HMS Buzzard, Royal Navy
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HMS BUZZARD, ROYAL NAVY
Official blazon
Green; over water barry wavy of two white and blue a buzzard (Butei vulgaris) volant affronty proper.
Origin/meaning
The badge show a canting Buzzard. The Name was given to the Royal Naval Air Station Lympne, Kent 1939-1940 and Royal Naval Air Station Kingston, Jamaica 1940-1944. The badge was approved in 1940.
Literature: Image from royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Information from Admirality Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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