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Hisotry: Formed at Pizzone, Italy in april 1918. | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
On a fountain a decrescent Or.<br> | |||
Motto: Non sibi sed patriae = For country not for self | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Fountain symbolises the Sea over which the Squadron mostly operated. The Decrescent symbolises the Bombing of Constantinople (Istanbul) during World War I and also the night flying duties of the Unit. The Badge was granted in July 1939. | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1939]] | |||