TNA ADM 199 792

Collection details

TNA ADM 199 792

Admiralty records concerning Operation Dynamo and the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, covering 1940–1941.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: ADM 199 792

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Source: The National Archives, Kew, ADM 199/792. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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46	Log in to enlarge	1. D.N.A.D. suggests that for the record purposes in War Diary it is desirable to note that following Naval aircraf squadrons took part in these operations: 801 "Skuas" 806 815 Swordfish" 825 826 "Albacore" 2. These squadrons operated under the orders of Coastal Command and carried out attacks on tanks, transport, batteries, gun emplacements and enemy positions in the Calais and Dunkirk areas and also attacks on E-boats. In spite of their relative inadequacy for the purpose the "Skuas" were also detailed for fighter escort of ships. 3. It should also be noted that the above aircraft were the only available British DIVE bombers, the Royal Air Force possessing none. (lanet Mooty DIRECTOR OF NAVAL AIR DIVISION. 17.10.40. A 28 OCT RECEIVED 1949 Abpd - Acrs (H). x 4/xii	No matches

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Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 46.

1. D.N.A.D. suggests that for the record purposes in War
Diary it is desirable to note that following Naval aircraf
squadrons took part in these operations:
801
"Skuas"
806
815
Swordfish"
825
826 "Albacore"
2. These squadrons operated under the orders of
Coastal Command and carried out attacks on tanks, transport,
batteries, gun emplacements and enemy positions in the
Calais and Dunkirk areas and also attacks on E-boats. In
spite of their relative inadequacy for the purpose the
"Skuas" were also detailed for fighter escort of ships.
3. It should also be noted that the above aircraft were
the only available British DIVE bombers, the Royal Air
Force possessing none.
(lanet Mooty
DIRECTOR OF NAVAL AIR DIVISION.
17.10.40.
A
28 OCT RECEIVED 1949
Abpd - Acrs (H).
x 4/xii