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Awarded:<\/strong> June 1955<\/p>\n Blazon:<\/strong> A Sprig of Broom proper enfiled by a Mural Crown Or.<\/p>\n Link:<\/strong> The mural crown is from the Arms of Birmingham on the outskirts of which the station is located. The sprig of broom represents a pun on Bromwich which means \u2018where the broom grows\u2019.<\/p>\n Motto:<\/strong> Latin: Supra urbem alae nostrae Volant<\/em> – Our wings rise over the city.<\/p>\n History:<\/strong> RAF Station Castle Bromwich was a private airfield requisitioned by the War Office in 1914 and finally closed on 1 April 1958.<\/p>\n Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served at RAF Station Castle Bromwich.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Awarded: June 1955 Blazon: A Sprig of Broom proper enfiled by a Mural Crown Or. Link: The mural crown is from the Arms of Birmingham on the outskirts of which the station is located. The sprig of broom represents a pun on Bromwich which means \u2018where the broom grows\u2019. Motto: Latin: Supra urbem alae nostrae […]<\/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":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029"}],"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=6029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8865,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029\/revisions\/8865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}