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Sea King - 849 Naval Air Squadron

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849 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Fleet Air Arm, the Air Arm of the British Royal Navy. It was formed during the Second World War as a carrier based torpedo-bomber, unit, flying missions against Japanese targets in the Far East. Its service since the Second World War has been as an airborne early warning squadron, flying fixed winged Skyraiders and Gannets from the Royal Navy's fixed wing carriers from 1952 until 1978, and airborne early warning Sea King helicopters since 1982.

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Active 1943-1945, 1952-1978, 1984-present
Country UK
Branch Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm
Type Carrier based squadron
Role Airborne Early Warning
Size 3 flights[1]
Garrison/HQ RNAS Culdrose
Anniversaries none
Engagements Normandy 1944, Palembang 1945, Okinawa 1945, Japan 1945, Iraq 2003
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/849_Naval_Air_Squadron
 

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