600 Squadron RAUXAF Royal Air Force Tea Mug Gift

No. 600 (City of London) Squadron, stationed at RAF Northolt, is the Royal Auxiliary Air Force's most senior and arguably most famous unit. It serves as a General Service Support Squadron, providing a wide range of specialist reservists—including intelligence officers, medics, and logistics experts—to support RAF operations globally. Formed in 1925 at the same time as No. 502 Squadron, it was the first "Auxiliary Air Force" squadron to be raised in the London area. The squadron has a glittering history; during the Second World War, it was a pioneering night-fighter unit, achieving the first night kill of the war while flying Bristol Blenheims. It later operated Beaufighters and Mosquitos with great success in the Mediterranean theatre. Its badge prominently features the City of London coat of arms (the sword of St. Paul and the Cross of St. George), and its motto is simply Praeter sescentos ("More than six hundred"—a pun on its number and a classical idiom meaning "countless" or "extraordinary").