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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. | 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. | ||
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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.
| 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.
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 Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom |
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