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[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admirality Ship Badges by T.P. Stopford.
[[Literature]]: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.  


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NO 888 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First formed in 1941 at Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent as a Fleet Fighter Squadron with Grumman Martlets.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 888 Squadron, FAA
Official blazon
English Blue: over water barry wavy of four white and blue a martlet rising white.

Motto: Sine missione.

Origin/meaning

The Martlet alludes to the Aricraft flown. The Latin Motto translates as "Without quarter". The Badge was approved on 22 October 1942.


Literature: Image from ebay.com. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford.

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