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No 46 SQUADRON BATTLE HONOURS
Western Front 1916-1918 Messines 1917 * Home Defence 1917 * Cambrai 1917 * Somme 1918 * Hindenburg Line 1918 * Norway 1940 * Battle of Britain 1940 * Home Defence 1940-1941 Fortress Europe 1941 Malta 1941-1942 * Egypt and Libya 1942-1943 El Alamein * Mediterranean 1942-1943 South East Europe 1944 *
*Honours on Squadron Standard
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No 46 SQUADRON - COMMANDING OFFICERS
Major G E Todd April 1916 Major E L Conran May 1916 Major L Dawes May 1916 Major P Babington July 1916 Major R H S Mealing December 1917 Major A H O’Hara Wood July 1918 Major G Allen October 1918 Squadron Leader M F Calder September 1936 Squadron Leader P R Barwell June 1937 Squadron Leader K B B Cross October 1939 Squadron Leader J R MacLachlan June 1940 Squadron Leader A R Collins October 1940 Squadron Leader L M Gaunce October 1940 Squadron Leader A C Rabagliatti December 1940 Wing Commander G A Reid May 1942 Wing Commander T P K Seade October 1943 Wing Commander R W Dennison June 1944 Squadron Leader G E Robertson August-November 1944 (Temp Command) Wing Commander B A Coventry January 1945 Wing Commander S G Baggott December 1945 Wing Commander R G Dutton March 1946 Wing Commander G Burges July 1946 Squadron Leader E Moody October 1947 Squadron Leader A G Salter April 1948 Squadron Leader A Reece August 1949 Squadron Leader D F C Ross August 1954 (on re-forming) Wing Commander F E W Birchfield March 1955 Wing Commander H E White June 1956 Wing Commander F B Sowrey May 1958 Wing Commander D B Wills June 1960 Squadron Leader M T Rayson September 1966(on re-forming) Squadron Leader J B Gratton December 1967 Squadron Leader D O Crwys Williams January 1970 Wing Commander F A Mallett February 1971 Wing Commander J A Scambler April 1973 Wing Commander S Hitchen March 1975
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THE SQUADRON STANDARD
The Standard was awarded on 3 Jul 1968 and was presented on 13 Oct 1969 at RAF Abingdon by HM King Olav of Norway.
The Standard was laid-up in Chichester Cathedral on 31 August 1975. |
