No 841 Squadron, FAA
NO 841 SQUADRON, FAA
History: First foremd in 1942 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire as a Night Fighter Torpedo-Bomber-Reconnaissance Squadron using RAF Bases for anti-Shipping Patrols in the Channel. embarked in HMS Implacable 1944 and disbanding into no 828 Squadron later that Year.
English | Blue; a barn owl (Tyto Alba) affronty proper perched on a beam white holding in his dexter claw a morse also white. Motto: Lucemus nocte |
Origin/meaning
THe Owl indicate the Night Fighting Role. The Latin Motto translates as "We shine by night". The Badge was approved in 1943.
Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.
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