No. 45 Squadron RAF

No. 45 Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	1 March 1916 – 1 April 1918 (RFC) 1 April 1918 – 31 December 1919 (RAF) 1 April 1921 – 17 January 1927 25 April 1927 – 13 January 1970 1 August 1972 – 26 July 1976 1 January 1984 – 1 April 1992 1 July 1992 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying squadron
Role	Multi-engine pilot and weapons systems operator training
Part of	No. 3 Flying Training School
Home station	RAF Cranwell
Nickname(s)	'Flying Camels'
Motto(s)	Per ardua surgo (Latin for 'Through difficulties I arise')[1]
Aircraft	Embraer Phenom T1
Battle honours	Western Front (1916–1917)* Somme (1916) Ypres (1917) Italian Front and Adriatic (1917–1918) Piave Independent Force and Germany (1918)* Kurdistan (1922–1924) Iraq (1923–1925) Egypt and Libya (1940–1942)* East Africa (1940)* Syria (1941) Burma (1942)* Arakan (1943–1944)* Burma (1944–1945)* * Honours marked with an asterisk are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A winged camel, commemorating the Sopwith Camel used for a large part of the First World War, and the squadron's long association with the Middle East. Approved by King Edward VIII in October 1936.
Squadron roundel

Number 45 Squadron is a flying squadron of the Royal Air Force. The squadron, which was established on 1 March 1916 as part of the Royal Flying Corps, currently provides flying training using Embraer Phenom T1s and operates under the command of No. 3 Flying Training School at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire.