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- No. 501 Squadron was the 14th of the 21 flying units in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, the volunteer reserve part of the British Royal Air Force. The squadron won seven battle honours, flying Hurricane, Spitfire and Tempest fighter aircraft during World War II, and was one of the most heavily engaged units in RAF Fighter Command. In particular, the Squadron saw extensive action during the Battle of France and Battle of Britain. At present the unit is not flying any more and has a logistics role as part of No 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing. (en)
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- Battle of Britain, 1940
- Normandy, 1944
- Channel & North Sea, 1940–44
- Fortress Europe, 1940–44
- France & Germany, 1944
- France & Low Countries, 1940
- Home Defence, 1940–45
- (All these honours are emblazoned on the squadron standard)
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- ( The boar's head is taken from the arms of Gloucester; the animal is also noted for its courage)
- A boar's head couped
- RAB (May 1946 – 1949)
- SD (Sep 1939 – Apr 1945
- ZH (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939)
- and 1949 – 1951)
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- ("Fear nothing")
- Nil Time
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- 24017 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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- Battle of Britain, 1940 (en)
- Normandy, 1944 (en)
- Channel & North Sea, 1940–44 (en)
- Fortress Europe, 1940–44 (en)
- France & Germany, 1944 (en)
- France & Low Countries, 1940 (en)
- Home Defence, 1940–45 (en)
- (All these honours are emblazoned on the squadron standard) (en)
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- No 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing, RAF A4 Force (en)
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- 0001-05-10 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- 0001-06-14 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- June 2001 – present (en)
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- SD (en)
- ZH (en)
- RAB (en)
- ( The boar's head is taken from the arms of Gloucester; the animal is also noted for its courage) (en)
- A boar's head couped (en)
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- Squadron Badge heraldry (en)
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- No. 501 Squadron RAuxAF (en)
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- No. 501 Squadron was the 14th of the 21 flying units in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, the volunteer reserve part of the British Royal Air Force. The squadron won seven battle honours, flying Hurricane, Spitfire and Tempest fighter aircraft during World War II, and was one of the most heavily engaged units in RAF Fighter Command. In particular, the Squadron saw extensive action during the Battle of France and Battle of Britain. At present the unit is not flying any more and has a logistics role as part of No 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing. (en)
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- No. 501 Squadron RAF (en)
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- No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron RAuxAF (en)
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