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816 squadron

Fleet Air Arm (RAN)

1945 to present

Unit History:

Formed in Oct 1939 as a Royal Navy unit, it transferred to RAN control in Aug 1948 when it reformed at RNAS Eglinton with Fireflies as part of the 20th Carrier Air Group. Reformed 9 Feb 1984 at Nowra (YSNW) as a rotary wing unit with Wessex 31B, stripped of their anti-submarine equipment, in the Utility and Army Support role. Disbanded in Jun 1987. Reformed Jul 1992 from the Seahawk Introduction and Transition Unit (SITU) with the Sikorsky S-70 Seahawk.

Bases / Heliports of this unit:

Years	Base / Heliport
1992/now	Nowra
1984/87	Nowra

Models served in this unit:	Login to Edit

Years	Models
1992/now	S-70B-2 Seahawk
1984/87	wessex

Construction Numbers in this Organisation: (Not all in this unit)	Help Us

C/N	Version	Built	In this Organisation	In other Org
70-461	s-70b-2		N24-001: RAN (8)70. ex N7265H
70-464	s-70b-2		N24-002: RAN (8)71. ex N72669
70-468	s-70b-2		N24-003: RAN (8)72. ex N72666
70-475	s-70b-2		N24-004: RAN (8)73. ex N72671
70-476	s-70b-2		N24-005: RAN (8)74. ex N72662
70-480	s-70b-2		N24-006: RAN (8)75. ex N72664
?au24007	s-70b-2		N24-007: RAN (8)76. ex N72667. reported as c/n 70-486 but in conflict with spaniard
70-489	s-70b-2		N24-008: RAN (8)77. ex N72664
70-490	s-70b-2		N24-009: RAN 878. ex N72667
70-591	s-70b-2		N24-010: RAN 879
70-595	s-70b-2		N24-011: RAN (8)80
70-597	s-70b-2		N24-012: RAN (8)81
70-599	s-70b-2		N24-013: RAN (8)82
70-601	s-70b-2		N24-014: RAN (8)83
70-604	s-70b-2		N24-015: RAN (8)84
70-609	s-70b-2		N24-016: RAN (8)85
wa200	wessex	1963	N7-200: Built at Yeovil, f/f 9 Aug 62, d/d RAN 4 Sep 62. Initially wore code 880,

17 C/N found in this Organisation.