838 Naval Air Squadron (838 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.[1]
838 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Active | 1942–1943 1943–1945 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
They had formed and worked-up at RN Air Section Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, on 15 May 1942, and had flown across country to San Francisco, thirty-five and a half hours' flying time in a journey spread over seven and a half days.[2]