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History: Formed at Fourah Bay, Freetown in October 1941. | |||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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| | |A dexter gauntlet grasping a sword in pale point downwards enfiled by an Astral crown resting on a sword fesswise the point to the dexter and grasped by a sinister hand. | ||
Motto: We serve and strike, | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Sword held by the Gauntlet symbolises attacks on the Enemy made by Units of the Command. The other Sword symbolises the reinforcing Role. The Badge was approved in October 1944. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ | [[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. Information from Knights of the Sky Part 1 Bands-Groups by B.R. Holliss | ||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
{{ | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1944]] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:40, 4 November 2023
ROYAL AIR FORCE WEST AFRICA, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Formed at Fourah Bay, Freetown in October 1941.
| English | A dexter gauntlet grasping a sword in pale point downwards enfiled by an Astral crown resting on a sword fesswise the point to the dexter and grasped by a sinister hand.
Motto: We serve and strike, |
Origin/meaning
The Sword held by the Gauntlet symbolises attacks on the Enemy made by Units of the Command. The other Sword symbolises the reinforcing Role. The Badge was approved in October 1944.
Literature: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. Information from Knights of the Sky Part 1 Bands-Groups by B.R. Holliss
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