848 Naval Air Squadron

848 Naval Air Squadron
848 NAS badge
Active1 June 1943-45
1952-56
1958-63
1964-76
1982
1990-91
1995-2013
2015-2016
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeLand based and amphibious squadron
RoleCommando Helicopter training
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Motto(s)Accipe Hoc
Latin: "Take This"
Battle honoursNormandy 1944
Okinawa 1945
Japan 1945
Falkland Islands 1982
Kuwait 1991

848 Naval Air Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It operated the Westland Sea King HC.4 helicopter and previously provided advanced flying training to pilots for the other squadrons in the Commando Helicopter Force. The squadron was based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset and was decommissioned on 24 March 2016.[1]

A Sea King HC4 used by 848 NAS.
  1. ^ "848-naval-air-squadron". www.royalnavy.mod.uk. The Royal Navy. Retrieved 17 July 2018.