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  • 828 Naval Air Squadron
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  • 828 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in September 1940 as a torpedo spotter reconnaissance squadron. It operated in a number of the theatres of the Second World War, carrying out a number of attacks on enemy targets including the Tirpitz in Norway.
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Branch
command structure
Role
  • Offensive Support
Country
  • UK
Type
  • Carrier based squadron
Caption
  • Fairey Fireflies , Fairey Barracudas , and Supermarine Seafires of the Fleet Air Arm on the flight deck of HMS Implacable warming up ready to make strike on enemy shipping at the entrance to Alten Fjord, Norway.
Dates
  • 1940
  • 1944
Unit Name
  • 828
battle honours
  • Japan 1945
  • Mediterranean 1941-3
  • Norway 1944
abstract
  • 828 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in September 1940 as a torpedo spotter reconnaissance squadron. It operated in a number of the theatres of the Second World War, carrying out a number of attacks on enemy targets including the Tirpitz in Norway.