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class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. (January 2024)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The squadron was formed in March 1942 as a fighter squadron, operating in North Africa and the Middle East before disbanding in February 1943. It was reformed in April 1944 at <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, Ceylon, as a fighter squadron and disbanded again in July 1944, and reformed in July 1945 as a Photographic Reconnaissance Unit. </p><p>When the war ended, 889 Squadron FAA, equipped with 6 Hellcat Is and II (PR) photo-reconnaissance variants, was preparing to depart from Scotland for the Far East (the squadron had been based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodvale" title="RAF Woodvale">RAF Woodvale</a> since its re-formation after <a href="/wiki/VE_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="VE Day">VE Day</a>, and practising carrier operations on <a href="/wiki/HMS_Trouncer_(D85)" title="HMS Trouncer (D85)">HMS Trouncer</a> before moving to <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ravager" title="HMS Ravager">HMS Ravager</a>), to replace 888 Squadron FAA, and intended to photograph Japanese beaches prior planned invasion that was forestalled by the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a>. With the cessation of hostilities, the squadron (which included pilot <a href="/wiki/William_Stevenson_(Canadian_writer)" title="William Stevenson (Canadian writer)">William Stevenson</a>) was disbanded and the Hellcats dumped off the Scottish coast (the fate of many lend-lease aircraft that survived the war, which under the terms of the agreement were to be returned to the United States or paid for, while there was no requirement to refund the cost of aircraft that had been lost).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. 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navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/701_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="701 Naval Air Squadron">701</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/702_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="702 Naval Air Squadron">702</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/704_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="704 Naval Air Squadron">704</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/706_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="706 Naval Air Squadron">706</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/707_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="707 Naval Air Squadron">707</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/708_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="708 Naval Air Squadron">708</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/709_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="709 Naval Air Squadron">709</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/710_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="710 Naval Air Squadron">710</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/711_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="711 Naval Air Squadron">711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/712_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="712 Naval Air Squadron">712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/713_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="713 Naval Air Squadron">713</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/714_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="714 Naval Air Squadron">714</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/715_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="715 Naval Air Squadron">715</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/716_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="716 Naval Air Squadron">716</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/717_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="717 Naval Air Squadron">717</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/718_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="718 Naval Air Squadron">718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/719_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="719 Naval Air Squadron">719</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/720_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="720 Naval Air Squadron">720</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/721_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="721 Naval Air Squadron">721</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/722_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="722 Naval Air Squadron">722</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/723_Squadron_RAN" title="723 Squadron RAN">723</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/724_Squadron_RAN" title="724 Squadron RAN">724</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/725_Squadron_RAN" title="725 Squadron RAN">725</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/726_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="726 Naval Air Squadron">726</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/728_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="728 Naval Air Squadron">728</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/728B_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="728B Naval Air Squadron">728B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/728C_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="728C Naval Air Squadron">728C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/729_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="729 Naval Air Squadron">729</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/730_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="730 Naval Air Squadron">730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/731_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="731 Naval Air Squadron">731</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/732_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="732 Naval Air Squadron">732</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/733_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="733 Naval Air Squadron">733</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/734_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="734 Naval Air Squadron">734</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/735_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="735 Naval Air Squadron">735</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/736_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="736 Naval Air Squadron">736</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/737_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="737 Naval Air Squadron">737</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/738_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="738 Naval Air Squadron">738</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/739_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="739 Naval Air Squadron">739</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/740_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="740 Naval Air Squadron">740</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/741_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="741 Naval Air Squadron">741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/742_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="742 Naval Air Squadron">742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/743_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="743 Naval Air Squadron">743</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/745_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="745 Naval Air Squadron">745</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/746_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="746 Naval Air Squadron">746</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/747_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="747 Naval Air Squadron">747</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/748_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="748 Naval Air Squadron">748</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/749_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="749 Naval Air Squadron">749</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/751_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="751 Naval Air Squadron">751</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/752_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="752 Naval Air Squadron">752</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/753_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="753 Naval Air Squadron">753</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/754_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="754 Naval Air Squadron">754</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/755_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="755 Naval Air Squadron">755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/756_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="756 Naval Air Squadron">756</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/757_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="757 Naval Air Squadron">757</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/758_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="758 Naval Air Squadron">758</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/759_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="759 Naval Air Squadron">759</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/760_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="760 Naval Air Squadron">760</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/761_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="761 Naval Air Squadron">761</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/762_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="762 Naval Air Squadron">762</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/763_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="763 Naval Air Squadron">763</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/764_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="764 Naval Air Squadron">764</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/765_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="765 Naval Air Squadron">765</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/766_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="766 Naval Air Squadron">766</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/767_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="767 Naval Air Squadron">767</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/768_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="768 Naval Air Squadron">768</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/769_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="769 Naval Air Squadron">769</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/770_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="770 Naval Air Squadron">770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/771_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="771 Naval Air Squadron">771</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/772_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="772 Naval Air Squadron">772</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/773_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="773 Naval Air Squadron">773</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/774_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="774 Naval Air Squadron">774</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/775_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="775 Naval Air Squadron">775</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/776_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="776 Naval Air Squadron">776</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/777_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="777 Naval Air Squadron">777</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/778_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="778 Naval Air Squadron">778</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/779_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="779 Naval Air Squadron">779</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/780_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="780 Naval Air Squadron">780</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/781_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="781 Naval Air Squadron">781</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/782_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="782 Naval Air Squadron">782</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/783_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="783 Naval Air Squadron">783</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/784_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="784 Naval Air Squadron">784</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/785_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="785 Naval Air Squadron">785</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/786_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="786 Naval Air Squadron">786</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/787_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="787 Naval Air Squadron">787</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/788_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="788 Naval Air Squadron">788</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/789_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="789 Naval Air Squadron">789</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/790_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="790 Naval Air Squadron">790</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/791_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="791 Naval Air Squadron">791</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/792_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="792 Naval Air Squadron">792</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/793_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="793 Naval Air Squadron">793</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/794_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="794 Naval Air Squadron">794</a></li> 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