831 Naval Air Squadron

831 Naval Air Squadron
Active1941–1944
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Military unit

831 Naval Air Squadron (831 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.[1] The squadron was reformed twice: firstly from 21 November 1955 - 10 December 1957 and then from 1 May 1958 - 26 August 1966. [2] The cartoon character Flook was adopted as a squadron mascot in the era following World War 2 and painted as nose art on aircraft.[3]

References

  1. ^ "831 Squadron". Fleet Air Arm Archive. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "831 Naval Air Squadron". Wings-Aviation.ch.
  3. ^ "Aviation Photo #0828845: Fairey Gannet ECM6 - UK - Navy". Airliners.net.
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Active
Flying
  • 700X
  • 703
  • 705
  • 727
  • 744
  • 750
  • 809
  • 814
  • 815
  • 820
  • 824
  • 825
  • 845
  • 846
  • 847
Non-flying
Display team
  • Black Cats
Inactive
Squadrons
Display teams
Units in underline subsequently commissioned into Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm
Units in italics subsequently commissioned into Netherlands Naval Aviation Service