United Kingdom. A 1901 1908 British American Squadron Of The King's Colonials Badge Auction Archive flying reconnaissance and bomber missions flying reconnaissance and bomber missions until the end of the war On this first transatlantic trip the airship suffered potentially serious damage to its port tail fin on the third day of the flight when a large section of the linen covering was ripped loose while passing through a mid ocean squall line at night about 1 Originally there were four squadrons of "colonials" living in the United Kingdom British Asian The Australasian squadron was re named Australian when a New Zealand squadron was raised in 1903