{"id":6881,"date":"2016-06-23T20:26:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T20:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=6881"},"modified":"2016-06-23T20:26:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T20:26:43","slug":"communications-centre-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/23\/communications-centre-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Communications Centre Germany"},"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\/Communications-Centre-Germany.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> June 1964<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon:<\/strong> An Artillery Wheel Azure the hub irradiating with 8 Rays of Lightning Or.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> The wheel suggests mobility whilst the hub symbolises the centre and the flashes communication.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto<\/strong>: Latin: <em>Recte et celeriter<\/em> &#8211; Accurately and quickly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong>: Although no records for this unit appear to exist at AHB\/RAF it is believed that it was formed as BAFO Signals Sqn in 1945, was renamed 2TAF Signals Centre in Sept \u201851, renamed 450 Signals Unit in Nov \u201856 before acquiring its present title in Apr \u201859. The disbandment date is unknown.<\/p>\n<p><em>Commissioned by Corporal Robert \u2018Titch\u2019 Nottage and dedicated to all the Regular and National Service communicators who worked around the clock keeping RAF Germany in contact.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded: June 1964 Blazon: An Artillery Wheel Azure the hub irradiating with 8 Rays of Lightning Or. Link: The wheel suggests mobility whilst the hub symbolises the centre and the flashes communication. Motto: Latin: Recte et celeriter &#8211; Accurately and quickly. History: Although no records for this unit appear to exist at AHB\/RAF it is [&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":[3,39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6881"}],"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=6881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6883,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6881\/revisions\/6883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}