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History: First formed in 1941 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent later moving to Royal Naval Air Station Speke, Liverpool. Disbanded in 1945. | |||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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| | | Per fess wavy gold and black; a cormorant statant wings addorsed proper collared to aline reflexed over the back red and attached to a drogue also red. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Cormorant alludes to the location in Liverpool. The Drougue symbolises Target Towing one of the Roles of the Squadron. The badge was approved in 1944. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ | [[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford. | ||
{{uk}} | {{uk}} | ||
{{ | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Navy heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1944]] | |||