828 Naval Air Squadron

828 Naval Air Squadron
Fairey Fireflies (1771 Squadron), Fairey Barracudas (828 Squadron), and Supermarine Seafires (880 Squadron) of the Fleet Air Arm on the flight deck of HMS Implacable warming up ready to make strike on enemy shipping at the entrance to Alten Fjord, Norway.
Active1940–1943
1944–1946
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeCarrier based squadron
RoleOffensive Support
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Battle honoursMediterranean 1941-3
Norway 1944
Japan 1945[1]

828 Naval Air Squadron (828 NAS) was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in September 1940 as a torpedo spotter reconnaissance squadron. It operated in a number of the theatres of the Second World War, carrying out a number of attacks on enemy targets including the Tirpitz in Norway.[2]

  1. ^ Fleet Air Arm battle honours
  2. ^ "828 Squadron's history". Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2008.