826 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Active | March 1940 – August 1943 December 1943 – October 1944 August 1945 – February 1946 ? – November 1955 March 1966 – March 1970 June 1970 – July 1993 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Type | Carrier based squadron |
Role | Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance (TSR) |
Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
Battle honours | Dunkirk 1940, English Channel 1940–44, Atlantic 1940, Matapan 1941, Crete 1941, Mediterranean 1941–43, Libya 1941–2, Falklands 1982, Kuwait 1991 |
826 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadron formed during World War II which has been reformed several times since then until last disbanded in 1993.