33Sqn
Badge: A hart's head affrontée couped at the neck
Motto: Loyalty
33Sqn's North East history
33Sqn arrived at Middleton St. George from Leeming in
September 1958 with Javelin FAW.7's in an all weather fighter role.
The squadron had reformed there during September 1957 with the
re-numbering of 264Sqn. In October 1960 the squadron upgraded to the
Javelin FAW.9 which it continued to operate until it was disbanded
on 31st December 1962.
A 'diary' of North East squadron history follows :-
Date | Event |
30/09/1958 | Arrived at Middleton St. George from Leeming with Javelin FAW.7 (in use until Jan 1962) |
Oct 1960 | Received Javelin FAW.9 (in use until Nov 1962) |
31/12/1962 | Disbanded |
Representative Aircraft
Javelin FAW.7 / 9 | XH755 | XH838 | ||||