In February 1943, the squadron was assigned to HMS Archer to provide air cover for Atlantic convoys, but was officially disbanded aboard the ship in August.

In March 1969, it was reformed at HMS Heron from a core group of 700P Squadron, equipped with Phantom FG.

[1][2] It was equipped with six Grumman Martlet IV fighters when it embarked on the newly completed escort aircraft carrier Battler for passage across the Atlantic on 21 December 1942.

[1][2] The squadron moved to Drem in Scotland for training in its night fighter duties in July 1945, and in December 1945 embarked on the carrier Ocean.

[1][2] Ocean had been fitted out during construction as a dedicated nightfighter carrier, and was sent to the Mediterranean carrying 892 Squadron's Hellcats and 1792 Squadron's Fairey Fireflys, in order to evaluate night carrier operations and compare the single-seat Hellcat against the two-seat Firefly as a night fighter.

[9][10] The squadron returned to Yeovilton in July 1965 and re-equipped with the improved FAW2 version of the Sea Vixen by the end of the year.

[2][12] 892 Naval Air Squadron was officially reformed on 31 March 1969 at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron), Somerset.

The squadron was equipped with Phantom FG.1, marking it as the sole front-line operational unit of this aircraft type within the Royal Navy.

Despite its (later to be proved unjustified) claim to being the last Royal Naval squadron to operate fixed wing fighters (Sea Harriers began equipping the Fleet Air Arm in April 1980),[17] 892 gained worldwide exposure when one of their Phantoms won the Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race in May 1969.

[19] With HMS Ark Royal ready, Phantoms from 892 NAS were embarked and operations could begin, with additional aircraft from 767 using the carrier for practice.

Shortly afterwards 767 NAS was disbanded with the personnel and equipment moving to the Phantom Training Flight (a Royal Navy unit), and based at RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland in 1972.

Whilst disembarked at RAF Leuchars the squadron provided Interceptor Alert Force aircraft[13] with both No.

With HMS Ark Royal due to pay off in December 1978 it was confirmed that there was to be no future for 892 Naval Air Squadron.