Awarded: September 1937 (BR10)
Blazon: An Arrow point downwards Or winged Gules.
Link: The winged arrow is to indicate speed and is an allusion to the bomb being the successor to the arrow.
Motto: Latin: Rerem acu tange – To hit the mark.
History: Formed Farnborough 1 January 1915 – remains current. (1998). Finally disbanded at Brize Norton on 14 October 2005 after completion of this page
Battle Honours:
- Western Front 1915-18
- Arras
- Somme 1918
- Invasion Ports
- Fortress Europe 1940-44
- Ruhr 1940-45
- Normandy 1944
- Berlin 1940-45
- Loos
- Somme 1916
- Channel & North Sea 1940-45
- Norway 1940
- Biscay Ports 1940-45
- German Ports 1940-45
- France & Germany 1944-45
- Rhine.
Commissioned by Mr Kenneth McOwan