250 Squadron was formed on 10 May 1918 at Padstow from Nos.494, 500, 501, 502 and 503 Flights for coastal reconnaissance duties over the Bristol Channel and its approaches.

[1][2] On 1 April 1941, No.250 reformed at RAF Aqir from K Flight as No.250 (Sudan) Squadron and by the end of the month had received enough Tomahawks to become operational on defensive duties in Palestine.

[4] After converting to Kittyhawks, it returned to the desert in April as a fighter bomber unit and provided support for the 8th Army, advancing with it through Libya into Tunisia to end the North African campaign.

[5] By mid-September it had occupied airfields in Italy where it spent the rest of the war flying fighter bomber missions.

[6] The squadron's badge was adorned with a River Eagle, a bird native to Sudan, and the motto Close to the sun.