 History:
230 Sqn Formed on 20 August 1918, making it one of the oldest in the Royal Air Force when it was formed with Felixstowe with the Felixstowe F2A Flying Boats. Five years later it is 1923, the Sqn was disbanded due to cutbacks for 11 years.
In December 1934 the Sqn re-formed at Pembroke Dock wit the Short Singapore III's. 3 years later the sqn began a long association with the far-east in 1937 when it was located at Seltar, Singapore, where a year later the relieved the Short Sunderland flying boat. It was here the Sqn found its emblem, on a bottle of "Tiger"-bear, which is well know in the far-east.
The squadron was engaged with many missions not in the least the Berlin Airlift. The Squadron was disbanded again in 1957, being the last sqn equipped with the flying boats in the Royal Air Force.
One year later in 1958 the Sqn reformed at Dishforth, where it began a long association with the Army Air Corps flying the Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC1. In 1962 the squadron was equipped with a rotary wing aircraft, The Whirlwind HC 10, at witch time they re-deployed to Gutterloh, Germany.
The second helicopter they where equipped with is the Westland Puma HC.1 in 1971. However this did not last long, the same year the Sqn was disbanded again.
In 1972 the Sqn re-formed at Odiham with new Pumas. From here out they flew in support of the army in Northern Ireland, Cyprus and Germany.
When they joined the NATO Tiger Association in 1977 the where for many years the sole Representative of the RAF. In 1980 the Sqn Moved to RAF Guttersloh, Germany where in 1982 it hosted it's first Tiger meet.
The Squadron made another relocation in 1992 to Northern Ireland, where it supported the security forces and the peace Process. In November 2009 it moved to RAF Beson, and joined 33 Squadron, to co-locate the Puma Force for the first time in over 20 years. |
