No. 252 Squadron RAF

No. 252 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron that formed as bomber unit in World War I and a RAF Coastal Command bomber unit World War II.

Formation and World War I
No. 227 Squadron was formed at Tynemouth on 1 May 1918 as a day bomber unit when some RNAS flights were amalgamated and was equipped with the Blackburn Kangaroo and DH.6s. The squadron disbanded at Killingholme on 30 June 1919

Reformation in World War II
On 21 November 1940 the squadron reformed at RAF Bircham Newton and was equipped with Blenheims and Beaufighters as a Coastal Command unit. It moved to Northern Ireland  in April 1941 and an attachment went to Gibraltar.

The squadron was disbanded upon renumbering as No. 143 Squadron RAF on 15 June 1941 and re-established at Idku, Egypt on 14 Nov 1941. It then operated from Libya and various locations in Greece and was finally disbanded on 1 December 1946.