824 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron based at RNAS Culdrose and currently operating the AgustaWestland Merlin HM2 Operational Conversion Unit. It trains aircrew in Anti-Submarine warfare and Airborne Surveillance and Control.

Led by Commander Chris Jones and based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, 824 Naval Air Squadron trains both aircrew and engineers in how to fly, operate and use the Merlin Mk2 as a weapon. Using real aircraft alongside and sophisticated mission simulators, the squadron prepares aircrew including pilots, observers and aircrewmen for frontline ...

824 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy. Bases and helicopter model history (824 NAS) tail code C,CU,H,R,V. United Kingdom

824 Naval Air Squadron .... History . 3. April 1933: 460 Flight renumbered 824 NAS at RNAS Gosport: 8. October 1934: 824 NAS renumbered 825 NAS: 8. October 1934: 824 NAS reformed at RNAS Upavon: 11. August 1942: 824 NAS ceased to exist with sinking of HMS Eagle: 22. August 1942 : 824 NAS reformed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent: 16. October 1944: 824 NAS ...

Royal Navy Merlin helicopter squadron on HMS Prince of Wales Great action shots of Merlin Helicopter Force taking part in exercises with aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales last week. Pictured are personnel and aircraft from 824 Naval Air Squadron, working alongside the ship’s aircraft handlers and wider flight deck team. 824 NAS is one of ...

2021年6月11日 · 824 Naval Air Squadron first formed at Gosport in 1933 as a reconnaissance unit equipped with Fairey 111F5 seaplanes. During World War 2, the Squadron earned Battle Honours for the protection of Maltese Convoys and the Battle of Taranto, to name but two. Disbanded in 1946, 824 NAS reformed in the early 1950s in the Anti-Submarine role (ASW).

History of No. 824 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, during the Second World War

2022年5月4日 · Around 70 aircrew & ground crew from our 824 Naval Air Squadron have just returned from 12 days of intensive training on RFA Argus. They were supported... Facebook

On March 21, 1974, a Sea King helicopter from 824 Naval Air Squadron was on night exercises off the coast of The Lizard when it crashed into the cliff at Beagles Point. It was thought that...

824 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron first formed on 3 April 1933, disbanding and reforming several times before assuming its current role at RNAS Culdrose as a training squadron.