{"id":3751,"date":"2016-06-11T09:09:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T09:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=3751"},"modified":"2017-07-25T19:01:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T19:01:15","slug":"207-sqn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/11\/207-sqn\/","title":{"rendered":"207 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; src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/207.jpg&#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;] [\/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> May 1936<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon:<\/strong> A Lion statant Gules Winged, armed and langued Or<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> The badge is based upon an unofficial device used previously.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto:<\/strong> Latin: <em>Semper Paratus<\/em> &#8211; Always prepared.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History:<\/strong> Formed Petit Snythe November 1916 as No 7 Sqn RNAS. Renumbered 1-April 1918 Disbanded Northolt 30 June 1984. NB. Reformed as a training squadron at No 1 FTS in July 2002 after the artwork was completed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Battle Honours:<\/strong> 1. Ypres 1917. 2. Somme. 1918. 3. Hindenburg Line. 4. German Ports 1941-45. 5. Berlin 1941-45. 6. Ruhr 1941-45. 7. France &amp; Germany 1944-45. 8. Normandy 1944. 9. Western Front 1916-18. 10. Amiens. 11. Biscay Ports 1941-45. 12. Baltic 1941-45. 13 Fortress Europe 1944<\/p>\n<p><em>Sponsored by Corgi Classics Ltd.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#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>Further Reading &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_image admin_label=&#8221;Image&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/207-sqn313.jpg&#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; \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#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><em>History of 207 Squadron, the first 68 years<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bill Aitken<\/p>\n<p>RAF Northolt,<\/p>\n<p>Paperback 44pp<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded: May 1936 Blazon: A Lion statant Gules Winged, armed and langued Or Link: The badge is based upon an unofficial device used previously. 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