{"id":3049,"date":"2016-06-09T13:07:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T13:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2017-07-25T18:27:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T18:27:41","slug":"15-sqn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/09\/15-sqn\/","title":{"rendered":"15 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\/15.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_image][\/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> May 1936 (BR15)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon<\/strong>: A Hind\u2019s head affrontee proper erased at the neck between two Wings elevated and conjoined in base Or.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link<\/strong>: The unit was using the Hawker Hind at the time of granting of the badge which is based on one used previously.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto:<\/strong> Aim Sure<\/p>\n<p><strong>History:<\/strong> Formed Farnborough 1 March 1915\u00a0 Remains current.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sponsored by Mr Martyn R Ford-Jones with grateful thanks to all who have served with No XV Squadron in the name of freedom.<\/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> 1. Western Front 1915-18 2. Somme 1916. 3. Cambrai 1917. 4. Hindenburg Line.5. Meuse Bridges. 6. Ruhr 1941-45. 7.Berlin 1941-45. 8. Normandy 1944. 9. Gulf 1991. 10.Arras. 11. Somme 1918. 12. France &amp; Low Countries 1939-40. 13. Dunkirk. 14. Invasion Ports 1940. 15. Fortress Europe 1941-44. 16 Biscay Ports 1941-45. 17. 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