| No. 162 Squadron RAF | |
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| Active | 1 June 1918 – 4 July 1918 4 January 1942 – 25 September 1944 18 December 1944 – 14 July 1945 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Air Force |
| Motto(s) | One time, one purpose[1] |
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| Squadron Badge | An erased head of a bat in front of a meteor |
No. 162 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron that was a radio jamming/calibration and light bomber unit in World War II.
No. 162 Squadron Royal Flying Corps was formed on 1 June 1918 but it was not equipped with any aircraft and was disbanded on 4 July 1918 without becoming operational.
The squadron reformed on 1 January 1942 at RAF Kabrit, Egypt and was equipped with Wellingtons and Blenheim aircraft on radio jamming operations against the Afrika Korps. It was disbanded on 25 September 1944 and reformed at RAF Bourn on 18 December 1944 as a Mosquito squadron on operations over Germany as part of the Light Night Striking Force. It was finally disbanded on 14 July 1946, having transferred to RAF Transport Command operating a mail service.
| From | To | Aircraft | Variant |
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| Jan 1942 | Feb 1944 | Vickers Wellington | IC |
| Feb 1942 | Jul 1942 | Bristol Blenheim | IV |
| Jul 1942 | Jan 1944 | Bristol Blenheim | V |
| Sep 1943 | Nov 1943 | Vickers Wellington | III |
| Sep 1943 | Jan 1944 | Martin Baltimore | II |
| Oct 1943 | Nov 1943 | Martin Baltimore | I |
| Oct 1943 | Jan 1944 | de Havilland Mosquito | VI |
| Jan 1944 | Jul 1944 | Vickers Wellington | III |
| Jan 1944 | Sep 1944 | Martin Baltimore | III |
| Mar 1944 | Jul 1944 | Vickers Wellington | DWI |
| Apr 1944 | Sep 1944 | Vickers Wellington | X |
| Apr 1944 | Jul 1944 | de Havilland Mosquito | VI |
| Dec 1944 | Jul 1946 | de Havilland Mosquito | XXV |
| Feb 1945 | Jul 1946 | de Havilland Mosquito | XX |
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