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442 Transport and Rescue Squadron

Lazo, British Columbia
Confirmation of the blazon of a Badge
March 15, 2012
Vol. VI, p. 130

Badge of the 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron

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Blazon

Badge

Argent a haietlik proper;

Motto

UN DIEU • UNE REINE • UN COEUR;


Symbolism

Badge

According to a legend of the Nuu-chah-nulth, a West Coast First Nation, the haietlik, or lightning snake, was dispatched to kill whales, a major source of food for the people.

Motto

Meaning “One god, one queen, one heart”.