Awarded: September 1948
Blazon: An Eagle wings expanded and inverted Or perched on a Rock proper.
Link: The badge is indicative of the function of the unit which is to watch over and protect the personnel being trained there.
Motto: Latin: Alitum altrix – Nurturer of the winged.
History: Opened April 1918. Current
Commissioned by Trevor and Carole Savage and Michael and Jill Small in Memory of Sqn Ldr James Bird (Carole and Jill’s father), former RAF Cranwell Tutor.