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NO 820 SQUADRON, FAA
History: first foremd in 1933 at Royal Naval Air Station Gosport (HMS Siskin), Hampshire as a Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance Squadron. Re-equipped with Fairey Sqordfish in 1937 and embarked in HMS Ark Royal in 1938. Today the Squadron operates Augusta Westland Merlin Helicopters.
Official blazon
Badge: White over two bars bars wavy blue in base a flying fish also blue.
Motto: Tutamen et ultor = Safeguard and avenger.
Origin/meaning
The badge was approved on 19 March 1937.
Literature: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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