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848 Naval Air Squadron
848 Naval Air Squadron
	848 NAS badge
Active	1 June 1943-45; 1952-56; 1958-63; 1964-76; 1982; 1990-91; 1995-19 December 2013; May 2015-Present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Type	Land based and amphibious squadron
Role	Commando Helicopter training
Part of	Fleet Air Arm
Garrison/HQ	RNAS Yeovilton
Motto(s)	Accipe Hoc ; Latin: "Take That"
Battle honours	Normandy 1944; Okinawa 1945; Japan 1945
Commanders
Current; commander	Cdr Gav Simmonite DFC RN

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848 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It operates the Westland Sea King HC.4 helicopter and previously provided advanced flying training to pilots for the other squadrons in the Commando Helicopter Force. The squadron is based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset.

History

The squadron was officially formed in June 1943 as a torpedo bomber, reconnaissance, Avenger squadron at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, and subsequently embarked on HMS Trumpeter in October 1943, for the UK.

Assigned to HMS Formidable between 1944 and 1945, 848 Squadron provided air support for the invasion of Okinawa (Operation Iceberg).

During its 69-year history, 848 Squadron has been disbanded and reformed several times but now has a more permanent standing, having been made the Commando Helicopter Training Squadron, based at RNAS Yeovilton. The Squadron took the role from 707 NAS which was responsible for the training of aircrew and maintainers in the Commando role. Part of this Squadron was taken to form 847 NAS during Operation Corporate to retake the Falkland Islands 1982. The Squadron operated Westland Wessex HU Mk V aircraft at this time.

With a complement of one hundred ratings and thirty officers, the Squadron is responsible for the instruction of up to sixty pilots and aircrewmen each year. Operating the Westland Sea King Mk 4, pilots undertake Advanced Flying Training - how to handle emergencies and how to fly with sole reference to instruments -before crewing up with the aircrewmen, taken from Royal Navy Ratings and Royal Marines, to learn how to operate the aircraft in a tactical environment during operational flying training.

Current Role

The Squadron also trains more than one hundred and fifty helicopter maintainers annually before sending them to the front line. Aircrew and maintainers receive military and amphibious training and are taught how to operate in the field and from the deck of a ship.

848 NAS is also committed to numerous UK maritime operations and airborne support for the Royal Marines. A special unit within it, M Flight, is tasked with supporting the Special Boat Service (SBS) in their operations.^{[citation needed]}

848 NAS disbanded in 2013.^[1] It reformed on 1 May 2015 as an operational Sea King Mk4 squadron; this is to allow 845 NAS to convert to the Merlin without a loss of operational capability.^[2]

Affiliations

SCC TS Mantle
Sussex URNU & HMS Ranger
Milton Abbey School CCF
Chalmers Farm School (hospice)
South Wraxall
Bristol

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References

External links

848 Naval Air Squadron - Archived Royal Navy official website

[1] ttp://www.yeovilpress.co.uk/blog/2014/03/25/top-award-for-848-naval-air-squadron/

[2] The Past, Present and Future of the 'Junglie' - Forces.tv

[3] 848 NAS Affiliations

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 NAS is also committed to numerous UK maritime operations and airborne support for the Royal Marines. A special unit within it, M Flight, is tasked with supporting the [[Special Boat Service]] (SBS) in their operations.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}
-NAS disbanded in 2013.<ref>http://www.yeovilpress.co.uk/blog/2014/03/25/top-award-for-848-naval-air-squadron/</ref> It reforemd on 1 May 2015 as an operational Sea King Mk4 squadron; this is to allow [[845 Naval Air Squadron|845 NAS]] to convert to the Merlin without a loss of operational capability.<ref>[http://forces.tv/96268817#eL8wyZcmlgwPy1zh.01 The Past, Present and Future of the 'Junglie'] - Forces.tv</ref>
+NAS disbanded in 2013.<ref>http://www.yeovilpress.co.uk/blog/2014/03/25/top-award-for-848-naval-air-squadron/</ref> It reformed on 1 May 2015 as an operational Sea King Mk4 squadron; this is to allow [[845 Naval Air Squadron|845 NAS]] to convert to the Merlin without a loss of operational capability.<ref>[http://forces.tv/96268817#eL8wyZcmlgwPy1zh.01 The Past, Present and Future of the 'Junglie'] - Forces.tv</ref>
 ==Affiliations==