No. 132 Squadron RAF

No. 132 (City of Bombay) Squadron RAF
Active	1 Mar 1918 – 23 Dec 1918 7 Jul 1941 – 15 April 1946
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Motto	Latin: Cave leopardum ("Beware the leopard")
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	A leopard rampant.
Squadron Codes	FF (Jul 1941 – Apr 1946)

No. 132 (City of Bombay) Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed to be a bomber unit in World War I and reformed as a fighter unit in World War II.

History

Formation and World War I

No. 132 Squadron Royal Flying Corps was formed on 1 March 1918 and became a unit of the Royal Air Force a month later, but it disbanded on 23 December 1918 without becoming operational.

Reformation in World War II

The squadron reformed in 1941 as a fighter unit equipped with Spitfires and then provided air defence from Peterhead, Scotland, and Southern England. It then moved to Normandy after the D-Day landings. It returned to England in September 1944 before moving to Vavuniya, Ceylon, in January 1945. It was then based in Hong Kong, and was disbanded on 15 April 1946.

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by No. 132 Squadron RAF

From	To	Aircraft	Variant
Jul 1941	Nov 1941	Supermarine Spitfire	I
Sep 1941	Apr 1942	Supermarine Spitfire	IIB
Mar 1942	Jun 1943	Supermarine Spitfire	VB
May 1943	Jun 1943	Supermarine Spitfire	VC
Jun 1943	Oct 1943	Supermarine Spitfire	VB
Sep 1943	Jan 1944	Supermarine Spitfire	IXB
Jan 1944	Mar 1944	Supermarine Spitfire	VB
Jan 1944	Mar 1944	Supermarine Spitfire	VI
Mar 1944	Jul 1944	Supermarine Spitfire	IXB
Jun 1944	Sep 1944	Supermarine Spitfire	IXE
Sep 1944	Nov 1944	Supermarine Spitfire	IXB
Jan 1945	May 1945	Supermarine Spitfire	VIII
May 1945	Apr 1946	Supermarine Spitfire	XIV

External links

• History of No.'s 131–135 Squadrons at RAF Web
• 132 Squadron history on the official RAF website