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History: First formed in 1941 st Royal Naval Air Station Macranhanish as an Air Target Towing Unit for three months. The Squadron reformed in Dorset in 1942 as part of the Fighter Direction School. Disbanded in 1949. | History: First formed in 1941 st Royal Naval Air Station Macranhanish as an Air Target Towing Unit for three months. The Squadron reformed in Dorset in 1942 as part of the Fighter Direction School. Disbanded in 1949. | ||
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|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
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'''Country''':United Kingdom[[File:United Kingdom.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
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|'''English''' | |'''English''' | ||
|Blue; upon clouds melting white a cockerel crowing proper.< | |Blue; upon clouds melting white a cockerel crowing proper.<br> | ||
Motto: In alto societas | Motto: In alto societas | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Motto translates as "There's company aloft". The | The Motto translates as "There's company aloft". The Badge was approved on 20 december 1943. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. | |||
[[Literature]]:Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. Information from Admiralty Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | |||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | |||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | |||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1943]] | [[Category:Granted 1943]] | ||