743 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Active | 1943–45[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Type | Fleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron |
Role | Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron |
Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
Garrison/HQ | R.N. Air Section Yarmouth |
743 Naval Air Squadron (743 NAS) was a naval air squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was active from 1943 to 1945 as a Telegraphist Air Gunner Training squadron, part of No.2 Telegraphist Air Gunner School based at R.N. Air Section Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.[2]
History of 743 NAS
Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron (1943 - 1945)
743 Naval Air Squadron formed at R.N. Air Section Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, as a Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron, on the 1 March 1943. It was part of No.2 Telegraphist Air Gunner School,[2] within the Royal Navy No.1 Naval Air Gunnery School (NAGS), which was under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.[3]
The squadron was equipped with Swordfish II, Walrus II[2] and Avro Anson[4] aircraft.
All training ceased on the 19 March 1945 at R.N. Air Section Yarmouth and 743 NAS wound down. All of the squadron aircraft were moved and delivered to R.N. Air Section Dartmouth (HMS Seaborn), Nova Scotia, Canada and this was completed on the 30 March 1945,[2] with 743 NAS disbanding at R.N. Air Section Yarmouth on the same date.[5]
Aircraft flown
The squadron has flown a number of aircraft types:[2]
Fleet Air Arm Bases
731 NAS operated from a single air base:[5]
- R.N. Air Section YARMOUTH (1 March 1943 - 30 March 1945)
References
Citations
- ↑ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 65.
- ↑ "A School of Swordfish". www.vintage wings.ca. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ↑ Thetford 1991, p. 402.
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.
- Thetford, Owen (1991). British Naval Aircraft since 1912. London, UK: Putnam Aeronautical Books, an imprint of Conway Maritime Press Ltd. ISBN 0-85177-849-6.