Awarded: August 1940 (BR113)
Blazon: Issuant from an Astral Crown Or a demi-Tiger proper.
Link: The demi-tiger is the badge of the Nizam of Hyderabad who presented the aircraft of this Squadron in 1918. The crown symbolises the superiority in the air.
Motto: Latin: Nec timeo nec sperno – I neither fear nor despise.
History: Formed 1 November 1917 at Rendcombe Disbanded 15 February 1971 at Changi.
Battle Honours: 1. Independent Force & Germany 1918. 2. Channel & North Sea 1939-42. 3. Norway 1940. 4.France & Low Countries 1940. 5. Fortress Europe 1940-42. 6. Malta 1941. 7. Arakan 1943-44. 8. Burma 1945. 9. Dunkirk. 10. Ruhr 1940-41. 11. German Ports 1940-41. 12. Invasion Ports 1940. 13. Mediterranean 1941. 14 Manipur 1944.