No 806 Squadron, FAA

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NO 806 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First formed in 1940 at Royal Navla Air Station Worthy Down (HMS Ariel), Hampshire as a Fighter Squadron and served in HMS Indomitable in 1942. The Squadron reformed at the end of the Second Word War with Seafires 1945-1947.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 806 Squadron, FAA
Official blazon
English Per fess wavy and barry wavy of six white and blue; issuant from base a dexter cubit arm in pale armoured proper grasping a flash of lightning in bend gold.

Motto: Sursum in pugnam.

Origin/meaning

The Badge symbolises the Fighter Role, the Latin Motto translates as "Up and into the fight". The Badge was approved in 1945.


Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.

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