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Awarded:<\/strong> October 1941 (BR44)<\/p>\n Blazon<\/strong>: On a Mount an African Elephant proper<\/p>\n Link:<\/strong> The badge is based upon the seal of Lo Bengula, chief of the Matabele tribe. The elephant is also symbolic of heavy attacks.<\/p>\n Motto<\/strong>: Latin: Fulmina Regis Justa<\/em> – The King\u2019s thunderbolts are righteous.<\/p>\n History<\/strong>: Formed Hainault Farm 24 July 1917\u00a0 Disbanded Waddington 21 December 1982<\/p>\n Commissioned by Gp Capt Don Bretchley DMM; Alan Burl; Martin Madders; the Air Forces association of Zimbabwe and dedicated to the Crews of 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn from the Commonwealth and Rhodesia who paid the Supreme Sacrifice. We will remember Them.<\/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. Home Defence 1917-18. 2. Channel & North Sea 1939-45. 3. Invasion Ports 1940. 4. Ruhr 1940-43 & 1945. 5. Berlin 1940-44. 6. Normandy 1944. 7. Rhine. 8. Fortress Europe 1940-44. \u00a09. German Ports 1940 – 45. 10. Baltic 1940-45. 11. France & Low Countries 1940. 12. Biscay Ports 1940-44. 13. Atlantic 1942. 14. France & Germany 1944-45. 15. Walcheren.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Awarded: October 1941 (BR44) Blazon: On a Mount an African Elephant proper Link: The badge is based upon the seal of Lo Bengula, chief of the Matabele tribe. The elephant is also symbolic of heavy attacks. Motto: Latin: Fulmina Regis Justa – The King\u2019s thunderbolts are righteous. History: Formed Hainault Farm 24 July 1917\u00a0 Disbanded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":317,"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\/3189"}],"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=3189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3191,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189\/revisions\/3191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}