No 657 Squadron, Royal Air Force
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History: Formed at Ouston in Janaury 1943.
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Country:United Kingdom  |
| English | A hand couped at the wrist gules holding a gun-barrel in bend Or. Motto: Per terras perque caelum. |
Origin/meaning
The Hand and Gun-Barrels refers to the directing Role as an Air Obeservation Post. The Motto translates as ”By land and sky”. The badge was approved in September 1946.
Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Knights of the Sky Badges and Markings of the Royal Air Force Part 5: Numbered Flying Squadrons by B.R. Holliss and R. Symons.
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