{"id":3237,"date":"2016-06-09T17:34:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T17:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2016-06-13T18:30:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T18:30:04","slug":"54-sqn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/09\/54-sqn\/","title":{"rendered":"54 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; 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; src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/54.jpg&#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> November 1936<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon<\/strong>: A Lion rampant Azure semee of Fleur-de-Lys Or.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> The squadron served in France and Belgium in 1916-18 and the badge combines charges indicative from both, the lion from \u00a0\u00a0 Belgium and the Fleur-de-Lys from France.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto<\/strong>: Latin: Audax omnia perpeti &#8211; Bold to endure anything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong>: Formed Castle Bromwich 16 May 1916<\/p>\n<p><em>Commissioned by 54(Fighter) Squadron Association to commemorate their inaugural Annual General Meeting, 15 May 1999 and dedicated to all past, present and future members of 54 (F) 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. Arras. 2. Ypres 1917. 3. Cambrai 1917. 4. Amiens. 5. Dunkirk. 6. Battle of Britain 1940.\u00a0 7. Fortress Europe 1941. 8. Eastern Waters 1943-45. 9. Western Front 1916-18. 10. Home Defence 1940-45. 11. France &amp; Low Countries 1940. 12. Gulf 1991.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded: November 1936 Blazon: A Lion rampant Azure semee of Fleur-de-Lys Or. Link: The squadron served in France and Belgium in 1916-18 and the badge combines charges indicative from both, the lion from \u00a0\u00a0 Belgium and the Fleur-de-Lys from France. Motto: Latin: Audax omnia perpeti &#8211; Bold to endure anything. History: Formed Castle Bromwich 16 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"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\/3237"}],"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=3237"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5353,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237\/revisions\/5353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}