RAF Patch b 19 Squadron Royal Air Force Crest Hawk T1 4 FTS

RAF Patch 19 Squadron Royal Air Force Crest Patch Hawk T1 4 FTS 1994 RAF Valley 115mm by 85mm four and one half inches by three and seven sixteenth inches.

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Badge: – Between wings elevated and conjioned in base a dolphin head downward.

Motto: – Possunt quia posse videntur – They can because they think they can.

Squadron History 1946-2011

In March 1946 19 Squadron replaced its Mustangs with Spitfires and re-equipped with Hornet F1s in October 1946 with Hornet F3 received in
March 1948. The Squadron re-equipped with its first jet aircraft the Meteor F4 in January 1951 and converted to Meteor F8s in April 1951. Hunter F 6s replaced the Meteors in 1956 before Lightning F2s arrived in late 1962 and the Squadron moved to RAF Gutersloh West Germany.

19 Squadron re-equipped with Phantom F 4s in January 1977 and moved to RAF Wildenrath and the Squadron disbanded in January 1992 on the
closure of RAF Wildenrath.

The Squadron was reactivated as 19 Reserve Squadron on the renumbering of 63 Squadron fast jet training with Hawk T1s at RAF Chivenor in September 1992. Following the closure of RAF Chivenor the Squadron was moved to 4 Flying Training School FTS RAF Valley in September 1994 to providing advanced fast jet training with Hawk T1s and T2s.

19 Squadron disbanded on 24 November 2011 when it was renamed 4 Reserve Squadron. 

This patch dates from 1994.