No. 657 Squadron RAF
No. 657 Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force in North Africa, Italy and the Netherlands during the Second World War and afterwards in Germany. Numbers 651 to 663 Squadrons of the RAF were Air Observation Post units working closely with British Army units in artillery spotting and liaison. Their duties and squadron numbers were transferred to the Army with the formation of the Army Air Corps on 1 September 1957.
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No. 657 Squadron RAF
No. 657 Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force in North Africa, Italy and the Netherlands during the Second World War and afterwards in Germany. Numbers 651 to 663 Squadrons of the RAF were Air Observation Post units working closely with British Army units in artillery spotting and liaison. Their duties and squadron numbers were transferred to the Army with the formation of the Army Air Corps on 1 September 1957.
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No. 657 Squadron RAF was a uni ...... Air Corps on 1 September 1957.
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A hand couped at the wrist, holding a gun barrel
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VA 1944–45 (HQ Flight)
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(Translation: "By land and sky")
Latin: Per terras perque caelum
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Air Observation Post Squadron
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Latin: Per terras perque caelum
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Air Observation Post Squadron
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No. 657 Squadron RAF
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