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History: First formed in 1941 at North Front, Gibraltar as a Fleet Requirements Unit until finally disbanding there in 1945. | History: First formed in 1941 at North Front, Gibraltar as a Fleet Requirements Unit until finally disbanding there in 1945. | ||
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| Bendy of four, gold and black; a roundel per fess white and green chief a triple-towered battlement proper base a key fesswise wards uppermost gold.< | |Bendy of four, gold and black; a roundel per fess white and green chief a triple-towered battlement proper base a key fesswise wards uppermost gold.<br> | ||
Motto: Finis coronat opus. | Motto: Finis coronat opus. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Tower and Key is from the arms of Gibraltar. The Gold and Black marking indicated the Squadron's Target Towing Aircrafts which was so marked. The Latin Motto translates as "The end crowns the work". The | The Tower and Key is from the arms of Gibraltar. The Gold and Black marking indicated the Squadron's Target Towing Aircrafts which was so marked. The Latin Motto translates as "The end crowns the work". The Badge was approved in 1944. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. | [[Literature]]:Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encylopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | |||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | |||
[[Category:Navy heraldry]] | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1944]] | [[Category:Granted 1944]] | ||