No. 194 Squadron RAF

No. 194 Squadron RAF
Active9 Aug 1917 – 21 Jul 1918
14 Oct 1942 – 15 Feb 1946
1 Feb 1953 – 3 Jun 1959
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
RoleTransport
Part ofNo. 20th (Training) Wing, RAF Middle East Area
(1917–1918);
No. 221 Group RAF (India)
(1942–1943);
No. 229 Group RAF, Eastern Air Command, South East Asia Command
(1943–1946);
RAF AHQ Malaya, Far East Air Force
(1953–1957)
Nickname(s)"The Friendly Firm"
Motto(s)Latin: Surrigere colligere
Translation: "To arise and pick up"
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryA Malayan kris with a dragonfly superimposed
Unofficial Squadron BadgeA Flying Elephant

194 Squadron RAF, though formed as a training unit in Egypt and ended as a casualty evacuation unit in Malaya, was for most of its active service life an RAF transport squadron that flew in South East Asia.