No 820 Squadron, FAA

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NO 820 SQUADRON, FAA

History: first foremd in 1933 at Royal Naval Air Station Gosport (HMS Siskin), Hampshire as a Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance Squadron. Re-equipped with Fairey Sqordfish in 1937 and embarked in HMS Ark Royal in 1938. Today the Squadron operates Augusta Westland Merlin Helicopters.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 820 Squadron, FAA

Official blazon

Badge: White over two bars bars wavy blue in base a flying fish also blue.
Motto: Tutamen et ultor = Safeguard and avenger.

Origin/meaning

The Badge was approved on 19 March 1937.

Literature: Image from Defence Brand Portal Ministry of Defence. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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