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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
Two cubit arms erased holding a flash of lightning, all Or.<br>
Two cubit arms erased holding a flash of lightning, all Or.<br>
Motto: Non nobis laboramus = Not for oursleves do we labour.
Motto: Non nobis laboramus  


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Design symbolise the Meteorological role of the Squadron. The badge ws granted in October 1945.
The Design symbolise the Meteorological role of the Squadron. The Motto translates as "Not for oursleves do we labour".  The Badge was granted in October 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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[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]   
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[[Category:Air Force heraldry]]
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[[Category:Granted 1945]]
[[Category:Granted 1945]]

Latest revision as of 18:27, 12 November 2023

NO 517 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE

History: Formed at St. Eval in August 1943.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 517 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Official blazon

Two cubit arms erased holding a flash of lightning, all Or.
Motto: Non nobis laboramus

Origin/meaning

The Design symbolise the Meteorological role of the Squadron. The Motto translates as "Not for oursleves do we labour". The Badge was granted in October 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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