883 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
10. October 1941 883 NAS formed at RNAS Yeovilton
15. November 1942 883 NAS ceased to exist with sinking of HMS Avenger
18. September 1945 883 NAS reformed at RNAS Arbroath
23. February 1946 883 NAS disbanded at RAF Machrihanish
15. May 1947 883 NAS reformed at RCAF Station Dartmouth
1. May 1951 883 NAS was renumbered 871 NAS
Planes:
 

 

 

 Oct. 1941- Sep. 1942
Sea Hurricane Ib 		     
 

 

 

 Sep. 1942 - Nov. 1942
Sea Hurricane IIb		      
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 Sep. 1945 - Feb. 1946
Seafire III		      
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 May 1947 - Sep. 1948
Seafire XV		      
 

 

 

 Sep. 1948 - May 1951
Sea Fury FB.11		  
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883 NAS Deployments 
16. Juni 1942 - 27. August 1942 HMS Avenger - Sea Hurricane Ib ?
3. September 1942 - 25. September 1942 HMS Avenger - Sea Hurricane Ib ?
16. October 1942 - 15. November 1942 HMS Avenger - Sea Hurricane Ib ?
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883 NAS Home Port Assignments
RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset 10. Oct. 1941 11. May 1942
RAF Machrihanish, Argyll & Bute 11. May 1942 16. Jun. 1942
RNAS Hatson, Mainland Orkney 27. Aug.1942 3. Sep. 192
RNAS Hatson, Mainland Orkney 25. Sep. 1942 16. Oct. 1942
RNAS Arbroath, Angus 18. Sep. 1945 7. Nov. 1945
RAF Nutts Corner, Co. Antrim 7. Nov. 1945 21. Feb. 1946
RAF Machrihanish, Argyll & Bute 21. Feb. 1946 23. Feb. 1946
RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 15. May 1947 1948
HMCS Shearwater, Nova Scotia 1948 1. May 1951
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883 NAS Commanding Officers 
1941 - 1942
Capt W. H. C. Manson, RM 10. Oct. 1941 10. Apr. 1942
Lt (A) P. W. V. Massey, DSC, RN 10. Apr. 1942 15. Nov. 1942
1945 - 1946
Lt-Cdr (A) T. J. A. King-Joyce, RN 18. Sep. 1945 23. Feb. 1946
1947 - 1951
Lt-Cdr R. A. Monks, RCN 15. May 1947 Jan. 1948
Lt-Cdr J. B. Foteringham, RCN Jan. 1948 1. Dec. 1948
Lt-Cdr R. A. B. Creery, RCN 1. Dec. 1948 Apr. 1950
Lt-Cdr W. D. Munro, RCN Apr. 1950 1. May 1951
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History 

1941-1942
The squadron was formed as a Fleet Fighter Squadron on 10. October 1941 with 6 Sea Hurricane Ibs at RNAS Yeovilton.
In January 1942 the squadron joined 14 Group RAF at Fraserburgh and then Peterhead, subsequently embarking on HMS Avenger from RAF Machrihanish in June 1942.
In September 1942, whilst operating from HMS Avenger the squadron assisted in Arctic convoy PQ18 to Russia, shooting down 5 German aircraft and damaging 17 other aircraft shared with 802 NAS.
In November 1942 the squadron took part in the landings in North Africa, but ceased to exist after HMS Avenger was torpedoed and blew up on return to the UK on 15 November 1942.

1945-1946
The squadron number was allocated for Royal Canadian Navy use in 1945, the Canadian squadron reformed after VJ-Day in September 1945 at RNAS Arbroath with 16 Seafire IIIs. However, the formation was unsuccessful due to manning problems and the squadron disbanded in February 1946.

1947-1951
A second and successful attempt at formation took place in May 1947 and the squadron continued service until being renumbered to 871 NAS (RCN) in May 1951.

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