827 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
15. September 1940 827 NAS formed at RNAS Yeovilton
24. July 1946 827 NAS disbanded RNAS Lee-on Solent
15. August 1946 827 NAS reformed at RNAS Eglinton
22. November 1950 827 NAS disbanded at RNAS Ford
13. December 1950 827 NAS reformed at RNAS Ford
23. December 1952 827 NAS disbanded at RNAS Ford
1. November 1954 827 NAS reformed at RNAS Ford
19. November 1955 827 NAS disbanded at RNAS Ford
Planes:
 

 

 

 Sep. 1940 - Jan. 1943
Albacore I		      
 

 

 

 Jan. 1943 - Jul. 1943
Barracuda I		      
 

 

 

 Mar. 1943 - Jul. 1946
Barracuda II		    
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 Aug. 1946 - Nov. 1950
Firyfly FR.1		  
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 Dec 1950 - Dec 1952
Firebrand TF.5		  
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 Nov. 1954 - Nov. 1955
Wyvern S.4		  
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827 NAS Deployments 
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827 NAS Home Port Assignments
1940 - 1946
     
     
1950 - 1952
     
     
1954 - 1955
     
     
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827 NAS Commanding Officers 
1940 - 1946
Lt-Cdr W. G. C. Stokes, RN 15. Sep. 1940 18. Jul. 1941
Lt-Cdr J. A. Stewart-Moore, RN 18. Jul. 1941 22. Aug. 1941
Lt-Cdr P. G. O. Sydney-Turner, RN 22. Aug. 1941 15. May. 1942
Lt-Cdr D. K. Buchanon-Dunlop, RN 15. May. 1942 7. Sep. 1942
Lt R. W. Little, RN 7. Sep. 1942 12. Feb. 1943
Lt-Cdr. J. S. Bailey, RN 12. Feb. 1943 12. Aug. 1943
Lt-Cdr (A) R. S. Baker-Falkner, DSC, RN 12. Aug. 1943 25. Oct. 1943
Lt-Cdr A) K. H. Gibney, DSC, RN 25. Oct. 1943 30. Jun. 1944
Lt-Cdr (A) G. R. Woolston, RN 30. Jun. 1944 6. Jul. 1945
Lt-Cdr (A) G. R. Clarke, RN 6. Jul. 1945 16. Dec. 1945
Lt-Cdr (A) L. R. Tivy, RN 16. Dec. 1945 24. Jul. 1946
1950 - 1952
Lt-Cdr H. D. Henderson, RN 13. Dec 1950 11. Jul 1952
Lt-Cdr L. C. Morris, RN 11. Jul 1952 23. Dec 1952
1954 - 1955
Lt-Cdr S. J. A. Richardson, RN 1. Nov 1954 19. Nov. 1955
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History 

The squadron was formed in September 1940 as a torpedo spotter reconnaissance Albacore squadron at RNAS Yeovilton, moving to Crail before carrying out anti-submarine patrols under 18 Group RAF Coastal Command at Stornaway from March 1941. 
In May 1941 the squadron was posted to Thorney Island and St Eval for minelaying operations off Brest and Cherbourg in preparations for possible attacks on the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
In July 1941 the squadron joined HMS Victorious to take part in the 30 July attacks on harbour facilities in Kirkenes, Finland, where one Ju87 was destroyed, but the squadron lost 6 of its 12 Albacores.
The remnants of the squadron regrouped at RNAS Hatston and embarked on HMS Indomitable in October 1941 for Jamaica, the USA, Capetown and Aden from where the squadron carried out anti-submarine patrols, and took part in the invasion of Madagascar, and subsequently in the operation Pedestal convoys to Malta in August 1942 where 5 squadron officers were killed in attacks on HMS Indomitable.
In January 1943 the squadron reformed as a torpedo bomber reconnaissance squadron at Stretton 12 Barracuda IIs, the first operational FAA squadron with Barracuda. 
In October 1943 the squadron joined No 8 Naval TBR Wing along with 830 squadron, operating from HMS Furious and RNAS Hatston in preparations for duties with the Home Fleet in the Arctic.
In March 1944 the squadron embarked temporarily on HMS Victorious for a successful dive-bombing attack with 830, 829 and 831 squadrons in operation Tungsten which crippled the German Battleship Tirpitz in Kaa Fjord in Arctic Norway on 3 April 1944. 
In May 1944 whilst operating from HMS Furious the squadron was successful in attacking and sinking enemy convoys on the coast of Norway, and in July 1944 joined HMS Formidable for further attacks on Tirpitz but was restricted by enemy smoke screens. The 8th TBR Wing Leader Lt-Cdr RS Baker-Falkner RN and his crew being lost on the return to Scapa. 
In October 1944 the squadron absorbed 830 NAS and operated from Beccles and Langham as part of 16 Group RAF Coastal Command for attacks on shipping off the Dutch coast in support of the liberation.
In January 1945 the squadron embarked on HMS Colossus to join the British Pacific Fleet, disembarking at RNAS Katukurunda, Ceylon to become part of the 14th Carrier Air Group in June 1945, and operating in the Indian Ocean until VJ-Day, not returning to the UK until July 1946.
 
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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. March 2011

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