1830 Naval Air Squadron
Active1943-45
1947-57[1]
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
Part ofFleet Air Arm

1830 Naval Air Squadron (1830 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

From HMS Illustrious 1830 NAS participated in Operation Robson over Sumatra in December 1944.[2]

Naval Reserve

1831 Squadron reformed at RNAS Abbotsinch (HMS Sanderling (now Glasgow Airport ) in Renfrewshire on 15 August 1947 as part of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, equipped with Fairey Firefly fighters.[3]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 342.
  2. ^ Winton 1970, pp. 70–74.
  3. ^ "A history of 1830 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Air Squadron". The Royal Navy Research Archive. 29 December 2022.

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Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons
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