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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Maunch symbolises the Target Sleeve towed by the Squadron's Aircraft to train Anti-Aircraft Artillery in Shooting. The Three Arms symbolises the Three Fighting Services concerned. The badge was granted in June 1945.
The Maunch symbolises the Target Sleeve towed by the Squadron's Aircraft to train Anti-Aircraft Artillery in Shooting. The Three Arms symbolises the Three Fighting Services concerned. The Badge was granted in June 1945.
 
 
[[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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Latest revision as of 19:20, 12 November 2023

NO 695 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE

History: Formed at Bircham Newton in December 1943.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 695 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Official blazon

In front of a maunch gules three arms in armour conjoined argent.
Motto: We exercise their arms.

Origin/meaning

The Maunch symbolises the Target Sleeve towed by the Squadron's Aircraft to train Anti-Aircraft Artillery in Shooting. The Three Arms symbolises the Three Fighting Services concerned. The Badge was granted in June 1945.


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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