760 Naval Air Squadron
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
760 Naval Air Squadron (760 NAS) is a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. The squadron first formed in April 1940 as No.1 Fleet Fighter Pool with a variety of aircraft types before standardising in 1941 on the Hawker Sea Hurricane. In this role it disbanded in December 1942. In May 1944 760 NAS briefly reformed as an Anti-Submarine Operational Training Squadron before disbanding into 766 Naval Air Squadron in November. Reformed again as part of No.1 Naval Air Fighter School in April 1945 it converted fighter pilots to the Vought Corsair and then the Supermarine Seafire until 23 January 1946 when it disbanded.
| 760 Naval Air Squadron | |
|---|---|
760 NAS badge | |
| Active | 1 April 1940 - 31 December 1942 1 May 1944 - 1 November 1944 10 April 1945 - 23 January 1946[1] 1989 onwards |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Navy |
| Type | Fleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron |
| Role |
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| Size | Squadron |
| Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
| Aircraft | See Aircraft operated section for full list. |
| Insignia | |
| Squadron Badge | Blue, upon a bar wavy white in base a griffin rampant gold armed and langued red (2006)[2] |
| Identification Markings | W7A+ to W9A+ Sea Hurricanes Y1A+ to Y7A+ Corsairs[3] |
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760 Squadron reformed in 1989 at the Air Engineering School at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), providing air engineering training for officers and ratings using old airframes. The school moved to HMS Sultan at Gosport in 1995. It continues as the Engineering Training Squadron of the Royal Navy Air Engineering and Survival School, now equipped with retired Westland Sea King airframes.[4]
760 Naval Air Squadron was formed at RNAS Eastleigh (HMS Raven), in Hampshire, on 1 April 1940, as Fighter Pool No. 1. It was initially equipped with four Blackburn Skua, a carrier-based dive bomber and fighter aircraft, two Blackburn Roc, a naval turret fighter aircraft and one Gloster Sea Gladiator biplane fighter aircraft. Five months later, on 16 September 1940, the squadron relocated to RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) near Yeovil, Somerset.[5] The squadron later acquired Miles Master, an advanced trainer aircraft, Fairey Fulmar, a carrier-based reconnaissance/fighter aircraft, Grumman Martlet, an American carrier based fighter aircraft, Brewster Buffalo, an American fighter aircraft, the British Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft and Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter aircraft, a navalised Hawker Hurricane, from 1940 to 1941. 760 Naval Air Squadron disbanded at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) on 31 December 1942.[6]
760 Naval Air Squadron reformed at RNAS Inskip (HMS Nightjar), near the village of Inskip, Lancashire, on 1 May 1944,[6] as an Anti-Submarine Operational Training Squadron.[4] The squadron was equipped solely with Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter aircraft. However, this role only lasted for six months and 760 NAS disbanded at RNAS Inskip on 1 November 1944.[6]
760 Naval Air Squadron reformed on 10 April 1945 at RNAS Zeals (HMS Hummingbird), located north of the village of Zeals, in Wiltshire, as part of the Naval Air Fighter School. The squadron was initially equipped with North American Harvard, an American advanced trainer aircraft and Vought Corsair, an American fighter aircraft, and in August 1945, also operated the Grumman Hellcat, an American carrier-based fighter aircraft. On 12 September 1945, 760 NAS moved to RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), situated in Hampshire. Retaining only the North American Harvard, the squadron was then also equipped with Supermarine Seafire fighter aircraft, from October 1945.[6] The squadron moved again on 27 December 1945, it relocated to RNAS Henstridge (HMS Dipper), in Somerset and continued operating with Supermarine Seafire aircraft.[7] However, the move to RNAS Henstridge only lasted one month, with 760 Naval Air Squadron disbanding there on 23 January 1946.[6]
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760 Naval Air Squadron reformed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) in 1989, within the Air Engineering School and utilised Westland Wessex helicopter airframes for training. Prior to RNAS Lee-on Solent closing, the squadron moved to the stone frigate HMS Sultan, in Gosport, Hampshire, in December 1995.[4] It is currently the Engineering Training Squadron, within the Royal Naval Air Engineering & Survival School (RNAESS),[8] equipped with Westland Sea King helicopter airframes for training purposes.[4]
760 Engineering Training Squadron, is part of Royal Naval Air Engineering & Survival School (RNAESS), based at HMS Sultan, which is located at Gosport in Hampshire. The RNAESS forms part of the Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering, which provides training for aircraft engineering officers and tradesmen across the three British armed forces. The squadron is housed in the Stephenson Hangar at HMS Sultan, where its role is to train Air Engineering personnel in the supervision and administration of aircraft maintenance and line procedures.[8]
The squadron has operated a number of different aircraft types, including:[6]
764 Naval Air Squadron operated from a number of naval air stations of the Royal Navy and a Royal Navy shore establishment:[6]
1940 - 1942
1944
1945 - 1946
1989 - present
List of commanding officers of 760 Naval Air Squadron with date, month and year of appointment:[6][4]
1940 - 1942
1944
1945 - 1946
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