No. 226 Squadron RAF

No. 226 Squadron RAF
Three North American Mitchell Mark IIs of No. 226 Squadron about to bomb railway yards in northern France on the evening of 12 May 1944
Active	1 April–18 December 1918 15 March 1937–20 September 1945 1 August 1959 – 9 March 1963
Disbanded	1963
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Strategic Missile Force
Garrison/HQ	Pizzone & Taranto, Italy, 1918 RAF Upper Heyford, 16 April 1937–2 September 1939[1] Reims–Champagne (France), 2 September 1939 – 16 May 1940 Faux-Villecerf (France), 16 May - 15 June 1940 Artins (France), 15–16 June 1940 RAF Thirsk, 18–27 June 1940 RAF Sydenham, 27 June 1940 – 26 May 1941 RAF Wattisham, 26 May–9 December 1941 RAF Swanton Morley, 9 December 1941 – 13 February 1944 RAF Hartford Bridge, 13 February–17 October 1944 B.50 Vitry-en-Artois, 17 October 1944 – 22 April 1945 B.77 Gilze-Rijen, 22 April–20 September 1945 RAF Catfoss, 1 August 1959–9 March 1963[1]
Motto(s)	Non sibi sed patriœ ("For country not for self")[2]
Aircraft	Airco D.H.4 Airco D.H.9 Sopwith Camel Hawker Audax Fairey Battle Bristol Blenheim de Havilland Mosquito Douglas Havoc Douglas Boston North American Mitchell Airspeed Oxford Thor (IRBM)[1]
Engagements	World War II Battle of France German invasion of Luxembourg Operation Overlord Cuban Missile Crisis
Insignia
Squadron Codes	KP, MQ

No. 226 Squadron RAF was a unit of the British Royal Air Force that existed as a bomber squadron during the First and Second World Wars, and as part of the UK's nuclear ballistic missile force in the early 1960s.