No.817 Naval Air Squadron (FAA) during the Second World War

No.817 Naval Air Squadron (FAA): Second World War

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Aircraft
15 March 1941-1 September 1943: Albacore
1 December 1943-21 February 1944: Barracuda II
1 April 1945-23 August 1945: Barracuda II

Location
15 March 1941-: Crail
July 1941: HMS Furious
August 1941-end of 1942: HMS Victorious
Early 1943: Scapa Flow
12 February-March 1943: HMS Furious
March-16 July 1943: HMS Indomitable
July-September 1943: Gibraltar

1 December 1943-: Lee on Solent
January 1944-: HMS Begum
? :Shore Based with 12th Naval TBR Wing
23 July 1944-7 November 1944: HMS Indomitable
7 November 1944-January 1945: HMS Unicorn
13 January 1945: Aircraft destroyed in tropical storm at Sular, southern India
January-21 February 1945: UK

1 April 1945: Rattray
April 1945-: Fearn
23 August 1945: Disbanded

Squadron Codes: Albacore: 5A+; Barracuda: 3A+, 5A+, 7A+

Duty/ Battle Honours
1941: Norway
1942: North Africa
1942: Biscay
1943: Sicily

Books

 

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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (pending), No. 817 Naval Air Squadron (FAA): Second World War, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/FAA/817_NAS.html

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