811 Naval Air Squadron | Technology Trends

811 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of Britain's Fleet Air Arm.

The squadron was flying the Fairey Swordfish in 1939 from Courageous. When that ship was lost the survivors were drafted to help form 815 Naval Air Squadron.

811 was reformed in July 1941 at Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus). Initially equipped with the Vought-Sikorsky Chesapeake and intended for duty with an escort carrier on the Atlantic convoys. After three months it was decided that the Chesapeake was not up to the job and the squadron re-equipped with the Swordfish.

After a long period re-training, initially at RNAS Arbroath, then at RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail) the squadron moved during August 1942 to RAF Bircham Newton for mine-laying and other anti-shipping operations off the coast of the Netherlands, Belgium and North-East France.

In December of that year there was another move, this time to RNAS Hatston, Orkney.

It eventually got afloat in Biter in March 1943.

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons

Currently active squadrons	700 702 703 705 727 750 771 792 814 815 820 824 829 845 846 847 848 849 854 857

Inactive squadrons	701 704 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 728 728B 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 816 817 818 819 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 840 841 842 850 851 852 853 855 856 860 861 870 871 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 1700 1701 1702 1703 1770 1771 1772 1790 1791 1792 1820 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853

Display teams	Fred's Five Simon's Sircus Blue Herons Sharks Black Cats

Other units	HMS Gannet SAR Flight Fleet Requirements and Aircraft Direction Unit Royal Navy Historic Flight

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