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History: Formed 1938. | History:Formed 1938. | ||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Issuant from water barry wavy a stag salient azure crined and hooved Or charged with a mullet argent upon its shoulder.<br> | Issuant from water barry wavy a stag salient azure crined and hooved Or charged with a mullet argent upon its shoulder.<br> | ||
Motto: Pristinae virtutis memores = Mindful of the valour of our ancestors. | Motto:Pristinae virtutis memores = Mindful of the valour of our ancestors. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Stag symbolises the speed and vigilance of aircraft operating from the Station with the Mullet indicating US Air Force who used the Station during Second World War. The Water is a pun upon the Second Half of the Word Bassingbourn - a bourn beeing a stream. The badge was granted in October 1949. | The Stag symbolises the speed and vigilance of aircraft operating from the Station with the Mullet indicating US Air Force who used the Station during Second World War. The Water is a pun upon the Second Half of the Word Bassingbourn - a bourn beeing a stream. The badge was granted in October 1949. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from Pinterest. | [[Literature]]:Image from Pinterest. | ||
{{media}}Information from Knights of the Sky Part 3 Support Squadron - Teams by B.R. Holliss and R. Symons. | {{media}}Information from Knights of the Sky Part 3 Support Squadron - Teams by B.R. Holliss and R. Symons. |
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RAF STATION BASSINGBOURN, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History:Formed 1938.
Official blazon
Issuant from water barry wavy a stag salient azure crined and hooved Or charged with a mullet argent upon its shoulder.
Motto:Pristinae virtutis memores = Mindful of the valour of our ancestors.
Origin/meaning
The Stag symbolises the speed and vigilance of aircraft operating from the Station with the Mullet indicating US Air Force who used the Station during Second World War. The Water is a pun upon the Second Half of the Word Bassingbourn - a bourn beeing a stream. The badge was granted in October 1949. Literature:Image from Pinterest.
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