{"id":3159,"date":"2016-06-09T15:34:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T15:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=3159"},"modified":"2016-06-09T15:34:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T15:34:43","slug":"38-sqn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/09\/38-sqn\/","title":{"rendered":"38 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\/38.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>: February 1937 (BR38)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon:<\/strong> A Heron volant Azure<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link<\/strong>: The heron, a bird common to East Anglia, rarely misses its mark, becomes active at twilight and is a formidable fighter when attacked<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto<\/strong>: Latin: <em>Ante lucem<\/em> &#8211; Before the dawn<\/p>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong>: Formed Thetford 1 April 1916. Disbanded Hal Far 31 March 1967<\/p>\n<p><em>Sponsored by Ivon Nigel Moore and dedicated to all who served with No 38 Squadron.<\/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 1918. 2. Channel &amp; North Sea 1939. 3. Norway 1940. 4. France &amp; Low Countries 1940. \u00a0 5. Invasion Ports 1940. 6. Berlin 1940. 7. Malta 1941. 8. Mediterranean 1941-43. 9. Home Defence 1917- 18. 10. Fortress Europe 1940. 11. Ruhr 1940. 12. German Ports 1940. 13. Egypt &amp; Libya 1940-42.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded: February 1937 (BR38) Blazon: A Heron volant Azure Link: The heron, a bird common to East Anglia, rarely misses its mark, becomes active at twilight and is a formidable fighter when attacked Motto: Latin: Ante lucem &#8211; Before the dawn History: Formed Thetford 1 April 1916. Disbanded Hal Far 31 March 1967 Sponsored by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":305,"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\/3159"}],"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=3159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3161,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159\/revisions\/3161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}