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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

No 300 (Polish) Squadron badge No 301 (Polish) Squadron badge No 302 (Polish) Squadron badge No 303 (Polish) Squadron badge
No 300 (Polish) Squadron No 301 (Polish) Squadron No 302 (Polish) Squadron No 303 (Polish) Squadron
No 304 (Polish) Squadron badge

No 305 (Polish) Squadron badge

No 306 (Polish) Squadron badge No 307 (Polish) Squadron badge
No 304 (Polish) Squadron

No 305 (Polish) Squadron

No 306 (Polish) Squadron No 307 (Polish) Squadron
No 308 Squadron badge No 309 Squadron badge No 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron badge No 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron badge
No 308 Squadron

No 309 Squadron

No 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron No 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron
   

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

No 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron badge

No 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadron badge

  No 315 (Polish) Squadron badge
No 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron

No 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadron

 

No 315 (Polish) Squadron

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

   
No 316 (Polish) Squadron badge

No 317 (Polish) Squadron badge

No 318 (Polish) Squadron badge No 320 (Dutch) Squadron badge

No 316 (Polish) Squadron

No 317 (Polish) Squadron

No 318 (Polish) Squadron No 320 (Dutch) Squadron
     

Motto:      Animo libre dirigimur (We are guided by the mind of liberty)

Authorised:  King George VI - March 1946

No badge authorised

No 322 (Dutch) Squadron badge

This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised

No 321 (Dutch) Squadron

No 322 (Dutch) Squadron

No 326 Squadron No 327 Squadron
 

Motto:      Niet praten maar doen (Actions not words)

Authorised:  King George VI - December 1944

   
This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised No 330 (Norwegian) Squadron badge No 331 (Norwegian) Squadron badge
No 328 Squadron

No 329 Squadron

No 330 (Norwegian) Squadron

No 331 (Norwegian) Squadron

   

Motto:      Trygg havet (Guarding the seas)

Authorised:  King George VI - April 1943

Motto:      For Norge (For Norway)

Authorised:  King George VI - July 1945

No 332 (Norwegian) Squadron badge

No 333 (Norwegian) Squadron badge

No badge authorised No badge authorised
No 332 (Norwegian) Squadron

No 333 (Norwegian) Squadron

No 334 (Norwegian) Squadron No 335 (Greek) Squadron

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

   
No badge authorised 

This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised

No 341 Squadron badge No 342 Squadron badge
No 336 (Greek) Squadron

No 340 Squadron

No 341 Squadron No 342 Squadron
   

Motto: Friendship

Authorised:  King George VI - October 1946

Motto: Nous Y Sommes (Here we are)

Authorised:  King George VI - October 1944

This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised No 345 Squadron badge 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
   

Motto: Nil Actum Credo Si Quid Supersii Agendum (I think nothing done if anything remains undone)

Authorised:  King George VI - June 1945

 
This was a Free French unit with no RAF Badge authorised but the French badge can be seen in the Squadron history section

No 349 (Belgian) Squadron badge

No 350 ( Belgian) Squadron badge

No badge authorised

No 347 Squadron

No 349 (Belgian) Squadron

No 350 ( Belgian) Squadron No 351 (Yugoslav) Squadron
 

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

 

No badge authorised

No 353 Squadron badge

No badge authorised

No 355 Squadron badge
No 352 (Yugoslav) Squadron

No 353 Squadron

No 354 Squadron No 355 Squadron
  Motto:     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

No 356 Squadron badge

No 357 Squadron badge

No 358 Squadron badge No 360 Squadron badge
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

No badge authorised

     
No 361 Squadron      

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 26/11/23

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