Example of Spitfire Mk IX as flown by the Squadron at the end of WWII
Active
12 January 1942 – 10 September 1945 1951–1959 1 August 1961 – December 1992
Country
South Africa
Branch
South African Air Force
Motto(s)
Caelorum Domini Lords of the Sky
Insignia
Squadron Identification Code
TJ 1945[1]
7 Squadron Insignia
Military unit
7 Squadron was a unit of the South African Air Force which served in the Second World War as well as in South Africa between 1951 and 1992. During the war, the squadron was used as a fighter squadron deployed to the Western Desert as well as in the Aegean, Italy and Ceylon. The squadron was inactive from the end of the war until 1951 when it re-activated as a citizen force training squadron, a role it retained during two periods of active service until 1992, when it was disbanded for the last time.
^Flintham, Vic (2003). Combat Codes. Barnesly: Pen & Sword Aviation. p. 165. ISBN 9781844156917.
^Aviation Pictures ZA. "SAAF - A pictorial history".[permanent dead link]
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