808 Naval Air Squadron

808 Squadron, RAN/
808 Naval Air Squadron (UK)
Unit badge for 808 Squadron while in RAN service
Active1940–1941
1942–1945
1950–1954
1955–1958
2011–
Country Australia
 United Kingdom (former)
Branch Royal Australian Navy
 Royal Navy (former)
TypeShip based helicopter squadron
RoleTactical transport
SizeOne squadron
Part ofFleet Air Arm (RAN)
Motto(s)Strength in Unity
EquipmentMRH-90 Taipan
Battle honoursSpartivento 1940
'Bismarck' 1941
Malta Convoys 1941
Atlantic 1943
Salerno 1943
Normandy 1944
Burma 1945
Korea 1951-2

808 Naval Air Squadron is a ship-based helicopter squadron of the Royal Australian Navy.

The squadron was originally part of the British Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm; it was formed in July 1940 as a fleet fighter squadron. It served on a number of the Navy's aircraft carriers during the Second World War, serving in most of the theatres of the war, before decommissioning at the end of the war.

It was re-formed in 1950 as 808 Squadron RAN, a carrier-based attack squadron of the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm, and saw action during the Korean War before disbanding again in 1958.

It was re-formed in 2011 to operate the MRH-90 Taipan helicopter.