No. 154 Squadron — Motor Industries

No. 154 (Motor Industries) Squadron RAF was a fighter squadron that reformed at Fowlmere in Cambridgeshire on 17 November 1941, becoming operational on Spitfire IIAs the following February. After a brief period of convoy-escort duties over the south-west and sweeps from Hornchurch across northern France — including participation in the ill-fated Dieppe operation in August 1942 — the squadron departed for the Mediterranean theatre as part of Operation Torch in November 1942. Operating from Algeria, Malta, Sicily and later Corsica, the unit flew fighter cover for Allied shipping and ground forces under No. 211 Group of the Desert Air Force, converting through several Spitfire marks. Following a disbandment in Italy in November 1944 the squadron was immediately reformed at Biggin Hill and spent its final months escorting RAF Bomber Command heavy bombers over Germany with Mustang IVs, before being finally stood down on 31 March 1945. Its motto, “His modis ad victoriam,” translates as “By this means to victory.”