"You stupid boy Pike, looking at the Wikipedia."
I see that Wikipedia is quoting the oft repeated myth that 55(R) reformed at Cranwell on 1 Nov 1996.
No it bloody didn't, I was there.
We transformed Dominie Sqn 3 FTS into 55(R)Sqn in the middle of Oct 1996 - it says so in my Logbook.
However, we didn't receive the Sqn Standard until 6 Jun 1997.