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The Cormorant alludes to the location in Liverpool. The Drougue symbolises Target Towing one of the Roles of the Squadron. The | 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. | ||
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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.
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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