No. 2 Squadron RAAF

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2 Squadron
Active 1916 -
Branch RAAF
Role Airborne Warning and Control System
Part of Surveillance & Response Group, 42 Wing
Base RAAF Base Williamtown
Motto "Consilio et manu"
Aircraft flown
Electronic
warfare		 Boeing Wedgetail

No. 2 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force squadron. From its formation in 1916, it has operated a variety of aircraft types including fighters, bombers, and Airborne Early Warning & Control.

[edit] History

The Squadron was formed in 1916 at Heliopolis, Egypt,[1] and was heavily involved as a fighter unit during the Battle of Cambrai.

It operated as a bomber squadron in World War II, the Malayan Emergency (flying Avro Lincolns and later English Electric Canberras) and the Vietnam War (again flying Canberras).

After Vietnam, 2 Squadron was based at RAAF Amberley, west of Brisbane, Queensland, until its disbandment in 1982.[2] In the later years of the Canberra bomber's RAAF operations it was predominately used for target towing and aerial mapping.

The Squadron was re-formed in 2000 to operate Boeing 737 AEW&C aircraft procurred as part of Project Wedgetail, out of RAAF Base Williamtown and RAAF Base Tindal.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "2 Squadron — Australian Flying Corps of World War I". Retrieved on 2006-08-01.
  2. ^ a b No 2 Squadron at RAAF Museum. Retrieved on 17 March 2008.
Serny, France, November 1918. A score board recording the claims for enemy aircraft destroyed by No. 80 Wing RAF from July-November 1918. The squadrons listed are: No. 2 Squadron, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), No. 88 Squadron RAF, No. 92 Squadron RAF, No. 103 Squadron RAF, No. 46 Squadron RAF, and No. 54 Squadron RAF. The other columns are headed "In Flames", "Crashed", "O.O.C." (Out of Control), "Driven Down" and "Balloons Destroyed"."
Serny, France, November 1918. A score board recording the claims for enemy aircraft destroyed by No. 80 Wing RAF from July-November 1918. The squadrons listed are: No. 2 Squadron, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), No. 88 Squadron RAF, No. 92 Squadron RAF, No. 103 Squadron RAF, No. 46 Squadron RAF, and No. 54 Squadron RAF. The other columns are headed "In Flames", "Crashed", "O.O.C." (Out of Control), "Driven Down" and "Balloons Destroyed"."
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