830 Naval Air Squadron

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History 

1. July 1940 830 NAS formed by renumbering 767 NAS at RNAS Hal Far, Malta
31. March 1943 830 NAS merged with 828 NAS
15. May 1943 830 NAS reformed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent
3. October 1944 825 NAS disbanded at RNAS Hatston
21. November 1955 830 NAS reformed at RNAS Ford
5. January 1957 825 NAS disbanded in the UK
Planes:
  Jul 1940 - Mar 1943
Swordfish I
(12)
 

 

   
  Sep 1940 - Jul 1942
Albacore I
 

 

   
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  May 1943 - Oct 1944
Barracuda II
(12)
 

 

   
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830 NAS Deployments 
         
         
         
         
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830 NAS Commanding Officers 
Lt-Cdr F. D. Horne, DSO, RN July 1940 Aug 1940
Capt. K. L. Ford, RM  Aug 1940 Sep 1941
Lt-Cdr  J. G. Hunt, RN Sep 1941 Dec 1941
Lt-Cdr  F. H. E. Hopkins, RN Dec 1941 Mar 1942
Lt-Cdr (A) F. H. Fox, RN May 1943 Jan 1944
Lt-Cdr (A) R. D. Kingdon, DSC, RNVR Jan 1944 Oct 1944

 

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History 

This Hal Far based Swordfish squadron first formed in July 1940 from 767 NAS (Deck Landing training squadron) on its arrival at Malta, carrying out attacks throughout 1940 and 1941 against targets in Sicily and Libya, attacking on 19 July 1940 a U-boat and in August a dive bombing attack on oil storage tanks in Sicily.
In March 1942 the squadron only had 3 serviceable aircraft, merging with 828 squadron to form the Naval Air Squadron, Malta, to provide illumination flares to targeted attacks. But the aircraft numbers declined and in March 1943 the squadron ceased to exist. 
In total 828 and 830 NAS had accounted for sinking 30 enemy ships and damaged another 50 ships.
In May 1943 the squadron reformed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent as a torpedo bomber reconnaissance squadron with 12 Barracuda IIs and squadron aircrew largely drawn from New Zealand, working up at Hatston and Machrihanish.
The squadron joined No 8 Naval TBR Wing along with 827 NAS in October 1943, operating from Hatston and HMS Furious.
In March 1944 the squadron embarked on HMS Furious for a successful dive-bombing attack, Operation Tungsten, on 3 April 1944 with 827, 829 and 831 squadrons which crippled the German battleship Tirpitz in Kaa Fjord, north Norway. One aircraft was lost. The squadron subsequently returned to RNAS Hatston.

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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. March 2011

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