No 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force

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NO 86 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE

History: Formed at Wye, Derbyshire in November 1917.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Official blazon

A gull volant argent carrying in the beak a flash of lightning gules.
Motto: Ad libertates volamus

Origin/meaning

The design represents the destruction carried to the Enemy across the Sea. The Motto transaltes as "We fly to freedom" The Badge was approved in March 1944


Literature: Image from picclick.com. 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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