No. 114 Squadron was a squadron of the British Royal Air Force. It was first formed in India during the First World War, serving as a light bomber squadron during the Second World War and as a transport squadron post-war. It was last disbanded in 1971.
View from a 114 Squadron Blenheim bomber on a raid on Herdla, Norway.
114 Squadron Bostons over North Africa
114 Squadron Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy in RAF Air Support Command markings in 1971
Number 31 Squadron, known as the Goldstars, is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. The Squadron lays claim to being the first military unit to fly in India, where it was based from 1915 to 1947. Throughout the Cold War, No. 31 Squadron was based in West Germany, flying from RAF Laarbruch and RAF Brüggen. Between September 1984 and March 2019, the Goldstars operated the Panavia Tornado GR1/4, initially from RAF Brüggen and after August 2001 from RAF Marham, Norfolk. No. 31 Squadron was disbanded on 14 March 2019 at RAF Marham and reformed on 11 October 2023 at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, equipped with the General Atomics Protector RG1.
Squadron badge
A Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c, similar to what No. 31 Squadron flew from 1915 to 1920.
No. 31 Squadron Jaguar GR.1 XZ387 strike aircraft at the Queen's Silver Jubilee Review in July 1977.
Tornado GR.1 ZD811 of No. 31 Squadron at RAF Waddington, August 1986.