816 Naval Air Squadron

816 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed at the start of the Second World War.

The squadron formed aboard HMS Furious in October 1939 with 9 Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers for anti-submarine duty on convoys between the UK and Canada

In 1948 it was re-formed as 816 Squadron RAN an Australian squadron with the Fairey Firefly and embarked on HMAS Sydney.

Battle honours

 * Norway 1940,
 * Narvik 1940,
 * Malta Convoys 1941,
 * Mediterranean 1941,
 * Atlantic 1943,
 * Arctic 1944,
 * Normandy 1944

Aircraft operated

 * Fairey Swordfish I (Anti submarine Warfare, Search)
 * Fairey Swordfish II (Strike)
 * Supermarine Seafire Ib & L.IIc (Strike)
 * Grumman Wildcat V (Strike)
 * Fairey Barracuda II (Torpedo Bomber)
 * Fairey Firefly FR.I (Fighter Reconnaissance)
 * Fairey Firefly NF.I (Night Fighter)