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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
A kingfisher diving proper.<br>
A kingfisher diving proper.<br>
Motto: Celer ad caedendum = Swift to strike.
Motto: Celer ad caedendum


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The Kingfisher is known its speed and accuracy in catchingFfish underwater. This Indicates the Anti Submarine Role of the Squadron. The Badge was granted in April 1944.
The Kingfisher is known its speed and accuracy in catchingFfish underwater. This Indicates the Anti Submarine Role of the Squadron. The Motto translates as "Swift to strike". The Badge was granted in April 1944.
 
[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. 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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[[Literature]]: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United Kingdom]]   
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[[Category:Air Force heraldry]]
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[[Category:Granted 1944]]
[[Category:Granted 1944]]
[[Category:Birds]]
[[Category:Kingfishers]]

Latest revision as of 18:40, 12 November 2023

NO 547 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE

History: Formed at Holmesley south in October 1942.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 547 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Official blazon

A kingfisher diving proper.
Motto: Celer ad caedendum

Origin/meaning

The Kingfisher is known its speed and accuracy in catchingFfish underwater. This Indicates the Anti Submarine Role of the Squadron. The Motto translates as "Swift to strike". The Badge was granted in April 1944.

Literature: Image from https://www.iwm.org.uk/. 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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