Luqa
Blazon: In front of a Maltese Cross per pale Argent/Gules a Castle Or
Link: The design indicates that this important airfield in Malta withstood every attack against it throughout the siege of the ‘Island Fortress’ and remained on the offensive through all the Mediterranean campaigns.
Date of Issue: February 1945
Motto: Maltese: Mitjar qatt mirbuh – An airfield never beaten
History: Opened May 1940 and closed on 31 March 1979
Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served at RAF Luqa