807 Naval Air Squadron

807 Naval Air Squadron
A Supermarine Seafire of 807 Naval Air Squadron flies over the cruiser HMS Royalist, February 1945
Active	1940-1955 1958-1962
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Part of	Fleet Air Arm
Motto(s)	Quoquo versus fenturi (Latin for "Ready to Strike in all directions")
Anniversaries	none
Battle honours	Atlantic 1940 Malta Convoys 1941 - 42 North Africa 1942 - 43 Sicily 1943 Salerno 1943 South France 1944 Aegean 1944 Burma 1945 Malaya 1945 Korea 1950 -53

807 Naval Air Squadron (807 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy.

807 Squadron was formed at RNAS Worthy Down in September 1940, equipped with Fairey Fulmar Is. Three were embarked on HMS Pegasus, where they remained until February 1941, when the entire squadron embarked on HMS Furious for convoy duties. Re-equipped with Fulmar IIs in April 1941, 807 Squadron joined HMS Ark Royal and saw action defending the Malta convoys between July and September. Many of the squadron's aircraft were lost in the sinking of Ark Royal in November 1941. Four surviving machines were flown off to North Front, Gibraltar. The squadron was gradually re-equipped with replacement Fulmars, which were joined by Sea Hurricanes, after which the squadron joined HMS Argus. In June 1942 the squadron flew off the carriers HMS Argus and HMS Eagle to cover Operation Harpoon.

807 Squadron received Supermarine Seafires in June 1942, and rejoined HMS Furious in August. They took part in Operation Torch, the North African landings, and by March 1943 were back in the UK. By May 1943 the squadron had been assigned to HMS Indomitable and provided cover for the Allied invasion of Sicily. Indomitable was damaged by a torpedo in July, causing 807 Squadron to transfer to HMS Battler, from which they supported the Allied invasion of Italy. The squadron returned to Britain aboard HMS Hunter, subsequently joining the 4th Naval Fighter Wing.