No 887 Squadron, FAA

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NO 887 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First formed in 1942 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent with Fairey Fulmar as a Fleet Fighter Squadron and serving in the Arctic, North Sea, Mediterranean and Pacific until disbanded in 1946.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 887 Squadron, FAA
Official blazon
English Blue; a base wavy if eight white and blue a sword winged gold surmounted by a terrestial globe white.

Origin/meaning

The Badge was approved on 2 January 1943.


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

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