428 All Weather (Fighter) Squadron

Badge

Description

Argent in a shroud Sable a death's head (or skull) Argent.

Significance

The badge refers to the squadron "Ghost," a nickname earned through many hours of night bombing operations, and also the death and destruction which it carried to the enemy.

Motto

USQUE AD FINEM (To the very end)

Battle honours

The Second World War

ENGLISH CHANNEL AND NORTH SEA, 1943-1944; BALTIC, 1944; FORTRESS EUROPE, 1943-1944; FRANCE AND GERMANY, 1944-1945; Biscay Ports, 1943-1944; Ruhr, 1943-1945; Berlin, 1943-1944; German Ports, 1943-1945; Normandy, 1944; Rhine; BISCAY, 1943-1944.

Lineage

• Authorized as '428 (Bomber) Squadron' 15 October 1942.^{Footnote 1}
• Disbanded 5 September 1945.^{Footnote 2}
• Reformed as '428 All Weather (Fighter) Squadron' 21 June 1954.^{Footnote 3}
• Disbanded 31 May 1961.^{Footnote 4}

Operational history

The Second World War

The squadron flew on bombing and mine-laying operations in Great Britain under 'Bomber Command'.^{Footnote 5}

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