811 Naval Air Squadron

811 Naval Air Squadron
A Grumman Martlet fighter of 811 Squadron lands on HMS Biter after a successful action against a German Junkers Ju 290, February 1944
Active1933–1939
1941–1944
1945–1947
1955–1956
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
RoleTorpedo-bomber / fighter squadron
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Motto(s)Ventre à mer
Aircraft flown
Battle honours
  • English Channel 1942
  • North Sea 1942
  • Atlantic 1943–44
  • Arctic 1944

811 Naval Air Squadron (811 NAS), sometimes expressed as 811 Squadron, was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It most recently operated Hawker Sea Hawk between 1955 and 1956.

It was first founded in 1933, and served during World War II, seeing action in the battle of the Atlantic and on Russian convoys, and was eventually disbanded in 1956.