to the Army with the formation of the Army Air Corps on 1 September 1957.
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