1830 Naval Air Squadron

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1830 Naval Air Squadron
Active1943-45
1947-57 [1]
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
BranchNaval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Part of Fleet Air Arm

1830 Naval Air Squadron (1830 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

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From HMS Illustrious 1830 NAS participated in Operation Robson over Sumatra in December 1944. [2]

1831 Squadron reformed at RNAS Abbotsinch (HMS Sanderling (now Glasgow Airport ) in Renfrewshire on 15 August 1947 as part of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, equipped with Fairey Firefly fighters. [3]

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References

Citations

  1. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 342.
  2. Winton 1970, pp. 70–74.
  3. "A history of 1830 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Air Squadron". The Royal Navy Research Archive. 29 December 2022.

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