RAF Station Bassingbourn, Royal Air Force

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RAF STATION BASSINGBOURN, ROYAL AIR FORCE

History: Formed 1938.

Coat of arms (crest) of the RAF Station Bassingbourn, Royal Air Force

Official blazon

Issuant from water barry wavy a stag salient azure crined and hooved Or charged with a mullet argent upon its shoulder.
Motto: Pristinae virtutis memores = Mindful of the valour of our ancestors.

Origin/meaning

The Stag symbolises the speed and vigilance of aircraft operating from the Station with the Mullet indicating US Air Force who used the Station during Second World War. The Water is a pun upon the Second Half of the Word Bassingbourn - a bourn beeing a stream. The badge was granted in October 1949. Literature: Image from Pinterest.

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