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836 Naval Air
Squadron officially formed for the first time at
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567:Royal Navy
501:1 February
472:3 December
444:References
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411:March 1945
383:March 1942
317:March 1943
301:March 1942
270:landings.
221:Royal Navy
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114:Palisadoes
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