he 610 Squadron formed at Hooton Park in Cheshire in 1936 as part of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. January 1939 saw them re-designated as an RAF fighter squadron. In 1944 the 610 was the first to receive the new Spitfire XIVs. The new Griffon powered aircraft arrived when the V-1 rockets started and used their speed to chase down and destroy them. The 610 Squadron destroyed 50 V-1s with 1/5 going to S/L Richard A. Newbery DFC flying DW-D RB159. Newbery was C/O of 610 Squadron January 1944 – February 1945. With long range fuel tanks 610 flew missions over Germany. 610 Squadron motto "Alifero tollitur axe ceres"; which translates as "Ceres rising in a winged chariot". Ceres being the Roman Goddess of Wheat, a reference to Chester's Agricultural sector. Its badge contained the image of a sheaf of wheat.
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