No. 131 Squadron RAF

No. 131 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed to be a night bomber unit in World War I and reformed as a fighter unit in World War II.

Formation and World War I
No. 131 Squadron Royal Flying Corps was formed on 1 March 1918 and became a unit of the Royal Air Force, but it disbanded on 17 August 1918 without becoming operational.

Reformation in World War II
The squadron reformed in 1941 as a fighter unit equipped with Spitfires and then provided air defence for convoys from RAF Atcham and Llanbedr in Wales. It then moved to India and was re-equipped with Thunderbolts. It was disbanded on 31 December 1945 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.