800 Naval Air Squadron
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800 Naval Air Squadron also referred to as 800 Squadron, is an inactive Fleet Air Arm naval air squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. It most recently operated the Harrier II GR.7/7A/9/9A V/STO
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Six Blackburn Skuas of 800 Squadron line up on deck before taking off from HMS Ark Royal
Supermarine Seafire Mk 47 of the type was used operationally in Korea by 800 Squadron, seen on HMS Unicorn
800 Squadron Supermarine Attackers of HMS Eagle in 1952/53
Supermarine Scimitar
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The Supermarine Scimitar was a British single-seat naval strike aircraft. Operated exclusively by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, it was the final aircraft to be entirely designed and manufactured by
800 Naval Air Squadron
…Supermarine Seafire. These were followed with the Supermarine Attacker in the mid-1950s, then the Hawker Sea Hawk during the Suez Crises, and later the Supermarine Scimitar and Blackburn Buccaneer during the 1960s. The squadron flew the Sea Harrier throughout the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, notably during the Falklands…
Scimitars of 736 Naval Air Squadron at Farnborough, 1962
An 803 NAS Scimitar from HMS Hermes together with a Sea Vixen, and an A-4, two F-8s, an A-3 and an F-4 of the US Navy over the Mediterranean Sea
XD220 at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in 2009