772 Naval Air Squadron
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772 Naval Air Squadron | |
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![]() A Westland Wessex HU.5 of 772 NAS at RNAS Yeovilton during 1978. | |
Active | 1939-48 1974-95[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
772 Naval Air Squadron (772 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
History
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The squadron was created as a Fleet Requirements Unit on 28 September 1939, from flight 'X' of 771 Naval Air Squadron, which up to that moment had a northern element (X Flight), and a southern element (Y Flight).
Aircraft operated
The squadron operated a variety of different aircraft and versions:[1]
- Fairey Swordfish I & II
- Blackburn Skua II
- Blackburn Roc I
- Vought Chesapeake I
- Boulton Paul Defiant TT.1
- Stinson Reliant I
- Fairey Fulmar I & II
- Miles Master II
- Supermarine Walrus
- Bristol Blenheim IV
- Hawker Hurricane IIc
- Percival Proctor II
- Vought Corsair III
- Douglas Boston III
- Douglas A-20 Havoc I
- Fairey Firefly I & NF.II
- Bristol Beaufighter X
- Grumman Martlet IV & V
- Supermarine Sea Otter
- Avro Anson I
- de Havilland Mosquito T.3, PR.XVI, B.25 & PR.34
- Supermarine Seafire L.III
- Westland Wessex HAS.1 & HU.5
- Westland Sea King HC.4
References
Citations
- ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 93.
Bibliography
- Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
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