THE SQUADRON

101 Squadron is based at RAF Brize Norton, home of the RAF's transport and air-to-air refueling capability.

Aircraft flown include the Lancaster, Canberra B2, Vulcan B1 and the VC10.

The Squadron provides RAF and Coalition forces vital air-to-air refueling in support of Operation Shader.

Mind over matter

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History

1917   Formed at South Farnborough.

1942   Flew all three 1,000-bomber raids without loss.

1951   Became the RAF's first Jet Bomber squadron in battle when it used the Canberra over Malaya.

2011   Supported Operation Ellamy.

 

BATTLE HONOURS

1917 - 1918*   Western Front

1917*   Ypres

1918*   Somme

1940 - 1944*   Lys, Hindenburg Line, Fortress Europe

1940*   Invasion Ports

1940 - 1945*   Ruhr 

1941*   Berlin

1941 - 1944   Channel and North Sea

1941 - 1944   Biscay Ports

1941 - 1945   German Ports 

1942 - 1945   Baltic 

1943 - 1944   Berlin 

1944 - 1945   France and Germany

1944*   Normandy

1982   Walcheren, South Atlantic

1991   Gulf

1991   Kosovo

2003 - 2011   Iraq

2011   Libya

*Honours marked with an asterisk, may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard