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|unit_name=No. 148 Squadron RAF | image= 148 Squadron Halifax Italy WWII IWM CNA 3231.jpg | image_size = 250 |caption= 148 Squadron Halifax loaded with supplies reading for dropping to Yugoslav Partisans, at Brindisi, Italy |dates= 1918-19 1937-1940 1940 1940-42 1943-46 1946-55 1956-65 |country= {{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom |allegiance= |branch= Royal Air Force |type= |role= |size= |command_structure= |garrison= |garrison_label= |equipment= |equipment_label= |nickname= |patron= |motto= Trusty[1] |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |battles= |anniversaries= |decorations= | identification_symbol=Two battle axes in saltire. The battle axes were selected as being well-tried and formidable weapons. | battle_honours= }} No. 148 Squadron of the Royal Air Force has been part of the RAF since the First World War. HistoryFirst World WarThe squadron was formed at Andover Aerodrome on 10 February 1918, it moved to Ford Junction Aerodrome on 1 March 1918 where it was equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b and moved to France on 25 April 1918. It returned to the UK on 17 February 1919 and disbanded at Tangmere on 4 July 1919.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=62}} Second World WarIt was reformed at RAF Scampton on 7 June 1937 with the Hawker Audax and the Vickers Wellesley and moved twice before being disbanded and merged into No. 15 Operational Training Unit on 8 April 1940.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=62}} With the expansion of the Royal Air Force Special Duties Service the unit was reformed in 1943 as No. 148 (Special Duties) Squadron. The unit's Halifaxes dropped supplies to partisans in southern France, Italy and the Balkans, while it's flight of Lysanders under the command of Peter Vaughan-Fowler did agent pick-up operations to Greece, Yugoslavia and southern France. It participated in the Warsaw airlift, where it suffered heavy losses. The unit continued its work through the end of the war. Cold WarNo. 148 operated the Vickers Valiant nuclear bomber out of RAF Marham, Norfolk from 1 July 1956 until 1 May 1965.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=62}} Aircraft operatedDate of introduction of aircraft into 148 squadron:{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=62}}
ReferencesCitations1. ^{{cite book|last1=Pine|first1=L G|title=A dictionary of mottoes|date=1983|publisher=Routledge and Kegan Paul|location=London|isbn=0-7100-9339-X|page=248}} Bibliography
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