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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Owl is symbolic of night-fighting, an occupation long associated with the Squadron. The Hurt is also indicative of the Night and the Seax symbolises Essex, where the the Squadron was raised and reraised in 1936. The Motto translates as "Fidelity unto duty". The badge was granted in April 1937. | The Owl is symbolic of night-fighting, an occupation long associated with the Squadron. The Hurt is also indicative of the Night and the Seax symbolises Essex, where the the Squadron was raised and reraised in 1936. The Motto translates as "Fidelity unto duty". The badge was granted in April 1937. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ Information from B.R. Holliss and R. Symonds Knights of the Sky Part Five Numbered Flying Squadrons | [[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ Information from B.R. Holliss and R. Symonds Knights of the Sky Part Five Numbered Flying Squadrons | ||
Revision as of 08:56, 6 April 2023
NO 151 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Raised at Hainault in June 1918.
Official blazon
On a hurt an owl affrontee argent, wing elevated alighting on a seax Or.
Origin/meaning
The Owl is symbolic of night-fighting, an occupation long associated with the Squadron. The Hurt is also indicative of the Night and the Seax symbolises Essex, where the the Squadron was raised and reraised in 1936. The Motto translates as "Fidelity unto duty". The badge was granted in April 1937.
Literature: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ Information from B.R. Holliss and R. Symonds Knights of the Sky Part Five Numbered Flying Squadrons
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