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Longbenton<\/strong><\/p>\n Blazon:<\/strong> In front of two Flashes in saltire Gules a Tower triple-towered Or<\/p>\n Link:<\/strong> The castle symbolises the unit\u2019s function of defence and storage of equipment. It is also included in the Arms of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and suggests the unit\u2019s location. The flashes are to suggest the use of electricity in the function of defence.<\/p>\n Date of Issue:<\/strong> June 1956<\/p>\n Motto:<\/strong> Latin: Volens et potens<\/em> \u2013 Willing and able<\/p>\n History:<\/strong> Opened 14 August 1939 Closed 1 September 1957<\/p>\n Sponsored by Just wood and dedicated to all who served at RAF Station Long Benton<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Longbenton Blazon: In front of two Flashes in saltire Gules a Tower triple-towered Or Link: The castle symbolises the unit\u2019s function of defence and storage of equipment. It is also included in the Arms of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and suggests the unit\u2019s location. The flashes are to suggest the use of electricity in the function of defence. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199"}],"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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9201,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199\/revisions\/9201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}