No. 601 Squadron RAuxAF

No. 601 (County of London) Squadron RAuxAF
Active14 October 1925 – May 1945
June 1946 – 10 March 1957
20 April 2017 – present
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Part ofRoyal Auxiliary Air Force
NicknamesThe Millionaires' Squadron
The Millionaires' Mob
The Legion
MottoNone
Post 1951 Squadron insignia
Battle honoursFrance & Low Countries, 1940*
Dunkirk*
Battle of Britain, 1940*
Home Defence, 1940–42
Fortress Europe, 1941–42
Malta, 1942
Egypt & Libya, 1942*
El Alamein*
El Hamma
North Africa, 1943*
Sicily, 1943*
Italy, 1943–45*
Anzio & Nettuno
Gustav Line
Gothic Line
Honours marked with an asterisk* are those that are emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Commanders
Officer CommandingAir Vice Marshal Malcolm Brecht CB, CBE
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryA winged sword
Squadron CodesYN (January 1939 – September 1939)
UF (September 1939 – April 1942, April 1942 – August 1945)
1 & 3 (Apr 1942)
RAH (May 1946 – 1949)
HT (1949 – April 1951)

Number 601 (County of London) Squadron is a squadron of the RAF Reserves, based in London. The squadron took part in the Battle of Britain, during which the first Americans to fly in World War II were members of the squadron.

Reactivated in 2017, it is a specialist squadron "tapping into the talents of leaders from industry, academia and research to advise and shape and inspire [the RAF]".