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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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RAF Badges - Nos 300 - 361 Squadrons
The table below shows the badges awarded to each unit, the motto and translation where known, the monarch who authorised it and the general date of the award
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| No 300 (Polish) Squadron | No 301 (Polish) Squadron | No 302 (Polish) Squadron | No 303 (Polish) Squadron |
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| No 304 (Polish) Squadron |
No 305 (Polish) Squadron |
No 306 (Polish) Squadron | No 307 (Polish) Squadron |
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| No 308 Squadron |
No 309 Squadron |
No 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron | No 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron |
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Motto: We Fight to Rebuild Authorised: King George VI - September 1942 |
Motto: Na mnozstui nehledte (Never regard their numbers) Authorised: King George VI - October 1941 |
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| No 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron |
No 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadron |
No 315 (Polish) Squadron |
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Motto: Non Multi Sed Multa (Not many men but many deeds) Authorised: King George VI - July 1942 |
Motto:
Jeden Jestřáb Mnoho Vran Rozhání (One hawk scatters many crows) Authorised: King George VI - June 1945 |
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No 316 (Polish) Squadron |
No 317 (Polish) Squadron |
No 318 (Polish) Squadron | No 320 (Dutch) Squadron |
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Motto: Animo libre dirigimur (We are guided by the mind of liberty) Authorised: King George VI - March 1946 |
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No badge authorised |
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This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised | This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised |
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No 321 (Dutch) Squadron |
No 322 (Dutch) Squadron |
No 326 Squadron | No 327 Squadron |
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Motto: Niet praten maar doen (Actions not words) Authorised: King George VI - December 1944 |
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| This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised | This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised |
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| No 328 Squadron |
No 329 Squadron |
No 330 (Norwegian) Squadron |
No 331 (Norwegian) Squadron |
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Motto: Trygg havet (Guarding the seas) Authorised: King George VI - April 1943 |
Motto: For Norge (For Norway) Authorised: King George VI - July 1945 |
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No badge authorised | No badge authorised |
| No 332 (Norwegian) Squadron |
No 333 (Norwegian) Squadron |
No 334 (Norwegian) Squadron | No 335 (Greek) Squadron |
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Motto: Samhold i strid (Together in Battle) Authorised: King George VI - August 1945 |
Motto: For Konge, Fedreland og flaggets heder (For King, country and the honour of the flag) Authorised: King George VI - March 1944 |
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This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised |
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| No 336 (Greek) Squadron |
No 340 Squadron |
No 341 Squadron | No 342 Squadron |
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Motto: Friendship Authorised: King George VI - October 1946 |
Motto: Nous Y Sommes (Here we
are) Authorised: King George VI - October 1944 |
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| This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised | This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised |
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This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised but the French badge can be seen in the Squadron history section |
| No 343 Squadron |
No 344 Squadron |
No 345 Squadron | No 346 Squadron |
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Motto: Nil Actum Credo Si Quid Supersii Agendum (I think nothing done if anything remains undone) Authorised: King George VI - June 1945 |
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No badge authorised |
| No 347 Squadron |
No 349 (Belgian) Squadron |
No 350 ( Belgian) Squadron | No 351 (Yugoslav) Squadron |
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Motto: Strike hard, strike home Authorised: King George VI - June 1944 |
Motto: Belgae gallorum
fortissimi (The Belgae, the bravest of the Gauls) Authorised: King George VI - March 1945 |
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No badge authorised |
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No badge authorised |
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| No 352 (Yugoslav) Squadron |
No 353 Squadron |
No 354 Squadron | No 355 Squadron |
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Fear naught in unity
Authorised: King George VI - September 1945 |
Motto: Liberamus Per Caerula (We liberate through
tropical skies)
Authorised: King George VI - November 1946 |
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| No 356 Squadron |
No 357 Squadron |
No 358 Squadron | No 360 Squadron |
| Motto: We bring freedom and
assistance Authorised: King George VI - September 1946 |
Motto: Mortem hostibus
(We bring death to the enemy)
Authorised: King George VI - April 1947 |
Motto:
Alere flamman (To feed the flames)
Authorised: King George VI - November 1946 |
Motto: Confundemus (We shall throw into confusion)
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth - September 1973 |
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All badges on this page are Crown Copyright and have been produced by Mary Denton on behalf of the RAF Heraldry Trust and are displayed on this page with the permission of the RAFHT. Mary Denton and the RAFHT have probably completed half of the 'official' badges authorised but are still looking for sponsorship for the remaining badges. The work continues and details can be found on their website.
© Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Directorate of Intellectual Property Rights
This page was last updated on 17/03/25
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