No 765 Squadron, FAA

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NO 765 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First foremd in 1939 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent as a Seaplane School and Post squadron. Reformed 1944-1946 as a Travelling recording Unit for Radar, using Vickers Wellington. Reformed 1955-1957 as a home for Piston-Engined Aircraft.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 765 Squadron, FAA
Official blazon
English Blue; a dragon statant gold armed and langued red-holding in his dexter claw a stabbing spear point downward also gold.

Motto:Praesidium navibus

Origin/meaning

The Latin motto translates as "A safeguard for ships". The badge was approved in 1945.

Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford

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