| No. 22 Squadron |
 | | Information | | Role | Search and rescue | | Aircraft Operated | Sea King HAR.3 | | Home Station | RAF St. Mawgan plus detached Flights | | Motto | "Preux et audicieux" - Valiant and Brave | | History | | Date Founded | 1 September 1915 | | Badge | "On a Torteaux, a Maltese Cross throughout, overall a 'pi' fimbriated" | | Notable Battle Honours | Western Front 1916-1918, Somme 1916, Ypres 1917, Hindenburg Line, Channel and North Sea 1939-1941, Mediterranean 1942, Eastern Waters 1942-1944, Burma 1944-1945 | No. 22 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Sea King HAR.3 at four stations in the southern half of the United Kingdom. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links 22_Squadron_RAF_crest. ...
Search and Rescue (acronym SAR) is an operation mounted by emergency services, often well-trained volunteers, to find someone believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured either in a remote or difficult to access area, such as mountains, desert or forest (Wilderness search and rescue), or at sea...
The Sea King helicopter is the only helicopter used by the norwegian rescue service, and has been since the first helicopter was imported. ...
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Maltese Cross may refer to: The Maltese Cross, a symbol of the Christian warrior since the First Crusade. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Lower-case pi The mathematical constant Ï€ is the ratio of a circles circumference (Greek πεÏιφÎÏεια, periphery) to its diameter and is commonly used in mathematics, physics, and engineering. ...
The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
The Sea King helicopter is the only helicopter used by the norwegian rescue service, and has been since the first helicopter was imported. ...
History
Initially formed in 1915 as a reconnaissance unit, the squadron operated in France and Germany during and after the First World War. As part of the post-war draw-down, the squadron was disbanded in 1919. Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Jump to: navigation, search Mixed reconaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ...
Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
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The squadron's second incarnation was as the shadow identity of the Aeroplane Experimental Establishment at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk. For ten years following this formation in 1923, the squadron was involved in testing new aircraft before they were accepted for service. Martlesham Heath Airfield was first used by the Royal Flying Corps in January 1917. ...
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The squadron reformed again in 1934 in the torpedo bomber role, flying Vickers Wildebeests and later Bristol Beauforts. In this role, the unit flew sorties over the North Sea from its base at Donibristle. Jump to: navigation, search 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Bristol Type 152 Beaufort was a large torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from the earlier Blenheim light bomber. ...
The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ...
Moving to the Far East in 1942, the unit was re-equipped with the Bristol Beaufighter, continuing its anti-shipping role, this time using rockets. The squadron disbanded for the third time at the wars end. Far East is an inexact term often used for East Asia and Southeast Asia combined, sometimes including also the easternmost territories of Russia, i. ...
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The Beaufighter was a long-range heavy fighter modification of the Bristol Aeroplane Companys earlier Beaufort torpedo bomber design. ...
Search and Rescue
 Sea King helicopter of 22 Squadron Reformed again in 1955, the Squadron took on the Search and Rescue role it maintains today. Initially equipped with Westland Whirlwinds, these were later replaced by the Westland Wessex. Finally, in the mid-1990s, the Sqn received the Sea King HAR.3A it flies today. Westland Sea King HAR.3 search and rescue helicopter (ZH545), Ilfracombe, north Devon, England . ...
Westland Sea King HAR.3 search and rescue helicopter (ZH545), Ilfracombe, north Devon, England . ...
There have been two Westland Whirlwind aircraft in Royal Air Force history. ...
Museum exhibit Westland Wessex The Westland Wessex is a turbine-powered version of the Sikorsky S-58 Choctaw, developed under license by Westland Aircraft, initially for the Royal Navy, but later for the RAF. The Wessex was built at Westlands factory at Yeovil in Somerset. ...
The Sqn HQ is as of 2005 located as RAF St. Mawgan in Cornwall. Detachments of two aircraft operate from three other stations to provide search and rescue cover in their respective parts of the country; these are: 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Onan hag oll (Cornish: One and all) Cornwall, England Geography Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Non-metropolitan county Region South West England Area - Total - Admin. ...
Royal Marines Base Chivenor is a British military base used primarily by the Royal Marines. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Devon is a large county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ...
RAF Wattisham was a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England. ...
Suffolk (pronounced suffuk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ...
RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales. ...
Anglesey (Welsh: Ynys Môn, pronounced (IPA), unniss mawn), is an island and county at the north western extremity of North Wales. ...
Honours and Awards In addition to the Battle Honours listed above (which are emblazoned on the Squadron Standard), the Sqn has been granted the following battle honours: Cambrai 1917, Somme 1918, Lys, Amiens, France and Low Countries 1940, Invasion Ports 1940, Biscay Ports 1940-1941. A battle honour is an official acknowledgement to recognize a military units achievements in specific wars or operations. ...
Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell was awarded the Victoria Cross for leading a flight of six aircraft in an attack on the German ship Gneisenau in Brest harbour. Campbell pressed home his attack and hit the ship, being shot down in the process. A Flying Officers sleeve/shoulder insignia Flying Officer is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. ...
Kenneth Campbell was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ...
August von Gneisenau was a Prussian general. ...
Location within France Brest, at the tip of Brittany Brest (population of the city: 146,000 inhabitants as of 2004 estimates; population of the metropolitan area: 303,484 inhabitants as of 1999 census) is a city in the Bretagne région, north-west France, subprefecture of the Finistère d...
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RAF Boulmer is a Royal Air Force station near Alnwick in Northumberland. ...
RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station in Scotland. ...
RAF Leconfield was a Royal Air Force station near Beverley, Yorkshire, England. ...
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