801 Naval Air Squadron

801 Naval Air Squadron
Active1933 - 9 March 2007
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
RoleMaritime Strike
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Motto(s)On Les Aura
(We'll have them).[1]
Battle honours
  • Dunkirk 1940
  • Atlantic 1940
  • Norway 1940 - 4
  • Malta Convoys 1942
  • North Africa 1942 - 3
  • Japan 1945
  • Falkland Islands 1982

801 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm squadron of the Royal Navy formed in 1933 which fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Falklands War.

  1. ^ This was the rallying cry at Verdun 1916 by Marshal Petain.