No 841 Squadron, FAA

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.

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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