801 Naval Air Squadron

801 Naval Air Squadron
Squadron badge
Active1933 - 9 March 2007
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeSingle-seat fighter squadron
RoleMaritime Strike
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Motto(s)On Les Aura
(We'll have them).[1]
Battle honours
  • Dunkirk 1940
  • Atlantic 1940
  • Norway 1940 - 4
  • Malta Convoys 1942
  • North Africa 1942 - 3
  • Japan 1945
  • Falkland Islands 1982

801 Naval Air Squadron (801 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN) formed in 1933 which fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Falklands War.

  1. ^ This was the rallying cry at Verdun 1916 by Marshal Petain.

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