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827 Naval Air Squadron

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827 Naval Air Squadron
An 827 Squadron Fairey Barracuda taking off from HMS Furious during the Operation Mascot attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in July 1944
CountryUnited Kingdom
BranchFleet Air Arm
RoleAttack
SizeSquadron
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lieutenant Commander J R Godley; Lieutenant Commander Roy Baker-Falkner
Aircraft flown
AttackFairey Barracuda
FighterWestland Wyvern

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 Barracudas in any substantial number. Post-war it initially operated the Blackburn Firebrand strike fighter, until 1954 when the squadron began operating Westland Wyverns.

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