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History: Formed at Newmarket in February 1942. | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Badge: An open fetterlock gules.<br> | |||
Motto: Liberate. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The badge symbolises the liberating of occupied territories. It was granted in April 1944. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons | |||
. Information from Knights in the Sky Part Five by B.R. Holliss and R. Symons. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:05, 1 November 2023
NO 161 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Formed at Newmarket in February 1942.
Official blazon
Badge: An open fetterlock gules.
Motto: Liberate.
Origin/meaning
The badge symbolises the liberating of occupied territories. It was granted in April 1944.
Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons
. Information from Knights in the Sky Part Five by B.R. Holliss and R. Symons.
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