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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 Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. [7] It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). [ 8 ]
No. 90 Squadron was formed as a fighter squadron of the Royal Flying Corps at Shawbury in Shropshire on 8 October 1917, moving to Shotwick in North Wales on 5 December 1917. [2] [3] It was equipped with a variety of types, including the Avro 504, Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b, [4] together with a number of Sopwith Pups. [5]
Royal Air Force: Final base: RAF Feltwell: Motto(s) Latin: Esse potius quam videri ("To be, rather than seem") [1] Insignia; Squadron badge heraldry: A thistle. The thistle commemorates the fact that the squadron was formed in Scotland.
Royal Air Force: Motto(s) Latin: Hostem acolo expellere ("To drive the enemy from the sky") [1] Insignia; Squadron Badge heraldry: A broom. The broom was chosen to immortalise the frequent exhortation of Major 'Mick' Mannock, the famous World War I pilot, who served with the squadron, to "sweep the Huns from the air!" Squadron Codes: OX Oct ...
Royal Air Force: Motto(s) Latin: Rerum Cognoscere Causas ("To know the causes of things") [1: No. 168 Squadron RAF was a Second World War Royal Air Force ...
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 ...