Awarded: January 1938
Blazon: A Hornet proper.
Link: The local name for the Squadron in WWI was the Hornets
Motto: Latin: Irritatus lacessit crabro – The hornet attacks when roused.
History: Formed 1 April 1918 from No 13 RNAS Sqn at Bergeus in Flanders. Disbanded Bruggen 31 December 1969
Battle Honours: 1. Western Front 1918. 2. France & Low Countries 1940. 3. Dunkirk. 4.Battle of Britain 1940. 5. Egypt & Libya 1941-43.6. Syria 1941. 7. El Alamein. 8. South-East Europe 1943-45. 9. Channel & North Sea 1939-40. 10. Home Defence 1940-41. 11. Mediterranean 1942-43.
Sponsored by Brian west, remembered with Honour and Pride.