880 Naval Air Squadron

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History 

15. Januar 1941 880 NAS formed at RNAS Arbroath
11. September 1945 880 NAS disbanded at Schofields, Australia
Planes:
  Jan 1941 - Feb 1941
 Martlet I
 

 

   
  Feb 1941 - June 1941
Sea Gladiator
 

 

   
  Mar 1941-Jul 1941
Sea Hurricane Ia
   
  Jul 1941-Aug 1942
Sea Hurricane Ib
 

 

   
   Aug 1942 - Feb 1943
Spitfire Vb
 

 

   
  Sep 1942 - Aug 1943
Seafire IIc
 

 

   
  Aug 1943 - Mar 1944
Seafire L.IIc
 

 

   
  Mar 1944 - Feb 1945
Seafire F.III
 

 

   
  Feb 1945 - Sep 1945
Seafire L.III
 

 

   
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880 NAS Deployments 
         
         
         
         
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880 NAS Commanding Officers 
Lt-Cdr F. E. C. Judd, RN 15 Jan 1941 12 Aug 1942
Lt-Cdr R. J. Cork, DSO, DFC, 12 Aug 1942 7 Sep 1942
Lt-Cdr (A) W. H. Martyn, DSC, RNVR 7 Sep 1942 5 Aug 1944
Lt-Cdr (A) R. M. Crosley, DSC & Bar, RNVR 5 Aug 1944 11. Sep 1945
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History 

The squadron formed at RNAS Arbroath in January 1941 as a Fleet Fighter squadron with 3 Martlet Is, intended for the still uncompleted HMS Indomitable.
The squadron was augmented with 3 Sea Gladiators and 9 Sea Hurricane IAs until replaced with Sea Hurricane Ibs in July 1941 the squadron then embarked on HMS Furious that month for the strike on Petsamo in the Arctic, when the CO L/C FEC Judd RN shot down a Do 18. Part of the squadron remaining at St Merryn, Twatt and Sumburgh.
In October 1941 the full squadron embarked on the completed HMS Indomitable and sailed to join the Eastern F
leet, calling in at Palisadoes, Norfolk, Khormaksar, Port Sudan, Ratmalana, Khormaksar and China Bay.
In May 1942, the squadron left Port Reitz, East Africa onboard HMS Indomitable and took part in the Madagascar landings, including an attack on the Vichy French sloop D’Entrecaseaux, and subsequently took part in Operation Pedestal convoy to Malta when the ship was badly damaged by enemy attacks. During the operation the squadron destroyed 8 enemy aircraft and damaged 3 aircraft, but lost 3 squadron aircraft. 
In August 1942 the squadron disembarked at RNAS Stretton and re-equipped soon after with 12 Seafire IICs.
In October 1942 the squadron embarked on HMS Argus for the North African landings, returning to HMS Indomitable in March 1943 for the landings in Sicily in July 1943 and the September landings in Salerno from HMS Stalker.
Stationed at RNAS Ballyhalbert and RAF Skeabrae from October 1943 till February 1944, the squadron embarked on HMS Furious in February for operations against Norway, and again in March/April when the squadron took part in the 3. April 1944 operation Tungsten attack which crippled the German Battleship Tirpitz in Kaa Fjord in Arctic Norway. 

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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. March 2011

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