{"id":3943,"date":"2016-06-11T12:09:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T12:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=3943"},"modified":"2016-06-11T12:09:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T12:09:34","slug":"257-sqn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/11\/257-sqn\/","title":{"rendered":"257 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\/257.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;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> July 1942<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon:<\/strong> A Chinthe sejeant Or.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> The Chinthe, or Burmese Lion, commemorates the unit\u2019s association with Burma, it\u2019s donor, where it is often seen guarding entrances to pagodas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto:<\/strong> Burmese:\u00a0 <em>Thay myay gyeeshin shwe hti <\/em>\u2013 Death or glory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History:<\/strong> Formed Dundee 18 Aug 1918. Disb. Warboys 31 December 1963.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Battle Honours:<\/strong> No Standard.<\/p>\n<p><em>Commissioned by F C Beresford and dedicated to all who served with No 257 (Burma) Squadron.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded: July 1942 Blazon: A Chinthe sejeant Or. Link: The Chinthe, or Burmese Lion, commemorates the unit\u2019s association with Burma, it\u2019s donor, where it is often seen guarding entrances to pagodas. Motto: Burmese:\u00a0 Thay myay gyeeshin shwe hti \u2013 Death or glory. History: Formed Dundee 18 Aug 1918. Disb. Warboys 31 December 1963. Battle Honours: [&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\/3943"}],"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=3943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3945,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3943\/revisions\/3945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}