805 Naval Air Squadron
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| 4. May 1940 | 805 NAS formed at RNAS Donibristle |
| 13. May 1940 | 805 NAS disbanded at RNAS Lee-on-Solent |
| 1. January 1941 | 805 NAS reformed at Aboukir |
| 10. January 1943 | 805 NAS disbanded at "Kenya" |
| 1. July 1945 | 805 NAS reformed at RNAS Machrihanish |
| 1. July 1948 | 805 NAS disbanded at RNAS |
| 28. August 1948 | 805 NAS reformed at RNAS Eglington |
| 26. March 1958 | 805 NAS disbanded at NAS Nowra, Australia |
| 31. March 1958 | 805 NAS reformed at NAS Nowra, Australia |
| 30. June 1963 | 805 NAS disbanded at NAS Nowra, Australia |
| 10. January 1968 | 805 NAS reformed at NAS Nowra, Australia |
| 1970 | 805 NAS redesignated VF-805 |
| 2. July 1982 | VF-805 disbanded at NAS Nowra, Australia |
| 28. February 2001 | 805 NAS reformed at NAS Nowra, Australia |
| 5. March 2008 | 805 NAS disbanded at NAS Nowra, Australia |
| Planes: |
Roc I
Fulmar I
Sea Gladiator
Buffalo I
Hurricane I
Martlet I
Martlet IV
Seafire L.III
Aug 1945 - 194?
Seafire F.XV
Firefly F.1
Sea Fury FB.11
Sea Venom FAW.53
Skyhawk A-4G
Seaspite SH-2G
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| 805 NAS Commanding Officers | ||
| Major R. C. Hay, RM | 4. May 1940 | 13 May 1940 |
| Lt-Cdr A. F. Black, RN | 1. Jan 1941 | 27. Jul. 1941 |
| Capt L. A. Harris, RM | 27. Jul. 1941 | 31. Aug 1941 |
| Lt. E. A. Shaw | 31. Aug 1941 | 5. May 1942 |
| Lt-Cdr T. P. Coode, DSC, RN | 5. May 1942 | 27. Aug 1942 |
| Lt-Cdr (A) M. F. Fell, RN | 27. Aug 1942 | Jan 1943 |
| Lt-Cdr (A) P. J. Hutton, DSC, RNVR | 1. July 1945 | 19?? |
| Lt-Cdr PEI Bailey, RN | 28 Aug 1948 | 11 Nov 1949 |
| Lt-Cdr CJ Cunningham, DSC, RN | 11 Nov 1949 | 5 Apr 1950 |
| Lt-Cdr WG Bowles, RN | 5 Apr 1950 | 9 Apr 1951 |
| Lt-Cdr JRN Salthouse, RAN | 9 Apr 1951 | 28 Jan 1952 |
| Lt G Jude, RAN | 28 Jan 1952 | 8 Apr 1952 |
| Lt-Cdr DR Hare, RAN | 8 Apr 1952 | 11 Aug 1952 |
| Lt-Cdr GFS Brown, RAN | 11 Aug 1952 | 18 Apr 1953 |
| Lt NR Williams, RAN | 18 Apr 1953 | 20 May 1953 |
| Lt-Cdr AJ Gould, RAN | 20 May 1953 | 26 Jul 1954 |
| Lt-Cdr JT Sherborne, RAN | 26 Jul 1954 | 3 May 1955 |
| Lt-Cdr RE Bourke, RAN | 3 May 1955 | 26 Nov 1956 |
| Lt-Cdr JGB Campbell, DSC, RAN | 26 Nov 1956 | 28 Feb 1958 |
| Lt-Cdr B Stock, RN | 28 Feb 1958 | 26 Mar 1958 |
| Lt-Cdr GA Beange, DSC, RAN | 31 Mar 1958 | 20 Jul 1959 |
| Lt-Cdr MWMcD Barron, RN | 20 Jul 1959 | 1 Nov 1960 |
| Lt-Cdr IK Josselyn, RAN | 1 Nov 1960 | 30 Oct 1961 |
| Lt-Cdr FT Lane , RAN | 30 Oct 1961 | 3 Sep 1962 |
| Lt WIT Mulholland, RAN | 3 Sep 1962 | 30 Jun 1963 |
| Lt-Cdr JR Da Costa, RAN | 10 Jan 1968 | 2 Dec 1968 |
| Lt-Cdr WE Callan, RAN | 2 Dec 1968 | 20 Jan 1969 |
| Lt-Cdr FT Lane , RAN | 20 Jan 1969 | 28 Jul 1969 |
| Lt-Cdr JR Da Costa, RAN | 28 Jul 1969 | 20 Jul 1970 |
| Lt-Cdr CJ Patterson, MBE, RAN | 20 Jul 1970 | 5 Jun 1972 |
| Lt-Cdr WE Callan, RAN | 5 Jun 1972 | 23 Jan 1974 |
| Lt-Cdr GS King, RAN | 23 Jan 1974 | 22 Jan 1976 |
| Lt-Cdr BJ Diamond, RAN | 22 Jan 1976 | 16 Jan 1978 |
| Lt-Cdr D Collingridge, RAN | 16 Jan 1978 | 11 Dec 1978 |
| Lt-Cdr EM Kavanagh, RAN | 11 Dec 1978 | 14 Jan 1980 |
| Lt-Cdr CC Blennerhassett, RAN | 14 Jan 1980 | 19 Jan 1981 |
| Lt-Cdr G Northern, RAN | 19 Jan 1981 | 2 Jul 1982 |
| Cdr A Dalton, RAN | 28 Feb 2001 | 23 May 2003 |
| Cdr PC Ashworth, RAN | 23 May 2003 | 21 Mar 2005 |
| Cdr SJ Bateman, RAN | 21 Mar 2005 | 31 Jun 2006 |
| Lt-Cdr L.A. Volz, RAN | 31 Jun 2006 | 20 Dec 2007 |
| Lt-Cdr M. Royals, RAN | 20 Dec 2007 | 5 Mar 2008 |
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History |
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Formed as a fighter squadron in May 1940, the squadron crews trained on Roc seaplanes but the squadron was soon disbanded on 13 May 1940. In January 1941, the squadron was reformed at Aboukir with Fulmar IIs and a few Buffaloes, with detachments embarking on HMS Illustrious for operations in defence of Crete. In July 1941 the squadron re-equipped with 12 Martlet Is as part of the Western Desert RN Fighter squadron, serving with 264, 269 and subsequently 234 RAF Wings until the joint unit was disbanded in February 1942. The squadron moved to the Canal Zone in August 1942 and then south to Kenya, before disbanding in January 1943. The squadron reformed in July 1945 at RNAS Machrihanish with 25 Seafire L.IIIs and later XVs for service with 20th Carrier Air Group until the end of the war. On 28 August 1948, 805 NAS reformed at RNAS Eglington as a Royal Australian Navy squadron equipped with Sea Furies. They embarked on HMAS Sydney.
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