No. 800 Naval Air Squadron (FAA) during the Second World War

No. 800 Naval Air Squadron (FAA): Second World War

Aircraft - Locations - Group and Duty - Books

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Spring 1939 gets four Blackburn Rocs for familiarisation, but never flies them in combat

Seven Skuas make the succesful attack on the Konigsberg at Bergen

Re-embark on Ark Royal 21 April 1940 to support Narvik ops - most Skuas lost from both 800 and 803

March 1941 comes back from Med on HMS Furious, to get Fairey Fulmar

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Aircraft
1938-1941: Blackburn Skua
April/ May 1941-June/ July 1942: Fairey Fulmar
June 1942-: Hawker Sea Hurricane
-December 1945: Grumman Hellcat

Location/ Aircraft Carrier
-Spring 1939-: Worthy Down / HMS Ark Royal
-Late 1939: Freetown, Sierra Leone/ HMS Ark Royal
January 1940: Disembark at Hatston, Orkneys
21 April 1940: Re-embark on Ark Royal
-March 1941: HMS Furious
Spring 1941: HMS Argus and HMS Victorious (hunt for Bismarck)
June 1941: Regrouped St. Merryn
July 1941-: HMS Furious
? Madagascar: HMS Indomitable
June 1942-: HMS Biter
By 1944: HMS Emperor
December 1945: Disbanded

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Duty
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Books

 

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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (pending), No. 800 Naval Air Squadron (FAA): Second World War, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/FAA/800_NAS.html

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