RAF Bassingbourn
Awarded: October 1949
Blazon: Issuant from Water barry-wavy a Stag salient
Link: The stag symbolises the speed and vigilance of aircraft operating from Bassingbourn and the mullet indicates association with the USAF in the Second World War. Heraldic waves of water are introduced to suggest the second half of the name Bassingbourn.
Date of Issue: October 1949
Motto: Latin: Pristinae virtutis memores – Mindful of the valour of our ancestors
History: Opened 2 May 1937 and was transferred to Army control, becoming Bassingbourn Barracks, on 29 August 1969
Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served at RAF Bassingbourn