{"id":6661,"date":"2016-06-21T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T14:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=6661"},"modified":"2016-06-21T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T14:55:02","slug":"no-38-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/21\/no-38-group\/","title":{"rendered":"No.38 Group"},"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\/Group-38.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> May 1947<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon:<\/strong> An Eagle\u2019s leg erased proper holding in the claw a Sword in its Scabbard in bend Gules hilted Sable<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> The group symbolises its close association with the Army Airborne forces, both paratroops and glider pilots, by adopting as its badge an eagle\u2019s leg grasping a sword to indicate the Army being carried into action by units of the group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto:<\/strong> <em>Par nobil of fratri<\/em> \u2013 A noble pair of brothers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History:<\/strong> Initially formed at Netheravon on 11 October 1943, disbanding at Upavon on 1 February 1951. It re-formed as No 38 (Air Support) Group at Upavon on 1 January 1960 disbanding there once more by being merged into No 1 Group on 17 November 1983. It finally re-formed at High Wycombe on 1 November 1992 and remains current. (2011)<\/p>\n<p><em>Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served with No 38 Group<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded: May 1947 Blazon: An Eagle\u2019s leg erased proper holding in the claw a Sword in its Scabbard in bend Gules hilted Sable Link: The group symbolises its close association with the Army Airborne forces, both paratroops and glider pilots, by adopting as its badge an eagle\u2019s leg grasping a sword to indicate the Army [&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":[37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6661"}],"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=6661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6663,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6661\/revisions\/6663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}