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| rdfs:comment | - 820 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in April 1933 with the transferral of the Fairey III aircraft from 405 Flight Royal Air Force to the Fleet Air Arm. It has operated, with a number of brief gaps, up to the present day and continues in service, flying the Merlin HM.Mk.1 out of RNAS Culdrose.
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| Garrison | |
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| identification symbol | - A flying fish above the waves in a circle of rope
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| Current Commander | - Cdr. Jason P Phillips, BA, MSc, FRGS, RN
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| Caption | - Fairey Swordfish of 820 Naval Air Squadron passing over HMS Ark Royal in 1939
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| Dates | - Apr 1933 – Nov 1943
- January 1958 – May 1959
- Jul 1951 – December 1957
- Nov 1959 – Oct 1960
- Oct 1944 – Mar 1946
- Sep 1964 – present
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| battle honours | - Japan 1945
- 'Bismarck' 1941
- Okinawa 1945
- Sicily 1943
- Malta Convoys 1941
- Atlantic 1941
- Falkland Islands 1982
- North Africa 1942–43
- Norway 1940–41 Spartivento 1940
- Salerno 1943 Palembang 1945
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| abstract | - 820 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in April 1933 with the transferral of the Fairey III aircraft from 405 Flight Royal Air Force to the Fleet Air Arm. It has operated, with a number of brief gaps, up to the present day and continues in service, flying the Merlin HM.Mk.1 out of RNAS Culdrose.
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