{"id":2849,"date":"2016-06-08T17:23:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T17:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=2849"},"modified":"2016-06-08T17:23:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T17:23:11","slug":"170-sqn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/08\/170-sqn\/","title":{"rendered":"170 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\/170.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 1944 (BR167)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon<\/strong>: Issuant from a Helmet affrontee Argent a Plume of three ostrich feathers Azure Gules Azure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link<\/strong>: The closed helmet signifies the duty of a reconnaissance sqn, that of seeing but not being seen, facing the front to indicate the squadron is always ready to face the enemy. The 3 feathers are in the colours of the Guards being symbolic of the squadron\u2019s formation for and use by the Guards Armoured Division.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto:<\/strong> Latin: <em>Videre non videri<\/em> &#8211; To see and not be seen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History:<\/strong> Formed Weston Zoyland 15 June 1942 &#8211; Disbanded Hemswell 14 November 1945.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Commissioned by the 170 Sqn Association in Memory of those who failed to return 1944-1945.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][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> No Standard.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded: January 1944 (BR167) Blazon: Issuant from a Helmet affrontee Argent a Plume of three ostrich feathers Azure Gules Azure. Link: The closed helmet signifies the duty of a reconnaissance sqn, that of seeing but not being seen, facing the front to indicate the squadron is always ready to face the enemy. The 3 feathers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":567,"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\/2849"}],"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=2849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2851,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions\/2851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}