Awarded: July 1951
Blazon: On a Mound a Lion statant guardant Azure charged on the shoulder with a Fleur-de-Lys Or
Link: As the unit is located on a hill, the mound represents this. The lion alludes to the national fighting spirit whilst the Fleur-de-Lys is taken from the Arms of Lincoln to indicate its location.
Motto: United we Strike.
History: Opened 27 June 1940 Closed 2 July 1992.
Commissioned by the Lightning Association in Memory of all who served at RAF Station Binbrook.
Further Reading …
Offence to Defence! RAF Binbrook
Stewart Scott / John Jackson
GMS Enterprises, 1990
Paperback 72pp