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NO 40 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Formed at Gosport in February 1916.
Official blazon
A broom azure handled gules.
Origin/meaning
The Broom alludes to Major Mannock, VC who served with the Squadron and who used to exhort his pilots to ”sweep the … Huns from the Air”. The Motto translates as To weep the enamy from the sky”. The Badge was approved in February 1937.
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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