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No. 145 Squadron was reformed once more, as a [[Ground attack aircraft|fighter-bomber]] unit in [[West Germany|Germany]], on 1 March 1952. Initially flying [[de Havilland Vampire]]s, it converted to [[de Havilland Venom]]s in 1954. The squadron was disbanded on 15 October 1957.
 
The squadron number has been used on three subsequent occasions as a [[Shadow squadron|'Shadow']] designation for [[Operational Conversion Units]]. From 22 October 1958 to 1 June 1963 it was allocated to the [[Hawker Hunter]] equipped No [[229 OCU]] at [[RAF Chivenor]]. The same day it was transferred to No [[No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF|No. 226 OCU]] at [[RAF Middleton St George]], which was responsible for training [[English Electric Lightning]] pilots. No 226 moved to [[RAF Coltishall]] in April 1964 and retained the number as a shadow designation until re-numbered [[No. 65 Squadron RAF|65 Squadron]] on 1 September 1970.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Derry|first1=Martin|last2=Robinson|first2=Neil|title=Flightcraft 11; English Electric Lightning|date=2016|publisher=Pen & Sword|location=Barnsley|isbn=9781473890558|page=9}}</ref>
 
 
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