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208 Sqn 100th Anniversary 26 October 2016

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Roll of Honour

The Naval 8 / 208 Squadron Association salutes those who flew and fought on the Squadron in the Great War 1916 - 1918.

The Association is indebted to Colin Buxton for his dedicated research.

The Naval Eight / 208 Squadron Association Website has now reached an impressive 1300 pages. These are packed with the anecdotes and photographs of those who have served with the Squadron throughout its illustrious history.

Click HERE to access a guide to the main features of the Website and how to use it.

Thirteen Hundred Pages Plus!

208 Disbanded - 10 Years Ago

38 members and guests, including 7 former Sqn Cdrs from the Buccaneer and Hawk Chapters, attended the Final Formal Reunion Dinner of the Naval Eight/208 Sqn Association, held at the RAF Club on Sat 26 Oct24.  Click HERE to read a full account of the evening’s events.

The ‘Last Supper’

It was with the greatest sadness that the Association announced that Desmond Penrose, one of its longest-serving and most stalwart members, passed away on Tuesday 13 May 2025 at the age of 95.
Click HERE to read an account of Desmond’s legendary career.

Desmond Penrose In Memoriam

The 2025 Association Newsletter is another 16-page, full-colour edition, which contains articles marking the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, the presentation of the Squadron’s first Standard in 1955, a Buccaneer deployment to Norway, photographs from the heyday of the Hawk, and an account of the Final Formal Reunion Dinner.
Click HERE to read a PDF copy of the Newsletter.

2025 Newsletter Published

25 February 2026 marked the 80th Anniversary of the infamous terrorist attack on 208 Squadron at Peta Tiqva in Palestine in 1946 that destroyed seven Spitfires.

Click here to read a short account of the attack and the background to it.

Terrorists Attack 208 Squadron!

22 May 2026 marked the 10th Anniversary of the very sad day that 208 Squadron was finally disbanded and its Standard laid to rest in St Clement Dane’s Church.

Click HERE to read an account of that poignant ceremony, which followed the Squadron’s last flight on Wed 13 Apr 2016.

Click HERE to read about the Squadron’s Centenary Celebrations on 1 Apr 2016.