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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Badge allude to that the Aircraft must be at wave-top height to launch Torpedoes. The Motto in Dialect translates as "God aid us". The Badge was approved on 19 March 1937.
The badge allude to that the Aircraft must be at wave-top height to launch Torpedoes. The Motto in Dialect translates as "God aid us". The badge was approved on 19 March 1937.


[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com.  Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com.  Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

Revision as of 13:20, 15 October 2023

NO 812 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First formed in 1933 as a Torpedo-Bomber Squadron for HMS Glorious. Absorbed into 811 Squadron in 1942. Finally reforemd with Fairey Gannets at Royal Naval Air Station Eglinton, Northern Ireland 1955-1956.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 812 Squadron, FAA
Official blazon
English Blue; above water wavy green a flying fish gold.

Motto: Dex aie

Origin/meaning

The badge allude to that the Aircraft must be at wave-top height to launch Torpedoes. The Motto in Dialect translates as "God aid us". The badge was approved on 19 March 1937.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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