828 Naval Air Squadron

828 Naval Air Squadron
828 Naval Air Squadron
	Fairey Fireflies (1771 Squadron), Fairey Barracudas (828 Squadron), and Supermarine Seafires (880 Squadron) of the Fleet Air Arm on the flight deck of HMS Implacable warming up ready to make strike on enemy shipping at the entrance to Alten Fjord, Norway.
Active	1940–1943; 1944–1946;
Disbanded	3 June 1946
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Type	Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance squadron
Role	Carrier-based: anti-submarine warfare (ASW); anti-surface warfare (ASuW);
Part of	Fleet Air Arm
Home station	See Naval air stations section for full list.
Engagements	World War II Operation Husky; Operation Goodwood; Air raids on Japan;
Battle honours	Mediterranean 1941-43; Norway 1944; Japan 1945;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Lieutenant Commander(A) F.A. Swanton, DSC, RN
Insignia
Identification Markings	5A+, later S5A+ (Albacore); single letters (Barracuda); 1A+ (Barracuda November 1941); A1A+ (Barracuda January 1945); single letters (Avenger); 370-386 (Avenger later);
Fin Carrier Codes	N (Avenger later);
Aircraft flown
Bomber	Fairey Albacore; Fairey Swordfish; Fairey Barracuda; Grumman Avenger;

828 Naval Air Squadron (828 NAS), also known as 828 Squadron, was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It last operated with Grumman Avenger and served on a number of the Navy's aircraft carriers during the Second World War. It also used Fairey Swordfish, Fairey Albacore and Fairey Barracuda, before decommissioning after the end of the war.

Formed in September 1940 as a torpedo spotter reconnaissance squadron. It operated in a number of the theatres of the Second World War, carrying out a number of attacks on enemy targets including the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway.