851 Squadron RAN

851 Squadron RAN

851 Squadron was a Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron.

851 Squadron was formed at HMAS "Albatross" as a land-based training and fleet support squadron on 3 August 1954. While the squadron was disbanded on 13 January 1958 it was re-formed as a training and transport unit on 2 September 1968. The squadron was disbanded for a second, and final, time on 31 August 1984.

Aircraft operated

* Fairey Firefly (August 1954-January 1958)
* C-47 Dakota (August 1954-January 1958, September 1968-1973)
* Grumman Tracker (September 1968-August 1984)
* Hawker-Siddeley 748 (1973-August 1984)

Reference

* Steve Eather (1995), "Flying Squadrons of the Australian Defence Force"


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