887 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
1. May 1942 887 NAS formed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent
15. March 1946 887 NAS disbanded at RNAS Gosport
Planes:
  May 1942 - Dec 1942
Fulmar II		  

 

   
  Dec 1942 - Feb 1943
Spitfire Va & Ib		  

 

   
  Mar 1943 - Dec 1943
Spitfire IIc		  

 

   
  Dec 1943 - 1946
Seafire F.III & L.III		  

 

   
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887 NAS Deployments 
         
         
         
         
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887 NAS Commanding Officers 
Lt G. R. Callingham, RN May 1942 Aug 1942
Lt-Cdr D. W. Kirke, RN Aug 1942 Jan 1944
Lt-Cdr (A) B. F. Wiggington, DSC, RNVR Jan 1944 Aug 1944
Lt-Cdr (A) A. J. Thomson, DSC, RNVR Aug 1944 May 1945
Lt-Cdr (E) N. G. Hallett, DSC & 2 Bars, RN May 1945 Sep 1945
Lt-Cdr (A) G. Dennison, RNVR Sep 1945 1946
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History 

The squadron formed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent in May 1942 as a Fleet Fighter squadron with 6 Fulmar IIs.
In April 1943 the squadron, now equipped with 9 Seafire IICs, embarked on HMS Unicorn for Malta convoy duties, and subsequently taking part in the landings at Salerno in September 1943.
In October 1943 the squadron joined the 24th Naval Fighter Wing, and embarked on HMS Indefatigable in July 1944 to provide fighter cover during the Operation Mascot dive-bombing attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Kaa Fjord, North Norway.
In October 1944 the squadron operated from HMS Implacable. The squadron embarked again on HMS Indefatigable in November for the Far East, and took part in the attack on the oil refineries at Palembang, Sumatra in January 1945. It subsequently was involved in strikes on the Sakashima Gunto islands
June 1945 was spent at Schofields, the squadron re-embarking on HMS Indefatigable in July and was involved in strikes around Tokyo just before VJ-Day. The ship and squadrons finally returned to the UK in March 1946.

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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. March 2011

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