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Description:
816 Naval Air Squadron
was a
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
carrier based squadron formed at the start of the
Second World War
.
The squadron formed aboard
HMS
Furious
in October 1939 with 9
Fairey Swordfish
torpedo bombers
for anti-submarine duty on convoys between the UK and
Canada
In 1948 it was re-formed as
816 Squadron RAN
an Australian squadron with the
Fairey Firefly
and embarked on
HMAS
Sydney
.
Battle honours
Norway 1940,
Narvik 1940,
Malta Convoys 1941,
Mediterranean 1941,
Atlantic 1943,
Arctic 1944,
Normandy 1944
Aircraft operated
Fairey Swordfish I
(Anti submarine Warfare, Search)
Fairey Swordfish
II (Strike)
Supermarine Seafire
Ib & L.IIc (Strike)
Grumman Wildcat V
(Strike)
Fairey Barracuda II
(Torpedo Bomber)
Fairey Firefly FR.I
(Fighter Reconnaissance)
Fairey Firefly NF.I
(Night Fighter)
See also
List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons
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