Squadron numbers, heritage, and 881's battle honours

The video explains that the Fleet Air Arm generally used 700-series numbers for training formations and 800-series numbers for active squadrons. Lower-numbered 800-series squadrons often had longer wartime histories because many were formed before the Second World War and retained thereafter. The Royal Navy's wish to preserve units and their cultural heritage helped established squadrons continue into later conflicts. Korea, Suez, the wider Cold War, and the Falklands gave other long-lived squadrons further opportunities to build their records. 881's honours - Atlantic, Norway, Diego Suarez, Normandy, and South France - summarize a wide-ranging service that could otherwise disappear into only a few pages of squadron history.