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Formed at Hainault in July 1917<br>
Title: Rhodesia.


[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]]  
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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
 
On a mount an elephant vert.


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Elephant is from the seal of Lo Bengula, chief of the Matabele Tribe. It is also symbolic of heavy attack. The Motto translates as ”The King's Thunderbolts are righteous”. The Badge was approved in October 1941.


 
[[Literature]]: Image from picclick.com. Information from Knights of the Sky Badges and Markings of the Royal Air Force Part Five: Numbered Flying Squadrons by B.r. Holliss and R. Symons.
[[Literature]]: Image from picclick.com


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Revision as of 10:39, 27 October 2023

NO 44 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE

Formed at Hainault in July 1917
Title: Rhodesia.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Official blazon

On a mount an elephant vert.

Origin/meaning

The Elephant is from the seal of Lo Bengula, chief of the Matabele Tribe. It is also symbolic of heavy attack. The Motto translates as ”The King's Thunderbolts are righteous”. The Badge was approved in October 1941.

Literature: Image from picclick.com. Information from Knights of the Sky Badges and Markings of the Royal Air Force Part Five: Numbered Flying Squadrons by B.r. Holliss and R. Symons.

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