885 Naval Air Squadron
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title:
885 Naval Air Squadron
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885 Naval Air Squadron was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. First formed on 1 March 1941, the squadron served as a fighter squadron during the Second World War. It operated in the Mediterranean in 1942–43, where it took part in Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa, the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Allied invasion of Italy. In 1944 it took part in the Allied invasion of Normandy, spotting for Allied artillery bombardments and in 1945, was
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Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/885_Naval_Air_Squadron
date created:
2014-12-12T22:57:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T17:19:46Z
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