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The Lion holding the Tusk symbolises Rhodesia, the Eagles Claw symbolises the Royal Air Force. The Badge was granted in October 1941. | The Lion holding the Tusk symbolises Rhodesia, the Eagles Claw symbolises the Royal Air Force. The Badge was granted in October 1941. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. 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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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1941]] | [[Category:Granted 1941]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:34, 12 November 2023
NO 237 (RHODESIA) SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
Hisotry: Formed at Chattewater in August 1918.
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Official blazon
A lion passant guardant Or charged on teh shoulder with an eagles claw sable and holding in the forpaw an elephants tusk proper.
Motto: Primum agmen in cælo = The vanguard is in the heavens.
Origin/meaning
The Lion holding the Tusk symbolises Rhodesia, the Eagles Claw symbolises the Royal Air Force. The Badge was granted in October 1941.
Literature: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. 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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