807 Naval Air Squadron
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History |
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| 15. September 1940 | 807 NAS formed at RNAS Worthy Down |
| 4. November 1955 | 807 NAS disbanded at RNB Portsmouth |
| 1. October 1958 | 807 NAS formed at RNAS Lossimouth |
| 15. May 1962 | 807 NAS disbanded at RNAS Lossimouth |
| Planes: |
Fulmar I
Fulmar II
Seafire Ib
Seafire L. IIc
Seafire L.III
Seafire F.XVII
Sea Fury F.10
Sea Fury FB.11
Sea Hawk. F.2
Sea Hawk. FB.3
Sea Hawk. FGA.4
Scimitar F.1
| 807 NAS Deployments | ||||
| 19. February 1955 - 3. March 1955 | HMS Bulwark | - | Sea Hawk FB.3 | 120 ? |
| 19. July 1955 - 2. November 1955 | HMS Albion | - | Sea Hawk FGA.4 | 120 Z |
| 10. April 1961 - 1. September 1961 | HMS Centauer | - | Scimitar F.1 | 190-198 C |
| 20. October 1961 - 14. May 1962 | HMS Centauer | - | Scimitar F.1 | 190-198 C |
| 807 NAS Commanding Officers | ||
| Lt-Cdr (A) J. Sholto Douglas, DSO, RN | Sept 1940 | Nov 1941 |
| Lt A. B. Fraser Harris, DSC, RN | Nov 1941 | March 1943 |
| ? | March 1943 | Oct 1943 |
| Lt-Cdr (A) G. C. Baldwin, DSC, RN | Oct 1943 | June 1944 |
| Lt-Cdr (A) L. G. C. Reece, RNZNVR | June 1944 | Nov 1944 |
| Lt-Cdr (A) E. J. Clark, RNVR | Nov 1944 | ? |
| 1958 -1962 | ||
| Lt-Cdr K. A. Leppard | 1. Oct 1958 | 22. Sep 1959 |
| Lt-Cdr W. A. Tofts | 22. Sep 1959 | |
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History |
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The squadron was formed at Worthy Down in September 1940 as a fighter squadron with Fulmar Is, three embarked on HMS Pegasus in December for fighter catapult operations till February 1941 after which the whole squadron embarked on HMS Furious for convoy duties. In April 1941 the squadron was re-equipped with Fulmar IIs and joined HMS Ark Royal for Malta convoy duties in July and September, during which time 15 enemy aircraft were destroyed, shared with 806 NAS, another probable destroyed and 4 damaged. Four squadron aircraft survived the torpedoing of HMS Ark Royal in November 1941 and flew to North Front, Gibraltar, where Fulmars and Sea Hurricanes joined the re-equipped squadron for convoys duties with HMS Argus. In June 1942 squadron aircraft were embarked on HMS Argus and HMS Eagle for relief convoys to Malta in operation Harpoon. 4 Italian aircraft were shot down and 5 squadron aircraft lost. The squadron was the first to receive Seafires, in June 1942, joining HMS Furious in August 1941 and subsequently took part in the North African landings, shooting down 2 French aircraft and damaging 2 others, along with 2 additional aircraft on the ground. Back in the UK in March 1943 the squadron undertook Army cooperation support training, and embarked on HMS Indomitable in May 1943 to provide cover for the Sicily landings until the ship was damaged by a torpedo in July when the squadron was transferred to HMS Battler to provide cover for the Salerno landings. The squadron returned home in HMS Hunter, subsequently joining the 4th Naval Fighter Wing and taking over part of 808 NAS in February 1944. Squadron detachments were lent to the Desert Air Force in Italy for several weeks in April 1944, then the whole squadron took part in the South of France Operation Dragoon landings in HMS Hunter in August 1944, when the squadron inflicted considerable damage to locomotives and road transport. In March 1945 the squadron re-embarked on HMS Hunter for the Eastern Fleet, providing cover during the re-occupation of Rangoon, and shipping strikes in the Andaman Sea, returning home soon after VJ day.
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