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Awarded:<\/strong> June 1944<\/p>\n Blazon:<\/strong> In front of a Fountain an Astral Crown Or.<\/p>\n Link:<\/strong> The badge represents the RAF in action in operation over the sea.<\/p>\n Motto:<\/strong> Constant Endeavour.<\/p>\n History:<\/strong> Coastal Command formed by renaming Coastal Area on 1 May 1936. On 28 November 1969 it became part of Strike Command being reduced to Group status as No 18 Group and the badge transferred to that unit.<\/p>\n Commissioned by Charlotte Tandy in Memory of her Grandfather Flt Lt Sidney Ralph Walker, 1914-1986, a Liberator skipper who flew with 120 Squadron 1943-45 and dedicated to all who served with Coastal Command.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CC-221-Sqn-Shackleton.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” url=”http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/19\/coastal-command-historical-notes\/ “] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Coastal\u00a0Command: Historical Notes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n CLICK image to view Historical Notes\u00a0for Coastal\u00a0Command<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/coastal-command355.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” url=”http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/19\/coastal-command-books-and-articles\/ “] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n BOOKS AND ARTICLES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n CLICK image to view Book Reviews and Articles for Coastal Command<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Awarded: June 1944 Blazon: In front of a Fountain an Astral Crown Or. Link: The badge represents the RAF in action in operation over the sea. Motto: Constant Endeavour. History: Coastal Command formed by renaming Coastal Area on 1 May 1936. On 28 November 1969 it became part of Strike Command being reduced to Group […]<\/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":[37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577"}],"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=6577"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8519,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577\/revisions\/8519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}