No. 7 Squadron RAF

No. 7 Squadron RAF
No. 7 Squadron RAF
	Squadron badge
Active	1 May 1914 – 8 August 1914; 29 September 1914 – 31 December 1919; 1 June 1923 – 8 April 1940; 1 August 1940 – 1 January 1956; 1 November 1956 – 30 September 1962; 1 May 1970 – 5 January 1982; 1 September 1982 – present;
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Air force
Role	Air assault; Airlift; Combat search and rescue; Heavy-lift support; Medical evacuation; Military logistics; Special operations support
Size	Squadron
Part of	Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing
Home station	RAF Odiham
Motto(s)	Per diem, per noctem; (Latin for 'By day and by night')
Aircraft	Boeing Chinook HC6
Battle honours	Western Front (1915–1918); Ypres (1915); Loos (1916); Somme (1916); Ypres (1917); Fortress Europe (1941–1944); Biscay Ports (1941–1944); Ruhr (1942–1945); German Ports (1942–1945); Berlin (1943–1945); France and Germany (1944–1945); Normandy (1944); Rhine (1944–1945); Kosovo (1999); Sierra Leone (2000); Iraq (2003); Iraq (2003–2011); Afghanistan (2001–2014); Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	On a hurt, seven mullets of six points forming a representation of the constellation Ursa Major. Approved by King George VI in June 1939.
Squadron Codes	LT (November 1938 – September 1939); MG (August 1940 – April 1951); XU (June 1943 – 1945); EA-EZ (Present)

No. 7 Squadron is a special operations support squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Boeing Chinook HC6 from RAF Odiham, Hampshire.

^ Jefford 2001, p. 29
^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 170. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

No. 7 Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	1 May 1914 (1914-05-01) – 8 August 1914 29 September 1914 – 31 December 1919 1 June 1923 – 8 April 1940 1 August 1940 – 1 January 1956 1 November 1956 – 30 September 1962 1 May 1970 – 5 January 1982 1 September 1982 – present^[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Air force
Role	Air assault Airlift Combat search and rescue Heavy-lift support Medical evacuation Military logistics Special operations support
Size	Squadron
Part of	Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing
Home station	RAF Odiham
Motto(s)	Per diem, per noctem (Latin for 'By day and by night')^[2]
Aircraft	Boeing Chinook HC6
Battle honours	Western Front (1915–1918) Ypres (1915) Loos (1916) Somme (1916) Ypres (1917) Fortress Europe (1941–1944) Biscay Ports (1941–1944) Ruhr (1942–1945) German Ports (1942–1945) Berlin (1943–1945) France and Germany (1944–1945)* Normandy (1944) Rhine (1944–1945) Kosovo (1999) Sierra Leone (2000)* Iraq (2003)* Iraq (2003–2011)* Afghanistan (2001–2014)* * Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	On a hurt, seven mullets of six points forming a representation of the constellation Ursa Major. Approved by King George VI in June 1939.
Squadron Codes	LT (November 1938 – September 1939) MG (August 1940 – April 1951) XU (June 1943 – 1945) EA-EZ (Present)