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RAF Badges - Maintenance Units and Depots


The table below shows the badges awarded to each unit, the monarch who authorised it and the general date of the award.

If you would like to commission any of the missing badges (including those marked *) please contact RAF Heraldry Trust for further details.

† These dates are the date on which the authorisation appeared in Air Ministry Orders

No 2 Maintenance Unit badge No 3 Maintenance Unit badge No 4 Maintenance Unit badge No 5 Maintenance Unit badge
No 2 Maintenance Unit* No 3 Maintenance Unit* No 4 Maintenance Unit* No 5 Maintenance Unit
Authorised:  King George VI - August 1945 Motto: Paceet Beilo Paratus (In peace and war prepared)

Authorised:  King George VI - 18 August 1949

Authorised:  King George VI - February 1951 Motto:  Sustinere (To sustain, support, maintain)

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 8 July 1954

No 6 Maintenance Unit badge Badge - No 7 Maintenance Unit No 8 Maintenance Unit badge No 9 Maintenance Unit badge

No 6 Maintenance Unit*

No 7 Maintenance Unit* No 8 Maintenance Unit* No 9 Maintenance Unit*
Motto: Venienti Occurrere Casu (To meet the occasion when it arises)

Authorised:  King George VI - 17 November 1949

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - January 1972 Motto: Survando Rursus Volamus (By storing we fly again)

Authorised:  King George VI - 18 August 1949

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - March 1953
No 10 Maintenance Unit badge No 11 Maintenance Unit badge No 12 Maintenance Unit badge Badge - No 13 Maintenance Unit
No 10 Maintenance Unit* No 11 Maintenance Unit* No 12 Maintenance Unit* No 13 Maintenance Unit*
Motto: I Preserve

Authorised:  King George VI - 17 November 1949

Authorised:  King George VI - September 1937 Motto: Nunquam Intermittere Cursum Never to break their flight)

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - 27 November 1952

Authorised: 
No 14 Maintenance Unit badge No 15 Maintenance Unit badge No 16 Maintenance Unit badge No 19 Maintenance Unit badge
No 14 Maintenance Unit* No 15 Maintenance Unit* No 16 Maintenance Unit* No 19 Maintenance Unit
Authorised:  King George VI - 29 August 1946 Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - April 1953 Motto: Instrumenta Fundamenta (Supplies are the foundation)

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - 19 June 1952

Motto: Arf Doeth yw Pwyll (The weapon of the wise is care)

Authorised: King George VI - 18 August 1949

No 20 Maintenance Unit badge No 21 Maintenance Unit badge No 22 Maintenance Unit badge No 23 Maintenance Unit badge
No 20 Maintenance Unit* No 21 Maintenance Unit* No 22 Maintenance Unit* No 23 Maintenance Unit*
Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - January 1953 Authorised: King George VI - 5 December 1946 Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1953 Motto:  Alimus (We maintain)

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - 8 July 1954

No 24 Maintenance Unit badge No 25 Maintenance Unit badge No 27 Maintenance Unit badge No 28 Maintenance Unit badge
No 24 Maintenance Unit* No 25 Maintenance Unit* No 27 Maintenance Unit* No 28 Maintenance Unit*
Authorised:  King George VI - January 1948 Authorised:  King George VI - 31 January 1946 Authorised: .Queen Elizabeth II - June 1955 Motto: E Nubibus (From the clouds)

Authorised:  King George VI - 5 June 1947

No 29 Maintenance Unit badge No 30 Maintenance Unit  badge No 31 Maintenance Unit badge No 32 Maintenance Unit badge
No 29 Maintenance Unit* No 30 Maintenance Unit* No 31 Maintenance Unit* No 32 Maintenance Unit
Motto: Cavendo Tuti (Precaution renders safe)

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 19 June 1952

Authorised: King George VI - October 1945 Motto: Trwy'r Arwydd Hwn Unol Ydym (By this sign we are united)

Authorised:  King George VI - 13 January 1949

Authorised: King George VI - 1945
  No 34 Maintenance Unit badge No 35 Maintenance Unit badge No 38 Maintenance Unit badge
No 33 Maintenance Unit* No 34 Maintenance Unit* No 35 Maintenance Unit* No 38 Maintenance Unit
Motto: Held in Reserve

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 27 November 1952

Motto: Labore Amnia Florent (By labour all things prosper)

Authorised: King George VI - 11 December 1947

Motto: We have served and ever shall

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - 27 November 1952

Motto: Dim Ni'n Hetyl (Nought shall deter us)

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 7 August 1952

No 39 Maintenance Unit badge      
No 39 Maintenance Unit      
Authorised: King George VI - September 1948      
No 44 Maintenance Unit badge No 45 Maintenance Unit badge No 47 Maintenance Unit badge No 48 Maintenance Unit badge
No 44 Maintenance Unit* No 45 Maintenance Unit* No 47 Maintenance Unit* No 48 Maintenance Unit
Motto:  Safeguard

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 8 July 1954

Authorised:  King George VI -February 1950 Motto: Protegimus (We protect)

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - 7 August 1952

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - July 1953
No 49 Maintenance Unit badge No 51 Maintenance Unit badge No 53 Maintenance Unit badge No 54 Maintenance Unit badge
No 49 Maintenance Unit* No 51 Maintenance Unit* No 53 Maintenance Unit* No 54 Maintenance Unit
Motto: Retrieve Repair Restore

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - 19 June 1952

Motto:  To serve and to hold

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 8 July 1954

Motto: Aligeros Alimus (We nourish the wing-bearers)

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - 7 August 1952

Motto: High Endeavour

Authorised:  King George VI - 11 December 1947

No 57 Maintenance Unit badge No 58 Maintenance Unit badge No 60 Maintenance Unit badge No 61 Maintenance Unit badge
No 57 Maintenance Unit* No 58 Maintenance Unit* No 60 Maintenance Unit No 61 Maintenance Unit*
Authorised:  King George VI - December 1943 Motto: Per Nos Volent (Thanks to us they fly)

Authorised:  King George VI - 11 December 1947

Authorised:  King George VI - January 1948 Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - July 1963
No 63 Maintenance Unit badge Badge - No 66 Maintenance Unit No 71 Maintenance Unit badge No 72 Maintenance Unit badge
No 63 Maintenance Unit

No 66 Maintenance Unit*

No 71 Maintenance Unit*

No 72 Maintenance Unit*

Motto: Recuperare Et Renovare (To retrieve and restore)

Authorised:  King George VI - 11 December 1947

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - January 1953 Motto: Ever Better

Authorised:  King George VI - 25 September  1947

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - August 1955
No 90 Maintenance Unit badge No 91 Maintenance Unit badge No 92 Maintenance Unit badge No 93 Maintenance Unit badge

No 90 Maintenance Unit*

No 91 Maintenance Unit* No 92 Maintenance Unit* No 93 Maintenance Unit*
Motto: Ad Serviendum Nitor (I strive to serve)

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 26 January 1956

Authorised: King George VI - 5 December 1946 Authorised: King George VI - 5 December 1946 Authorised: King George VI - 29 August 1946
No 94 Maintenance Unit badge No 95 Maintenance Unit No 99 Maintenance Unit No 103 Maintenance Unit badge

No 94 Maintenance Unit*

No 95 Maintenance Unit* No 99 Maintenance Unit* No 103 Maintenance Unit
Motto: Efficiency

Authorised:  King George VI - 5 June 1947

Motto: Aux grands maux, les grands remèdes (To desperate evils, desperate remedies)

Authorised: King George VI - 20 March 1947

Motto: Operamur et Mobilitantur (We labour and they are kept moving)

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - 8 July 1954

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - June 1958
No 107 Maintenance Unit badge No 109 Maintenance Unit badge No 113 Maintenance Unit badge No 114 Maintenance Unit badge
No 107 Maintenance Unit No 109 Maintenance Unit No 113 Maintenance Unit No 114 Maintenance Unit
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1953 Motto: Manus Artificus Aquilas Alunt (The hands of the Craftsman feeds the eagle)

Authorised: King George VI - 2 August 1951

Motto: Supply All

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 17 February 1960

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1964
No 128 Maintenance Unit badge No 131 Maintenance Unit badge No 160 Maintenance Unit badge No 202 Maintenance Unit
No 128 Maintenance Unit No 131 Maintenance Unit No 160 Maintenance Unit No 202 Maintenance Unit*
Motto: Ministri Fulminus (Suppliers of the thunderbolt)

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 19 June 1952

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - November 1964 Authorised: King George VI - September 1945 Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - January 1953
No 216 Maintenance Unit badge No 217 Maintenance Unit badge No 218 Maintenance Unit badge No 236 Maintenance Unit badge
No 216 Maintenance Unit* No 217 Maintenance Unit* No 218 Maintenance Unit No 236 Maintenance Unit*
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1953 Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - January 1958 Motto: Monstrare Viam (To show the way)

Authorised: King George VI - 25 September  1947

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - July 1953
No 238 Maintenance Unit nadge No 248 Maintenance Unit badge No 277 Maintenance Unit badge No 278 Maintenance Unit badge
No 238 Maintenance Unit* No 248 Maintenance Unit* No 277 Maintenance Unit* No 278 Maintenance Unit*
Motto: Shipshape

Authorised: King George VI - 3 January 1952

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - July 1953 Motto: Gofalu (Taking care)

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 27 November 1952

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - October 1953
No 279 Maintenance Unit badge Badge - No 280 Maintenance Unit Badge - No 281 Maintenance Unit Badge  - No 290 Maintenance Unit
No 279 Maintenance Unit* No 280 Maintenance Unit* No 281 Maintenance Unit* No 290 Maintenance Unit*
Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - July 1953 Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - July 1953 Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - April 1953 Motto: Direct Exchange

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - 30 January 1957

No 390 Maintenance Unit badge Badge - No 398 Maintenance Unit No 431 Maintenance Unit badge Aircraft Depot India badge
No 390 Maintenance Unit* No 398 Maintenance Unit* No 431 Maintenance Unit* Aircraft Depot India*
Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - June 1964 Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - April 1961 Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - December 1972 Authorised:  King George VI - July 1937

Airfield Construction Depot badge

Czechoslovak Depot badge

Home Aircraft Depot badge

No 9 MT Base Depot badge

Airfield Construction Depot Czechoslovak Depot Home Aircraft Depot No 9 MT Base Depot
Motto: Build to Endure

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - 11 July 1956

 

Authorised: King George VI - 29 August 1946 Authorised: King George VI - October 1945

When authorised the unit had been disbanded for seven years, replaced by No 13 MU

Motto: Procure Prepare Provide

Authorised: King George VI - 3 January 1952

Badge - Central Distribution Agency Supply Control Centre badge No 51 MT Company badge Maintenance Data Centre badge
Central Distribution Agency* Supply Control Centre No 51 MT Company Maintenance Data Centre*
Authorised: Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - April 1967 Motto: Carry On

Authorised: King George VI - 25 September  1947

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - August 1981
Badge - Field Repair and Salvage Flight, RAF Seletar Ground Radio Servicing Centre badge No 2 Ground Radio Servicing Squadron badge No 3 Ground Radio Servicing Squadron badge
Field Repair and Salvage Flight, RAF Seletar* Ground Radio Servicing Centre* No 2 Ground Radio Servicing Squadron* No 3 Ground Radio Servicing Squadron*
Authorised: King George VI - September 1944 Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - December 1985 Motto: We guide and serve

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 8 July 1954

Motto: Ante et Animo (Before and after)

Authorised:  Queen Elizabeth II - 3 May 1956

No 4 Ground Radio Servicing Squadron badge

No 2 MT Squadron badge

Logistics Establishment badge

Nimrod Major Servicing Unit badge

No 4 Ground Radio Servicing Squadron* No 2 MT Squadron* Logistics Establishment* Nimrod Major Servicing Unit*
Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - June 1958 Motto: Quocumque Quid Vehere Velitis (Wherever you8 want to ride)

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - 5 June 1957

Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - February 1992 Authorised: Queen Elizabeth II - April 1979
Tactical Armament Squadron badge No 93 Expeditionary Armament Squadron badge Armament Support Unit badge

No 402 Air Stores Park badge

Tactical Armament Squadron* No 93 Expeditionary Armament Squadron* Armament Support Unit* No 402 Air Stores Park*
Authorised: ? Transferred from Tactical Armament Squadron Authorised:  ? Based on 2nd TAF badge
Badge - No 71 Inspection and Repair Squadron Parachute Servicing Flight badge Badge - No 1 Engineer Support Sqn Badge - No 1 Expeditionary Logistics Squadron
No 71 Inspection and Repair Squadron* Parachute Servicing Flight* No 1 Engineer Support Squadron* No 1 Expeditionary Logistics Squadron*
Based on No 71 Maintenance Unit Unauthorised ? Authorised:  ? Authorised:  ?
Joint Aircraft Recovery & Transportation Squadron badge Badge - No 61 Repair and Salvage Unit Badge - No 127 Repair and Salvage Unit Badge - RAF Maintenance Base, Seletar
Joint Aircraft Recovery & Transportation Squadron* No 61 Repair and Salvage Unit* No 127 Repair and Salvage Unit* RAF Maintenance Base, Seletar*
 Based on No 60 Maintenance Unit Unofficial Unofficial Based on RAF Station Seletar

All badges on this page are Crown Copyright and have been produced by Mary Denton (except those marked *) 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.

*These badges have been produced by Dave Clifford

© Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Directorate of Intellectual Property Rights

This entry was last updated on 06/04/26

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