{"id":3981,"date":"2016-06-11T12:27:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T12:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=3981"},"modified":"2016-06-11T12:27:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T12:27:05","slug":"268-sqn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/11\/268-sqn\/","title":{"rendered":"268 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\/268.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> November 1941<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon:<\/strong> A Swallow soaring proper holding in the claws a Tomahawk Gules hafted Sable<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> The swallow is symbolic of reconnaissance work at varying heights and is a link with the Mediterranean where the squadron was stationed at Malta. The tomahawk is a connection with the type of aircraft used at that time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto:<\/strong> Chippaway Indian: <em>Adjidaumo<\/em> \u2013 Tail-in-the-Air<\/p>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong>: Formed from Nos. 433 &amp; 434 RNAS at Calafrana, Malta in August 1918 disbanding on 11 October 1919. Re-formed at Bury St. Edmunds on 30 September 1940 finally disbanding at Cambrai-Epinoy on 31 March 1946<\/p>\n<p><strong>Battle Honours:<\/strong> No Standard<\/p>\n<p><em>Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served on No 268 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: November 1941 Blazon: A Swallow soaring proper holding in the claws a Tomahawk Gules hafted Sable Link: The swallow is symbolic of reconnaissance work at varying heights and is a link with the Mediterranean where the squadron was stationed at Malta. The tomahawk is a connection with the type of aircraft used at that [&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\/3981"}],"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=3981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3983,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981\/revisions\/3983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}