Awarded: July 1936 (BR43)
Blazon: A Gamecock proper
Link: The Sqn was equipped with Gamecock aircraft in 1926 since when it has used the bird as a badge.
Motto: Latin: Gloria finis – Glory is the end
History: Formed at Stirling on 15 April 1916
Commissioned by 43 (Fighter) Sqn in Memory of those Fighting Cocks who gave their lives serving their Country.
Battle Honours: 1.Western Front 1917-18. 2.Ypres 1917. 3.Somme 1918. 4.Dunkirk. 5.Battle of Britain 1940. 6.North Africa 1942-43. 7. Anzio & Nettuno. 8. France & Germany 1944. 9.Arras. 10. Cambrai 1917. 11. Lys. 12. Amiens.
Further Reading …
43 Squadron ‘the Fighting Cocks’
J Beedle
Beaumont Aviation Literature, 1985
Hardback 389pp