| No. 182 Squadron RAF | |
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| Active | 25 August 1942 – 30 September 1945 |
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| Motto(s) | Fearless I direct my flight [1] |
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| Squadron Badge | A gauntlet holding a sword |
| Squadron code | XM (August 1942 - September 1945) |
No. 182 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed as a fighter-bomber unit in World War II.
The squadron formed on 25 August 1942 at RAF Martlesham Heath and was supplied with Hurricanes and Typhoons. It then operated the Typhoons from several locations in the United Kingdom including RAF Snailwell, RAF Lasham, RAF Odiham and RAF Hurn. It attacked V-1 flying bomb launch sites and supported the Normandy landings in June 1944. It then relocated to France where it followed the allied advance across Europe seeking targets of opportunity. It disbanded in Lübeck, Germany on 30 September 1945.
| From | To | Aircraft | Variant |
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| Sep 1942 | Oct 1942 | Hawker Hurricane | I |
| Sep 1942 | Jan 1943 | Hawker Typhoon | IA |
| Sep 1942 | Sep 1945 | Hawker Typhoon | IB |
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Royal Air Force Coningsby or RAF Coningsby, is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located at located 13.7 kilometres (8.5 mi) south west of Horncastle, and 15.8 kilometres (9.8 mi) north west of Boston, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is a Main Operating Base of the RAF and home to the Typhoon Force Headquarters and two front-line Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 units, No. 3 Squadron & No. 11 Squadron. In support of frontline units, No. 29 Squadron is the Typhoon Operational Conversion Unit and No. 41 Squadron is the Typhoon Operational Evaluation Unit. Coningsby is also the home of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) which operates a variety of historic RAF aircraft.
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