| Unit Name: | 35 Squadron |
| Dates: | 15 February 1945 - present |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Branch: | South African Air Force |
| Role: | maritime patrol and transport squadron |
| Garrison: | AFB Ysterplaat, Cape Town |
| Garrison Label: | Base |
| Motto: | Shaya Amanzi ("Strike the Water") |
| Equipment: | C-47TP "Turbo Dakota" |
| Equipment Label: | Aircraft |
| Identification Symbol: | MS (1939-1945)[1] |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Squadron Identification Code |
| Identification Symbol 2 Label: | Squadron Crest |
35 Squadron SAAF is a squadron of the South African Air Force. It is a maritime patrol and transport squadron.
The squadron was formed on 15 February 1945[2] [3] [4] when 262 Squadron Royal Air Force, an anti-submarine squadron, operating the Consolidated Catalina, was transferred to the South African Air Force.
| From | To | Aircraft | Variant | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1945 | Jan 1957 | Consolidated Catalina | Mk.IVb | |
| Apr 1945 | Oct 1956 | Short Sunderland | GR.5 | |
| late 1940s | 1952 | North American Harvard | ||
| late 1940s | Supermarine Spitfire | |||
| late 1940s | Airspeed Oxford | |||
| late 1940s | 1960 | Lockheed Ventura | ||
| Jan 1957 | Nov 1984 | Avro Shackleton | MR.3 | |
| Nov 1984 | 1994 | Douglas Dakota | C-47 "Dackleton" | |
| Dec 1990 | Present | Douglas Dakota | C-47TP "Turbo Dakota" |
| From | To | Rank | Name & Surname | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ?? | 2017 | Lt. Col | Donovan Chetty | |
| 2018 | Present | Col | van de Horst |