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Short History of No 93 Squadron - by kind permission of the Defence Public Relations RAF Internet until their "Short Histories" can be restored on line.

                                   Short History of No. 93 Squadron.
 
     Motto: Ad arma parati - 'Ready for battle'
     Badge: An escarbuncle.
 
     No. 93 Squadron was formed at Croydon on 1 September 1917 as a fighter unit but did not become operational
and was disbanded on 17 August 1918. On 14 October the Squadron was reformed at Port Meadow with Dolphins 
but with the end of the war was disbanded again on 21 November 1918.

     On 7 December 1940, No. 93 was reformed again at Middle Wallop from No. 420 Flight.   The Squadron was equipped 
with Harrows modified to carry 'Pandora' aerial mines and some operational use was made of this weapon against enemy 
night bombers.   Havocs started to arrive almost immediately, although Wellingtons did replace the 
remaining Harrows until the Squadron was fully equipped with Havocs by June 1941.   However, the aerial 
mines proved to be of little value and with the arrival of radar-equipped night-fighters the experiment was abandoned 
and the Squadron was disbanded on 6 December 1941.   On 1 June 1942 No. 93 was reformed at Andreas with 
Spitfires for convoy patrols over the Irish Sea.   In September it became non-operational and moved to 
Gibraltar, moving on to Algeria in November, its Spitfires providing fighter cover for the 1st Army in Algeria and 
Tunisia.   The Squadron was then moved to Malta to help cover the landings in Sicily and Italy, flying fighter patrols  
until July 1944, when No. 93 moved to Corsica.   The Squadron again provided fighter cover, this time for the 
Allied landings in southern France, moving to the liberated area to cover the forces pushing north. In September 1944, 
the Squadron moved back to Malta to take up fighter-bomber duties for the rest of the war, the Squadron being disbanded 
on 5 September 1945.
     No. 93 was reformed at Celle in Germany with Vampire fighter-bombers. In April 1954 it converted to Sabres 
which were replaced by Hunters in January 1956.   These were flown until the Squadron disbanded on 31 December 1960.