816 Naval Air Squadron

816 Naval Air Squadron
Active	1939 - 1948
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Role	Anti-submarine
Part of	Fleet Air Arm
Motto(s)	"Imitate the action of the tiger"
Battle honours	Norway 1940, Narvik 1940, Malta Convoys 1941, Mediterranean 1941, Atlantic 1943, Arctic 1944, Normandy 1944
Insignia
Identification symbol	Tigers Head
Aircraft flown
Attack	Fairey Swordfish Supermarine Seafire Grumman Wildcat V Fairey Barracuda II Fairey Firefly FR.I

816 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed at the start of the Second World War.

The squadron formed aboard HMS Furious in October 1939 with 9 Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers for anti-submarine duty on convoys between the UK and Canada

In 1948 it was re-formed as 816 Squadron RAN an Australian squadron with the Fairey Firefly and embarked on HMAS Sydney.

Battle honours

• Norway 1940,
• Narvik 1940,
• Malta Convoys 1941,
• Mediterranean 1941,
• Atlantic 1943,
• Arctic 1944,
• Normandy 1944

Aircraft operated

• Fairey Swordfish I (Anti submarine Warfare, Search)
• Fairey Swordfish II (Strike)
• Supermarine Seafire Ib & L.IIc (Strike)
• Grumman Wildcat V (Strike)
• Fairey Barracuda II (Torpedo/dive Bomber)
• Fairey Firefly FR.I (Fighter Reconnaissance)
• Fairey Firefly NF.I (Night Fighter)

See also

• List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons

External links

• Fleet Air Arm Archive^[usurped]
• Australian Government history of 816 Squadron^[usurped]