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Awarded:<\/strong> April 1944<\/p>\n Blazon<\/strong>: In front of a Fountain proper a Torch Gules winged Or.<\/p>\n Link:<\/strong> The badge signifies learning by the torch and its connection with the sea by the fountain.<\/p>\n Motto<\/strong>: Latin: Scientia et armis<\/em> – By knowledge and arms.<\/p>\n History<\/strong>: Formed at Carew Cheriton on 22 Oct \u201840, renamed Air Sea Warfare Development Unit on 1 Jan \u201845 and amalgamated with the Central Fighter Establishment and Bomber Command Development unit to form the Central Tactics & Trials Organisation on 30 Apr \u201868<\/p>\n In Memory of Wg Cdr H de V Leigh, inventor of the Leigh Light, whose development trials led to the first successful attack by a Leigh Light Wellington on the Italian submarine Luigi Torelli in the Bay of Biscay on 3 Jan \u201842.Sponsored by Air Cdre JH Greswell CB CBE DSO DFC.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Awarded: April 1944 Blazon: In front of a Fountain proper a Torch Gules winged Or. Link: The badge signifies learning by the torch and its connection with the sea by the fountain. Motto: Latin: Scientia et armis – By knowledge and arms. History: Formed at Carew Cheriton on 22 Oct \u201840, renamed Air Sea Warfare […]<\/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\/6581"}],"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=6581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6583,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6581\/revisions\/6583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}