No 817 Squadron, FAA

NO 817 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First formed in 1941 at Royal Naval Air Station Crail (HMS Jackdaw), Fife, Scotland as a Torpedo-Spotter-Reconnaissance Squadron for HMS Furious. Reformed 1948at Royal Naval Air Station St Merryn (HMS Curlew), Cornwall as a Royal Australian Navy Squadron with Fairey Firefly for HMAS Sydney. See No 817 Squadron, Royal Australian Navy

Official blazon

English

Blue; a shark ahuriant embowed proper pierced by an arrow red flighted gold in bend sinister.

Origin/meaning

The Badge was approved on 30 July 1952.

Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.

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