No 1700 Squadron, FAA

History: First formed as an Air-Sea Rescue Unit aboard HMS Ameer for Aircrew shot down over Burma.

	NO 1700 SQUADRON, FAA Country:United Kingdom

Official blazon
English	Blue; issuant from a base wavy white and blue two cubit arms proper grasping a stockless anchor erect gold winged blue. Motto: Auxilio ad alta.

The badge was approved on 6 July 1945 with another Motto: Ex mari messis translated as "Our harvest is from the sea".

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

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