Volume 4: Operational Flying Squadrons
No.120 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron
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BATTLE HONOURS
The Second World War
PACIFIC COAST, 1941-1944.
LINEAGE
Authorized as 'No.20 (Bomber) Squadron' 1 June 1935.1
Redesignated '120 (Bomber) Squadron' 15 November 1937.2
Redesignated 'No.120 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 1 September 1939.3
Disbanded 1 May 1944.4
OPERATIONAL HISTORY
The Second World War
The squadron flew on coastal patrolling and anti-submarine operations on the Pacific Coast under 'Western Air Command'.5
1. GO 121/35
2. GO 166/37
3. AFGO 57/39
4. Secret Organization Order No 191, 20 April 1944, file/dossier S.17-120-1 (DEO), Kardex 181.009 (D2702)
5. AFGO 25/40; Statement and Organization Charts for the Home and War and BCATP Organization, 15 April 1942, file/dossier S.8202, Kardex 181.009 (D421); “No.120 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron”, 17 April 1972, PRF/DRP R S7 120
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