No. 464 Squadron RAAF

Motto: "Aequo animo" ("Equanimity").
Badge: A demi piping shrike. The emblem adopted by the squadron is appropriately Australian, the piping shrike being a bird which is indigenous to the Australian mainland.
Authority: King George VI, July 1945.

No. 464 Squadron was formed at Feltwell, Norfolk, on 1st September 1942, as a light day-bomber squadron equipped with Lockheed Ventura aircraft - nicknamed "flying pigs" because of their porcine bodies - and began operations on 6th December, when it contributed 14 Venturas to the famous low-level raid on the Philips radio and valve factory at Eindhoven. The squadron continued operations with Venturas - albeit very spasmodically - until 10th July 1943, by which time it (and its parent Group - No. 2) had transferred from Bomber Command to the Second Tactical Air Force.

Bomber Command WWII Bases:
Formed 1.9.42 as No. 464(B) Squadron at

• Feltwell : Sep 1942-Apr 1943
• Methwold : Apr 1943-Jul 1943 (transferred to 2TAF)

Bomber Command WWII Aircraft:

• Lockheed Ventura I and II : Sep 1942-Jul 1943

Code Letters:

• "SB".

First Operational Mission in WWII:

• 6th December 1942 - 14 Venturas despatched to bomb Philips radio & valve factory at Eindhoven.

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