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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
a long eared owl volant affrontee proper carrying in the claws a flash of lightning gules.<br>
a long eared owl volant affrontee proper carrying in the claws a flash of lightning gules.<br>
Motto: Bellamus noctu = We wage war by night.
Motto: Bellamus noctu


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The badge symbolise the Nocturnal Activities of the Squadron. The badge was granted in October 1944.
The Badge symbolise the Nocturnal Activities of the Squadron. The Motto translates as "We wage war by night". The Badge was granted in October 1944.


[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. 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]]
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[[Category:Granted 1944]]
[[Category:Granted 1944]]

Latest revision as of 18:51, 12 November 2023

NO 622 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE

History: Formed at Mildenhall in August 1943.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 622 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Official blazon

a long eared owl volant affrontee proper carrying in the claws a flash of lightning gules.
Motto: Bellamus noctu

Origin/meaning

The Badge symbolise the Nocturnal Activities of the Squadron. The Motto translates as "We wage war by night". The Badge was granted in October 1944.

Literature: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. 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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