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History: Formed February 7, 1919 when the Princess Mary's RAF Hospital opened. | |||
[[File:RAF_Station_Henlow,_Royal_Air_Force.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:RAF_Station_Henlow,_Royal_Air_Force.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
In front of a wreath of laurel five arrows Or one in pale the others in saltire barbs downwards surmounted fesswise of a wooden propeller proper.<br> | |||
Motto: Teach learn apply. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Laurel is indicative of exellence and the wooden propeller is a link of the RAF of the old. The Arrows are from the Arms of the Rothschild Family on whose land the Station was built. Their number alude to the main users of the Station: The Princess Mary's RAF Hospital, No 1 School of Technical Training, The Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine, The Institute of Community Medicine and the Institute of Dental Health and Training. The Badge was granted in August 1981. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1981]] | |||
[[Category:Arrows]] | |||
[[Category:Propellers]] | |||