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(Created page with "''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' History: Formed at Aliminni, Italy in April 1918. [[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] ===Official blazon=== In front of an anchor Or two swords in saltire argent (pomelled and hilted Or) the points uppermost.<br> Motto: We guide the sword. ===Origin/meaning=== The Squadron was originally part of the Royal Naval Air Service hence the anchor. It later become associated with the Army as indicated...") |
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History: Formed at | History: Formed at Felixstowe in August 1918 | ||
[[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=== | ||
A dragon ship, under sail, oars in morion sable a flag gules flying from the masthead.<br> | |||
Motto: | Motto: Strike. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The | The Viking Ship is from the Arms of Lerwick, liking the Squadron with the Shetland Islands. The Badge was approved in January 1942. | ||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted | [[Category:Granted 1942]] | ||