895 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
15. November 1942 895 NAS formed at RNAS Stretton
30. June 1943 895 NAS merged with 816 NAS and 842 NAS
23. April 1956 895 NAS reformed at RNAS Brawdy
19. December 1956 895 NAS disbanded at RNAS Lee-on-Solent
Planes:
 

 

 

 Nov. 1942 - May. 1943
Sea Hurricane Ib (6)		      
 

 

 

 Mar. 1943 - Jun. 1943
Seafire IIc (9)		      
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 Apr. 1956 - Oct. 1956
Sea Hawk FGA.4 & 6		  
 

 

 

 Oct. 1956 - Dec. 1956
Sea Hawk FB.3		    
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895 NAS Deployments 

25. June 1956 - 2. July 1956

HMS Bulwark

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Sea Hawk FGA.6

190-201 B

3. August 1956- 17. December 1956

HMS Bulwark

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Sea Hawk FB.3

455-469 B
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895 NAS Commanding Officers 
1942 - 1943

Lt-Cdr (A) J.W. Hedges, RNVR

15. Nov. 1942

30. Jun. 1943
1942 - 1943

Lt-Cdr J. M. Jones, RN

23. Apr. 1956

19. Dec. 1956
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History 

1942 - 1943
895 NAS forned at RNAS Stretton on 15. November 1942 as a single seater fighter squadron equipped with 6 Sea Hurricane Ibs, moving the following month to Charlton Horethorne. It was to have embarked in an escort carrier, but in March 1943 it re-equiped with 9 Seafire IIcS , remaining shore-based at St Merryn until May, then transferred to RAF Machrihanish, before disbanding at RNAS Turnhouse on 30. June 1943, forming the basis for the fighter flights of 816 NAS and 842 NAS.

1656
On 23. April 1956 895 NAS reformed at RNAS Brawdy with 12 Sea Hawk FGA.4s and FGA.6s, enbarking in HMS Bulwark in August. For the Suez campaign, it exchanged aircraft on 12. October 1956 with 897 NAS Squadron, from which it acquired 12 Sea Hawk FB.3s, these retaining their former codes. 895 NAS disenbarked to Lee-on-Solent towards the end of the year, disbanding there on 19 Dcember 1956.

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written 1. March 2011

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