825 Naval Air Squadron

825 Naval Air Squadron (825 NAS), also referred to as 825 Squadron, is a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN), which was re-commissioned on 10 October 2014 and currently flies the AgustaWestland Wildcat HMA2. Located at RNAS Yeovilton, this unit is a component of the Wildcat Maritime Force and is tasked with the training of all Royal Navy Wildcat Helicopter Engineers. Additionally, it serves as the Operational Conversion Unit, supplying Aircrew to operate the Wildcat Helicopter Maritime Attack (HMA) Mk2 alongside 815 Naval Air Squadron in frontline operations.

It was a carrier-based squadron that was formed on 8 October 1934 from the aircraft and personnel of 824 Naval Air Squadron. It operated in most of the theatres of the Second World War, carrying out a number of attacks on prominent German warships, including the battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic and the pocket battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen during their Channel Dash. The squadron also saw action in later conflicts, including the Korean War and the Falklands War.