History of No. 136 Squadron.

Motto: Nihil fortius. - 'Nothing is stronger'
Badge: Upon the side of a stem of tree erect, a green woodpecker.

No. 136 was formed at Lake Down on 1 April 1918 but was disbanded on 4 July 1918 before receiving any aircraft.

The Squadron reformed again on 20 August 1941 at Kirton-in-Lindsey with Hurricanes and became operational on 28 September for a month before moving to the Far East on 9 November. On arrival in India the Squadron was redirected to Burma arriving early in February 1942, during the Japanese invasion. 

By the end of the month No. 136 had been evacuated back to India where it reformed as an operational Hurricane Squadron on 31 March 1942 for convoy patrols and air defence duties around Calcutta. At the end of 1942 the Squadron moved to Chittagong for operations over the Burmese front until June 1943 when it was withdrawn for rest and converted to Spitfires in October. Operations with these began in December with No. 136 providing fighter defence and escorts over Burma until withdrawn to Ceylon in July 1944. At the end of March 1945, the Squadron ground echelon left for the Cocos Islands and its aircraft began flying on completion of the airstrip a month later. 

After the Japanese surrender, the Squadron moved to Malaya and remained there until May 1946, when it embarked for India. En route to Bombay the Squadron was renumbered No. 152 on 8 May 1946.