High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! No. 113 Squadron was a unit of the Royal Air Force. No. 113 Squadron was formed on 1 August 1917 at Ismailia as a corps reconnaissance unit. In September it began tactical reconnaissance and artillery spotting missions in Palestine where it remained until the end of World War I. Returning to Egypt in May 1919, the Squadron was renumbered as No. 208 Squadron RAF on 1 February 1920. No. 113 reformed at RAF Upper Heyford on 18 May 1937 as a day bomber unit with Hawker Hinds. In April 1938 it left for the Middle East, converting to Blenheims in June 1939. After Italy joined the war in June 1940, the Squadron carried out bombing raids on Italian bases in Libya before moving to Greece in March 1941. There it was overtaken by the German invasion and lost all its aircraft, the Squadrons personnel being evacuated to Crete and Egypt. Bombing operations began in June 1941 but the after the outbreak of war in the Far East the Squadron was moved to Burma where it attacked Japanese columns until it was evacuated to Calcutta in March 1942.

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