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on 9 August 1952. Carmichael achieved this feat during a dogfight which started when a formation of four Sea Furys under his command were attacked by eight MiGs during a fighter bomber mission over
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in September during which time five enemy aircraft were shot down and 17 damaged, in conjunction with
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in August. In the following month the whole squadron was involved in Gibraltar escort convoys from
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in September 1956. 802 Squadron re-equipped with Sea Hawk FB5s before transferring to the
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in May 1957. Following a trip to the United States, which included cross-operations with
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By the summer of 1947, 802 Squadron had switched to Seafire XVs operating from
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on 10 April 1959. Plans to reform 802 Squadron at Yeovilton in 1979 with five
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The squadron lay dormant till May 1945 when reformed at Arbroath with 24
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The squadron was re-formed at Yeovilton in February 1942 with
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where, like all Fleet Air Arm units, it was taken over by the
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323:'s. The squadron was lost on 21 December 1941 when 131: 126: 110: 100: 92: 84: 66: 48: 28: 23: 1977:Military units and formations established in 1933 270:when the ship was recalled to participate in the 512: 510: 508: 506: 195:802 Squadron was formed on 3 April 1933 aboard 262:In April 1940 802 Squadron was serving aboard 683: 524:. Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. p. 167. 290:on 8 June 1940 during the defence of Norway. 8: 391:, and had been anticipated to leave for the 214:. By 1939, 802 Squadron was operating from 611:Morgan, Eric B.; Shacklady, Edward (2000). 606: 604: 384:, the squadron had spent a short period in 846: 712: 690: 676: 668: 355:. In September, the squadron embarked on 587:. Airlife Publishing Ltd. p. 276. 551:. Fleet Air Arm Archive. Archived from 502: 308:in July 1941, with B flight serving on 301:, the squadron sub-flights embarked on 34:21 November 1940–21 December 1941 42:2 February 1953–22 November 1955 20: 274:. The squadron ceased to exist after 7: 1944:Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm 363:beaches. While returning to the UK 278:was sunk by the German battleships 44:6 February 1956–10 April 1959 1972:800 series Fleet Air Arm squadrons 1953:Netherlands Naval Aviation Service 444:, 802 Squadron had transferred to 359:and provided fighter cover on the 14: 202:by the merger of two independent 40:1 May 1947–10 December 1952 36:1 February–15 November 1942 16:Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron 702:Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons 637:World Aircraft Information Files 71: 53: 1951:subsequently commissioned into 522:Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm 486:British Aerospace Sea Harriers 425:'s. Squadron pilot Lieutenant 38:1 May 1945–30 March 1947 1: 414:802 Squadron was assigned to 319:from which it shot down four 253:Osprey III Seaplane K3644 590 32:3 April 1933–April 1940 395:with 9th Carrier Air Group. 88:Single-seat fighter squadron 615:. Stamford: Key Books Ltd. 1993: 1911:Royal Navy Historic Flight 378:Supermarine Seafire L.IIIs 367:was torpedoed and sunk by 212:409 (Fleet Fighter) Flight 208:408 (Fleet Fighter) Flight 1940:subsequently commissioned 1933: 297:on 21 November 1940 with 451:, and was equipped with 338:Hawker Sea Hurricane Ibs 96:Naval Air Defence/Attack 585:Flying Units of the RAF 488:failed to materialise. 431:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 340:, before embarking on 293:Reformed from part of 268:Gloster Sea Gladiators 177:802 Naval Air Squadron 24:802 Naval Air Squadron 613:Spitfire: The History 393:British Pacific Fleet 373:on 15 November 1942. 347:for escorting Arctic 146:Gloster Sea Gladiator 555:on 24 September 2015 421:, and equipped with 250:Osprey III K3643 549 183:of the Royal Navy's 154:Hawker Sea Hurricane 122:: "First to Strike") 635:File 145, Sheet 2, 583:Lake, Alan (1999). 440:By the time of the 158:Supermarine Seafire 573:Sturtivant, p. 451 427:"Hoagy" Carmichael 181:Naval Air Squadron 1959: 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Index

United Kingdom
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
Latin
Fighter
Hawker Nimrod
Hawker Osprey
Gloster Sea Gladiator
Grumman Martlet
Hawker Sea Hurricane
Supermarine Seafire
Hawker Sea Fury
Hawker Sea Hawk
Naval Air Squadron
Fleet Air Arm
HMS Glorious
Royal Air Force
408 (Fleet Fighter) Flight
409 (Fleet Fighter) Flight
HMS Grebe
Egypt
Admiralty
Nimrod I
Osprey I
Gloster Sea Gladiators
defence of Norway
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
804 Squadron
Martlet Is

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