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The Ogress symbolises the Sky. The Shuttle is symbolic of the regularity of the Unit's missions to Berlin during the Airlift. The Motto translates as "Like the Thunderbolt". The badge was granted in March 1946. | The Ogress symbolises the Sky. The Shuttle is symbolic of the regularity of the Unit's missions to Berlin during the Airlift. The Motto translates as "Like the Thunderbolt". The badge was granted in March 1946. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ Information from B.R. Holliss and R. Symonds Knights of the Sky Part Five Numbered Flying Squadrons. | [[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ Information from B.R. Holliss and R. Symonds Knights of the Sky Part Five Numbered Flying Squadrons. |
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NO 128 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Raised at Hastings, Sierra Leone in October 1941.
Official blazon
In front of an ogress a shuttle in bend argent.
Origin/meaning
The Ogress symbolises the Sky. The Shuttle is symbolic of the regularity of the Unit's missions to Berlin during the Airlift. The Motto translates as "Like the Thunderbolt". The badge was granted in March 1946.
Literature: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ Information from B.R. Holliss and R. Symonds Knights of the Sky Part Five Numbered Flying Squadrons.
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