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Awarded:<\/strong> January 1967<\/p>\n Blazon:<\/strong> Surmounting a representation of the Ruins of Newark Castle proper two Flashes of Lightning in saltire at the points Or and in front thereof a Torch Argent enflamed proper.<\/p>\n Link:<\/strong> The ruin of Newark Castle denotes the conferment of the freedom of the City on the Station. The flashes are chosen to represent the unit\u2019s wartime bombing role. The torch alludes to the primary role at present which is that of teaching.<\/p>\n Motto:<\/strong> Praesta in officiis<\/em> \u2013 Excel in duties<\/p>\n History:<\/strong> Opened 1 November 1940 Remains current<\/p>\n Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served at RAF Station Syerston<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Awarded: January 1967 Blazon: Surmounting a representation of the Ruins of Newark Castle proper two Flashes of Lightning in saltire at the points Or and in front thereof a Torch Argent enflamed proper. Link: The ruin of Newark Castle denotes the conferment of the freedom of the City on the Station. The flashes are chosen […]<\/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\/6347"}],"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=6347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6349,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6347\/revisions\/6349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}