838 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
May 1942 838 NAS formed at RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
3. August 1943 808 NAS merged with 836 NAS
1. November 1943 838 NAS reformed at Belfast
3. February 1945 825 NAS disbanded at RAF Thorney Island
 
Planes:
 

 

 

 Apr. 1942  - Aug.1943
Swordfish I, II		      
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 Nov. 1943 - Feb. 1945
Swordfish II & III		    
 

 

 

 Oct. 1944 - Nov. 1944
Wildcat VI		      
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838 NAS Deployments 
         
         
         
         
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838 NAS Commanding Officers 
Lt-Cdr J. R. C. Callandar, RN May 1942 Jun 1943
Lt-Cdr (A) R. G. Large, RNVR Jun 1943 Aug 1943
Lt-Cdr (A) J. M. Brown, DSC, RNVR Nov 1943 Aug 1944
Lt-Cdr C. P. Snow, RN Aug 1944 Feb 1945
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History 

The squadron officially formed for the first time at RCAF Station Dartmouth, Canada in May 1942 as a torpedo bomber reconnaissance Swordfish squadron for service with escort carriers. The squadron flew to USNAS Alameda Island, USA in August 1942, embarking on HMS Attacker in December 1942 for the Panama Canal, returning to NAS Quonset Point, and subsequently re-embarking for convoy duties to Curacao.
In April 1943, at RAF Machrihanish the squadron was allocated for MAC-ship service, after training on HMS Argus and HMS Activity, and embarked for trials on the MAC-ship Rapana in August 1943, after which the squadron was merged into 836 squadron as L Flight.
The squadron reformed in November 1943 at Belfast with 4 Swordfish IIs, working up in HMS Nairana. In April 1944 the squadron joined 156 Wing RAF Coastal Command at Harrowbeer for operations in the English Channel, subsequently joining RAF coastal Command in Fraserburgh in October 1944. Later in October 1944 a fighter flight of 4 Wildcat IVs was formed at Eglington but subsequently transferred to 856 NAS. 
In November 1944 the squadron moved to RAF Thorney Island and disbanded in February 1945.

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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. March 2011

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