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Revision as of 09:54, 15 October 2023
NO 161 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Formed at Newmarket in February 1942.
Official blazon
Badge: An open fetterlock gules.
Motto: Liberate.
Origin/meaning
The badge symbolises the liberating of occupied territories. It was granted in April 1944.
Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons
. Information from Knights in the Sky Part Five by B.R. Holliss and R. Symons.