No 778 Squadron, FAA

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NO 778 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First formed in 1939 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-solent as a Service Trials Unit. All Aicraft Types and Tasks from various Bases where tested until 1948. Reformed in 1951, then disbanded into No 849 Squadron in 1952.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 778 Squadron, FAA
Official blazon
English Blue; a pair of inside and outside callipers interlaced gold.

Motto: Ex quaestione veriats

Origin/meaning

The Callipers symbolises the Trials function. The Latin Motto translates as "From examination the truth emerges. The badge was approved in 1945.


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

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