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History: Formed at Felixtowe in August 1918 and reformed at Keperu in Kenya February 1943.


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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
On a terrestial globe azure/Or an eagle's head erased facing to sinister Or.<br>
Motto: Haya ingia na pigana = Get in and fight.


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Badge is indicative of Royal Air Force Service (indicated by the Eagle's Head) over East and South African Waters. The Badge was granted in July 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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Latest revision as of 17:30, 12 November 2023

NO 259 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE

History: Formed at Felixtowe in August 1918 and reformed at Keperu in Kenya February 1943.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 259 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Official blazon

On a terrestial globe azure/Or an eagle's head erased facing to sinister Or.
Motto: Haya ingia na pigana = Get in and fight.

Origin/meaning

The Badge is indicative of Royal Air Force Service (indicated by the Eagle's Head) over East and South African Waters. The Badge was granted in July 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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