Awarded: October 1937
Blazon: A Sphinx affrontee proper.
Link: The Giza Sphinx signified the squadron’s motto, vigilant, as well as being representative of Egypt where the unit saw much service from 1920.
Motto: Vigilant
History: Formed as No 8 Sqn RNAS 25 October 1916 at Teteghem and became a Reserve Sqn in April 1994.
Battle Honours: 1. Western Front 1916-18. 2.Arras. 3.Ypres 1917. 4. Somme 1918. 5.Egypt & Libya 1940-42. 6. Greece 1941. 7.El Alamein. 8. Italy 1944-45. 9. Lys. 10.Iraq 1941. 11. Syria 1941. 12. Gustav Line. 13 Gothic Line. 14. Gulf 1991.
Sponsored by Mrs Abigail Tainsh in Memory of W/O John Buchan Tainsh (565208) born in Perth on 30 April 1914 and died in Broadstone on 22 June 1969, who served loyally from 13 January 1931 to 29 April 1969