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808 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in July 1940. It served on a number of the Navy's aircraft carriers during the Second World War, serving in most of the theatres of the war, before decommissioning at the end of the war. It was re-formed in 1950 as 808 Squadron RAN, a carrier-based attack squadron of the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm, and saw action during the Korean War before disbanding again in 1958.

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  • 808 Naval Air Squadron
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  • 808 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in July 1940. It served on a number of the Navy's aircraft carriers during the Second World War, serving in most of the theatres of the war, before decommissioning at the end of the war. It was re-formed in 1950 as 808 Squadron RAN, a carrier-based attack squadron of the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm, and saw action during the Korean War before disbanding again in 1958.
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Role
  • Offensive Support
Type
  • Carrier based squadron
  • Helicopter dock based
Caption
  • Unit badge for 808 Squadron while in RAN service
Dates
  • 1940(xsd:integer)
  • 1942(xsd:integer)
  • 1950(xsd:integer)
  • 1955(xsd:integer)
  • 2011(xsd:integer)
Unit Name
  • 808(xsd:integer)
battle honours
  • Normandy 1944
  • 'Bismarck' 1941
  • Spartivento 1940
  • Burma 1945
  • Salerno 1943
  • Atlantic 1943
  • Korea 1951-2
  • Malta Convoys 1941
Motto
  • Strength in Unity
abstract
  • 808 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in July 1940. It served on a number of the Navy's aircraft carriers during the Second World War, serving in most of the theatres of the war, before decommissioning at the end of the war. It was re-formed in 1950 as 808 Squadron RAN, a carrier-based attack squadron of the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm, and saw action during the Korean War before disbanding again in 1958.
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