818 Naval Air Squadron

818 Naval Air Squadron
Active
  • 1939–1942
  • 1942–1944
  • 1945
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeTorpedo Bomber Reconnaissance squadron
Role
  • Carrier-based Torpedo, Spotter, Reconnaissance (TSR)
  • Carrier-based Torpedo, Bomber, Reconnaissance (TBR)
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Battle honours
  • Norway 1940
  • Narvik 1940
  • English Channel 1940
  • Spartivento 1940
  • Mediterranean 1940-41
  • Atlantic 1941
  • "Bismarck" 1941

818 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier-based squadron formed in August 1939. It served on a number of the Navy's aircraft carriers during the Second World War, serving in most of the theatres of the war, before decommissioning at the end of the war.

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