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861 Naval Air Squadron

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861 Naval Air Squadron (861 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Netherlands Navy's Netherlands Naval Aviation Service, attached to the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm for a period of work-up.

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Service history

861 Naval Air Squadron was established at RNAS Dale (HMS Goldcrest) in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on 16 September 1946, serving as a squadron of the Royal Netherlands Navy temporarily integrated with the Royal Navy for preparatory operations,[1] under the command of Luitenant G.H. Greve, RNIN.[2]

Initially equipped with four Fairey Firefly I fighter aircraft,[3] the squadron spent the next five months working up at RNAS Dale before embarking in the Royal Netherlands Navy’s first aircraft carrier, HNLMS Karel Doorman (QH1), on 22 February 1947.[1]

The squadron relocated to Valkenburg Naval Air Base, near Leiden, Netherlands, in early April 1947,[3] but was disbanded soon afterwards,[4] where it was rebranded as Opleiding Gevechts Vliegers (OGV) to facilitate the training of pilots and observers to meet operational standards.[3]

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Aircraft flown

860 Naval Air Squadron flew only one aircraft type:[3]

Naval air stations

861 Naval Air Squadron operated from a couple of naval air stations of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom, one Royal Netherlands Navy airbase in the Netherlands, and a Royal Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier:[3]

Commanding officers

List of commanding officers of 861 Naval Air Squadron with date of appointment:[3]

  • Leutnant zur See G.H. Greve, RNIN, from 16 September 1946
  • Leutnant zur See G.J. Zegers de Beij, DSC, RNIN, from 12 December 1946
  • disbanded - April 1947

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