816 Naval Air Squadron

816 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed at the start of the Second World War.

816 Naval Air Squadron
Active1939 - 1948
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
RoleAnti-submarine
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Motto(s)"Imitate the action of the tiger"
Battle honours
Insignia
Identification
symbol
Tigers Head
Aircraft flown
Attack

The squadron formed aboard HMS Furious in October 1939 with 9 Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers for anti-submarine duty on convoys between the UK and Canada

In 1948 it was re-formed as 816 Squadron RAN an Australian squadron with the Fairey Firefly and embarked on HMAS Sydney.

Battle honours

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  • Norway 1940,
  • Narvik 1940,
  • Malta Convoys 1941,
  • Mediterranean 1941,
  • Atlantic 1943,
  • Arctic 1944,
  • Normandy 1944

Aircraft operated

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See also

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