827 Naval Air Squadron

827 Naval Air Squadron
An 827 Squadron Fairey Barracuda taking off from HMS Furious during the Operation Mascot attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in July 1944
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Fleet Air Arm
Role	Attack
Size	Squadron
Commanders
Notable commanders	Lieutenant Commander J R Godley; Lieutenant Commander Roy Baker-Falkner
Aircraft flown
Attack	Fairey Barracuda

827 Naval Air Squadron was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War.

It operated Fairey Barracudas starting in May 1943, becoming the first squadron to receive Barracudas in any substantial number. Postwar it initially operated the Blackburn Firebrand strike fighter.