No. 60 Squadron RAF

No. 60 Squadron RAF
No. 60 Squadron RAF
	Squadron badge
Active	30 Apr 1916 – 22 Jan 1920; 1 Apr 1920 – Apr 1968; 3 Feb 1969 – 1 Apr 1992; 1 Jun 1992 – present;
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying training squadron
Role	Advanced helicopter flying training
Part of	9 Regiment, Army Air Corps
Home station	RAF Shawbury
Motto(s)	Per ardua ad aethera tendo; (Latin for 'I strive through difficulties to the sky')
Aircraft	Airbus H135 Juno HT.1
Battle honours	Western Front (1914–1918); Somme (1916); Arras; Hindenburg Line; Waziristan (1920–1925); Mohmand (1927); North West Frontier (1930–1931); Mohmand (1933); North West Frontier (1925–1939); Burma (1914–1942); Malaya (1941–1942); Arakan (1942–1944); North Burma (1944); Manipur (1944); Burma (1944–1945); * Honours marked with an asterisk are emblazoned on the squadron standard
Commanders
Current; commander	Squadron Leader Nick Summers (August 2020 – present)
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A markhor's head, commemorating many years of service in North-West India, the markhor being a mountain goat frequenting the Khyber Pass. Approved by King George VI in December 1937.
Squadron codes	AD (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939); MU (Sep 1934 – Feb 1942, Aug 1943 – Oct 1946); A–Z (Wessex)
Post-1950 squadron roundel

No. 60 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed in 1916 at Gosport. It is currently part of No. 1 Flying Training School^[2] based at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire flying the Airbus H135 Juno HT.1.

The squadron badge is a markhor's head and was approved by King George VI in December 1937. Chosen to commemorate many years of service in North-West India, the markhor being a mountain goat frequenting the Khyber Pass. The horns of a markhor were presented to the squadron in 1964.^[3]

The squadron motto is Per ardua ad aethera tendo – 'I strive through difficulties to the sky'.

^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 169. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
^ Smith, Rory. "RAF chief opens state-of-the-art helicopter training facilities in Shawbury". shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "60(R) Squadron". Royal Air Force. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[1] Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 169. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

[2] Smith, Rory. "RAF chief opens state-of-the-art helicopter training facilities in Shawbury". shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[raf.mod.uk-3] "60(R) Squadron". Royal Air Force. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[1]

[2]

[3]

No. 60 Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	30 Apr 1916 – 22 Jan 1920 1 Apr 1920 – Apr 1968 3 Feb 1969 – 1 Apr 1992 1 Jun 1992 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying training squadron
Role	Advanced helicopter flying training
Part of	9 Regiment, Army Air Corps
Home station	RAF Shawbury
Motto(s)	Per ardua ad aethera tendo (Latin for 'I strive through difficulties to the sky')^[1]
Aircraft	Airbus H135 Juno HT.1
Battle honours	Western Front (1914–1918)* Somme (1916)* Arras Hindenburg Line* Waziristan (1920–1925) Mohmand (1927) North West Frontier (1930–1931) Mohmand (1933) North West Frontier (1925–1939) Burma (1914–1942)* Malaya (1941–1942)* Arakan (1942–1944) North Burma (1944) Manipur (1944)* Burma (1944–1945) * Honours marked with an asterisk are emblazoned on the squadron standard
Commanders
Current commander	Squadron Leader Nick Summers (August 2020 – present)
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A markhor's head, commemorating many years of service in North-West India, the markhor being a mountain goat frequenting the Khyber Pass. Approved by King George VI in December 1937.
Squadron codes	AD (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939) MU (Sep 1934 – Feb 1942, Aug 1943 – Oct 1946) A–Z (Wessex)
Post-1950 squadron roundel