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1841 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN) between 1944 and 1945 and then a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Air Squadron from 1952 to 1957. Established as a fighter squadron at RN Air Section Brunswick in January 1944. The squadron arrived in the UK in June, with a small group stationed at RN Air Section Speke while the rest were at RNAS Ayr. They regrouped on the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable, with HMS Sparrowhawk RNAS Hatston, serving as the main shore base. In July and August, the squadron provided fighter support for attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz. In September, it joined the 6th Naval Fighter Wing and traveled with the carrier to the Far East, landing at HMS Rajaliya, RNAS Puttalam, Ceylon, in February 1945. The squadron, engaged in combat over the Sakishima Gunto in April and May, before joining the 2nd Carrier Air Group in June. Near the war's end, they fought around Tokyo, where Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray, DSC, RCNVR, was killed while attacking a Japanese destroyer under heavy fire. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery. After V-J Day, the squadron lost its aircraft and its members returned to the United Kingdom on the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious, disbanding upon arrival in October 1945.
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