{"id":2557,"date":"2016-06-07T19:55:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T19:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=2557"},"modified":"2016-06-07T19:55:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T19:55:28","slug":"115-sqn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/07\/115-sqn\/","title":{"rendered":"115 Sqn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_image admin_label=&#8221;Image&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/115.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;left&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awarded:<\/strong> January 1938 (BR118)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon:<\/strong> A dexter Hand erased at the wrist proper holding a Tiller Azure<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> The unit laid great stress on navigation and the hand on the tiller represents this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto:<\/strong> Despite the elements<\/p>\n<p><strong>History:<\/strong> Formed Catterick 1 December 1917. Disb. 1 October 1993 at Benson.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>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<\/strong> <strong>with 115 Squadron.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Battle Honours<\/strong>: 1. Independent Force &amp; Germany 1918. 2.Channel &amp; 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 &amp; Low Countries 1940.\u00a0 10.Invasion Ports 1940. 11.Biscay Ports 1940-43. 12.Baltic 1943. 13.France &amp; Germany 1944-45. 14.Rhine.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2559,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions\/2559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}