870 Naval Air Squadron
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870 Naval Air Squadron (870 NAS), also known as VF-870, was a squadron of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). It was formed when 803 Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy was renumbered to 870 NAS on 1 May 1951. It operated throughout the 1950s and early 1960s before disbanding on 7 September 1962. It was the first RCN squadron to operate jet aircraft.[3]
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870 Naval Air Squadron RCN | |
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Active | 1 May 1951 – 30 March 1954 1 November 1955 – 7 September 1962 |
Disbanded | 7 September 1962 |
Country | Canada |
Branch | Royal Canadian Navy |
Type | Fighter squadron |
Motto(s) | Intercedimus et delemus (Latin for 'To intercept and to destroy') |
Colors | White and blue |
Insignia | |
Squadron badge | Azure issuant from a base barry wavy of three Argent and Azure a winged demi lion Or armed and langued Gules.[1](The design shows a lion rising from the water by means of wings and assuming a fighting posture.) |
Squadron code | BC (May 1951–June 1952)[2] |
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