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827 Naval Air Squadron

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Country
  
United Kingdom

Role
  
Attack

Attack
  
Fairey Barracuda

Branch
  
Fleet Air Arm

Size
  
Squadron

827 Naval Air Squadron

Notable commanders
  
Lieutenant Commander J R Godley; Lieutenant Commander Roy Baker-Falkner

827 Naval Air Squadron was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War.

It operated Fairey Barracudas starting in May 1943, becoming the first squadron to receive Barracudas in any substantial number. Postwar it initially operated the Blackburn Firebrand strike fighter.

References

827 Naval Air Squadron Wikipedia