Awarded: May 1946 (BR185)
Blazon: A Mailed Fist Argent palmed Gules holding a dagger hilt downwards Argent pomelled Or hilted Gules
Link: The badge refers to the functions of the squadron, the mailed fist indicating the power of their bombing and the dagger handed down out of the sky, their parachute dropping activities
Motto: Latin: Sic fidem servamus – Thus we keep faith
History: Formed at Driffield on 7 November 1942 and disbanded at Shepherd’s Grove on 16 March 1946
Sponsored by Just Wood and dedicated to all who served on No 196 Squadron.
Battle Honours: No Standard