850 Squadron RAN

850 Squadron RAN
Commemorative plaque for 850 Squadron RAN at Rockingham Naval Memorial Park
Active1953–1954
Country Australia
Branch Royal Australian Navy
TypeCarrier based squadron
RoleFighter
Part ofRAN Fleet Air Arm

850 Squadron was a short-lived Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm fighter squadron. Previously 850 Naval Air Squadron (850 NAS) had been a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.[1] The squadron had been active in 1943 and 1943-1944.

850 Squadron was (re)formed by Australia at HMAS Albatross on 12 January 1953. Equipped with Hawker Sea Fury aircraft, the Squadron was embarked on HMAS Sydney during her post- Korean War patrol of Korean waters in 1953. It operated briefly out of Hong Kong before returning to Australia in early 1954 where it embarked aboard HMAS Vengeance for a short period. It was then disbanded on 3 August 1954.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "850 Squadron". Fleet Air Arm Archive. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  2. ^ Eather 1995, p. 140.

References

  • Eather, Steve (1995). Flying Squadrons of the Australian Defence Force. Weston Creek, Australian Capital Territory: Aerospace Publications. ISBN 1-875671-15-3.


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