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No.825 Sqn

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No.825 Sqn Aviation Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings

Against All Odds - Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman.
9 of 10 editions available.
All 2 editions featuring up to 3 additional signatures are available.
£2.50 - £600.00

The Channel Dash - Prinz Eugen. (P)
This single edition is sold out.
The edition features 2 additional signatures.

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Against All Odds - Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman.

Swordfish of 825 Sqn led by Lt-Cdr Esmonde begin their heroic attack on the battlescruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen as they make their way up the English Channel from Brest during Operation Cerberus on 12th February 1942. Although all the aircraft were lost and no significant damage was done to the German fleet, all the pilots were decorated for their bravery and Lt-Cdr Esmonde received the first Fleet Air Arm VC to be awarded, albeit posthumously.

The Channel Dash - Prinz Eugen. (P)

Swordfish of No.825 Sqn FAA attack the might German ship Prinz Eugen during The Channel Dash.

Fleet Air Arm

825 Squadron was formed 8th October 1934 as a reconnaissance squadron equipped with the Fairey IIIF. In July 1936, 825 re-equipped with the Fairey Swordfish Mk I bi-plane whilst on HMS Glorious. In May 1940, 825 disembarked to UK land bases, carrying out operations against U-Boats and E-Boats in the Calais area during Operation Dynamo - the Dunkirk evacuation. They joined HMS Furious in July, taking part in operations off Norway during September. In May 1941, 825 joined HMS Victorious and successfully located the German battleship Bismarck. Damage inflicted by the squadron enabled surface vessels to sink the battleship on 26th May. They transferred to HMS Ark Royal in June for Malta convoy protection duties. Following the sinking of HMS Ark Royal in November the squadron was reformed at Lee-on-Solent in January 1942. Six aircraft on detachment at RAF Manston attacked the German ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen in the English Channel. No hits were made and all aircraft were lost. 825 was on convoy escort duty in the Arctic and Atlantic until its disbandment in April 1945. Since 1945, 825 has been reformed and disbanded several times. They reformed at RNAS Culdros in May 1982 seeing action in the Falkland Islands. 825 returned to the UK and was finally disbanded September 1982.

Crews of the swordfish which attacked the Bismarck on May 24th, 1941 flown from HMS Victorious

5A : Lt.Cdr.(A) Eugene Kingsmill Esmonde, RN (P), Lt. Colin Croft Ennever, RN (O), PO(A) Stanley Edgar Parker, RN Fx.76360 (TAG)

5B : Lt. Neal Gordon MacLean, RNVR (P), T/S-Lt.(A) Leslie Bailey, RNVR (O), NA Donald Arthur Bunce, RN Sfx.631 (TAG)

5C : Lt.(A) John Chute Thompson, RN (P), A/S-Lt. Robert Laurens Parkinson, RN (O), PO(A) Ambrose Lawrence Johnson, RN D/Jx.146558 (TAG)

5F : Lt. Philip David Gick, RN (P) [DSC 16.9.41], S-Lt.(A) Valentine Kay Norfolk, RN (O), PO(A) Leslie Daniel Sayer, RN Fx.76577 (TAG)

5G : Lt.(A) William Francis Cuthbert Garthwaite, RNVR (P), S-Lt.(A) William Anthony Gillingham, RNVR (O), LA Henry Thomas Albert Wheeler, RN Fx.189404 (TAG)

5H (V4337) : S-Lt.(A) Patrick Bernard Jackson, RN (P), A/S-Lt. David Anthony Berrill, RN (O), LA F. G. Sparkes (TAG)

5K : Lt.(A) Henry Charles Michell Pollard, RN (P), S-Lt.(A) David Musk Beattie, RNVR (O), LA Percy William Clitheroe, DSM, RN P/Jx.135706 (TAG)

5L : S-Lt.(A) Robert Graham Lawson, RNVR (P), A/S-Lt. Frank Leonard Robinson, RNVR (O), LA Iowerth Llewelyn Owen (TAG)

5M : S-Lt.(A) Alexander James Houston, RNVR (P), S-Lt.(A) John Robert Geater, RNVR (O), PO(A) William Johnson Clinton, RN (TAG)

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