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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
A hawk volant, wings elevated and addorsed sable.<br> | A hawk volant, wings elevated and addorsed sable.<br> | ||
Motto: Jeden jestřáb mnoho vran rozhání | Motto: Jeden jestřáb mnoho vran rozhání. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The badge is a pictorial reference to the Motto, taken from a 13th Century Czech Chronicle which relates to German intentions against Czechoslovakia. It was used as an exhortation to the Czech Nation to thwart the German plans. The | The badge is a pictorial reference to the Motto, taken from a 13th Century Czech Chronicle which relates to German intentions against Czechoslovakia. It was used as an exhortation to the Czech Nation to thwart the German plans. The Motto translates as " One hawk scatters many crows". The Badge was granted in June 1945. | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from Pinterest. Information from Knights of the Sky Badges and Markings of the Royal Air Force Part Five: Numbered Flying Squadrons by B.R. Holliss and R. Symons. | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1945]] | [[Category:Granted 1945]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:56, 12 November 2023
NO 313 (CZECHOSLOVAK) SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Formed at Catterick in May 1941.
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Official blazon
A hawk volant, wings elevated and addorsed sable.
Motto: Jeden jestřáb mnoho vran rozhání.
Origin/meaning
The badge is a pictorial reference to the Motto, taken from a 13th Century Czech Chronicle which relates to German intentions against Czechoslovakia. It was used as an exhortation to the Czech Nation to thwart the German plans. The Motto translates as " One hawk scatters many crows". The Badge was granted in June 1945.
Literature: Image from Pinterest. Information from Knights of the Sky Badges and Markings of the Royal Air Force Part Five: Numbered Flying Squadrons by B.R. Holliss and R. Symons.
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