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History: In use since December 1938 but not made a Station until April 1, 1974. | |||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
In front of two arrows gules in saltire points upwards a roundel per pale argent and sable charged with a cresset counter charged and enflamed gules.<br> | |||
Motto: Vigilamus et defendimus = we watch and we ward. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The cresset is a warning device and symbolises a Radar Station. It also is alink to the former Parent Station Patrington. The Arrows symbolises active defence. The Badge was granted in April 1978. | |||
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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 1978]] | |||