No. 153 Squadron RAF

No. 153 Squadron RAF
No. 153 Squadron RAF
Active	4 November 1918 - 13 June 1919; 24 October 1941 - 5 September 1944; 7 October 1944 - 28 September 1945; 28 February 1955 – 2 July 1958
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Fighter; Ground Attack; Bomber; Night Fighter
Size	Squadron
Motto(s)	Noctividus Latin: Seeing by night
Insignia
1950s squadron roundel

No. 153 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron that saw service in both the First and Second World Wars.

History

On 1 July 1958, the unit was renumbered as No. 25 Squadron RAF.

Dates	Aircraft	Variant	Notes	References
1918–1919	Sopwith Camel		Single-engined biplane fighter	^[2]
1941–1942	Boulton Paul Defiant	I	Single-engined fighter	^[2]
1942–1943	Bristol Beaufighter	IF	Twin-engined ground attack	^[2]
1942–1944	Bristol Beaufighter	VIF		^[2]
1944	Hawker Hurricane	IIC	Single-engined fighter	^[2]
1944	Supermarine Spitfire	VIII IX	Single-engined fighter	^[2]
1944–1945	Avro Lancaster	I and III	Four-engined heavy bomber	^[2]
1955–1957	Gloster Meteor	NF12 and NF14	Twin-engined jet night fighter	^[2]

Kenneth Rayment, served with 153 Squadron from 1941 to 1943; he was the co-pilot during the Munich air disaster of 1958

^ Pine, L G (1983). A dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 152. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Jefford 2001, p. 63.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "No. 153 Squadron (RAF): Second World War". Rickard, J. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

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. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.

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