827 Naval Air Squadron

827 Naval Air Squadron
An 827 Squadron Fairey Barracuda taking off from HMS Furious during the Operation Mascot attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in July 1944
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
RoleAttack
SizeSquadron
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lieutenant Commander J R Godley; Lieutenant Commander Roy Baker-Falkner
Aircraft flown
AttackFairey Barracuda
FighterWestland Wyvern

827 Naval Air Squadron was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War.

It operated Fairey Barracudas starting in May 1943, becoming the first squadron to receive the Fairey Barracuda in any substantial number, and was led by Strike leader Roy Sydney Baker-Falkner in the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Operation Tungsten in 3 April 1944. Post-war it initially operated the Blackburn Firebrand strike fighter, until 1954 when the squadron began operating Westland Wyverns.[1]

  1. ^ Sturtivant, pp. 279–281