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History: Raised at Pembroke Dock in January 1941. | History: Raised at Pembroke Dock in January 1941. | ||
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On a mount in waves of the sea in front of a palm tree vert fructed Or a crowned crane displayed proper. | |+Official blazon | ||
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|On a mount in waves of the sea in front of a palm tree vert fructed Or a crowned crane displayed proper.<br> | |||
Motto: Trans mare exivi. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Crowned Crane is indigenous to West Africa where the Squadron was based when it applied for a Badge. The Palm Tree and Waves allude to the Coastal Belt from which it operated. The Motto translates as "I went out over the sea". The | The Crowned Crane is indigenous to West Africa where the Squadron was based when it applied for a Badge. The Palm Tree and Waves allude to the Coastal Belt from which it operated. The Motto translates as "I went out over the sea". The Badge was granted in July 1943. | ||
[[Literature]]:Images from Wikimedia Commons. Information from Knights of the Sky Part 5 Numbered Flying Squadron by B.R. Hollis and R. Symons. | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:30, 13 October 2024
History: Raised at Pembroke Dock in January 1941.
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Country:United Kingdom  |
| English | On a mount in waves of the sea in front of a palm tree vert fructed Or a crowned crane displayed proper. Motto: Trans mare exivi. |
Origin/meaning
The Crowned Crane is indigenous to West Africa where the Squadron was based when it applied for a Badge. The Palm Tree and Waves allude to the Coastal Belt from which it operated. The Motto translates as "I went out over the sea". The Badge was granted in July 1943.
Literature:Images from Wikimedia Commons. Information from Knights of the Sky Part 5 Numbered Flying Squadron by B.R. Hollis and R. Symons.
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