822 Naval Air Squadron
| 822 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Squadron badge | |
| Active | Royal Air Force
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| Disbanded | 19 February 1946 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Navy |
| Type | Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance squadron |
| Role | Carrier-based:
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| Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
| Engagements | World War II |
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| Insignia | |
| Squadron Badge Description | White, an eagle displayed black armed and langued red crowned with the naval crown gold and holding in the dexter talon a winged thunderbolt white and in the sinister a grenade white both inflamed proper (1937) |
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| Aircraft flown | |
| Bomber | |
| Fighter | Fairey Firefly |
| Reconnaissance | |
822 Naval Air Squadron (821 NAS), sometimes known as 822 Squadron, is an inactive Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It was active as part of the Royal Air Force (RAF) before World War II and part of the Royal Navy during it. It most recently operated with Fairey Firefly FR.1 fighter/reconnaissance aircraft between September 1945 and February 1946 and disbanded at RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail).
The squadron, established in April 1933, was a carrier-based unit created through the merger of the Fairey III aircraft from 442 and 449 Flight (Fleet Torpedo Reconnaissance) Flights of the Royal Air Force RAF into the newly constituted Fleet Air Arm of the RAF. Throughout its tenure with the RAF, the squadron employed various aircraft, including the Fairey Seal, Blackburn Shark, and Fairey Swordfish. Following its transition to the Royal Navy, it subsequently operated Fairey Albacore during the Second World War, and later, it also utilised Fairey Barracuda.