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|Blue; a base barry wavy white and blue a dagger point downwards silver winged gold. </br> | |1965 Design: Blue; a base barry wavy white and blue a dagger point downwards silver winged gold. </br> | ||
Motto: Ne gladius dormiat. | |||
1979 Design: White a base barry wavy of four blue and white over a Fairbairn-Sykes dagger point upward red winged gold.</br> | |||
Motto: Ne gladius dormiat. | Motto: Ne gladius dormiat. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Winged Dagger symbolises the Commando Connection. The Latin Motto translates as "Let the sword not sleep". The Badge was approved in 1965. | The Winged Dagger symbolises the Commando Connection. The Latin Motto translates as "Let the sword not sleep". The Badge was approved in 1965, the design was altered in 1979. | ||
Revision as of 09:01, 14 April 2023
NO 707 SQUADRON, FAA
History: First formed in 1945 as Radar Trials Unit. The Squadron reformed as a Commando Trials Unit in 1964 with Westland Wessex Helicopters.
| English | 1965 Design: Blue; a base barry wavy white and blue a dagger point downwards silver winged gold. Motto: Ne gladius dormiat. 1979 Design: White a base barry wavy of four blue and white over a Fairbairn-Sykes dagger point upward red winged gold. |
Origin/meaning
The Winged Dagger symbolises the Commando Connection. The Latin Motto translates as "Let the sword not sleep". The Badge was approved in 1965, the design was altered in 1979.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Inforamtion from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stoppford.
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