No 657 Squadron, Royal Air Force

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NO 657 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE

History: Formed at Ouston in Janaury 1943.

Coat of arms (crest) of the No 657 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Official blazon

A hand couped at the wrist gules holding a gun-barrel in bend Or.
Motto: Per terras perque caelum

Origin/meaning

The Hand and Gun-Barrels refers to the directing Role as an Air Obeservation Post. The Motto translates as ”By land and sky”. The Badge was approved in September 1946.

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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