827 Naval Air Squadron was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. It operated Fairey Barracudas starting in May 1943, becoming the first squadron to receive the Fairey Barracuda in any substantial number, and was led by Strike leader Roy Sydney Baker-Falkner in the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Operation Tungsten in 3 April 1944. Post-war it initially operated the Blackburn Firebrand strike fighter, until 1954 when the squadron began operating Westland Wyverns.
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| - 827 Naval Air Squadron was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. It operated Fairey Barracudas starting in May 1943, becoming the first squadron to receive the Fairey Barracuda in any substantial number, and was led by Strike leader Roy Sydney Baker-Falkner in the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Operation Tungsten in 3 April 1944. Post-war it initially operated the Blackburn Firebrand strike fighter, until 1954 when the squadron began operating Westland Wyverns. (en)
- O Esquadrão Aeronaval 827 foi um esquadrão da Fleet Air Arm da Marinha Real Britânica. Tornou-se famoso por ser o primeiro esquadrão a operar um número considerável de aeronaves em Maio de 1943, que foram usados na onde o couraçado Tirpitz foi atacado, porém, sem o conseguirem afundar. (pt)
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| - An 827 Squadron Fairey Barracuda taking off from during the Operation Mascot attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in July 1944 (en)
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| - 827 Naval Air Squadron was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. It operated Fairey Barracudas starting in May 1943, becoming the first squadron to receive the Fairey Barracuda in any substantial number, and was led by Strike leader Roy Sydney Baker-Falkner in the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Operation Tungsten in 3 April 1944. Post-war it initially operated the Blackburn Firebrand strike fighter, until 1954 when the squadron began operating Westland Wyverns. (en)
- O Esquadrão Aeronaval 827 foi um esquadrão da Fleet Air Arm da Marinha Real Britânica. Tornou-se famoso por ser o primeiro esquadrão a operar um número considerável de aeronaves em Maio de 1943, que foram usados na onde o couraçado Tirpitz foi atacado, porém, sem o conseguirem afundar. (pt)
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