No 782 Squadron, FAA

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NO 782 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First formed in 1939 at Royal Naval Air Station Ford (HMS Peregrine), West Sussex, operated only for a month as an Arnament Training Squadron. Refomed in 1940 at Royal Naval Air Station Donibristle as a Communications Unit for the whole of the UK until disbanded in 1953.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 782 Squadron, FAA
Official blazon
English Green; a horse's head erased and with wings elevated white gorged with chaplet of roses, thistles and shamrocks proper.

Origin/meaning

The Horse's Head symbolises the Communications Role. The Chaplet with Roses for England, Thistles for Scotland and Shamrocks for Northern Ireland indicates the area of operations. The badge was approved in 1949.


Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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