Unit: 700W Naval Air Squadron Unit: 703 Naval Air Squadron Unit: 771 Naval Air Squadron Unit: Naval Strik
Motto: experientia docet – Experience teaches Motto: experientia docet – Experience teaches Motto: non nobis solum – Not unto us alone elements of 800 and 80
Location: RNAS Yeovilton Location: RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire Location: RNAS Culdrose Naval Air Squadrons
Role: Lynx Wildcat Fielding Squadron Role: Conducts Elementary Flying Training for Role: Search and Rescue (SAR), military and Location: RAF Cottesm
Date formed: January 21 1940 with 40 the Royal Navy, part of the Defence Elementary civilian; Sea King training Role: Harrier strike squ
Supermarine Walrus, 12 Swordfish and 11 Flying Training School Operating area: Cornish Peninsula, Isles of Current aircraft: Harr
Seafox Date formed: June 3 1942 Scilly, Western English Channel and Southwest GR7, GR7A, GR9, GR9A
Current aircraft: The first Lynx Wildcat is due Current aircraft: Slingsby Firefly T67 M260 Approaches out to 200 nautical miles 800 Motto: nunquam n
to take its initial flight in November 2009, and Historic aircraft include: Kingfisher I; Seafox Date formed: May 24 1939 at Lee on Solent paratus – Never unprep
Wildcats will arrive with 700W from 2013. I; Swordish I/SP; Barracuda II, TRIII; Reliant I; Current aircraft: Sea King HU5 with a 801 Motto: on les aura
Historic aircraft: Walrus; Swordfish I/SP, II, Avenger II, III, TBM, AS4; Anson I; Attacker F1, typical crew of four – two pilots, observer, and will have them
III; Seafox I; Kingfisher I; Fulmar I, II; Albacore FB1, FB2; Meteor F8; Sea Balliol T21; Blackburn winchman Historic aircraft inclu
I; Avenger I, II; Barracuda II, TRIII; Corsair I, III; YA8; Corsair II; Dominie I; Firebrand TFIII, TFIV, Historic aircraft include: Swordfish; Henley AW XVI; Skua II; Gladiat
Dauntless I; Defiant TTIII; Firebrand TFIII, TFV; TF5, TF5a; Firefly FR1, FR4, 5; III; Walrus I; Skua II; Roc I; Albacore I; Blenheim Sea Hurricane Ia, Ib, IIb
Firefly I, TT4; Harvard III; Hellcat I, II; Helldiver Sea Fury F10, FB11, T20; Gannet I, IV; Sea Gladiator; Maryland; Defiant TT1; Ib, IIc, LIIc, LIII, FXV, FX
I; Hurricane IIc; Sea Hurricane IIb; Master II; AS1; Sea Hawk F1, FB3; Hellcat Chesapeake I; Proctor Ia; Lysander TTIII; FB1, FB2; Sea Hawk FB
Mosquito FBVI; Oxford; Reliant I; Seafire Ib, I, II; Sea Hornet F20, NF21, Martinet TTI; Havoc I; Boston II, III; Hurricane F1; Buccaneer S1, S2; S
IIc, III, XV, FR45; Seamew and AS1; Sea Otter PR22; Hoverfly I; Meteor 3, FBIIc; Sea Otter; Corsair II, III; Wildcat IV, V, VI; Flycatcher I; Sea Gladia
I; Tiger Moth II; Walrus II; Wildcat IV, V, VI; T7; Mosquito FBVI, PR16, Oxford I; Hellcat I; Hoverfly I, II; Seafire III, F15, Hornet PR22, F20; Sea
Barracuda V; Sea Fury F10, FB11; Anson 1; Sea Mosquito TR33, TR37, F45, F46; Anson 1; Harvard T2b; Mosquito FB6, 800 NAS Battle hono
Attacker FB2; Avenger AS5; Dragonfly HR1; TT39; Oxford; Seafire F17, PR16, B25, PR34, TT39; Sea Mosquito TR33, Norway 1940-44
Gannet AS1, T2, AS4; Meteor TT20, T7; Scimitar F45; Vampire F1, FB5, Sea TR37; Sea Hornet FR20, NF21; Sea Fury Mediterranean 1940-41
F1; Sea Hawk F1, F2, FB3, FGA4, FB5, FGA6; Vampire F20, F21; Sturgeon T20; Meteor T7; Sea Vampire Spartivento 1940
Sea Vampire F20, T22; Sea Venom FAW20, TT2; Wyvern S4, Wasp HAS1 F20, F21; Sturgeon TT2; Firefly Malta Convoys 1941-42
FAW21; Whirlwind HAR1, HAR3, HAS7; Wyvern Personnel trained: 60 each year FR1, T1, T2, TT4, TT5, AS6; ‘Bismarck’ 1941
S4; Sea Harrier FRS1; Buccaneer S2; Hunter Dragonfly HR5; Wasp P531, Diego Suarez 1942
T8; Wessex HAS1, HAS3; Lynx HAS2, HAS3; HAS1; Whirlwind HAR1, HAR3, North Africa 1942
Phantom FG1; Sea King HAS1; Wessex HU5; HAS7, HAS22; Wessex HAS1, South France 1944
Wasp HAS1; P531-O/N Wasp; Sea Vixen FAW1; HU5; Chipmunk T10; Sea Aegean 1944
Sea Prince T1; Dominie 1
Unit: 705 Naval Air Squadron (no
Devon C20 Normandy 1944
Battle Honours:
longer formally a Naval Air Squadron)
SAR statistics: In 2008 they Burma 1945
River Plate 1939
Location: RAF Shawbury
flew 201 SAR missions, and Malaya 1945
Norway 1940
Role: Single-engine Advanced Training
went to the aid of 166 people East Indies 1945
Spartivento 1940
squadron for all three Services, part of the
Korea 1950
Atlantic 1940-41
Defence Helicopter Flying School, providing
Falkland Islands 1982
Matapan 1941
basic helicopter training for pilots, teaching
801 NAS Battle hono
East Indies 1941
instrument flying, navigation, night-flying and
Norway 1940-44
Mediterranean 1942
search and rescue techniques
Dunkirk 1940
North Africa 1942-43
Date formed: June 1936
Atlantic 1940
Normandy 1944
Current aircraft: Eurocopter
Malta Convoys 1942
Squirrel HT1 helicopter
Unit: HMS Gannet
Japan 1945
Historic aircraft include:
Location: Prestwick, south-west Scotland
Korea 1952-53
Shark II/SP; Swordfish I/SP,
Role: Search and Rescue (SAR), military and
Falkland Islands 1982
III; Hoverfly I, II; Skeeter 3;
civilian
Dragonfly HR1, HR3, HR5;
Operating area: North to Ben Nevis, south to
Hiller HT1, HT2; Sikorsky
Unit: 814 Naval A
the Isle of Man and the Lake District, east to
S55; Whirlwind HAS22, HAR1,
Motto: in hoc signo vin
Edinburgh and the Borders, west to Northern
HAR3, HAS7; Wasp HAS1;
will conquer
Ireland and 200 miles west of Ireland over the
Gazelle HT2
Location: RNAS Culdro
North Atlantic
Role: Anti-submarine a
Date formed: Gannet SAR Flight formed with
Additional tasks include
the decommissioning of 819 NAS on
and tactical transport, r
November 1 2001
evacuation
Unit: 727 Naval Air Squadron
Current aircraft: Sea King HU5
Date formed: Decem
Motto: regere mare regite caelum – To rule the
with a typical crew of four – two
Swordfish on board HM
sea, one must rule the sky
pilots, observer, aircrewman
Current aircraft: Merl
Location: RNAS Yeovilton
who had medical training up
helicopters
Role: To grade young RN and RM officers to
to paramedic level
Historic aircraft inclu
assess suitability for further training with FAA
SAR statistics: 382 call-
Swordfish I; Barracuda
Date formed: May 26 1943 at North Front,
outs to the rescue of 347
FR1, FR4, 5, AS6; Aveng
Unit: 702 Naval Air Squadron
Gibraltar
people in 2008 – the busiest
AS4, AS5; Gannet AS4,
Motto: cave ungues felis – Beware the claws
Current aircraft: Grob G115D2
of the 12 SAR units in the UK
Whirlwind HAS7; Wesse
of the cat
two-seat single-engine aircraft
for the second year running
HAS1, HAS3; Sea King
Location: RNAS Yeovilton
Historic aircraft include: HAS2/2a, HAS5, HAS6
Role: Training Lynx aircrew and maintainers
Defiant TTI; Hurricane IIc; Battle honours:
Date formed: July 15 1936 to operate from the
Swordfish II; Tiger Moth T2; Atlantic 1940
ships of the 2nd Battle Squadron
Seafire XVII; Harvard IIa, IIb,
Current aircraft: Lynx HAS3 and HMA8; one
III; Oxford I; Firefly FR4; Sea
pilot, one observer
Balliol T21; Sea Prince T1;
Unit: 815 Naval A
Historic aircraft: Walrus I; Seal; Swordfish I;
Sea Vampire T22; Dragonfly
Unit: 792 Naval Air Squadron Motto: Strike deep
Seafox I; Sea Hurricane Ib; Harvard IIb; Oxford;
HR5; Sea Devon C20
(disbands on June 4 2009) Location: RNAS Yeovil
Tiger Moth II; Avenger III; Sea Vampire F20;
Personnel trained: 70 each year
Motto: sapienta vincit tenebras – Wisdom Role: Provides Lynx he
Meteor T7; Vampire FB5, T11/22; Attacker F1; conquers darkness operational maritime att
Sea Balliol T21, T22; Sea Prince T1; Lynx HAS 2 Location: RNAS Culdrose and destroyers of the R
Personnel trained: Average 20 aircrew and Role: To provide unmanned drones used for Date formed: October
115 maintainers, refresher training for another high seas firing exercises to provide realistic Current aircraft: Lynx
30 aircrew Unit: 750 Naval Air Squadron training in air-to-surface and air-to-air combat. Historic aircraft inclu
Black Cats: 702 NAS parents the award- Motto: Teach and strike The drone can be controlled by a ship or shore- Albacore I; Fulmar I, II;
winning Black Cats Royal Navy Helicopter Location: RNAS Culdrose based operator Wildcat VI; Firefly T; Gru
Display Team. Display crews Role: To train FAA Observers Date formed: August 1949 as an Air Target 3E, AS4, AS5, Gann
are drawn from the Pilot and Number of personnel: 27 Unit with six Rocs and Skuas Whirlwind HAR3, HAS7,
Observer instructing staff and the Date formed: May 24 1939 Current aircraft: Mirach 100/5 HAS1, Lynx HAS2, HAS
Fleet Air Arm
two aircraft used are unmodified Current aircraft: Jetstream T2 unmanned high subsonic drones Battle honours:
squadron Lynxes. Through the Historic aircraft include: Historic aircraft include: Mediterranean 1940-41
summer months, the Black Shark II; Albacore I; Barracuda Roc ITT; Skua II; Master I; Sea Taranto 1940
Cats make appearances II, TR3; Harvard; Anson I; Sea Gladiator; Proctor Ia; Lysander Libya 1940-41
around the country. Crews Prince T1; Firefly T7; Oxford I; III; Fulmar II; Whitney Straight; Matapan 1941
and engineers volunteer their Sea Vampire T22; Sea Venom Defiaant TTIII; Martinet TTI, Burma 1944
time to keep the show on the FAW21, FAW22; Sea Devon Sea Hurricane Ia; Firefly MFI; East Indies 1944
road and maintain the RN Air C20; Jetstream T1, T2, T3 Anson I; Oxford I; Sea Hornet Falkland Islands 1982
Display. Personnel trained: 30 each year NF21 Kuwait 1991
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