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No. 656 Squadron RAF was an Air Oberservation Post unit of the Royal Air Force in India and Burma during the Second World War and afterwards in British Malaya. Numbers 651 to 663 Squadron of the RAF were Air Observation Post units working closely with British Army units in artillery spotting and liaison. A further three of these squadrons, 664–666, were manned with Canadian personnel.

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  • No. 656 Squadron RAF was an Air Oberservation Post unit of the Royal Air Force in India and Burma during the Second World War and afterwards in British Malaya. Numbers 651 to 663 Squadron of the RAF were Air Observation Post units working closely with British Army units in artillery spotting and liaison. A further three of these squadrons, 664–666, were manned with Canadian personnel.
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  • No. 656 Squadron RAF
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  • In front of two gun barrels in saltire, aChinthehead
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  • Latin: Volans et videns
  • (Translation: "Flying and seeing")
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  • Air Oberservation Post Squadron
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