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887 Naval Air Squadron (887 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. The squadron formed at Lee-on-Solent in May 1942 as a Fleet Fighter squadron with 6 Fulmar IIs. In April 1943 the squadron, now equipped with 9 Seafire IICs, embarked on HMS Unicorn for Malta convoy duties, and subsequently taking part in the landings at Salerno in September 1943. In October 1943 the squadron joined the 24th Naval Fighter Wing, and embarked on HMS Indefatigable in July 1944 to provide fighter cover during the Operation Mascot dive-bombing attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Kaa Fjord, North Norway.

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rdfs:label	887 Naval Air Squadron (en)
rdfs:comment	887 Naval Air Squadron (887 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. The squadron formed at Lee-on-Solent in May 1942 as a Fleet Fighter squadron with 6 Fulmar IIs. In April 1943 the squadron, now equipped with 9 Seafire IICs, embarked on HMS Unicorn for Malta convoy duties, and subsequently taking part in the landings at Salerno in September 1943. In October 1943 the squadron joined the 24th Naval Fighter Wing, and embarked on HMS Indefatigable in July 1944 to provide fighter cover during the Operation Mascot dive-bombing attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Kaa Fjord, North Norway. (en)
foaf:name	887 Naval Air Squadron (en)
dcterms:subject	Military units and formations established in 1942 Military units and formations of the Royal Navy in World War II 800 series Fleet Air Arm squadrons
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Royal Navy List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons United Kingdom Military units and formations established in 1942 Military units and formations of the Royal Navy in World War II 800 series Fleet Air Arm squadrons Fleet Air Arm
sameAs	887 Naval Air Squadron 887 Naval Air Squadron 887 Naval Air Squadron 887 Naval Air Squadron
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branch	Royal Navy
caption	887 (xsd:integer)
command structure	Fleet Air Arm
country	United Kingdom
dates	1942 (xsd:integer)
motto	Nec Temere Nec Timide translates to " Neither rashly, nor timidly" (en)
unit name	887 (xsd:integer)
has abstract	887 Naval Air Squadron (887 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. The squadron formed at Lee-on-Solent in May 1942 as a Fleet Fighter squadron with 6 Fulmar IIs. In April 1943 the squadron, now equipped with 9 Seafire IICs, embarked on HMS Unicorn for Malta convoy duties, and subsequently taking part in the landings at Salerno in September 1943. In October 1943 the squadron joined the 24th Naval Fighter Wing, and embarked on HMS Indefatigable in July 1944 to provide fighter cover during the Operation Mascot dive-bombing attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Kaa Fjord, North Norway. In October 1944 the squadron operated from HMS Implacable. The squadron embarked again on HMS Indefatigable in November for the Far East, and took part in the attack on the oil refineries at Palembang, Sumatra in January 1945. It subsequently was involved in strikes on the Sakashima Gunto islands. June 1945 was spent at Schofields, the squadron re-embarking on HMS Indefatigable in July and was involved in strikes around Tokyo just before VJ-Day, with 887 squadron Seafire NN212 coded "112/S" flown by Sub Lt GJ Murphy shooting down 2 Japanese A6M in flames, at Odaki Bay on 15 August 1945, whilst escorting Avengers to Kisarazu airfield, 30 miles south of Tokyo. The ship and squadrons finally returned to the UK in March 1946. (en)
gold:hypernym	Squadron
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active years end year	1946-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
active years start year	1942-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
motto	Nec Temere Nec Timide translates to " Neither rashly, nor timidly"
command structure	Fleet Air Arm
country	United Kingdom
military branch	Royal Navy
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons Victor Lowden RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail) 7th Carrier Air Group British Pacific Fleet Wick Airport Fairey Fulmar List of Fleet Air Arm groups HMS Implacable (R86) HMS Indefatigable (R10) HMS Sultan (shore establishment) HMS Unicorn (I72) Supermarine Seafire Kirkwall Airport Operation Goodwood (naval) RAF Andover RAF Ballyhalbert RAF Culmhead RAF Kirkistown RAF Skeabrae RAF Sydenham RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail) RNAS Charlton Horethorne (HMS Heron II) RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet) Henstridge RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) RNAS St Merryn (HMS Vulture) RNAS Hatston 887 NAS No. 887 NAS
is Wikipage redirect of	887 NAS No. 887 NAS
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