Awarded: January 1944 (BR167)
Blazon: Issuant from a Helmet affrontee Argent a Plume of three ostrich feathers Azure Gules Azure.
Link: The closed helmet signifies the duty of a reconnaissance sqn, that of seeing but not being seen, facing the front to indicate the squadron is always ready to face the enemy. The 3 feathers are in the colours of the Guards being symbolic of the squadron’s formation for and use by the Guards Armoured Division.
Motto: Latin: Videre non videri – To see and not be seen.
History: Formed Weston Zoyland 15 June 1942 – Disbanded Hemswell 14 November 1945.
Commissioned by the 170 Sqn Association in Memory of those who failed to return 1944-1945.
Battle Honours: No Standard.