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1820 Naval Air Squadron
Active1944 [1]
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  Royal Navy
TypeDive-bomber squadron
RoleDive Bomber
Size Squadron
Part of Fleet Air Arm
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lieutenant Commander(A) H.I.A. Swayne, DSC, RN

1820 Naval Air Squadron (1820 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

It formed at Brunswick (Maine) 1 April 1944 and embarked on HMS Arbiter in July. However its aircraft were judged unsatisfactory for their intended role and the squadron disbanded on 16 December 1944 at RNAS Burscough.

The squadron only flew one type of aircraft, the Curtiss Helldiver I.

Notes

References

  • Sturtivant, R.; Ballance, T. (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN  0-85130-223-8.

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