No. 212 Squadron RAF

No. 212 Squadron RAF is an inactive Royal Air Force aircraft squadron.

The squadron was first formed as No. 12 Squadron RNAS as a training unit within No 1 Wing of the Royal Naval Air Service at Hondschoote on 8 June 1917. Unlike other RNAS squadrons, it was not redesignated to an RAF 200-series squadron number on the day the RAF was established (1 April 1918) as the squadron was disbanded.

Aircraft operated

 * 1918-1919 Airco DH.4
 * 1918-1920 Airco DH.9 and 9A
 * 1918-1919 Sopwith Camel
 * 1940 Supermarine Spitfire C
 * 1940 Bristol Blenheim IV
 * 1949 Lockheed Hudson I
 * 1942-1944 Consolidated Catalina IB
 * 1944-1945 Consolidated Catalina V
 * 1945 Consolidated Catalina IB