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History: First foremd in 1942 st Royal Naval Air Station Trincomalee (HMS Bambara), Ceylon (Sri Lanka). When Japanese Aircraft destroyed the Squadron. It was reformed at Tanga, Kenya in May 1942 as a Fleet Requirements Unit, disbanding in 1945. | |||
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| | |Blue; over water in base barry wavy of four white and blue two flashes of lightning in slatire white surmounted by a target proper pierced in the boll by and arrow gold flighted white.</br> | ||
Motto: Tayari saa yote | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Badge symbolises the Target Towing performed by the Squadron. The Motto in swahili translates as "Ready at all hours". The Badge was approved on 27 May 1944. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/ | [[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stoppford. | ||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
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Revision as of 12:13, 15 April 2023
NO 788 SQUADRON, FAA
History: First foremd in 1942 st Royal Naval Air Station Trincomalee (HMS Bambara), Ceylon (Sri Lanka). When Japanese Aircraft destroyed the Squadron. It was reformed at Tanga, Kenya in May 1942 as a Fleet Requirements Unit, disbanding in 1945.
English | Blue; over water in base barry wavy of four white and blue two flashes of lightning in slatire white surmounted by a target proper pierced in the boll by and arrow gold flighted white. Motto: Tayari saa yote |
Origin/meaning
The Badge symbolises the Target Towing performed by the Squadron. The Motto in swahili translates as "Ready at all hours". The Badge was approved on 27 May 1944.
Literature: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stoppford.
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