Awarded: October 1956 (BR923)
Blazon: A Sword bendwise in its Scabbard Argent hilted Or grasped beneath the hilt by an Eagle’s claw couped at the thigh in chief Or and a Gauntlet likewise grasping the scabbard in base Argent
Link: The badge symbolises the functions of the squadron which consist of the delivering by air weapons of war from the producers to the users. The Eagle’s claw is to suggest Air Transport; the sword the weapons; and the gauntlet the fighting Units receiving the weapons.
Motto: Latin: Quocumque – Whithersoever
History: Formed at Heliopolis on 9 July 1942 Disbanded at Hawarden on 1 September 1957
Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served with No 173 Squadron
Battle Honours: No Standard.