812 Naval Air Squadron

812 Naval Air Squadron
812 Naval Air Squadron
	Squadron Badge
Active	Royal Air Force; 1933–1939; Royal Navy; 1939–1942; 1944–1946; 1946–1953; 1955–1956;
Disbanded	13 December 1956
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Type	Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance squadron
Role	Carrier-based: anti-submarine warfare (ASW); anti-surface warfare (ASuW);
Size	twelve / eighteen aircraft
Part of	Fleet Air Arm
Mottos	Dex aie ; (Norman : "God aid us")
Aircraft	See Aircraft flown section for full list.
Engagements	World War II; Korean War;
Battle honours	North Sea 1940; English Channel 1940; Mediterranean 1941; Malta Convoys 1941; Korea 1951–52;
Insignia
Squadron Badge Description	Blue, above water wavy green a flying fish gold (1937)
Identification Markings	60-65, 70–77 (Ripon/Baffin/Swordfish); G3A+ (Swordfish from May 1939); 3A+ (Swordfish by October 1940); 2A+ (Swordfish in 1942); N1A+ (Barracuda); 370–381 (Barracuda October 1945); V4A+ (Firefly); 270–281 (Firefly March 1946); 287–298 (Firefly from October 1946); 200–211 (Firefly February 1948); 212–215 (Black Flight); 440–447 (Gannet); 255, 260–267 (Gannet January 1956);
Fin Carrier/Shore Codes	A (Barracuda October 1945); M:N (Firefly March 1946); T (Firefly from October 1946); O:R (Firefly February 1948); R (Black Flight); J (Gannet); J:GN (Gannet January 1956);

812 Naval Air Squadron (812 NAS), also referred to as 812 Squadron, is an inactive Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN). It most recently operated the Fairey Gannet AS.1 anti-submarine warfare aircraft between November 1955 and December 1956, with its last deployment aboard the Audacious-class aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, to the Mediterranean.

It was active from 1933 and saw service in both World War II and the Korean War. During its service with the Royal Air Force (RAF), the squadron used aircraft such as the Blackburn Ripon, Blackburn Baffin, and Fairey Swordfish. After its transfer to the Royal Navy and the latter part of the Second World War, it alo operated the Fairey Barracuda. During the late forties and early fifties the squadron operated a number of variants of Fairey Firefly.