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History: Raised at Stirling on 14 April 1916. | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
A gamecock proper.<br> | |||
Motto: Gloria finis | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
In 1926 the Squadron was equipped with Gloste Gamecock Aircraft, and since the it used the Brid as a Badge. It is also an appropriate badge of a Fighter Squadron. The Motto translates as "Glory is the end". The Badge was granted in July 1936. | |||
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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 1936]] | |||