870 Naval Air Squadron

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History 

1. May 1951 870 NAS formed at RCAF Dartmouth by renumbering NAS 803
November 1952 870 NAS redesignates VF-870
30. March 1954 VF-870 disbanded at RCAF Summerside, Prince Edward Island
1. November 1954 VF-870 reformed at RCAF Summerside, Prince Edward Island
7. September 1962 VF-870 disbanded at RCAF Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Planes:
  May 1951 - Mar. 1954
 Sea Fury FB.11
 

 

   
  Nov. 1954 - Sep. 1962
Banshee F2H-3
 

 

   
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870 NAS, VF-870 Deployments 
January 1954 - 9. March 1954 HMCS Magnificent CVL-21 31 Air Group Sea Fury -
3. September 1957 - 30. October 1957 HMCS Bonaventure CVL 22 ? Banshee -
7. September 1959 - 13. September 1959 HMCS Bonaventure CVL 22 ? Banshee -
14. November 1960 - 16. December 1960 HMCS Bonaventure CVL 22 ? Banshee -
19. April 1961 - 28. April 1961 HMCS Bonaventure CVL 22 ? Banshee -
9. April 1962 - 29. June 1962 HMCS Bonaventure CVL 22 ? Banshee -
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870 NAS, VF-870 Home Port Assignments
RCAF Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 1. May 1951 24. Sep. 1953
RCAF Summerside, Prince Edward Island 24. Sep. 1953 30. Mar. 1954
RCAF Summerside, Prince Edward Island 1. Nov. 1954 7. Sep. 1962
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870 NAS VF-870 Commanding Officers 
1951 - 1954
Lt-Cdr D. D. Peacocke, RCN 1. May 1951 9. Feb. 1953
Lt-Cdr D. M. McLeod, RCN 9. Feb. 1953 30. Mar. 1954
1954 - 1962
Lt-Cdr D. M. McLeod, RCN 1. Nov. 1954 1. Nov. 1955
Lt-Cdr R. H. Falls, RCN 1. Nov. 1955 14. Jan. 1958
Lt-Cdr W. J. Walton, RCN 14. Jan. 1958 30. Jun. 1960
Lt-Cdr K. S. Nichelson, CD, RCN 30. Jun. 1960 7. Sep. 1962
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History 

803 Squadron was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on 24. January 1946 when HMS Warrior was commisissoned, in which she was re-numbered 870 Squadron (RCN) in May 1951 (with the 803 designation returning to the Royal Navy).

It was renamed VF 870 under the US system of numbering in November 1952 and continued service until it was first disbanded in March 1954. It was then reformed in March 1955 and then disbanded a final time in September 1962.

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written 12. September 2016

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