{"id":3089,"date":"2016-06-09T13:23:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T13:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2016-06-09T13:23:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T13:23:17","slug":"22-sqn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/09\/22-sqn\/","title":{"rendered":"22 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\/22.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> May 1936 (BR22)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon:<\/strong> On a Torteaux a Maltese Cross Argent overall a PI Sable fimbriated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> The Maltese cross signifies the location of the unit when the badge was authorised. It was also stationed with No 7 Sqn and had to fly over its lines away from the airfield symbolised by pi being 22 over 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto<\/strong>: Latin<em>: Preux et audacious<\/em> &#8211; Valiant and brave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History:<\/strong> Formed Gosport 1 September 1915.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served with No 22 Squadron.<\/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 1916-18. 2. Somme 1916. 3. Ypres 1917. 4. Hindenburg Line. 5. Channel &amp; North Sea 1939-41. 6. Mediterranean 1942. 7. Eastern Waters 1942-44. 8. Burma 1944-45. 9. Cambrai 1917. 10. Somme 1918. 11. Lys. 12. Amiens. 13. France &amp; Low Countries 1940. 14. Invasion Ports 1940. 15. Biscay 1940-41<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded: May 1936 (BR22) Blazon: On a Torteaux a Maltese Cross Argent overall a PI Sable fimbriated. Link: The Maltese cross signifies the location of the unit when the badge was authorised. It was also stationed with No 7 Sqn and had to fly over its lines away from the airfield symbolised by pi being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":273,"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\/3089"}],"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=3089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3091,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089\/revisions\/3091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}