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Latest revision as of 09:54, 15 October 2023
NO 123 (EAST INDIA) SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Raised at Waddington in February 1918.
Official blazon
In front of two claymores in saltire argent hilted and pommelled Or, the points uppermost, a tiger's head couped proper.
Origin/meaning
The Tiger's Head commemorates the Gift of the "East India Funds, Bengal". The Claymores symbolises the Link with Scotland, the Squadron was reformed at Turnhouse in May 1941. The badge was granted in March 1942.
Literature: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ Information from B.R. Holliss and R. Symons Kinghts of the Sky Part Five Numbered Flying Squadrons.
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