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- No. 78 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, is the squadron number plate of RAF (Unit) Swanwick based at London Area Control Centre, Swanwick, Hampshire. The squadron was allocated the role in early 2021. Between January 2008 and September 2014 it operated the AgustaWestland Merlin HC3/3A transport helicopter from RAF Benson until 30 September 2014, when the Merlins were transferred to the Commando Helicopter Force of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm at RNAS Yeovilton. Between May 1986 and December 2007, No. 78 Squadron was based at RAF Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands, operating Westland Sea King HAR3s and until 2006 the Boeing Chinook HC2. (en)
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- *Afghanistan(2001–2014)*
- *Berlin(1940–44)*
- *Biscay Ports (1940–1945)
- *Channel and North Sea (1942–1945)*
- *Fortress Europe(1940–1944)*
- *Home Defence (1916–1918)*
- *Invasion Ports (1940)
- *Iraq(2003–2011)
- *Normandy(1944)*
- *Rhine*
- *Ruhr(1940–1945)*
- *Walcheren, France and Germany (1944–1945)*
- *(Honours marked with an asterisk are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard)
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- An heraldic tiger rampant and double queued.
- Approved byKing George VIin November 1939.
- EY (Sep 1939 – Apr 1950)
- KA (Feb 1939 – Sep 1939)
- SA–SZ (May 1986 – Dec 2007)
- YY (Nov 1936 – Sep 1939)
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- ("Nobody unprepared")
- Nemo non paratus
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- *Home Defence *
*Fortress Europe *
*Ruhr *
*Invasion Ports
*Biscay Ports
*Berlin *
*Channel and North Sea *
*Normandy *
*Walcheren, France and Germany *
*Rhine*
*Afghanistan *
*Iraq
*(Honours marked with an asterisk are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard) (en)
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- 2021 (xsd:integer)
- 0001-01-24 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- 0001-04-01 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- 0001-04-15 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- 0001-05-22 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- 0001-11-01 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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- KA (en)
- EY (en)
- YY (en)
- An heraldic tiger rampant and double queued. (en)
- Approved by King George VI in November 1939. (en)
- SA–SZ (en)
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- Squadron badge heraldry (en)
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- (en)
- Nemo non paratus (en)
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- No. 78 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, is the squadron number plate of RAF (Unit) Swanwick based at London Area Control Centre, Swanwick, Hampshire. The squadron was allocated the role in early 2021. Between January 2008 and September 2014 it operated the AgustaWestland Merlin HC3/3A transport helicopter from RAF Benson until 30 September 2014, when the Merlins were transferred to the Commando Helicopter Force of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm at RNAS Yeovilton. (en)
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