No 296 Squadron, Royal Air Force
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NO 296 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Formed at Ringway in Janaury 1942.
Official blazon
In front of a sword in pale gules pomelled and hilted Or the point downwards a scroll proper.
Motto: Prepared for all things
Origin/meaning
The Sword represent the dropping of suplies to the French Resistance. The Scroll symbolises the dropping of Leaflets. The badge was granted in April 1945.
Literature: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. Information from Knights of the Sky Badges and Markings of the Royal Air Force Part Five: Numbered Flying Squadrons by B.R. Holliss and R. Symons.
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