808 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in July 1940. 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. It was re-formed in 1950 and operated on ships of the Royal Australian Navy, seeing action in the Korean War, before being finally decommissioned in 1958.

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  • 808 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in July 1940. 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. It was re-formed in 1950 and operated on ships of the Royal Australian Navy, seeing action in the Korean War, before being finally decommissioned in 1958. (en)
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  • Spartivento 1940 'Bismarck' 1941 Malta Convoys 1941 Atlantic 1943 Salerno 1943 Normandy 1944 Burma 1945 Korea 1951-2 (en)
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  • UK/Australia (en)
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  • 2008-09-01 00:00:00.000000 (xsd:date)
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  • 1940-1941 1942-1945 1950-1954 1955-1958 (en)
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  • Strength in Unity (en)
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  • Offensive Support (en)
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  • Carrier based squadron (en)
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  • 808 Naval Air Squadron (en)
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  • 808 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in July 1940. 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. It was re-formed in 1950 and operated on ships of the Royal Australian Navy, seeing action in the Korean War, before being finally decommissioned in 1958. (en)
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  • 808 Naval Air Squadron (en)
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  • 808 Naval Air Squadron
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