No 776 Squadron, FAA

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NO 776 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First formed in 1941 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent later moving to Royal Naval Air Station Speke, Liverpool. Disbanded in 1945.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 776 Squadron, FAA
Official blazon
English Per fess wavy gold and black; a cormorant statant wings addorsed proper collared to aline reflexed over the back red and attached to a drogue also red.

Origin/meaning

The Cormorant alludes to the location in Liverpool. The Drougue symbolises Target Towing one of the Roles of the Squadron. The badge was approved in 1944.


Literature: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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