Awarded: June 1939
Blazon: A Lion passant guardant Or holding a Flash of Lightning Gules.
Link: The Lion comes from the Arms of Heston, Isleworth and Hounslow Abbey where the unit formed. The lightning flash was a marking used in 1916-18.
Motto: Latin: Sudore quam sanguine – Through sweat other than through blood.
History: Formed Hounslow Heath 15 May 1916. Disbanded Changi 31 December 1969
Sponsored by Ivon Nigel Moore and dedicated to all who served with No 52 Squadron.
Battle Honours: 1. Western Front 1916-18. 2. Hindenburg Line. 3. Ypres 1917. 4. Messines 1917. 5. Mediterranean 1943. 6. Sicily 1943. 7. Pacific 1944-45. 8. Burma 1945.