804 Naval Air Squadron

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804 Naval Air Squadron (804 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy. She was recommissioned at RNAS Lossiemouth on 1 March 1960. The squadron was equipped with 6 Supermarine Scimitar F MK1 aircraft under the command of Lieutenant Commander T. Binney RN. The 800 Series of Naval Air Squadrons were allocated to carrier and land based operational squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm. After a four month work up period the Squadron embarked in HMS Hermes. Other than for two periods ashore at Lossiemouth, the squadron operated from Hermes until the unit disbanded in September 1961. The squadron took part in both the Farnborough Air Show and the Paris Air Show in 1961, operating from the deck of Hermes rather than a shore base and flying directly to and from the shows.