804 Naval Air Squadron
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Navy |
| Type | Single-seat fighter squadron |
| Role | Carrier-based fighter squadron |
| Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
| Motto(s) | Swift to Kill |
| Aircraft | See Aircraft flown section for full list. |
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| Squadron Badge Description | Blue, a tiger's head inclined to profile proper holding in the jaws a sword fesswise silver pommel and hilt gold (1944) |
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804 Naval Air Squadron (804 NAS), also referred to as 804 Squadron, was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It most recently operated the Supermarine Scimitar between March 1960 and September 1961.
It formed in November 1939 from part of 769 Naval Air Squadrons Gloster Sea Gladiators which had been detached to RNAS Hatston. It served throughout the Second World War with a further variety of fighter aircraft including Brewster Buffalo, Grumman Martlet, Hawker Sea Hurricane, Fairey Fulmar and Grumman Hellcat. The squadron was merged into 800 Naval Air Squadron in June 1944 and subsequently reformed in September, when it flew Supermarine Seafire. During the Korean War, it flew Hawker Sea Fury and these were followed by the Hawker Sea Hawk during the Suez Crises.