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- No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron was an Auxiliary Air Force squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It flew during its existence as a bomber, fighter and reconnaissance unit and was the only RAF squadron to be equipped with the unsuccessful Blackburn Botha torpedo bomber. (en)
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- German Ports, 1944–45
- Sicily, 1943
- Anzio & Nettuno
- Baltic, 1941–42
- Channel & North Sea, 1939
- France & Germany, 1944–45
- Mediterranean, 1942–43
- (These seven honours are all emblazoned on the squadron standard)
- 6T (1944 – 1945,1949 – Apr 1951)
- A falcon's leg, erased, belled and fessed
- PG (Oct 1938 – Sep 1939)
- RAO (May 1946 – 1949)
- UL (Sep 1939 – 1942)
- (The falcon's leg indicates the squadron's readiness to go into the air at any time and attack tooth and nail)
- (Translation: "With all talons")
- Latin: Omnibus ungulis
- http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/h608.html
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/33/a4233133.shtml
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/70/a4233070.shtml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090902232552/http:/www.rafweb.org/Sqn605-610.htm
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- Mediterranean, 1942–43 (en)
- (These seven honours are all emblazoned on the squadron standard) (en)
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- Latin: Omnibus ungulis (en)
- North Riding"Thornaby's own" (en)
- Denis Finlay (en)
- No. 608 Squadron RAuxAF (en)
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- No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron was an Auxiliary Air Force squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It flew during its existence as a bomber, fighter and reconnaissance unit and was the only RAF squadron to be equipped with the unsuccessful Blackburn Botha torpedo bomber. (en)
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