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1830 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN) between 1943 and 1945 and then a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Air Squadron from 1947 to 1957. Established at HMS Saker II, RNAS Quonset Point, United States, in June 1943, the squadron began as a fighter unit equipped with Vought Corsair. In September the squadron boarded HMS Slinger for transport to the United Kingdom, arriving in HMS Gadwall, RNAS Belfast and relocating to HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton. By early December 1943 the squadron had become part of the 15th Naval Fighter Wing. It embarked in HMS Illustrious, conducting training exercises in the Firth of Clyde while utilising HMS Landrail, RNAS Machrihanish, as a land base. In early January 1944 the carrier set sail for Ceylon to join the Eastern Fleet, initially using RAF China Bay as a shore station. The squadron conducted fighter sweeps over the Bay of Bengal, followed by strikes on shore facilities and shipping at Sabang in April 1944 and later at Sourabaya and the Andaman Islands in June, before returning to Sabang in July. HMS Illustrious underwent a refit in Durban, during which the squadron was stationed at HMS Malagas, RNAS Wingfield. Upon returning to Ceylon in November, the squadron supported attacks on oil refineries and harbors in Sumatra in December 1944 and January 1945, prior to the carrier's integration into the British Pacific Fleet. From March to April operations targeted airfields in the Sakishima Gunto. A near miss from a Kamikaze attack caused significant damage to HMS Illustrious, leading to her withdrawal in April and subsequent return to the UK, where the squadron was disbanded in July 1945. It was re-established mainly as an anti-submarine squadron within the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Air Branch, subsequently becoming part of the Scottish Air Division, from 1947 until its disbandment in 1957.