802 Naval Air Squadron
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802 Naval Air Squadron (802 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.[1]
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802 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Active | 3 April 1933–April 1940 21 November 1940–21 December 1941 1 February–15 November 1942 1 May 1945–30 March 1947 1 May 1947–10 December 1952 2 February 1953–22 November 1955 6 February 1956–10 April 1959 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Role | Naval Air Defence/Attack |
Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
Motto(s) | Prima Ferire (Latin: "First to Strike") |
Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | Hawker Nimrod Hawker Osprey Gloster Sea Gladiator Grumman Martlet Hawker Sea Hurricane Supermarine Seafire Hawker Sea Fury Hawker Sea Hawk |
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