848 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
1. June 1943 848 NAS formed at NAS Quonset Point RI
31. October 1945 848 NAS disbanded at Devonport
29. October 1952 848 NAS reformed at RNAS Gosport
18. December 1956 848 NAS disbanded at RNAS Sembawang, Singapore
14. October 1958 848 NAS reformed at RNAS Hal Far Malta
30. July 1963 848 NAS disbanded at RNAS Culdrose
7. May 1964 848 NAS reformed at RNAS Culdrose
31 March 1976 848 NAS disbanded at RNAS Yeovilton
17 April 1982 848 NAS reformed at RNAS Yeovilton
30 November 1982 848 NAS disbanded at RNAS Yeovilton
16 November 1990 848 NAS reformed at RNAS Yeovilton
19 April 1991 848 NAS disbanded at RNAS Yeovilton
Mar 1995 848 NAS reformed at RNAS Yeovilton
19. December 2013 848 NAS disbanded at RNAS Yeovilton
1. May 2015 848 NAS reformed at RNAS Yeovilton
24. March 2016 848 NAS disbanded at RNAS Yeovilton
Planes:
 

 

 

 Jun. 1943 - Oct. 1945
Avenger I		  
 

 

 

 Aug. 1945 - Oct. 1945
Avenger II		    
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 Oct. 1952 - Dec. 1956
Whirrlwind HAR.21		  
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 Oct. 1958 - Oct. 1959
Whirlwind HAS.22		      
 

 

 

 1959 - Jul. 1963
Whirlwind HAS.7		      
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 May 1964 - Aug. 1967
Wessex HU.5		      
 

 

 

 Aug. 1967 - Apr. 1973
Wasp HAS.1		    
 

 

 

 1971 - Mar 1976
Wessex HU.5		      
 

 

 

 Apr 1982 - Nov 1982
Wessex HU.5		      
 

 

 

 Nov 1990 - Apr 1991
Sea King HC.4		      
 

 

 

 Mar. 1995 - Dec 2013
Sea King HC.4		      
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 May 2015 - March 2016
Sea King HC.4		      
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848 NAS Deployments 
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848 NAS Commanding Officers 
L/C(A) R. G. Hunt, RN 1 Jun 1943 9 May 1944
L/C A. P. Boddam-Whetham, RN 9 May 1944 21 Aug 1944
L/C T. G. V. Percy, RN 21 Aug 1944 8 Jun 1945
L/C(A) A. W. R Turney, RN 8 Jun 1945 31 Oct 1945
     
     
     
Cdr Rich Sutton Apr 2011  
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History 

The squadron was officially formed in June 1943 as a torpedo bomber reconnaissance Avenger squadron at NAS Quonset Point, and subsequently embarked on HMS Trumpeter in October 1943 for the UK.
In April 1944 the squadron was attached to 16 Group RAF Coastal Command at Manston and Thorney Island for duties in the English Channel leading up to D-Day activities at Normandy.
In September 1944 the squadron embarked on HMS Formidable for the Far East, but remained at Dekheila whilst the ship was repaired for 3 months with propellor shaft problems.
In January 1945 the squadron re-embarked on HMS Formidable for the British Pacific Fleet which it joined in April 1945 in the Phillipines via Australia, and soon after taking part in strikes against Sakishima Gunto Island airfields and shore targets, and subsequently was involved in attacks on Formosa.
When the ship’s flight deck was damaged by Kamikaze attacks, the ship withdrew to Australia in early June 1945 and the squadron joined the 2nd Carrier Air Group at Jervis Bay, embarking on HMS Formidable later in the month for strikes in July against the Japanese mainland up till VJ-Day.

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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. March 2011

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