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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
A cinthe sejeant Or.<br> | A cinthe sejeant Or.<br> | ||
Motto: Thay | Motto: Thay myay gyee shin shwe hti = Death or glory | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Chithe or Burmese Lion often stands guard outside Burmese Pagodas. It thus alludes to the guarding of Burma. The | The Chithe or Burmese Lion often stands guard outside Burmese Pagodas. It thus alludes to the guarding of Burma. The badge was granted in July 1942. | ||
[[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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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1942]] | [[Category:Granted 1942]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:26, 12 November 2023
NO 257 (BURMA) SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Formed at Dundee in August 1918.
Official blazon
A cinthe sejeant Or.
Motto: Thay myay gyee shin shwe hti = Death or glory
Origin/meaning
The Chithe or Burmese Lion often stands guard outside Burmese Pagodas. It thus alludes to the guarding of Burma. The badge was granted in July 1942.
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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