| No. 39 Squadron RAF | |
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| Active | 15 April 1916 – 1 April 1918 (RFC) 1 April 1918 – 16 Nov 1918 (RAF) 1 July 1919 – 8 September 1946 1 April 1948 – 28 February 1949 1 March 1949 – 30 June 1958 1 July 1958 – 1 June 1982 1 July 1992 – 28 July 2006 1 January 2007 – July 2022 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Air Force |
| Motto(s) | Die noctuque (Latin for 'By day and night')[1] |
| Battle honours | Home Defence (1916-1918)*,[2] North West Frontier (1930–1931), Mohmand (1933), North West Frontier (1935–1939), East Africa (1940)*, Egypt & Libya (1940–1943)*, Greece (1941)*, Mediterranean (1941–1943)*, Malta (1942)*, North Africa (1942–1943)*, South East Europe (1944–1945)*,Afghanistan (2001–2014), Iraq (2003–2011)[3]
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| Insignia | |
| Badge | A winged bomb |
| Squadron codes | SF (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939) (Allocated but probably not carried) XZ (Sep 1939 – Dec 1940) AA–AZ (Canberras) |
| Squadron roundel |  |
Number 39 Squadron is an inactive squadron of the Royal Air Force. It last operated the General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper from Creech AFB, Nevada, between January 2007 and July 2022. It had previously operated the English Electric Canberra PR.7, PR.9 and T.4 from RAF Marham, Norfolk, as No. 39 (1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit) Squadron between July 1992 and July 2006.
- ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 53. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
- ^ "RAF Battle Honours - RAF Heraldry Trust". www.rafht.co.uk.
- ^ Mander, Simon (20 October 2017). "Royal honours for heroes of Libya and Iraq". RAF News (1429). High Wycombe: Royal Air Force: 5. ISSN 0035-8614.