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811 Naval Air Squadron
A Grumman Martlet fighter of 811 Squadron lands on HMS Biter after a successful action against a German Junkers Ju 290, February 1944
Active
1933–1939 1941–1944 1945–1947 1955–1956
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Royal Navy
Role
Torpedo-bomber / fighter squadron
Part of
Fleet Air Arm
Motto(s)
Ventre à mer
Aircraft flown
Blackburn Ripon
Blackburn Baffin
Fairey Swordfish
Hawker Sea Hurricane
Vought Chesapeake
Avro 652
Grumman Martlet
de Havilland Sea Mosquito
Hawker Sea Hawk
Battle honours
English Channel 1942
North Sea 1942
Atlantic 1943–44
Arctic 1944[1]
Military unit
811 Naval Air Squadron was a unit of the British Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was first founded in 1933, and served during World War II, seeing action in the battle of the Atlantic and on Russian convoys, and was eventually disbanded in 1956.
^"Fleet Air Arm Squadrons". Fleet Air Arm Officers Association. 2014. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
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United Kingdom
Royal Navy