| 1 | A | B | C | D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | HMS Illustrious (87) - Squadrons embarked |  |  |  |
| 3 | Squadron | Aircraft operated | Embarked (from – to) | Notes |
| 4 | 802 | Hawker Sea Fury | July – August 1951 | – |
| 5 | 806 | Blackburn Skua Fairey Fulmar Grumman F4F Wildcat | 11 June 1940 – 11 Jan 1941 29 May–19 October 1942 | – |
| 6 | 810 | Fairey Swordfish Fairey Barracuda | 2–8 December 1941 10 March 1942 — 2 November 1944 | – |
| 7 | 815 | Fairey Swordfish Grumman TBF Avenger | 11 June 1940 – 10 January 1941 17 September – 14 October 1954 | – |
| 8 | 819 | Fairey Swordfish | 11 June 1940 – 10 January 1941 | Disbanded |
| 9 | 829 | Fairey Albacore Fairey Swordfish | 2–8 December 1941 7 March – 21 September 1942 | Disbanded |
| 10 | 832 | Grumman TBF Avenger | 3–25 May 1944 | – |
| 11 | 845 | Grumman TBF Avenger | 3–27 May 1944 | – |
| 12 | 847 | Fairey Barracuda | 28 November 1943 – 18 June 1944 | – |
| 13 | 854 | Grumman TBF Avenger | 1 December 1944 – 18 May 1945 | – |
| 14 | 878 | Grumman F4F Wildcat | 8 June–18 October 1943 | – |
| 15 | 881 | Grumman F4F Wildcat Fairey Fulmar | 15 March 1942 – 18 February 1943 | – |
| 16 | 882 | Grumman F4F Wildcat | 22 March–7 September 1942 | Merged into 881 Squadron |
| 17 | 890 | Grumman F4F Wildcat | 14 June–19 October 1942 | – |
| 18 | 894 | Supermarine Seafire II | 24 July–24 August 1943 20 September–18 October 1943 | – |
| 19 | 1830 | Vought F4U Corsair | 9 December 1943 – 28 July 1945 | Disbanded |
| 20 | 1833 | Vought F4U Corsair | 22 December 1943 – 28 July 1945 | Disbanded |
| 21 | 1837 | Vought F4U Corsair | 10 June 1944 – 27 July 1944 | Transferred to HMS Victorious |

Question: In June 1940, which squadrons and aircraft were loaded onto the HMS Illustrious?
Answer: In June, HMS Illustrious (87) loaded 806, 815, and 819 Squadrons, the 806 Squadron was equipped with Blackburn Skua and Fairey Fulmar, and the latter two squadrons were equipped with Swordfish.