,
France, November 1918. A score board recording the claims for enemy aircraft destroyed by
No. 80 Wing from July–November 1918. The squadrons listed are: No. 92 Squadron,
No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC),
No. 88 Squadron,
No. 2 Squadron AFC,
No. 103 Squadron,
No. 46 Squadron, and
No. 54 Squadron. The other columns are headed "In Flames", "Crashed", "O.O.C." (Out of Control), "Driven Down" and "Balloons Destroyed"."
First World War No. 92 Squadron was established as part of the
Royal Flying Corps at
London Colney on 1 September 1917, working up as a scout squadron with
Sopwith Pups,
SPAD S.VIIs, and
Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5as.
Second World War Mk.Vb
R6923 of No. 92 Squadron in 1941. Following the outbreak of the
Second World War, No. 92 Squadron was reformed on 10 October 1939 at
RAF Tangmere,
West Sussex. Initially it flew
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IFs but in March 1940 they were replaced by the
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I, which became operational on 9 May. No. 92 Squadron first saw action over the
Dunkirk evacuation beaches flying from
RAF Croydon. During the latter stages of the
Battle of Britain No. 92 Squadron flew from
RAF Biggin Hill. ,
Flight Lieutenant Anthony Bartley, Mrs Wade, Flight Lieutenant Robert Holland,
Pilot Officer Trevor Wade and two unidentified ladies. And in the back - Pilot Officer Sebastian Maitland-Thompson, Flying Officer Tom Weiss (Intelligence Officer) and Flying Officer
Geoffrey Wellum. In February 1942, the Squadron was posted to
Egypt to join
Air Headquarters Western Desert to support the Allies on the ground. Personnel arrived in Egypt in April but no aircraft were available. Some pilots flew operations with
Hawker Hurricanes of
No. 80 Squadron. Spitfires finally arrived in August and the squadron commenced operations from
RAF Heliopolis over the El Alamein sector, and then with their Spitfire Vs at Landing Ground 173 in the Western Desert. No. 92 Squadron provided air cover at the
Battle of El Alamein and on 18 April 1943, 11 Spitfires from the squadron flew top cover at the
Palm Sunday Massacre during which approximately 75 axis aircraft were disabled or destroyed. Following the Allied victory in North Africa, the Squadron moved to
Malta in June. It went on to provide air cover for the
8th Army during the campaigns in
Sicily and
Italy, arriving on Italian soil on 14 September 1943. No. 92 Squadron then followed the armies up the Italian coast as part of No. 244 Wing and
No. 211 (Offensive Fighter) Group. During World War II the Squadron claimed the highest number of victories scored, 317, in the RAF.
Cold War XD769 in 1955 wearing the squadron's red and yellow check markings on its fuselage
XG189 of No. 92 (F) Squadron's "Blue Diamonds" aerobatic team in 1962. Following the cessation of hostilities, No. 92 Squadron was disbanded at
Zeltweg in
Austria on 30 December 1946.
No. 91 Squadron was disbanded on 31 January 1947 at
RAF Acklington and re-numbered as No. 92 (Fighter) Squadron as part of
RAF Fighter Command with the
Gloster Meteor F.3. The Squadron relocated to
RAF Duxford on 15 February 1947 before moving onto
RAF Linton-on-Ouse in October 1949. It went on a goodwill tour of Scandinavia in 1949. Subsequently, equipped with the Meteor F.8, it received the
Canadair Sabre F.4 in February 1954, becoming part of the only Sabre wing in Fighter Command alongside
No. 66 Squadron, before getting the
Hawker Hunter F.4 in April 1956 while based at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Throughout this period, No. 92 (F) Squadron was also based at
RAF Middleton St. George,
RAF Thornaby and
RAF Leconfield. No. 92 (F) Squadron thrilled the crowds with its precision display including looping a formation of 18 aircraft, only four fewer than the world record 22 Hawker Hunters looped by the
Black Arrows of No. 111 (F) Squadron at the Farnborough Airshow in September 1958. When they re-equipped with the
English Electric Lightning F.2 from April 1963 onward they continued to perform with these. In December 1965, along with
No. 19 (F) Squadron they were reallocated to
RAF Germany initially at
RAF Geilenkirchen, moving to join No. 19 (F) Squadron at
RAF Gütersloh. They remained at RAF Gütersloh from January 1968 until the Squadron disbanded on 31 March 1977. In January 1977, No. 92 (Designate) Squadron had begun training as a
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 air defence unit at
RAF Wildenrath and on 1 April this unit formally adopted the No. 92 (F) numberplate. On 17 August 1990, Phantoms from No. 92 (F) Squadron and No. 19 (F) Squadron were sent to
RAF Akrotiri,
Cyprus, to provide air defence due to the deployment of
No. V (AC) Squadron and
No. 29 (F) Squadron from Akrotiri to
Dhahran Airfield after the Iraqi
Invasion of Kuwait. Due to the rundown of RAF Germany following the fall of the
Berlin Wall the Squadron disbanded on 1 July 1991. In November 2008, it was announced that the Tactics and Training Wing of the
Air Warfare Centre was to become No. 92 (Reserve) Tactics and Training Squadron. The Squadron officially stood up after 14 years on 30 June 2009 at the College Hall at
RAFC Cranwell. On 1 February 2018, the Royal Air Force rescinded all (Reserve) nameplates changing No. 92 (Reserve) Tactics and Training Squadron to No. 92 Tactics and Training Squadron. As part of their work at the Air Warfare Centre, No. 92 Squadron helped design and carry out
Exercise Cobra Warrior 2019 for units of the RAF,
Luftwaffe,
Italian and
Israeli Air Forces. ==Aircraft operated==