No 772 Squadron, FAA

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NO 772 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First formed in 1939 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent. Disbanded in 1948. Reformed 1974-1995 as a Search and Rescue Unit.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 772 Squadron, FAA
Official blazon
English Blue; a pair of wings displayed white surmounted by a trident and a shepherd's crook in saltire gold.

Origin/meaning

The Badge was approved in 1975. The replacing an older Badge approved in 1942 : White: issuant from water barry wavy of four blue and white an arm embowed proper vested white the hand grasping a trident gold impaled theron a twin-engined aircraft black.


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

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