817 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
15 March 1941 817 NAS formed at RNAS Crail, Scotland
Aug 1943 817 NAS disbanded at RNAS
1. December 1943 817 NAS reformed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent
23 August 1945 817 NAS disbanded at RNAS
25 April 1950 817 NAS reformed at RNAS St Merryn, Cornwall
27 April 1955 817 NAS disbanded at NAS Nowra, Australia
23 August 1955 817 NAS reformed at RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall
18 August 1958 817 NAS disbanded at NAS Nowra, Australia
18 July 1963 817 NAS reformed at NAS Nowra, Australia
1970 817 NAS redesignated HS-817
1997 HS-817 redesignated 817 NAS
16 Dec 2011 817 NAS disbanded at NAS Nowra, Australia

Planes:
  Mar 1941 - Aug 1943
Albacore I		  

 

   
  Dec 1945 - 19??
Barracuda II		  

 

   
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  Apr 1950 - Apr 1955
Firefly AS.5		    
  Aug 1955 - Aug 1958
Gannet AS.1		    
  Jul 1963 - Feb 1976
Wessex HAS.31		    
  Feb 1976 - Dec 2011
Sea King HAS.50		  

 

   
Dec 2007 - Dec 2011
MRH 90 Taipan 		 

 

   
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817 NAS Deployments 
         
         
         
         
 
817 NAS Commanding Officers 
Lt-Cdr Sanderson, DSC, RN March 1941 Feb 1942
Lt-Cdr P. G. Sugden, RN Feb 1942 June 1942
Lt L. E. D. Walthall, DSC, RN June 1942 July 1942
Lt-Cdr N. R. Corbet-Milward, RN July 1942 Aug 1943
Lt-Cdr(A) T. W. May, SANF(V) Aug 1943 Feb 1945
? Feb 1945 Apr 1945
Lt-Cdr(A) M. A. Lacayo, RN Apr 1945 23 Aug 1945
Lt-Cdr R.B. Lunberg, RN 25 Apr 1950 14 Jul 1952
Lt-Cdr A.L. Oakley, DFC 14 Jul 1952 15 Aug 1953
Lt-Cdr D.S. Harvey 15 Aug 1953 13 Oct 1953
Lt-Cdr J.D. Goble 13 Oct 1953 27 Apr 1955
Lt-Cdr J.A. Gledhill, DSC 4 Aug 1955 9 Nov 1956
Lt-Cdr J.S. Hickson 9 Nov 1956 7 Jan 1957
Lt-Cdr H.E. Bailey, DSC 7 Jan 1957 18 Aug 1958
Cdr G. McC. Jude 18 Jul 1963 19 Sep 1963
Lt-Cdr R.J. Simmonds 19 Sep 1963 4 Oct 1965
Lt-Cdr D.J. Orr 4 Oct 1965 7 Jun 1966
Lt-Cdr F. Hillier 7 Jun 1966 26 Jul 1966
Lt-Cdr A.A.H. Evans 26 Jul 1966 23 Oct 1967
Lt-Cdr R.A Waddell-Wood 23 Oct 1967 15 Jan 1968
Lt-Cdr D.N. Rodgers 15 Jan 1968 1 Jul 1968
Lt-Cdr G.A. Thomas, RN 1 Jul 1968 28 Nov 1968
Lt-Cdr D.S. Ferry 28 Nov 1968 16 Mar 1969
Lt-Cdr D.N. Rodgers 16 Mar 1969 5 Jan 1970
Lt-Cdr A.G. Whitton 5 Jan 1970 31 May 1971
Lt-Cdr D.C. MacLaren 31 May 1971 26 Jul 1972
Lt-Cdr D.G. Debus 26 Jul 1972 28 Jun 1974
Lt-Cdr T.S.J. Pennington 28 Jun 1974 9 Jun 1975
Lt-Cdr I.M. Speedy 9 Jun 1975 2 Feb 1976
Cdr E.S. Bell 2 Feb 1976 8 Feb 1976
Lt-Cdr R.K. Waldron 8 Feb 1976 12 Feb 1977
Lt-Cdr J.W. Firth 12 Feb 1977 29 May 1978
Lt-Cdr A.H. Craig 29 May 1978 4 May 1979
Lt-Cdr K.B. Englesman 4 May 1979 3 Apr 1980
Lt-Cdr W.M. Kimpton 3 Apr 1980 30 Mar 1981
Lt-Cdr J.W.J. Nicoll 30 Mar 1981 21 Jan 1983
Lt-Cdr H.E. Campey 21 Jan 1983 6 Jul 1984
Lt-Cdr K.W. Eames 6 Jul 1984 21 Dec 1984
Lt-Cdr R.J. Cooper 21 Dec 1984 5 Dec 1986
Lt-Cdr L.N. Phillips 5 Dec 1986 1 Jul 1988
Lt-Cdr A.F. Wright 1 Jul 1988 8 Dec 1989
Lt-Cdr T. Gorman 8 Dec 1989 6 Jan 1991
Lt-Cdr J.H. Edwards 6 Jan 1991 13 Dec 1993
Lt-Cdr P.R. Lea 13 Dec 1993 5 Apr 1994
Lt-Cdr R.J. Smith 5 Apr 1994 25 Apr 1996
Lt-Cdr T.W. Barrett 25 Apr 1996 1 Jan 1997
Cdr T.W. Barrett 1 Jan 1997 5 May 1997
Lt-Cdr G. Sydney 5 May 1997 26 Jun 1999
Lt-Cdr D.J. Gwyther 26 Jun 1999 1 Jan 2000
Cdr D.J. Gwyther 1 Jan 2000 7 Sep 2000
Cdr K. MacAuley-Black 7 Sep 2000 9 Oct 2003
Cdr J.O. Tobin 9 Oct 2003 28 Nov 2005
Cdr T.R. Leonard 28 Nov 2005 14 Dec 2007
Cdr R.I. Gagnon 14 Dec 2007 11 Aug 2009
Cdr P. Moggach 11 Aug 2009 16 Dec 2011
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History 

817 NAS was commissioned in 1941, with the ASW Fairey Albacore aircraft, and was involved in skirmishes in Icelandic waters, Norway, Sicily and in Algeria. The Squadron was reformed on 1 December 1943 at RNAS Lee-on-Solent with 12 Fairey Barracuda aircraft. Bombing operations were conducted in Sumatra.

On 25 April 1950 817 NAS reformed at RNAS St Merryn as a Royal Australian Navy squadron equipped with Fairey Fireflies. They embarked on HMAS Sydney as part of the 21st CAG.

  

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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. March 2011

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