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Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm

831 Naval Air Squadron
Active1941–1944
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Military unit

831 Naval Air Squadron (831 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. The squadron was reformed twice: firstly from 21 November 1955 - 10 December 1957 and then from 1 May 1958 - 26 August 1966. The cartoon character Flook was adopted as a squadron mascot in the era following World War 2 and painted as nose art on aircraft.

References

  1. "831 Squadron". Fleet Air Arm Archive. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  2. "831 Naval Air Squadron". Wings-Aviation.ch.
  3. "Aviation Photo #0828845: Fairey Gannet ECM6 - UK - Navy". Airliners.net.
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Units in underline subsequently commissioned into Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm
Units in italics subsequently commissioned into Netherlands Naval Aviation Service
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