The Naval Eight / 208 Squadron Association Website has now reached an impressive 1200 pages. These are packed with the anecdotes and photographs of those who have served with the Squadron throughout its illustrious history.
Robert Alexander Little is generally regarded as the most successful Australian flying ace, with an official tally of 47 victories. 27 May 2023 marked the 105th Anniversary of his death at the age of only 22. Click here to read a history of one of WWI and 208’s greatest pilots.
Robert Alexander Little
The 2023 Edition of the Association’s Newsletter is a 16-page full-colour edition, which focuses on the Hawk era and contains articles on the 100 Sortie Day, Single-seat Hunter Flying in the 1980s, the Introduction of the Spitfire to the Squadron in 1943 and the RAF’s ‘Blonde Bombshell’. It also contains details of the 2023 Reunion. Click HERE to read a PDF copy of the Newsletter.
Forty years ago, on 9 September 1983, Buccaneers of 208 and 12 Squadrons deployed to RAF Akrotiri as part of Op PULSATOR in support of British forces deployed in the Lebanon.
