179 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron that was a maritime patrol/anti-submarine warfare unit in World War II.

179 squadron equipped with 16 + 4 Wellington Mk.VIII Leigh Light aircraft was formed on the 1st of September 1942 at RAF Skitten in Caithness.

The aircraft required to make up the establishment were expected to arrive at Skitten during the months of September, October, and November 1942.

In November 1944 the squadron converted to Warwick aircraft and in February 1946 one element of the squadron (179X) converted to Lancasters, while 179Y retained the Warwicks before it was renumbered No.

179 Squadron was a successful anti-submarine unit, accounting for eleven U-boats destroyed during the Second World War.