117 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed to be a bomber unit in World War I and reformed as a transport and communications unit in World War II.

The squadron became part of the Royal Air Force and was stationed in Ireland for a time before it was merged with No.

[2] When the squadron moved to Egypt in November 1941 to provide transport services, the communications aircraft were left in Khartoum and the Bombays were returned.

216 Group and switched to Douglas Dakotas DC-3s based at Castel Benito, Libya.

In October the squadron moved to India and in 1944 it transported supplies for the Chindits who operated behind the Japanese lines.