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NO 848 SQUADRON, FAA
History: First formed in 1943 at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island, USA as a Torpedo-Bomber-Reconnaissance Squadron for HMS Formidable in the Far East with Grumman Avenger until disbanded in 1945. Reformed in 1958 as a Royal Marine Helicopter Squadron for 45 Commando.
English | Red; a plate charged with a hawk (Accipiter Gentilis) volant proper releasing a torpedo also proper into water barry wavy blue and white. Motto: Accipe hoc. |
Origin/meaning
The Latin Motto translates as "Take that!". The Badge was approved on 16 April 1945.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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