No 841 Squadron, FAA

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NO 841 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First foremd in 1942 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire as a Night Fighter Torpedo-Bomber-Reconnaissance Squadron using RAF Bases for anti-Shipping Patrols in the Channel. embarked in HMS Implacable 1944 and disbanding into no 828 Squadron later that Year.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 841 Squadron, FAA
Official blazon
English Blue; a barn owl (Tyto Alba) affronty proper perched on a beam white holding in his dexter claw a morse also white.

Motto: Lucemus nocte

Origin/meaning

THe Owl indicate the Night Fighting Role. The Latin Motto translates as "We shine by night". The Badge was approved in 1943.


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

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