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History: Formed at Matlaske in October 1941.


[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]]  
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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
 
In front of a lifebuoy gules a seagull affrontee hovering proper.<br>
Motto: Ex mare ad referiendum


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Badge symbolises the Air-Sea Rescue Role of the Squadron. The Motto translates as "From out of the sea to strike again". The Badge was approved in September 1942.


 
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. Information from Knights of the Sky Badges and Markings of the Royal Air Force Part Five: Numbered Flying Squadrons by B.R. Holliss and R. Symons.
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/


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