No 785 Squadron, FAA

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NO 785 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First formed in 1940 at Royal Naval Air Station Crail (HMS Jackdaw) Fife, Sctoland asa Torpedo Training Unit. Disbanded in 1946.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 785 Squadron, FAA
Official blazon
English White; a jackdaw rising grasping in his claw a torpedo proper (warhead red).

Origin/meaning

The Jackdaw symbolises the location to HMS Jackdaw, the Torpedo the Role of Torpedo Training. The badge wa approved on 6 November 1943.


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

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