811 Naval Air Squadron
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811 Naval Air Squadron, sometimes expressed as 811 Squadron, is an inactive Fleet Air Arm naval air squadron belonging to the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It most recently operated the Hawker Sea
A Grumman Martlet fighter of 811 Squadron lands on HMS Biter after a successful action against a German Junkers Ju 290, February 1944
View of HMS Biter from a Swordfish just after takeoff. Ready on the deck are two Martlet fighters, and in the distance other ships of the convoy, March 1944.
Hawker Sea Fury; an example of the type used by 811 Squadron
815 Naval Air Squadron
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815 Naval Air Squadron is a Fleet Air Arm naval air squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. It currently operates the AgustaWestland Wildcat HMA.2 maritime attack helicopter and is the Royal Navy
811 Naval Air Squadron
…and all of its aircraft when HMS Courageous was sunk by a U-boat on 17 September 1939, and the survivors of 811 and 822 Squadrons were reformed into 815 Naval Air Squadron. 811 Squadron was reformed in July 1941 at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), near Portsmouth, as a torpedo-bomber reconnaissance squadron, and was…
Squadron badge
HMS Illustrious, sometime in 1942
A still flying example of a Fairey Swordfish
A Fairey Barracuda