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Per ardua ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "through adversity to the stars" [1] or "through struggle to the stars" [2] that is the official motto of the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces such as the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force, as well as the Royal Indian Air Force until 1947. The Royal Canadian ...
Royal Canadian Air Force: Sic itur ad astra (Latin for "such is the pathway to the stars") Royal Canadian Navy: Ready aye ready; Canadian Joint Operations Command: Unanimi cum ratione (Latin for "united in purpose") Canadian Special Operations Forces Command: Viam inveniemus (Latin for "we will find a way")
The motto translates as Growing we learn. [2] Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force are the insignia of certain commands, squadrons, units, wings, groups, branches and stations within the Royal Air Force. They are also commonly known as crests, especially by serving members of the Royal Air Force, but officially they are badges.
The badge is depicted on the iron gates at the ceremonial entrance to the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, at the entrance to the Air Forces Memorial in Surrey, and on the Polish War Memorial in London. It was also featured on the reverse of a special series of £2 coins minted in 2018 to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force.
Royal Air Force: Motto(s) Latin: Pro Libertate ("For Freedom") [1] Commanders; Notable commanders: Guy Gibson: Insignia; Squadron Badge: A lion sejant, rampant, holding a banner charged with an astral crown. Based on the crest of the County Borough of Doncaster, the squadron being stationed near there at the time of adopting the badge. [2 ...
Royal Air Force: Motto(s) Latin: Suaviter in modo fortier in re (Agreeable in manner, forcible in act) Insignia; Squadron Badge: Two arrows behind a velvet glove.
Royal Air Force: Motto(s) Latin: Primi hastati ("The first of the legion") [1] Commanders; Notable commanders: C.C. McMullen (c. 1941) Insignia; Squadron badge heraldry: A panther rampant, incensed. The black panther indicates night hunting and the attitude of the animal symbolises attack: Squadron codes: HS Dec 1940 – Apr 1945, Oct 1945 – 1951
Royal Air Force: Motto(s) Latin: Irae emissarii (Emissaries of wrath) [1] Insignia; Squadron badge [a] [2: No. 178 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron ...