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<i>Biter</i> after a successful action against a German Junkers Ju 290, February 1944</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1933–1939<br />1941–1944<br />1945–1947<br />1955–1956</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a 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class="infobox-data">Torpedo-bomber / fighter squadron</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Ventre à mer</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Aircraft flown</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Ripon" title="Blackburn Ripon">Blackburn Ripon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Baffin" title="Blackburn Baffin">Blackburn Baffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Hurricane" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea Hurricane">Hawker Sea Hurricane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_SB2U_Vindicator" title="Vought SB2U Vindicator">Vought Chesapeake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_652" title="Avro 652">Avro 652</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">Grumman Martlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Sea Mosquito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Hawk" title="Hawker Sea Hawk">Hawker Sea Hawk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_honour" title="Battle honour">Battle honours</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>English Channel 1942</li> <li>North Sea 1942</li> <li>Atlantic 1943–44</li> <li>Arctic 1944<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>811 Naval Air Squadron</b> was a unit of the British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a>. It was first founded in 1933, and served during World War II, seeing action in the battle of the Atlantic and on Russian convoys, and was eventually disbanded in 1956. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=811_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-war">Pre-war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=811_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pre-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The squadron was formed on 3 April 1933 by amalgamating No. 465 and No. 466 Fleet Torpedo Flights, and served aboard the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Furious_(47)" title="HMS Furious (47)"><i>Furious</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Home Fleet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RAFWEB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFWEB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Ripon" title="Blackburn Ripon">Blackburn Ripon</a> Mk.II,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> these were replaced in January 1935 with the <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Baffin" title="Blackburn Baffin">Blackburn Baffin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-RAFWEB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFWEB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which were in turn replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a> Mk.I in October 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-811SDb_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-811SDb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1938 the <i>Furious</i> was paid off, and the next year 811 Squadron was assigned to her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ship</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Courageous_(50)" title="HMS Courageous (50)"><i>Courageous</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RAFWEB_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFWEB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron lost much of its personnel and all of its aircraft when <i>Courageous</i> was sunk by a <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> on 17 September 1939,<sup id="cite_ref-811SDb_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-811SDb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the survivors of 811 and 822 squadrons were reformed into <a href="/wiki/815_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="815 Naval Air Squadron">815 Naval Air Squadron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=811_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>811 Squadron was reformed in July 1941 at <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)" title="RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)">RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>, as a torpedo-bomber reconnaissance squadron, and was equipped with two <a href="/wiki/Sea_Hurricane" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea Hurricane">Sea Hurricanes</a> and fourteen American <a href="/wiki/Vought_SB2U_Vindicator" title="Vought SB2U Vindicator">Vought SB2U Vindicators</a>, which the British called the "Chesapeake".<sup id="cite_ref-811SDb_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-811SDb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron also received two former civilian <a href="/wiki/Avro_652" title="Avro 652">Avro 652s</a> (the precursor to the <a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Anson</a>) which they operated until March 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chesapeake's were part of an order originally placed by the French Navy in March 1940, but after the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall of France">fall of France</a> the order was taken over by the British. The aircraft were fitted with an additional fuel tank and armour, and the single French 7.5 mm <a href="/wiki/Darne_machine_gun" title="Darne machine gun">Darne machine gun</a> was replaced by four British machine guns. It was intended that they be used as anti-submarine patrol aircraft operating from the escort carrier <a href="/wiki/HMS_Archer_(D78)" title="HMS Archer (D78)"><i>Archer</i></a>, but it was soon realised that the Chesapeake lacked the power to fly from such a small vessel while carrying a useful load, and they were reassigned to training squadrons in November 1941,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the squadron received Swordfish Mk.2's as replacements.<sup id="cite_ref-811SDb_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-811SDb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From August to December 1942 811 Squadron was based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bircham_Newton" title="RAF Bircham Newton">RAF Bircham Newton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a>, serving under the control of <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coastal_Command" title="RAF Coastal Command">RAF Coastal Command</a>, and flying on anti-shipping and mine-laying operations.<sup id="cite_ref-811SDb_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-811SDb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1943, the squadron received three <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">Grumman F4F Wildcat</a> Mk.IVs, called the "Martlet" in British service,<sup id="cite_ref-811SDb_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-811SDb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on 21 February 1943 flew from <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Hatston" class="mw-redirect" title="RNAS Hatston">RNAS Hatston</a> to embark aboard the <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Biter_(D97)" title="HMS Biter (D97)"><i>Biter</i></a> to serve on convoy escort duty in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">battle of the Atlantic</a>. On 22 April <i>Biter</i> and the escort destroyers <a href="/wiki/HMS_Pathfinder_(G10)" title="HMS Pathfinder (G10)"><i>Pathfinder</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Obdurate_(G39)" title="HMS Obdurate (G39)"><i>Obdurate</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Opportune_(G80)" title="HMS Opportune (G80)"><i>Opportune</i></a> joined convoy ONS-4 sailing from <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>. On 25 April a Swordfish from 811 Squadron attacked <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-203" title="German submarine U-203"><i>U-203</i></a>, which was then sunk by depth charges by <i>Pathfinder</i>. The convoy arrived at <a href="/wiki/Halifax_(former_city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax (former city)">Halifax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, on 5 April without loss.<sup id="cite_ref-BITER_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BITER-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2 May <i>Biter</i> defended the convoys <a href="/wiki/Convoy_HX_237" title="Convoy HX 237">HX 237</a> and <a href="/wiki/Convoy_SC_129" title="Convoy SC 129">SC 129</a> from German <a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_(naval_tactic)" title="Wolfpack (naval tactic)">wolf packs</a>. On 12 May a Swordfish from 811 Squadron, with the destroyer <a href="/wiki/USS_Hunt_(DD-194)#As_HMS_Broadway" title="USS Hunt (DD-194)"><i>Broadway</i></a> and the frigate <a href="/wiki/HMS_Lagan" title="HMS Lagan"><i>Lagan</i></a>, attacked and sank <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-89_(1941)" title="German submarine U-89 (1941)"><i>U-89</i></a>. After arriving at Liverpool, the squadron disembarked and were stationed at <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Machrihanish_(HMS_Landrail)" title="RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail)">RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BITER_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BITER-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 June 811 Squadron returned to <i>Biter</i> to escort further convoys between Liverpool and Halifax, including <a href="/wiki/Convoy_ON_207" title="Convoy ON 207">ON-207</a> in October. While at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Argentia" title="Naval Station Argentia">Naval Station Argentia</a> in November, the squadron was supplied with the new American <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_torpedo" title="Acoustic torpedo">acoustic torpedo</a>, codenamed the <a href="/wiki/Mark_24_mine" title="Mark 24 mine">Mark 24 mine</a>, but commonly known as "FIDO". On 17 November a Swordfish smashed into the end of the <a href="/wiki/Flight_deck" title="Flight deck">flight deck</a> of <i>Biter</i> while landing in a heavy swell, and its unused FIDO torpedo fell into the sea and exploded, badly damaging <i>Biter</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s rudder. The carrier managed to return to <a href="/wiki/Rosyth_Dockyard" title="Rosyth Dockyard">Rosyth Dockyard</a> for repairs, which took a month.<sup id="cite_ref-BITER_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BITER-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Biter_(D97)_aerial_bow_shot_March_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/HMS_Biter_%28D97%29_aerial_bow_shot_March_1944.jpg/220px-HMS_Biter_%28D97%29_aerial_bow_shot_March_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/HMS_Biter_%28D97%29_aerial_bow_shot_March_1944.jpg/330px-HMS_Biter_%28D97%29_aerial_bow_shot_March_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/HMS_Biter_%28D97%29_aerial_bow_shot_March_1944.jpg/440px-HMS_Biter_%28D97%29_aerial_bow_shot_March_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="797" data-file-height="639" /></a><figcaption>View of HMS <i>Biter</i> from a Swordfish just after takeoff. Ready on the deck are two Martlet fighters, and in the distance other ships of the convoy, March 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>While <i>Biter</i> was under repair 811 Squadron were stationed at <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Inskip_(HMS_Nightjar)" title="RNAS Inskip (HMS Nightjar)">RNAS Inskip (HMS Nightjar)</a>, finally returning to the ship on 12 January 1944. In early February <i>Biter</i> sailed in support of Convoy ONS-29 to Halifax, then transferred to Convoy OS-68/KMS-42 bound for <a href="/wiki/Freetown" title="Freetown">Freetown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>. On 16 February, in the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Biscay" title="Bay of Biscay">Bay of Biscay</a>, 811's Martlets shot down a <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_290" title="Junkers Ju 290">Ju 290</a> long-range reconnaissance aircraft, which had attempted to attack the convoy escorts with a <a href="/wiki/Glide_bomb" title="Glide bomb">glide bomb</a>. <i>Biter</i> arrived at Gibraltar on 25 February where two Swordfish of 811 Squadron spent a week operating out of <a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF North Front">RAF North Front</a>. On 2 March <i>Biter</i> sailed again, escorting the UK-bound convoys SL-150 and MKS-41, and arrived at Liverpool on the 13th. <i>Biter</i> continued to escort convoys between the UK and Gibraltar until August 1944 when she was withdrawn from service, for conversion to a transport carrier.<sup id="cite_ref-BITER_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BITER-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>811 Squadron was temporarily based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Limavady" title="RAF Limavady">RAF Limavady</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, serving under RAF Coastal Command, until joining <a href="/wiki/HMS_Vindex_(D15)" title="HMS Vindex (D15)"><i>Vindex</i></a> in September 1944 to escort <a href="/wiki/Arctic_convoys_of_World_War_II" title="Arctic convoys of World War II">convoys to Russia</a>. 811 Squadron was disbanded on its return in December 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-811SDb_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-811SDb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_war">Post war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=811_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The squadron was reformed in September 1945,<sup id="cite_ref-811SDb_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-811SDb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in August 1946 was equipped with the Sea Mosquito TR.33, which was a <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito</a> FB.VI modified for carrier operations. An early prototype, flown by test pilot <a href="/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilot)" title="Eric Brown (pilot)">Eric Brown</a>, was the first twin-engined aircraft to make a carrier landing, when it touched down aboard <a href="/wiki/HMS_Indefatigable_(R10)" title="HMS Indefatigable (R10)"><i>Indefatigable</i></a> on 25 March 1944. Stationed at <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Brawdy" class="mw-redirect" title="RNAS Brawdy">RNAS Brawdy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire" title="Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 811 Squadron was the only unit to operate this type, which never served aboard a carrier, before it was superseded by the <a href="/wiki/Sea_Hornet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea Hornet">Sea Hornet</a>. The squadron was disbanded in July 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>811 Squadron was reformed in the 1950s, with the Hawker Sea Fury, and embarked aboard HMS Warrior dispatched to the Far East for the Korean War. The squadron flew patrols there until the Peace Treaty was signed in 1954. Subsequently, the Squadron reformed flying the <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Hawk" title="Hawker Sea Hawk">Hawker Sea Hawk</a> jet from <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bulwark_(R08)" title="HMS Bulwark (R08)"><i>Bulwark</i></a> in mid–1955<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and operating from <a href="/wiki/HMS_Centaur_(R06)" title="HMS Centaur (R06)"><i>Centaur</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Far_East" title="Far East">Far East</a> and the Mediterranean at the Suez war in 1956,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being finally disbanded the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=811_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140102115211/http://www.fleetairarmoa.org/fleet-air-arm-squadrons">"Fleet Air Arm Squadrons"</a>. <i>Fleet Air Arm Officers Association</i>. 2014. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;background-color: #eee;">Squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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> <li><a href="/wiki/795_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="795 Naval Air Squadron">795</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/796_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="796 Naval Air Squadron">796</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/797_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="797 Naval Air Squadron">797</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/798_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="798 Naval Air Squadron">798</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/799_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="799 Naval Air Squadron">799</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/800_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="800 Naval Air Squadron">800</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="801 Naval Air Squadron">801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/802_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="802 Naval Air Squadron">802</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/803_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="803 Naval Air Squadron">803</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/804_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="804 Naval Air Squadron">804</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/805_Squadron_RAN" title="805 Squadron RAN">805</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/806_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="806 Naval Air Squadron">806</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/807_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="807 Naval Air Squadron">807</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/808_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="808 Naval Air Squadron">808</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/810_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="810 Naval Air Squadron">810</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">811</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/812_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="812 Naval Air Squadron">812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/813_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="813 Naval Air Squadron">813</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/816_Squadron_RAN" title="816 Squadron RAN">816</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/817_Squadron_RAN" title="817 Squadron RAN">817</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/818_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="818 Naval Air Squadron">818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/819_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="819 Naval Air Squadron">819</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/821_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="821 Naval Air Squadron">821</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/822_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="822 Naval Air Squadron">822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/823_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="823 Naval Air Squadron">823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/826_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="826 Naval Air Squadron">826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/827_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="827 Naval Air Squadron">827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/828_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="828 Naval Air Squadron">828</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/829_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="829 Naval Air Squadron">829</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/830_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="830 Naval Air Squadron">830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/831_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="831 Naval Air Squadron">831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/832_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="832 Naval Air Squadron">832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/833_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="833 Naval Air Squadron">833</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/834_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="834 Naval Air Squadron">834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/835_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="835 Naval Air Squadron">835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/836_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="836 Naval Air Squadron">836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/837_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="837 Naval Air Squadron">837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/838_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="838 Naval Air Squadron">838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/840_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="840 Naval Air Squadron">840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/841_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="841 Naval Air Squadron">841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/842_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="842 Naval Air Squadron">842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/848_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="848 Naval Air Squadron">848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/849_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="849 Naval Air Squadron">849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/850_Naval_Air_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="850 Naval Air Squadron">850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/851_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="851 Naval Air Squadron">851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/852_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="852 Naval Air Squadron">852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/853_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="853 Naval Air Squadron">853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/854_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="854 Naval Air Squadron">854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/855_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="855 Naval Air Squadron">855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/856_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="856 Naval Air Squadron">856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/857_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="857 Naval Air Squadron">857</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/860_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="860 Naval Air Squadron">860</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/861_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="861 Naval Air Squadron">861</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/870_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="870 Naval Air Squadron">870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/871_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="871 Naval Air Squadron">871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/877_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="877 Naval Air Squadron">877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/878_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="878 Naval Air Squadron">878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/879_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="879 Naval Air Squadron">879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/880_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="880 Naval Air Squadron">880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/881_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="881 Naval Air Squadron">881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/882_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="882 Naval Air Squadron">882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/883_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="883 Naval Air Squadron">883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/884_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="884 Naval Air Squadron">884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/885_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="885 Naval Air Squadron">885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/886_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="886 Naval Air Squadron">886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/887_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="887 Naval Air Squadron">887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/888_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="888 Naval Air Squadron">888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/889_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="889 Naval Air Squadron">889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/890_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="890 Naval Air Squadron">890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/891_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="891 Naval Air Squadron">891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/892_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="892 Naval Air Squadron">892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/893_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="893 Naval Air Squadron">893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/894_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="894 Naval Air Squadron">894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/895_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="895 Naval Air Squadron">895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/896_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="896 Naval Air Squadron">896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/897_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="897 Naval Air Squadron">897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/898_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="898 Naval Air Squadron">898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/899_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="899 Naval Air Squadron">899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1701_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1701 Naval Air Squadron">1701</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1702_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1702 Naval Air Squadron">1702</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1703_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1703 Naval Air Squadron">1703</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1771_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1771 Naval Air Squadron">1771</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1772_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1772 Naval Air Squadron">1772</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1770_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1770 Naval Air Squadron">1770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1790_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1790 Naval Air Squadron">1790</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1791_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1791 Naval Air Squadron">1791</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1792_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1792 Naval Air Squadron">1792</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1820 Naval Air Squadron">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1830 Naval Air Squadron">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1831_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1831 Naval Air Squadron">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1832 Naval Air Squadron">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1833_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1833 Naval Air Squadron">1833</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1834 Naval Air Squadron">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1835_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1835 Naval Air Squadron">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1836 Naval Air Squadron">1836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1837 Naval Air Squadron">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1838 Naval Air Squadron">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1839_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1839 Naval Air Squadron">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1840 Naval Air Squadron">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1841_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1841 Naval Air Squadron">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1842 Naval Air Squadron">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1843_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1843 Naval Air Squadron">1843</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1844 Naval Air Squadron">1844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1845_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1845 Naval Air Squadron">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1846 Naval Air Squadron">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1847_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1847 Naval Air Squadron">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1848 Naval Air Squadron">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1849 Naval Air Squadron">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1850 Naval Air Squadron">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1851_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1851 Naval Air Squadron">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1852 Naval Air Squadron">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1853_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1853 Naval Air Squadron">1853</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;background-color: #eee;">Display teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_Herons_display_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blue Herons display team (page does not exist)">Blue Herons</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred%27s_Five&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fred's Five (page does not exist)">Fred's Five</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Historic_Flight" title="Royal Navy Historic Flight">Royal Navy Historic Flight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon%27s_Sircus" title="Simon's Sircus">Simon's Sircus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sharks_(Royal_Navy)" title="The Sharks (Royal Navy)">Sharks</a></li></ul> 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