63Sqn
Badge: A dexter arm in bend couped below the elbow grasping in the hand a battle axe
Motto: Pone nos ad Hostem (Follow us to find the enemy)
63Sqn's North East history
63Sqn was based at
Cramlington
between 31st October 1916 and 23rd June 1917. The squadron had
arrived from Stirling as a light bomber training unit to prepare for
the Western Front, but this was subsequently changed & the unit left
for Mesopotamia (now largely part of Iraq and Syria).
During World War Two, the squadron returned to the North East, its Mustang I's arriving at Acklington on a weeks detachment during June 1943
A 'diary' of North East squadron history follows :-
| Date | Event |
| 31/10/1916 | Arrived at Cramlington from Stirling with various equipment |
| 23/06/1917 | Sailed for Mesopotamia |
| 21/06/1943 | Arrived at Acklington from Macmerry on detachment with Mustang I's |
| 28/06/1943 | Returned to Macmerry |