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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.


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===Official blazon===
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|Blue; a base wavy if eight white and blue a sword winged gold surmounted by a terrestial globe white.
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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Badge was approved on 2 January 1943.
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