| 825 Naval Air Squadron | |
|---|---|
 Squadron badge | |
| Active |
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| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Navy |
| Type | Flying squadron |
| Role | Wildcat HMA2 crew training |
| Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
| Home station | RNAS Yeovilton |
| Motto(s) | Nullus Minuit Nos (Latin for 'No-one Chops Us') |
| Aircraft | AgustaWestland Wildcat HMA2 |
| Website | Official website |
825 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Naval Air Squadron which was re-commissioned on 10 October 2014 and currently flies the AgustaWestland Wildcat HMA2.[1]
It was a carrier-based squadron that was formed on 8 October 1934 from the aircraft and personnel of 824 Naval Air Squadron.[2] It operated in most of the theatres of the Second World War, carrying out a number of attacks on prominent German warships, including the battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic and the pocket battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen during their Channel Dash.[3][4][5][6] The squadron also saw action in later conflicts, including the Korean War and the Falklands War.
- ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. December 2014. p. 7.
- ^ Lake 1999, p. 277.
- ^ 825 Squadron's history
- ^ "No. 35474". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 February 1942. pp. 1007–1008.
- ^ Rossiter 2007, pp. 276–277.
- ^ "Details of the '825 SWORDFISH SQN CHANNEL DASH ACTION' at the Imperial War Museum website". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2008.