No. 153 Squadron RAF

Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force

No. 153 Squadron RAF
Active	4 November 1918 - 13 June 1919 24 October 1941 - 5 September 1944 7 October 1944 - 28 September 1945 28 February 1955 – 2 July 1958
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Fighter Ground Attack Bomber Night Fighter
Size	Squadron
Motto(s)	Noctividus Latin: Seeing by night^[1]
Insignia
1950s squadron roundel

Military unit

No. 153 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron that saw service in both the First and Second World Wars.

History

On 1 July 1958, the unit was renumbered as No. 25 Squadron RAF.

Dates	Aircraft	Variant	Notes	References
1918–1919	Sopwith Camel		Single-engined biplane fighter	^[2]
1941–1942	Boulton Paul Defiant	I	Single-engined fighter	^[2]
1942–1943	Bristol Beaufighter	IF	Twin-engined ground attack	^[2]
1942–1944	Bristol Beaufighter	VIF		^[2]
1944	Hawker Hurricane	IIC	Single-engined fighter	^[2]
1944	Supermarine Spitfire	VIII IX	Single-engined fighter	^[2]
1944–1945	Avro Lancaster	I and III	Four-engined heavy bomber	^[2]
1955–1957	Gloster Meteor	NF12 and NF14	Twin-engined jet night fighter	^[2]

Kenneth Rayment, served with 153 Squadron from 1941 to 1943; he was the co-pilot during the Munich air disaster of 1958

^ Pine, L G (1983). A dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 152. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Jefford 2001, p. 63.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "No. 153 Squadron (RAF): Second World War". Rickard, J. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.

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Australian Flying Corps units
attached to the RAF
during the First World War

Article XV (Commonwealth) air force units attached to the RAF during the Second World War

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)	400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)	450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 466 467
Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)	485 486 487 488 489 490

Squadrons formed from
non-Commonwealth personnel
during the Second World War

Argentine	164
Belgian	349 350
Czechoslovak	310 311 312 313
Dutch	320 (Netherlands) 321 (Netherlands) 322 (Dutch)
French	326 327 328 329 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347