THE FREEDOM OF STIRLING

This honour is normally granted to a Royal Air Force station but, exceptionally, was presented to 43 Fighter Squadron on the evening of Friday 3rd June 2005 in the Great Hall of Stirling Castle at a dinner which also commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Squadron Association.

The award was marked by a formal Freedom ceremony the following day, including a parade and fly past, and subsequently by by a civic church service at the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling on Sunday 5th of June 2005.