Awarded: January 1938 (BR118)
Blazon: A dexter Hand erased at the wrist proper holding a Tiller Azure
Link: The unit laid great stress on navigation and the hand on the tiller represents this.
Motto: Despite the elements
History: Formed Catterick 1 December 1917. Disb. 1 October 1993 at Benson.
Commissioned for the late Gladys and Bert Wilcox by their son Maurice in Memory of F/O E B Woolhouse and his crew of Lancaster DS793 KO-L, killed in action flying from RAF Witchford in the raid on Berlin, 26-27 November 1943 and dedicated to all who served with 115 Squadron.
Battle Honours: 1. Independent Force & Germany 1918. 2.Channel & North Sea 1939-43. 3.Norway 1940. 4.German Ports 1940-45. 5.Ruhr 1940-45. 6.Fortress Europe 1940-44. 7.Berlin 1940-44. 8. Normandy 1944. 9.France & Low Countries 1940. 10.Invasion Ports 1940. 11.Biscay Ports 1940-43. 12.Baltic 1943. 13.France & Germany 1944-45. 14.Rhine.