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Awarded<\/strong>: Aoril 1938<\/p>\n Blazon:<\/strong> An Attire Sable<\/p>\n Link: The attire (antlers of a red deer) is used as an association with Scotland. It is in 6 points to remember a night in June 1918 when 6 DFC\u2019s were won in one action. The antlers are black to indicate night flying with the 3 top points alluding to the crown of success gained by the unit.<\/p>\n Motto<\/strong>: Strike to Defend<\/p>\n History:<\/strong> Formed Montrose 7 January 1917\u00a0 Disbanded Scampton 31 August 1969.<\/p>\n Commissioned by the Vulcan Restoration Trust and dedicated to all Air and Ground crew who served with 83 Sqn 1917-1969<\/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 1918. 2. Somme 1918. 3. Channel & North Sea 1939-45 4. Invasion Ports 1940 5. Fortress Europe 1940-44. 6. Ruhr 1940-45. 7. Berlin 1940-45. 8. France & Germany 1944-45. 9. \u00a0France & \u00a0Low Countries 1940. 10. Biscay Ports 1940-44. 11. German Ports 1940-45. 12. Normandy 1944.<\/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\/83-sqn316.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 83 Squadron, 1917-1969<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Ronald Low \/ Frank Harper<\/p>\n Self, 1997<\/p>\n Paperback 260pp<\/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” 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 83 Squadron<\/strong><\/p>\n Barry Hope<\/p>\n Mention the War<\/p>\n Paperback<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Awarded: Aoril 1938 Blazon: An Attire Sable Link: The attire (antlers of a red deer) is used as an association with Scotland. It is in 6 points to remember a night in June 1918 when 6 DFC\u2019s were won in one action. The antlers are black to indicate night flying with the 3 top points […]<\/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\/3429"}],"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=3429"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8179,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3429\/revisions\/8179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}