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816 Naval Air Squadron

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Active
  
1939 - 1948

Branch
  
Royal Navy

Part of
  
Fleet Air Arm

Country
  
United Kingdom

Role
  
Anti-submarine

Motto(s)
  
"Imitate the action of the tiger"

816 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed at the start of the Second World War.

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The squadron formed aboard HMS Furious in October 1939 with 9 Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers for anti-submarine duty on convoys between the UK and Canada

In 1948 it was re-formed as 816 Squadron RAN an Australian squadron with the Fairey Firefly and embarked on HMAS Sydney.

Battle honours

  • Norway 1940,
  • Narvik 1940,
  • Malta Convoys 1941,
  • Mediterranean 1941,
  • Atlantic 1943,
  • Arctic 1944,
  • Normandy 1944

    • Aircraft operated

  • Fairey Swordfish I (Anti submarine Warfare, Search)
  • Fairey Swordfish II (Strike)
  • Supermarine Seafire Ib & L.IIc (Strike)
  • Grumman Wildcat V (Strike)
  • Fairey Barracuda II (Torpedo/dive Bomber)
  • Fairey Firefly FR.I (Fighter Reconnaissance)
  • Fairey Firefly NF.I (Night Fighter)

    • References

    816 Naval Air Squadron Wikipedia
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