Awarded: November 1946 (BR357)
Blazon: A Cobra Or entwining two Gun Barrels in saltire proper
Link: This unit is equipped with Beaufighter aircraft which carry two cannons as their essential armament. The Beaufighter is regarded as a comparatively silent aircraft and the cobra in the design not only suggests this silence, but has reference to the formation at Amarda Road, India
Motto: Latin: Silenter in medias res – Silently into the midst of things
History: Formed at Amarda Road, India on 28 November 1942 but its personnel were still in transit from the UK and did not assemble until 11 January 1943. It disbanded at Hathazari on 5 July 1945
Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served with No 177 Squadron
Battle Honours: No Standard
Further Reading …
Silently in the Midst of Things, 177 Squadron
Atholl Brown
Book Guild, 1997
Hardback 243pp