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The Stag symbolises the speed and vigilance of aircraft operating from the Station with the Mullet indicating US Air Force who used the Station during Second World War. The Water is a pun upon the Second Half of the Word Bassingbourn - a bourn beeing a stream. The badge was granted in October 1949. | The Stag symbolises the speed and vigilance of aircraft operating from the Station with the Mullet indicating US Air Force who used the Station during Second World War. The Water is a pun upon the Second Half of the Word Bassingbourn - a bourn beeing a stream. The badge was granted in October 1949. | ||
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RAF STATION BASSINGBOURN, ROYAL AIR FORCE
History: Formed 1938.
Official blazon
Issuant from water barry wavy a stag salient azure crined and hooved Or charged with a mullet argent upon its shoulder.
Motto: Pristinae virtutis memores = Mindful of the valour of our ancestors.
Origin/meaning
The Stag symbolises the speed and vigilance of aircraft operating from the Station with the Mullet indicating US Air Force who used the Station during Second World War. The Water is a pun upon the Second Half of the Word Bassingbourn - a bourn beeing a stream. The badge was granted in October 1949. Literature: Image from Pinterest.
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