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Awarded:<\/strong> March 1938<\/p>\n Blazon:<\/strong> An Octopus proper.<\/p>\n Link:<\/strong> The octopus is a very active creature, even reputed to jump into the air and to cover considerable distances quickly. This activity, its marine habitat and its many arms all allude to the unit\u2019s history and attributes.<\/p>\n Motto:<\/strong> Latin: Nihil nos effugit<\/em> – Nothing escapes us.<\/p>\n History:<\/strong> Formed as No 6 Sqn RNAS December 1916 renumbered 1 April 1918 St Marie Cappel and remains current. NB. Finally disbanded at Kinloss on 1 April 2005 after the artwork was completed.<\/p>\n Battle Honours:<\/strong> 1. Western Front 1916-18 2. Arras 1917. 3.Channel & North Sea 19139-45. 4.Atlantic 1939,1941-45. 5. Dunkirk. 6. Fortress Europe 1940,1942. 7. Biscay 1941,1943-44. 8. Bismarck. 9.Lys. 10. Invasion Ports 1940. 11. German Ports 1940,1942. 12. Baltic 1945.<\/p>\n Sponsored by the 206 Sqn Association and dedicated to past and present members of the Squadron.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Awarded: March 1938 Blazon: An Octopus proper. Link: The octopus is a very active creature, even reputed to jump into the air and to cover considerable distances quickly. This activity, its marine habitat and its many arms all allude to the unit\u2019s history and attributes. Motto: Latin: Nihil nos effugit – Nothing escapes us. History: […]<\/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\/3747"}],"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=3747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3749,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747\/revisions\/3749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}