Awarded: July 1944 (BR186)
Blazon: In front of a Fountain two Swords palewise Argent hilted Or the dexter point upwards the sinister point downwards.
Link: The fountain is indicative of operations over the sea, the upward pointing sword relating to mine-laying activities (as the mine comes up from beneath the waves) with the downward pointing sword representing bombing.
Motto: Let tyrants tremble
History: Formed Rochford 1 June 1917 disbanded Lakenheath 15 December 1958
Sponsored by Mr Douglas R Wood in Memory of Maurice Hodson, Dugald Wood, Brian Higginson, Jack Taylor, John Quar, Bill Boydon and Leonard Clay lost over Hanover 27 September 1943: also their bomb-aimer Robert Taylor who died 28 December 1993.
Battle Honours: No Standard.
Further Reading …
And in the morning …, 199 Squadron
Barry Hope
Self, 2014
Paperback