77Sqn
Badge: A thistle
Motto: Esse Potius Quam Vider (To be, rather than seem)
77Sqn's North East history
The squadron was formed at Edinburgh as a home defence unit
using airfields on the South East coast of Scotland and North East
England. One such airfield was New Haggerston where a detchament of
BE.2 & BE.12 aircraft operated from. Milfield (known then as
Woodbridge) was also used as a relief landing ground. The squadron
disbanded on 13th June 1919.
A 'diary' of North East squadron history follows :-
| Date | Event |
| 01/10/1916 | Formed at Edinburgh with BE.2, BE.12, DH.6 aircraft. Detachments at Turnhouse, New Haggerston and Whiteburn |
| 13/04/1917 | Moved to Turnhouse |
| 05/1917 | Received RE.8 (in use until July 1918) |
| 07/1917 | New Haggerston detachment moved to Penston |
| 09/1918 | Received Avro 504K (in use until June 1919) |
| 13/06/1919 | Disbanded |
Representative Aircraft
| BE.2 | B4507 | |||||