page_title: 825 Naval Air Squadron
section_title: Mediterranean and the North Sea
hierarchical_section_title: 825 Naval Air Squadron / History / Wartime service / Mediterranean and the North Sea
caption_attribution_description: English: A Hawker Sea Hurricane of 825 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm takes off from the flight deck of HMS Vindex during an Atlantic convoy. One of the carrier's escort vessels can be seen ahead.
context_page_description: 825 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Naval Air Squadron which was re-commissioned on 10 October 2014 and currently flies the AgustaWestland Wildcat HMA.2.
  It was a carrier-based squadron that was formed on 8 October 1934 from the aircraft and personnel of 824 Naval Air Squadron. It operated in most of the theatres of the Second World War, carrying out a number of attacks on prominent German warships, including the battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic and the pocket battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen during their Channel Dash. The squadron also saw action in later conflicts, including the Korean War and the Falklands War.
context_section_description: With the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, 825 Squadron embarked on HMS Glorious at Dekheila, Egypt and headed into the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea to search for enemy shipping. They carried out these duties throughout the rest of 1939, returning the Mediterranean in January 1940, where they again returned to Hal Far. The squadron re-embarked on Glorious in March and sailed to Britain to defend Norway after the German invasion. On their arrival, they disembarked at RNAS Prestwick. With the sinking of HMS Glorious by the German pocket battleship Scharnhorst and Gneisenau on 8 June 1940, the squadron was transferred to operate from Worthy Down, Detling and Thorney Island, covering allied forces in France and the Low Countries as the German forces advanced. They were active in covering the Dunkirk evacuation, during which they lost eight of their 12 aircraft; five were lost in a single bombing raid on 29 May 1940, including its commander Jimmy Buckley who was awarded the DSC for his actions during this period.
caption: A Hawker Sea Hurricane of 825 Squadron takes off from the flight deck of the escort carrier HMS Vindex during an Atlantic convoy. One of the carrier's escort vessels can be seen ahead.
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