Stirling, after it was understood the unit would not be reformed as a Typhoon squadron. The No. 43 Squadron Standard is emblazoned with a black gamecock badge on a field of sky blue and surrounded with the following honours: Western Front 1917–1918, Ypres 1917, Somme 1918, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain 1940, North Africa 1942–1943, Anzio and Nettuno, and France and Germany 1944. Notable pilots Flight Lieutenant Peter Townsend (later Group Captain) was one of three Hurricane pilots of ‘B’ flight, 43 Squadron, who shot down a Heinkel 111 of 4./KG26 on 3 February 1940, near Whitby, North Yorkshire, the first enemy aircraft to crash on English soil during World War II. His wartime record was 9 aircraft claimed destroyed (and 2 shared), 2 'probables' and 4 damaged. Barrie Heath shot down four German aircraft between 1940 and 1941. After the war he went on to become the chairman of the engineering giant GKN. S/Ldr Eugeniusz Horbaczewski (Dziubek), Polish Air Force, fought with No. 43 Squadron over Malta, Sicily and Italy 1943. On 4 September he shot down an Fw 190 and on 16 September two Fw-190s. In October, he handed over command and returned to Britain. Squadron Leader (Acting) Peter Parrott, famous for being a poster boy on a recruitment campaign, and who fought in the Battle of Britain Group Captain David Scott: After distinguished service in the operations in Libya, Scott received the only Libya Star presented to a serving officer. Group Captain Thomas Dalton-Morgan, DSO, OBE, DFC & Bar, fought with No. 43 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. Credited with 17 confirmed aircraft destroyed before the end of 1943, the true number may be as much as double this as he regularly flew 'off-the-record' while serving later with the USAAF 4th Fighter Group. Dalton-Morgan is credited with six night kills, the most for an RAF pilot in a single-seat fighter aircraft during the war. Aircraft operated Aircraft operated include: Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3 (May 1916–Aug 1916) Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c (June 1916–Aug 1916; Nov 1916) Avro 504 (June 1916–Aug 1916; Nov 1916) Bristol Scout (Aug 1916–Sep 1917) Sopwith 1½ Strutter (Dec 1916–Sep 1917) Sopwith Camel (Sep 1917–Oct 1918) Sopwith Snipe (Aug 1918–Sep 1919; July 1925–May 1926) Gloster Gamecock Mk.I (Apr 1926–June 1928) Armstrong Whitworth Siskin Mk.IIIa (June 1928–May 1931) Hawker Fury Mk.I (May 1931–Jan 1939) Hawker Hurricane Mk.I (Dec 1938–Apr 1941) Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIa (Apr 1941–Aug 1942) Hawker