No.822 Naval Air Squadron (FAA) during the Second World War

No.822 Naval Air Squadron (FAA): Second World War

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Aircraft
1 July-17 September 1939: Fairey Swordfish

15 October 1941-March 1942: Fairey Swordfish
March 1942-July 1943: Albacore
July 1943-October 1944: Barracuda
18 November 1944-June 1945: Barracuda III
June 1945-February 1946: Barracuda II

Location
1 July-17 September 1939: HMS Courageous
15 October 1941-: Lee-on-Solent
17 July 1942-Summer 1943: HMS Furious
July 1943: Lee-on-Solent, joins 45th Naval TBR Wing October
April 1944: Arrives St. Thomas Mount, India
Late summer-October 1944: HMS Victorious
18 November 1944-: Lee on Solent
1945: Thorney Island, then Manston, under Coastal Command

Squadron Codes:
Swordfish: U5A+, single letters
Albacore: 4A+
Barracuda: single letters

Duty/ Battle Honours
1942: Atlantic
1942-43: North Africa
1943: Arctic

Books

 

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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (pending), No.822 Naval Air Squadron (FAA): Second World War, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/FAA/822_NAS.html

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