No. 57 Squadron RAF

No. 57 Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	8 June 1916 – 1 April 1918 (RFC) 1 April 1918 – 31 December 1919 (RAF) 20 October 1931 – 25 November 1945 26 November 1945 – 9 December 1957 1 January 1959 – 30 June 1986 1 July 1992 – 14 March 2002 1 October 2008 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying squadron
Role	Elementary Flying Training
Part of	No. 3 Flying Training School
Home station	RAF Cranwell
Motto(s)	Corpus non animum muto (Latin for 'I change my body not my spirit')[1]
Aircraft	Grob Prefect T1
Battle honours	Western Front (1916–1918)* Amiens* France and Low Countries (1939–1940)* Norway (1940)* Channel & North Sea (1940)* Ruhr (1941–1943)* Fortress Europe (1941–1944) Berlin 1941–1943* Walcheren France & Germany (1944–1945)* South Atlantic (1982) * Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	Issuant from two logs fesse-wise in saltire a phoenix, commemorating that on one occasion during the First World War the whole of the flying personnel became casualties within a few days, but the squadron remained in action with new personnel. Approved by King George VI in December 1936.
Squadron codes	EQ (Nov 1938 – Sep 1939)[2] DX (Apr 1940 – Apr 1951)[2] QT (1944 – Nov 1945, 'C' Flt)[2]

Number 57 Squadron, also known as No. LVII Squadron, is a Royal Air Force flying training squadron, operating the Grob Prefect T1 from RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire.

Formed in 1916 as a fighter-reconnaissance squadron, it also operated early bomber types during WWI. After reforming in 1931 it again operated a variety of bi-plane bombers before seeing action during WWII in France with the Bristol Blenheim. After returning to the UK it was re-equipped with Wellington, and then with Lancaster bombers, flying over 5000 sorties during WWII. Post-war it continued flying the Lancaster, then the Lincoln, the Boeing Washington, until in 1953 it received Canberra jet bombers. In 1959 it became part of the V-bomber force flying Victors, initially in the bomber role, and later as air-refuelling tankers. Since 1992 it has taken on a training role.