al Strike Wing comprising Unit: 820 Naval Air Squadron Unit: 845 Naval Air Squadron Unit: 849 Naval Air Squadron
800 and 801 Motto: tutamen et ultor – Safeguard and Motto: audio hostem – I hear the enemy Motto: primus video – The first to see
quadrons avenger Location: RNAS Yeovilton Location: RNAS Culdrose
AF Cottesmore Location: RNAS Culdrose Role: To provide 3 Commando Brigade Royal Role: To provide operational and continuation
strike squadron Role: Anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare Marines with tactical transport and load-lifting training for the front-line airborne surveillance
raft: Harrier Date formed: April 3 1933 helicopters. Five independent Flights, that may and control squadrons
GR9, GR9A Current aircraft: Merlin HM1 be sent to any theatre of operations worldwide Date formed: August 1 1943 with 12 Grumman
nunquam non Historic aircraft include: Fairey IIIF; Seal; at short notice Avenger
ver unprepared Shark I, II; Baffin; Swordfish I; Battle; Albacore Date formed: February 1 1943 with Grumman Current aircraft: Sea King ASaC7 (Airborne
on les aura – We I; Barracuda II; Avenger I, II; Firefly AS5, AS6; Avenger Surveillance and Control)
m Avenger AS4; Gannet AS1, T2; Whirlwind HAS7; Current aircraft: Sea King HC4, HC4+ helicopters
craft include: Nimrod I, II; Osprey; Wessex HAS1, HAS3; Sea King HAS1, HAS2, Historic aircraft include: Historic aircraft include:
a II; Gladiator I; Roc I; Fulmar I, II; HAS5, HAS6 Grumman Avenger I; Wildcat V; Avenger I, II; Skyraider AEW1;
e Ia, Ib, IIb, IIc; Hellcat I, II; Seafire Battle honours: Whirlwind HAS22, HAR3, HAS7; Gannet AEW3, AS4, COD4, T5;
II, FXV, FXVII, FR47; Attacker F1, Norway 1940-44 Wessex HAS1, HU5; Hiller HT2; Sea King AEW2
a Hawk FB3, FGA4, FGA6; Scimitar Taranto 1940 Wasp HAS1 Battle honours:
er S1, S2; Sea Harrier FRS1, FA2; Mediterranean 1940 Battle honours: Normandy 1944
Sea Gladiator; Spitfire Va, Vb; Sea ‘Bismarck’ 1941 East Indies 1944-45 East Indies 1945
F20; Sea Fury FB11, T20 Atlantic 1941 Burma 1945 Palembang 1945
ttle honours: North Africa 1942-43 Falkland Islands 1982 Okinawa 1945
1940-44 Malta Convoys 1943 Kuwait 1991 Japan 1945
n 1940-41 Salerno 1943 Al Faw 2003
1940 Sicily 1944
ys 1941-42 Palembang 1944
Unit: 846 Naval Air Squadron
1941 East Indies 1945
Motto: semper instans – Always threatening
Unit: 854 Naval Air Squadron
1942 Okinawa 1945
Location: RNAS Yeovilton
Motto: audentes fortuna iuvat – Fortune favours
1942 Japan 1945
Role: To provide 3 Commando Brigade Royal
the brave
1944 Falkland Islands 1982
Marines with tactical transport and load-lifting
helicopters. Five independent Flights, that may
Location: RNAS Culdrose
1944
be sent to any theatre of operations worldwide
Role: To provide airborne surveillance and
1944
at short notice
control
1945
Date formed: April 1 1943 with Grumman
Date formed: November 15
1945
Unit: 824 Naval Air Squadron
Avenger as a torpedo bomber reconnaissance
1943 ons 2009
1945
Motto: spectat ubique spiritus – Behold the
unit
Current aircraft: Sea King
1950
wind from all around
Current aircraft: Sea King
ASaC7 (Airborne Surveillance
nds 1982
Location: RNAS Culdrose
ttle honours:
HC4, HC4+
and Control) helicopters
Mission: To ensure the delivery of all Merlin
Historic aircraft include:
Historic aircraft include:
1940-44
courses to the standards expected for the
Grumman Avenger I, II; Wildcat
Avenger I, II, III
1940
front-line by providing correct, relevant and
V, VI; Whirlwind HAS7; Wessex
Battle honours:
1940
streamlined training for pilots, observers,
HU5; Sea King HC4
Normandy 1944
ys 1942
aircrewmen and engineers
Battle honours:
Palembang 1945
1945
Role: In addition to its training role, the
Norway 1944-45
Okinawa 1945
1952-53
squadron is capable of carrying out all the roles
nds 1982
Atlantic 1944
of the other front-line squadrons
Normandy 1944
Naval Air Squadron
Date formed: April 3 1933 as a Spotter
Arctic 1944-45
Reconnaissance Squadron
c signo vinces – In this sign you
Falkland Islands 1982
Current aircraft: Merlin HM1 helicopters
Kuwait 1991
Historic aircraft include: Fairey IIIF;
Unit: 857 Naval Air Squadron
NAS Culdrose Swordfish I, II; Seal; Sea Hurricane IIc; Wildcat
Unit: 847 Naval Air Squadron
Motto: animis opibusque parati – Prepared in
bmarine and anti-surface warfare. V; Barracuda II; Firefly FR1, AS6; Avenger TBM-
Motto: ex alto concutimus – We strike from on
mind and resources
sks include surveillance, troop 3E, AS4; Gannet AS1, T2, AS4; Whirlwind HAS7;
high
Location: RNAS Culdrose
ransport, replenishment, casualty Sea King HAS1, HAS2, HAS2(AEW), HAS5, HAS6
Location: RNAS Yeovilton
Role: To provide airborne surveillance and
Training statistics: Two courses of five Role: To provide armed reconnaissance and
control
d: December 1938 with 12 aircrews run each year (pilot,
direction of supporting arms capability, primarily
Date formed: April 1 1944
board HMS Hermes observer, aircrewman).
in support of 3 Cdo Bde RM worldwide
with 12 Grumman Avenger
raft: Merlin HM1 Engineering and refresher courses
Date formed: September 1 1995 – however
as a Torpedo Bomber
also run throughout the year. history pre-dates to August 12 1968 as 3
Reconnaissance squadron
craft include: Battle honours:
Commando Brigade Air Squadron
Current aircraft: Sea King
Barracuda II; Firefly Calabria 1940
Current aircraft: Army-owned
ASaC7 (Airborne Surveillance
AS6; Avenger Mediterranean 1940
Lynx AH Mk7
and Control) helicopters
nnet AS4, T2; Taranto 1940
Historic aircraft include:
Historic aircraft include:
S7; Wessex Libya 1940-41
Barracuda II; Gannet AS1, AS4;
Avenger I, II
Sea King HAS1, Malta Convoys 1942
Whirlwind HAS7; Wessex HU5
Battle honours:
S5, HAS6 Arctic 1944
Battle honours:
Palembang 1945
urs: Falklands 1982
East Indies 1944
Okinawa 1945
1940
Falkland Islands 1982
Al Faw 2003
Naval Air Squadron Unit: 829 Naval Air Squadron
e deep Motto: non effugient – They shall not escape Unit: 848 Naval Air Squadron
NAS Yeovilton Location: RNAS Culdrose Motto: accipe hoc – Take that
es Lynx helicopters for the Role: To provide single aircraft flights for six Location: RNAS Yeovilton
maritime attack role on the frigates Type 23 frigates to carry out anti-submarine and Role: To train Sea King HC Mk4 Commando
rs of the Royal Navy anti-surface warfare helicopter aircrew; to provide support for
d: October 9 1939 at Worthy Down Date formed: June 15 1940 at Ford with nine counter-terrorism operations. Unit: Royal Navy Historic Flight
raft: Lynx HMA8 Albacores for torpedo spotting reconnaissance Date formed: 1943 with 12 Avenger I aircraft Location: RNAS Yeovilton
craft include: Swordfish I, II; work on HMS Siskin Role: Established in 1972 to preserve Naval
ulmar I, II; Barracuda II, TR3; Current aircraft: Merlin HM1 helicopters Current aircraft: Sea King HC4 and HC4+ aviation heritage and to be a living memorial to
refly T; Grumman Avenger TBM- Historic aircraft include: Albacore I; Historic aircraft include: Avenger I, II; all Fleet Air Arm personnel
S5, Gannet AS1, T2, AS4, Swordfish I, II; Barracuda II; Swordfish I; Whirlwind HAR21, Number of personnel: 16
R3, HAS7, Wessex Whirlwind HAR1, HAS7, HAR9; HAR1, HAS22, HAS7; Wasp service and civilian; all pilots
AS2, HAS3 Wasp HAS1; Wessex HAS1, HAS3, HAS1; Wessex HU5 are serving RN or RNR
urs: HU5; Lynx HAS2, HAS3 Personnel trained: up to 60 personnel
n 1940-41 Battle honours: pilots and aircrewmen; 150 Date formed: 1972
1940 Matapan 1941 maintainers each year Current aircraft: Fairey
1940-41 Mediterranean 1941 Battle honours: Swordfish I, II; Sea Fury
1941 East Indies 1941 Norway 1944 FB11; Sea Hawk FGA6;
1944 Diego Suarez 1942 Okinawa 1945 Chipmunk T10
1944 Norway 1944 Japan 1945 Further information:
nds 1982 Falkland Islands 1982 Falkland Islands 1982 www.
1991 Kuwait 1991 Kuwait 1991
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