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816 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed at the start of the Second World War.
816 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Active | 1939 - 1948 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Role | Anti-submarine |
Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
Motto(s) | "Imitate the action of the tiger" |
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Insignia | |
Identification symbol | Tigers Head |
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The squadron formed aboard HMS Furious in October 1939 with 9 Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers for anti-submarine duty on convoys between the UK and Canada
In 1948 it was re-formed as 816 Squadron RAN an Australian squadron with the Fairey Firefly and embarked on HMAS Sydney.
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