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In front of a templar's cross gules a sword in bend point downwards argent hilted and pomelled Or.<br> | |||
Motto: Diu noctuque pugnamus | Motto: Diu noctuque pugnamus | ||
Revision as of 15:58, 29 October 2023
NO 145 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Formed at Abu Sueir in June 1918.
Official blazon
In front of a templar's cross gules a sword in bend point downwards argent hilted and pomelled Or.
Motto: Diu noctuque pugnamus
Origin/meaning
The Sword is indicative of the fighting Role. The Cross is used as a similar one is in the Badge of No 14 Squadron with which this Unit operated in Palestine in World War I. The Motto translates as ”We fight by day and night”. The Badge was approved in March 1942.
Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Knights of the Sky Badges and Markings of the Royal Air Force Part Five: Numbered Flying Squadrons by B.R. Holliss and R. Symons.
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