815 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Fleet Air Arm, part of the Royal Navy. The squadron is currently based at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) in Somerset, United Kingdom and it is the Navy's front line Lynx Naval Air Squadron. It currently comprises about 30 Lynx Mk8 SRU helicopters. It is the largest helicopter squadron in western Europe.
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| - 815 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Fleet Air Arm, part of the Royal Navy. The squadron is currently based at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) in Somerset, United Kingdom and it is the Navy's front line Lynx Naval Air Squadron. It currently comprises about 30 Lynx Mk8 SRU helicopters. It is the largest helicopter squadron in western Europe.
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Garrison
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command structure
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Role
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ceremonial chief
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Current Commander
| - Commander L.M. Wilson-Chalon, RN
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Caption
| - Official 815 Naval Air Squadron Badge
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Dates
| - 1947(xsd:integer)
- Dec 1944 - 1945
- Jan 1981 - present
- Jul 1961 - Oct 1966
- Nov 1939 - Jul 1943
- Oct 1939 - Nov 1939
- Oct 1943 - Nov 1944
- Sep 1958 - Aug 1959
- Sep 1959 - Dec 1960
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battle honours
| - Burma 1944
- Kuwait 1991
- Falkland Islands 1982
- North Sea 1940
- East Indies 1944
- Libya 1941-42
- Matapan 1941
- Mediterranean 1940-42
- Taranto 1940
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Equipment
| - Westland Lynx HAS.3, HMA.8 DSP and HMA.8 SRU
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| - 815 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Fleet Air Arm, part of the Royal Navy. The squadron is currently based at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) in Somerset, United Kingdom and it is the Navy's front line Lynx Naval Air Squadron. It currently comprises about 30 Lynx Mk8 SRU helicopters. It is the largest helicopter squadron in western Europe.
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