[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/27.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Awarded:<\/strong> October 1936 (BR27)<\/p>\n Blazon:<\/strong> An Indian Elephant proper<\/p>\n Link:<\/strong> The elephant was adopted as a symbol in 1914-18 mainly to remember the Martinside Elephant aircraft with which the Sqn was equipped.<\/p>\n Motto<\/strong>: Latin: Quam celerrime ad astra<\/em> – With all speed to the stars.<\/p>\n History<\/strong>: Formed Hounslow Heath 5 November 1915<\/p>\n Commissioned by No 27 (R) Sqn and dedicated to all air and ground crew killed while serving on 27 Sqn.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Battle Honours:<\/strong> 1. Western Front 1916-18. 2. Somme 1916. 3. Ypres 1917. 4. Cambrai 1917. 5. Malaya 1941-42. 6. Arakan 1942-44. 7. North Burma 1944. 8. Burma 1944-45. 9. Arras. 10. Somme 1918. 11. Lys 12. Amiens. 13. Hindenburg Line. 14 Gulf 1991<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Further Reading …<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/27-sqn293.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Beaufighters Over Burma<\/em>, 27 Squadron<\/strong><\/p>\n David Innes<\/p>\n Blandford, 1985<\/p>\n Hardback 128pp<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Awarded: October 1936 (BR27) Blazon: An Indian Elephant proper Link: The elephant was adopted as a symbol in 1914-18 mainly to remember the Martinside Elephant aircraft with which the Sqn was equipped. Motto: Latin: Quam celerrime ad astra – With all speed to the stars. History: Formed Hounslow Heath 5 November 1915 Commissioned by No […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":283,"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\/3109"}],"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=3109"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8159,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109\/revisions\/8159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}