No 320 (Netherlands) Squadron, Royal Air Force

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NO 320 (NETHERLANDS) SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE

Official blazon

Badge: In front of a fountain an orange tree fructed and eradicated proper.
Motto: Animo libero dirigimur

Origin/meaning

The Orange Tree symbolises Netherlands and its Royal House of Orange. The Fountain (rather obscured in the Picture) symbolises operations over the Sea. The Badge was granted in March 1946.

Literature: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ Information from Knights in the Sky Part Five.