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Motto: "Per diem, per noctem" ("By day and by night")
The history of 7 Squadron dates back to the First World War. It was formed on 1 May 1914. A year later it was sent to France where it stayed till the end of the conflict. It returned home in 1919. The squadron was several times reformed and again disbanded in the years between the wars. On 1 August 1940, the squadron was reformed at Leeming and it was now allocated the task of introducing the Stirling bomber into RAF service. The first mission was flown on 10 February 1941. It continued to operate Stirlings, initially as part of No 3 Group. 7 Squadron was one of the first squadrons to become a Pathfinder Squadron with No 8 Group. It converted to the Lancaster on 28 June 1943, which it flew for the rest of the war and in the immediate post war era.Acknowledgements:
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Casualties of the squadron, buried in the Netherlands.
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Number of known casualties: 106
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