No. 211 Squadron RAF

No. 211 Squadron RAF
Bristol Blenheim, 211 Squadron, Menidi, Greece, 1941
Active1917 (RNAS), 1918–1919 (RAF)
1937–1946
CountryUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Air Force
RoleLight bomber / fighter-bomber
Motto(s)Toujours à propos
("Always at the right moment")
Engagements
Insignia
Squadron badgeAn azure lion disjointed, ducally crowned.
Squadron code
  • AO (1938)
  • LJ (April–September 1939)
  • UQ (September 1939 onwards)

No. 211 Squadron RAF was a squadron in the Royal Air Force active from 1917 to 1919 and from 1937 to 1946. In World War I it operated as a bomber and later a reconnaissance unit on the Western Front. In World War II it operated as a medium bomber unit in the Middle East and Far East and later as a strike fighter unit in the Far East, equipped with, successively, the Bristol Blenheim, the Bristol Beaufighter and de Havilland Mosquito.