No. 77 Squadron RAF

No. 77 Squadron RAF
Active1 October 1916 - 13 June 1919
14 June 1937 - 1 June 1949
1 September 1958 – 10 July 1963
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Final baseRAF Feltwell
Motto(s)Latin: Esse potius quam videri
("To be, rather than seem")[1]
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldryA thistle. The thistle commemorates the fact that the squadron was formed in Scotland.

No. 77 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force which was active in various incarnations between 1916 and 1963.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 65. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.