206 Squadron

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206 Squadron is a Royal Air Force unit historically known for its maritime patrol and reconnaissance roles, particularly during the Second World War.

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206 Squadron canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ
aircraftOperated Airco DH.4 ⓘ
Airco DH.9 ⓘ
Avro Shackleton ⓘ
Boeing Fortress I ⓘ
Bristol Blenheim ⓘ
Consolidated Liberator ⓘ
Hawker Hind ⓘ
Lockheed Hudson ⓘ
Nimrod MR1 ⓘ
Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
Vickers Valiant (trials) ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
badgeHeraldry a winged seahorse ⓘ
command RAF Coastal Command ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbanded 2009 ⓘ
formationDate 1916 ⓘ
formedAs No. 6 (Naval) Squadron RNAS ⓘ
garrison RAF Aldergrove ⓘ
RAF Bircham Newton ⓘ
RAF Chivenor ⓘ
RAF Kinloss ⓘ
RAF Leuchars ⓘ
RAF St Eval ⓘ
RAF Thorney Island ⓘ
laterRole Maritime Operational Conversion Unit ⓘ
Nimrod Operational Evaluation Unit ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
missionType anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ
shipping reconnaissance ⓘ
motto Nihil nos effugit (Nothing escapes us) ⓘ
notableFor anti-U-boat operations ⓘ
long-range maritime patrol operations in the Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
operatedFrom Coastal Command airfields ⓘ
North Atlantic bases ⓘ
primaryTheatre Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
European theatre of World War II ⓘ
role maritime patrol ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
servicePeriod Cold War ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

interwar period ⓘ
post–Cold War era ⓘ
type flying training and trials unit (late role) ⓘ

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No. 206 Squadron RAF → nickname → 206 Squadron ⓘ