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825 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier-based squadron formed on 8 October 1934 from the aircraft and personnel of 824 Naval Air Squadron. It operated in most of the theatres of the Second World War, carrying out a number of attacks on prominent German warships, including the battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic and the pocket battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen during their Channel Dash. The squadron also saw action in later conflicts, including the Korean War and the Falklands War.

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  • 825 Naval Air Squadron
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  • 825 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier-based squadron formed on 8 October 1934 from the aircraft and personnel of 824 Naval Air Squadron. It operated in most of the theatres of the Second World War, carrying out a number of attacks on prominent German warships, including the battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic and the pocket battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen during their Channel Dash. The squadron also saw action in later conflicts, including the Korean War and the Falklands War.
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Branch
  • 23(xsd:integer)
command structure
Role
  • Offensive Support
Country
  • United Kingdom
Type
  • Carrier based squadron
Caption
  • A Fairey Firefly Mark IV FR from 825 Naval Air Squadron flying a reconnaissance mission from along the eastern seaboard of Korea.
Dates
  • 1934(xsd:integer)
  • 1942(xsd:integer)
  • 1946(xsd:integer)
  • 1961(xsd:integer)
  • 1982(xsd:integer)
Unit Name
  • 825(xsd:integer)
battle honours
  • Japan 1945
  • Norway 1940
  • Malta Convoys 1941
  • Falkland Islands 1982
  • Arctic 1942–45
  • Atlantic 1944
  • Bismarck 1941
  • Dunkirk 1940
  • English Channel 1940–42
  • Korea 1952
Motto
  • Latin: Nihil Obstat
abstract
  • 825 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier-based squadron formed on 8 October 1934 from the aircraft and personnel of 824 Naval Air Squadron. It operated in most of the theatres of the Second World War, carrying out a number of attacks on prominent German warships, including the battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic and the pocket battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen during their Channel Dash. The squadron also saw action in later conflicts, including the Korean War and the Falklands War.
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