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History: First formed in 1941 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent as a Fleet Fighter Squadron with Grumman Martlets. | History: First formed in 1941 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent as a Fleet Fighter Squadron with Grumman Martlets. | ||
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NO 888 SQUADRON, FAA
History: First formed in 1941 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent as a Fleet Fighter Squadron with Grumman Martlets.
English | Blue: over water barry wavy of four white and blue a martlet rising white. Motto: Sine missione. |
Origin/meaning
The Martlet alludes to the Aricraft flown. The Latin Motto translates as "Without quarter". The Badge was approved on 22 October 1942.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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