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History: Raised at Waddington in February 1918. | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
In front of two claymores in saltire argent hilted and pommelled Or, the points uppermost, a tiger's head couped proper. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Tiger's Head commemorates the Gift of the "East India Funds, Bengal". The Claymores symbolises the Link with Scotland, the Squadron was reformed at Turnhouse in May 1941. The Badge was granted in March 1942. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ | [[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ Information from B.R. Holliss and R. Symons Kinghts of the Sky Part Five Numbered Flying Squadrons. | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category: Granted 1942]] | |||