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The badge depicts the role of the unit, carrying paratroops on an outward journey and wounded on the homeward one. The | The badge depicts the role of the unit, carrying paratroops on an outward journey and wounded on the homeward one. The Badge was granted in November 1944. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ | [[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 17:34, 12 November 2023
NO 271 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History:Formed at Taranto, Italy in Septemebr 1918.
Official blazon
A guantlet argent holding a cross gules.
Motto: Death and life.
Origin/meaning
The badge depicts the role of the unit, carrying paratroops on an outward journey and wounded on the homeward one. The Badge was granted in November 1944.
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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