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History: Formed at Bicester in September 1918. | |||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
In front of a mullet gules a dagger argent erect.<br> | |||
Motto: Non solum nobis | Motto: Non solum nobis | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Red Star symbolises Service in the Soviet Union September-November 1941. The Dagger allude to service with the 1st Army in North Africa in 1943. The Motto transaltes as ”Not for us alone”. The Badge was approved in January 1944. | |||
[[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. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from picclick.com | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:56, 27 October 2023
NO 81 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Formed at Bicester in September 1918.
Official blazon
In front of a mullet gules a dagger argent erect.
Motto: Non solum nobis
Origin/meaning
The Red Star symbolises Service in the Soviet Union September-November 1941. The Dagger allude to service with the 1st Army in North Africa in 1943. The Motto transaltes as ”Not for us alone”. The Badge was approved in January 1944.
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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