Awarded: August 1939
Blazon: A Lion statant Or.
Link: The badge was adopted by the unit since they were in Kenya from 1936.
Motto: Latin: Alae defendunt africam – Wings defend Africa.
History: Formed as B Sqn RNAS at Mitylene on 1 April 1918. Disbanded Folkingham 23 August 1963.
Battle Honours: No Standard.
Commissioned by Gerald and Kathy May in Memory of our dear son Gerard May, RMN (5 January 1964 – 25 January 2002),
an aficionado of military aviation and remembering with gratitude those who served with 223 Squadron.