{"id":4483,"date":"2016-06-12T06:12:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T06:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=4483"},"modified":"2016-06-15T19:50:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T19:50:36","slug":"664-sqn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/12\/664-sqn\/","title":{"rendered":"664 Sqn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Awarded:<\/strong> October 1953<\/p>\n

Blazon:<\/strong> An Archer kneeling on the sinister knee proper his bow Or fully drawn<\/p>\n

Link:<\/strong> The archer was chosen to indicate this unit’s function of directing artillery fire from the air. The archer also has reference to Robin Hood, who is said to have been active in the area where the squadron was located.<\/p>\n

Motto<\/strong>: Latin: Vae viso<\/em> \u2013 I’ve espied it; woe betide it.<\/p>\n

History:<\/strong> Formed at Andover with Canadian personnel on 9 December 1944 and disbanded at Bad Zwischenahn, Germany on 31 May 1946.<\/p>\n

It reformed as a Royal Auxiliary Air Force unit at Hucknall on 1 September 1949 and finally disbanded there on 10 March 1957.<\/p>\n

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  1. Although the unit was originally formed as an RAF squadron, its badge was not approved until it had reformed as an RAuxAF squadron<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served with No 664 Squadron RAF and RAuxAF<\/em><\/p>\n

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