854 Naval Air Squadron
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| 854 Naval Air Squadron | |
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| Active | 1944-1945, 2006- |
| Country | UK |
| Branch | Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm |
| Type | Carrier based squadron |
| Role | airborne early warning |
| Garrison/HQ | RNAS Culdrose |
| Motto | Fortune helps the daring |
| Anniversaries | none |
| Battles/wars | Normandy 1944, Palembang 1945, Okinawa 1945 |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
L/C R E Jess DSC, RCNVR |
Formed with Avenger IIs as an anti-shipping squadron on 1 Jan 1944 at Squantum in the USA. Operated over the English Channel in the run-up to D-Day, it subsequently served for a year in the Far East. 854 NAS left its Avenger IIIs behind and sailed for the UK, to disband on 8 Dec 1945.
After a ceremony at RNAS Culdrose, the unit reformed with the Sea King ASaC.7 on 13 Dec 2006 from 849 Squadron, A Flight.
[edit] Reference
Sturtivant and Ballance (1994), The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm, Air Britain Publications, 480pp, ISBN 0 85130 223 8.
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