Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm 808 NAS (Naval Air Squadron)

HMS Khedive

Camouflage is Temperate Sea Scheme with an interesting interpretation of the instructions regarding White identification bands.

Photo 01: Royal Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat from 808 Squadrons known to the Allies as a Hellcat MkII and coded JV292, C7T from HMS Khedive took part in the preliminary Support for operation 'Dracula' and attacks on Mergui and Victoria Point airfields in Burma 2-6 May 1945. Camouflage is Temperate Sea Scheme with an interesting interpretation of the instructions regarding White identification bands.

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Camouflage is Temperate Sea Scheme with an interesting interpretation of the instructions regarding White identification bands.

Aircraft of 808 Sqn from HMS Khedive were involved in British Pacific Fleet operations in the area of Sumatra and Malaysia and covered the invasion of Rangoon. One of the last actions undertaken was for Operation 'Balsam', a series of reconnaissance missions over Malaysia in June, 1945. JZ796 was flown by Argentinean pilot Oscar Lorenzo, and so the cowling of his aircraft carried the image of the popular comic Patoruzu.

Stroje 808.squadrony se z paluby letadlové lodì HMS Khedive úèastnily bojových akci britské pacifické flotily v oblasti Sumatry a Malajsie, kde zajišovaly vzdušné krytí pøi obsazování Rangúnu. Mezi poslední akce, které podnikly, byla i operace "Balsam", série prùzkumných letù nad Malajsii v èervnu 1945. Stroj JZ796 byl pilotován argentinským pilotem Oscarem Lorenzem, a proto nesl na kapotì motoru kresbu oblíbené argentinské komiksové postavièky Patoruzua.

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