Battle Honours
427 Squadron was awarded the following battle honours, which are carried on their standard:
- English Channel and North Sea 1943–1945
- Baltic 1944–1945
- Fortress Europe 1943–1944
- France and Germany 1944–1945
- Biscay 1944
- Biscay Ports 1943–1944
- Ruhr 1943–1945
- Berlin 1943–1944
- German Ports 1943–1945
- Normandy 1944
- Rhine
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