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Naval Air Squadron's turn, Lieutenant Commander Charles Evans was the first to attempt to land and with the higher speed at touch down from the Blackburn Skua the arrestor hook on his aircraft was torn out from the fuselage and he had to resort to applying right rudder and slamming the nose of his aircraft into the ships island in order to prevent it continuing down the deck and falling into the water. The second aircraft to attempt to land still retained enough speed to become airborne again after it had torn its arrestor hook out and had to wait in the air while the rest of the squadron attempted to land, and was in the end instructed to find somewhere on Bermuda to make a forced landing; he chose to land on a golf course, resulting in the aircraft's wings being sheared away by trees. All the other pilots in the squadron then either repeated the commanding officer's actions on their turn to land or continued down the deck and fell into the water, except one other aircraft, which had managed to stop before falling off the deck. Although nobody was hurt from this last incident in Bermuda all the aircraft in the squadron had been damaged and instead of heading straight to the
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attacked the harbour in conjunction with their escorts. Enemy action shot down a single Blenheim and also damaged one Blackburn Skua but its crew, Petty Officer Jopling and Naval Airman Jones, managed to bring the damaged plane back and were unharmed. A source states that Lieutenant Campbell-Horsfall was leading the raid and that it resulted in a single direct hit claimed upon a transport and another upon an oil tank within the port and that some escort vessels were strafed by the
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Blenheims. The squadron located the ship as it was entering the fjords around Bergen with two escorting destroyers or motor torpedo boats and split into two waves they attempted to dive bomb the target however all six 500 lb semi-armour-piercing bombs missed although no casualties were received.
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806 Naval Air Squadron's last attack on shipping and oil installations in the Bergen area was carried out on 16 May 1940 upon German warships reported to be within the harbour. Nine Skuas armed with a single 250 lb semi-armour-piercing bomb and four 20 lb cooper bombs were to take part in
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Another section that was sent to patrol in the afternoon on 29 May with Lieutenant Barnes and Lieutenant Vincent-Jones leading in an Blackburn Skua. Another Blackburn Skua piloted by Sub Lieutenant Ayres and a single Blackburn Roc crewed by Midshipman Day and Naval Airman Newton were the other two
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Their first such attack was carried out on 9 May upon a ship at Doksjeir jetty in Bergen Harbour that was reported potentially to be a cruiser at the time but later believed to have been a transport. Escorted by six Blenheims the eight Skuas armed each with a 500 lb semi-armour-piercing bomb
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were flown from the deck while it was at anchor however when the time came to land an hour later the wind had disappeared. With the crash barrier down in order to use the full length of the deck all the Swordfish managed to land safely without tearing their arrestor hooks out. When it became 806
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On 12 May another attack was made upon shipping around Bergen. In this attack the target was an enemy transport ship believed to be attempting to run through to Bergen Harbour with anti-aircraft guns intended to protect the port area. As in 11 May raid Evans led six Skuas accompanied by three
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from daylight fighter attack. In its second dummy attack the Swordfish was at sea level, and the Skua pilot dived down from two or three thousand feet, misjudging both aircraft altitudes and failed to recover on his dive and plunged into the sea with no survivors.
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The first patrol started poorly as the sections Blackburn Roc which was piloted by Midshipman Day with Naval Airman Jones manning its dorsal turret crashed whilst getting airborne but luckily without casualties. It got worse as the remaining two, which were both
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adding to the Fulmars) was then sent to the Mediterranean and was engaged in combat on numerous occasions with no less than nine pilots eventually becoming aces while flying the squadrons Fulmars. During September 1940 the squadron took part in operations near
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were to join them. However, in the event the Blenheims and Skuas failed to rendezvous and as 806 Naval Air Squadron searched on alone no warships were located in the area. Instead the Skuas attacked their secondary target of the fuel tanks at
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to use the type. As well as being the first to use it, they were also the last front-line Fleet Air Arm squadron to use the Sea Hawk when they relinquished the final aircraft and were finally decommissioned in December 1960.
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and was attacked by the squadron but this machine disappeared into clouds in a slow spiral, possibly destroyed. Another Ju 88 was seen and attacked but this also dived and was lost in the clouds. An
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Another source, however, only mentions several hits being claimed upon the transport and also states that the Commanding Officer and Senior Observer led the raid and each received a
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and states that the squadron did not have sufficient crews to operate its aircraft until the next group from the fighter training school had been trained.
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damaged and Naval Airman Burton, the Telegraphist Air Gunner, killed. Lieutenant Campbell-Horsfall and Petty Officer Clare both received bullet wounds.
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that was preparing to attack an transport. The enemy machine jettisoned its bombs due to the Skuas attack but was then lost in the poor visibility.
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was carried out on 2 June 1940 with Lieutenant Commander Charles Evans leading the patrol. During this, an enemy Ju 88 was seen to attack
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in January 1943. The Squadron re-formed two years later, in August 1945, ready for the Far Eastern theatre, but its 12
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led six Blackburn Skuas who were each armed with a single 250 lb semi-armour-piercing bomb and four 20 lb
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in order to work-up the ship's company and the embarked squadron's crews. On one flight during this work-up a
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on 31 May 1940 and eventually relieved 806 Naval Air Squadron which was then to start training onto the
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from 806 Naval Air Squadron was accidentally lost. The aircraft had been sent up with an aircraft from
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for that purpose. On the RNFS's disbandment, 806 changed aircraft again (to 12 Fulmars) and moved to
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as the Commanding Officer and Lieutenant Desmond Vincent-Jones as the Senior Observer and using eight
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with its port engine alight shortly after the time that 806 Naval Air Squadron attacked the Ju 88.
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in Norway. In these the squadron attacked oil facilities and ships, escorted by Coastal Command
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in order to finish working up and to then carry out bombing attacks on targets around
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that existed from February 1940 to December 1960 and saw active service in the
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806 NAS then saw its first action when it was moved in the beginning of May to
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Another raid on 11 May was executed with an oil tank farm complex located on
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in order to make dummy attacks at them to work out the best defence for
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In another flight during their time in Bermuda, all three squadrons on
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this raid and, just as with the previous attacks, the Blenheims of
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According to one source, 806 Naval Air Squadron was formed at
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In May 1942, the squadron then split into "A" Flight (with
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from August 1941 to February 1942, re-equipping with RAF
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and returned to the UK, while "B" Flight disembarked at
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was badly bombed in May 1941. 806 then disembarked at
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Another patrol on 30 May in poor conditions attacked a
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in Kent on 27–28 May in order to provide air cover for
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After the attacks over Norway the squadron returned to
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with 806 Naval Air Squadron on board (along with some
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machines in the section's patrol. They surprised five
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and scored hits on these and received no casualties.
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Index

United Kingdom
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
Battle honours
Fleet Air Arm
Norwegian campaign
Dunkirk evacuation
Malta Convoys
HMS Kestrel
Charles Evans
Blackburn Skuas
Blackburn Rocs
Eastleigh
HMS Raven
HMS Sparrowhawk
Bergen
Bristol Blenheims
No. 254 Squadron RAF
Skuas
Distinguished Service Cross
Distinguished Service Medal
Askøy Island
Charles Evans
cooper bombs
No. 254 Squadron RAF
Skålevik
HMS Kestrel
RAF Detling
the Dunkirk evacuation
Blackburn Skuas

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