No. 582 Squadron RAF

No. 582 Squadron RAF
Active1 April 1944 – 10 September 1945
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeInactive
RolePathfinder Bomber squadron
Part ofNo. 8 Group RAF, Bomber Command
Motto(s)Latin: Praevolamus designates
(Translation: "We fly before marking")
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryOn a hurt three mullets in a bend fimbriated
A hurt represents the night sky while the three mullets, in the colours of flares used, symbolise the squadron's target-marking role
Squadron Codes6O (Apr 1944 - Sep 1945)
Aircraft flown
BomberAvro Lancaster
Four-engined heavy bomber

No. 582 Squadron RAF was a bomber pathfinder squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.