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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Badge allude to the Radar Calibration Role. The Latin Motto translates as "Upwards into the clouds". The Badge was approved in 1944.
The badge allude to the Radar Calibration Role. The Latin Motto translates as "Upwards into the clouds". The badge was approved in 1944.





Latest revision as of 13:12, 15 October 2023

NO 733 SQUADRON, FAA

History: First formed in 1944 in the Royal Naval Air Station Tricomalee, Ceylon (today Sri Lanka) as a Radar Calibration Unit.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 733 Squadron, FAA
Official blazon
English White; upon a pellet two beams of light in saltire surmounted by an eagle volant gold armed and langued red./br>

Motto: Sursum nubus

Origin/meaning

The badge allude to the Radar Calibration Role. The Latin Motto translates as "Upwards into the clouds". The badge was approved in 1944.


Literature: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. Information from Admiralty Badges Encyclopaedia by T.P. Stopford

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