Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
Squadrons have only ever had numbers - the fame of any particular one has no relation to it's number TBH
I disagree.
My first squadron 'leads the field' and still did in the 60s. It continued to do so since then. Many attributes and artefacts linked back to the war and beyond.
My second also had a distinguished wartime history and was a PFF sqn. It reflected none of this in the 60s and 70s.
My third, like the first, enjoyed a feeling of pride and morale ahead of the other sqns.
My last was notorious.
I contend that a sqn's morale and performance is enhanced by knowledge of its history ahead even than the charisma of its commander.