813 Naval Air Squadron

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813 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm unit that operated carrier-based aircraft in maritime strike and torpedo-bomber roles during the mid-20th century.

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813 Naval Air Squadron canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fleet Air Arm squadron
Naval air squadron
aircraftOperated Blackburn Firebrand
Blackburn Skua
Fairey Albacore
Fairey Barracuda
Fairey Swordfish
Grumman TBF Avenger
surface form: Grumman Avenger
allegiance British Crown
basedOn aircraft carriers
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom
era World War II
surface form: World War II era

early Cold War era
garrison Royal Navy aircraft carriers
militaryBranch Royal Navy
notableOperationType anti-shipping strikes
maritime patrols
torpedo attacks on enemy vessels
operatedBy Fleet Air Arm
surface form: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
operationalEnvironment coastal waters
sea
partOf Fleet Air Arm
primaryMission attack enemy shipping
primaryWeapon aerial torpedoes
bombs
role carrier-based aviation
maritime strike
torpedo bomber
secondaryMission anti-submarine warfare
reconnaissance
service Royal Navy
serviceEntryEra mid-20th century
type front-line combat unit

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Blackburn Firebrand operator 813 Naval Air Squadron
Westland Wyvern enteredServiceWith 813 Naval Air Squadron