855 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
1. February 1944 855 NAS formed at NAS Squantum MA
21. October 1945 855 NAS disbanded at RNAS Machrihanish
 
Planes:
 

 

 

 Feb 1944 - Oct 1944
Avenger I		  
         
855 NAS Deployments 
6. MAy 1944 - 23. May 1944 HMS Queen - Avenger I -
         
855 NAS Home Port Assignments
NAS Squantum MA

1. Feb. 1944

1. May 1944
NAS Norfolk VA

1. May 1944

6. May 1944
RNAS Renfrew

23. May 1944

25. May 1944
RNAS Speke

25. May 1944

26. May 1944
RNAS Hawkinge

26. May 1944

3. Aug. 1944
RNAS Thorney Island

3. Aug. 1944

7. Aug. 1944
RNAS Docking

7. Aug. 1944

18. Oct 1944
RNAS Lee-on-Solent

18. Oct 1944

7. Sep. 1944
RNAS Bircham Newton

7. Sep. 1944

14. Sep. 1944
RNAS Docking

14. Sep. 1944

13. Oct. 1944
RNAS Machrihanish

13. Oct. 1944

 21. Oct. 1944
         
855 NAS Commanding Officers 

Lt-Cdr J. B. Harrower, RNR

 1. Feb. 1944 21. Oct. 1944
         

History 

In February 1944, the squadron formed at NAS Squantum, USA as a torpedo bomber reconnaissance Avenger squadron, and subsequently embarked on HMS Queen in May, disembarking at Hawkinge in May 1944.
In May 1944 the squadron was attached to No 157 Wing RAF Coastal Command at Hawkinge and subsequently Thorney Island for duties in the English Channel leading up to D-Day activities in Normandy. After the Invasion Forces were consolidated in France the services of the squadron were no longer needed and it disbanded in October 1944.

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