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- No. 600 (City of London) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force is a squadron of the RAF Reserves. It was formed in 1925 and operated as a night fighter squadron during the Second World War with great distinction. After the war, 600 Squadron went on to operate jet fighters until 1957. Reactivated in 1999, 600 Squadron is the only RAF Reserve unit within the M25. It is a Headquarters Support Squadron and provides trained part-time reservists to support RAF operations around the world. (en)
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- Gustav Line
- The honours marked with an asterisk* are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
- Anzio & Nettuno*
- Battle of Britain, 1940*
- France and Low Countries, 1940*
- Home defence, 1940–42*
- Italy, 1943–45*
- North Africa, 1942–43*
- Salerno*
- Sicily, 1943*
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- ( Also known as 'the dust-cart crest')
- 6 (Aug 1943 – Jul 1944)
- BQ (Sep 1939 – Aug 1943)
- In front of an increscent, a sword on bend
- LJ (1949 – Apr 1951)
- MV (Jan 1939 – Sep 1939)
- RAG (May 1946 – 1949)
- The City of London arms, overflown by an eagle
- The crescent moon represents the squadron's night-fighter activities whilst the sword commemorates the connection with the city of London
- No 600 is the only squadron in the RAF to have two official badges
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- (Translation: "More than six hundred")
- Latin: Praeter sescentos
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- Gothic Line (en)
- Gustav Line (en)
- The honours marked with an asterisk* are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard (en)
- Anzio & Nettuno* (en)
- Battle of Britain, 1940* (en)
- France and Low Countries, 1940* (en)
- Home defence, 1940–42* (en)
- Italy, 1943–45* (en)
- North Africa, 1942–43* (en)
- Salerno* (en)
- Sicily, 1943* (en)
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- Post 1950 Squadron markings (en)
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- Honorary Air Commodore (en)
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- 0001-05-10 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- 0001-10-01 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- 0001-10-14 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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- 6 (xsd:integer)
- BQ (en)
- MV (en)
- LJ (en)
- RAG (en)
- ( Also known as 'the dust-cart crest') (en)
- In front of an increscent, a sword on bend (en)
- The City of London arms, overflown by an eagle (en)
- The crescent moon represents the squadron's night-fighter activities whilst the sword commemorates the connection with the city of London (en)
- No 600 is the only squadron in the RAF to have two official badges (en)
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- Squadron Badge heraldry (en)
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- (en)
- Latin: Praeter sescentos (en)
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- No. 600 Squadron RAuxAF (en)
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- No. 600 (City of London) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force is a squadron of the RAF Reserves. It was formed in 1925 and operated as a night fighter squadron during the Second World War with great distinction. After the war, 600 Squadron went on to operate jet fighters until 1957. Reactivated in 1999, 600 Squadron is the only RAF Reserve unit within the M25. It is a Headquarters Support Squadron and provides trained part-time reservists to support RAF operations around the world. (en)
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- No. 600 Squadron RAF (en)
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- No. 600 (City of London) Squadron RAuxAF (en)
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