803 Naval Air Squadron

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803 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron.

History

Interwar

803 NAS was formed on 3 April 1933 by promoting No 405 (Fleet Fighter) Flight to the status of a squadron, with nine Ospreys.^[1] In the same month it embarked on HMS Eagle for the Far East, where it remained (transferring to HMS Hermes in January 1935) until disbandment on 1 October 1937.

803 Squadron was re-formed on 21 November 1938 at

803 Squadron was re-formed (with

When HMS Warrior was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy (as HMCS Warrior) in January 1946, 803 Squadron went with the ship. In May 1951, she was renamed 870 Squadron RCN, and the designation "803 Squadron" again became available to the Royal Navy.

Re-formed in 1958, 803 NAS became the first FAA squadron to operate a

• Hawker Osprey 1932–1944
• Hawker Nimrod 1933–?
• Blackburn Skua II Dec 1938 – Oct 1940
• Blackburn Roc I April 1939 – April 1940
• Fairey Fulmar I Oct 1940 – June 1941
• Hawker Hurricane I June 1941 – March 1942
• Hawker Sea Hurricane
  June 1942 – Aug 1942
• Fairey Fulmar II March 1942 – Aug 1943
• Supermarine Seafire III June 1945-end of WW2
• Supermarine Seafire F.XV Aug 1945-end of WW2
• Supermarine Attacker FB.2 January 1953 - May 1954
• Hawker Sea Hawk 1953–57
• Supermarine Scimitar 1958–1966
• Blackburn Buccaneer 1967–1969

References

Sources

• Fleet Air Arm 803 Squadron
• Squadron history
• FAA Buccaneer Association

External links

• Pilot with 803 NAS^{[permanent dead link]}