{"id":3383,"date":"2016-06-09T20:11:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=3383"},"modified":"2016-06-13T20:29:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T20:29:56","slug":"73-sqn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/09\/73-sqn\/","title":{"rendered":"73 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\/73.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> October 1938<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon<\/strong>: A demi-Talbot rampant Azure charged on the shoulder with a Maple-leaf Or<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link<\/strong>: The unit used in 1917-18,a depiction of a dog going to an empty cupboard. The talbot, an heraldic dog maintains this connection. The maple-leaf represents the wartime Canadian personnel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto<\/strong>: Latin: <em>Tutor et ultor<\/em> &#8211; Protector and avenger.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History:<\/strong> Formed Upavon 1 July 1917 disbanded Akrotiri 17 March 1969.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sponsored by Mr Don Minterne in Memory of his brother P.R.\u2019Pete\u2019Minterne, who served with the Squadron from 1937-42.<\/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.Maine 1918.3. France &amp; Low Countries 1939-40. 4. Battle of Britain 1940. 5. Egypt &amp; Libya 1940-43. 6.Mediterranean 1941-43. 7. El Alamein. 8. South East Europe 1943-45. 9. Lys. 10. Amiens.11. Arras. 12. Hindenburg line. 13. El Hamma. 14. Italy 1943-45.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded: October 1938 Blazon: A demi-Talbot rampant Azure charged on the shoulder with a Maple-leaf Or Link: The unit used in 1917-18,a depiction of a dog going to an empty cupboard. The talbot, an heraldic dog maintains this connection. The maple-leaf represents the wartime Canadian personnel. Motto: Latin: Tutor et ultor &#8211; Protector and avenger. [&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\/3383"}],"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=3383"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5455,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions\/5455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}