{"id":6211,"date":"2016-06-17T18:14:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T18:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=6211"},"modified":"2016-06-17T18:14:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T18:14:34","slug":"kalafrana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/17\/kalafrana\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalafrana"},"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\/06\/RAF-Stn-Kalafrana.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>: April 1938<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon:<\/strong> A Maltese Cross Argent\/Gules surmounted of an Eagle volant and affrontee head lowered to the sinister Or<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> The unit\u2019s location is indicated by the Maltese cross whilst its early use by the RNAS is represented by the eagle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto:<\/strong> Latin: <em>Nunquam defuimus<\/em> \u2013 We have never failed<\/p>\n<p><strong>History:<\/strong> Opened in July 1916 as RNAS Calafrana, becoming RAF Station Calafrana on 1 April 1918. Was re-named Kalafrana in December 1936 and was returned to Royal Navy control on 30 June 1946<\/p>\n<p><em>Sponsored by Ivon Nigel Moore and dedicated to all who served at RAF Station Kalafrana and Maintenance Base Safi<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded: April 1938 Blazon: A Maltese Cross Argent\/Gules surmounted of an Eagle volant and affrontee head lowered to the sinister Or Link: The unit\u2019s location is indicated by the Maltese cross whilst its early use by the RNAS is represented by the eagle Motto: Latin: Nunquam defuimus \u2013 We have never failed History: Opened in [&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":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211"}],"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=6211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6213,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211\/revisions\/6213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}