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History: | History: Formed at Old Sarum in April 1943. | ||
[[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}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
On a bezant an eagle's head couped proper.<br> | |||
Motto: Videmus delemus. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Eagle Head is symbolic of the Eagle Eye of the Air Observation Post. The Bezant symbolises the ”Gold” scored by the Gun Batteries firing under the Unit's Direction. The Motto translates as ”We see, we destroy”. The Badge was approved in October 1945. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from picclick.com. Information from Knights of the Sky Badges and Markings of the Royal Air Force Part Five: Numbered Flying Squadrons by B.R. Holliss and R. Symons. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from picclick.com | |||