731 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm naval air squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. It was active between 1943 and 1945 and its sole role throughout its formation was a Deck Landing Cont
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Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib 'Z7015 - 7-L' (G-BKTH). Example of aircraft used by 731 NAS
Royal Navy officers 'aboard' 'HMS SPURIOUS MARK II' - a bus converted to resemble the island of an aircraft carrier. The bus is being driven along a runway or taxi way at Royal Naval Air Station East Haven at Carnoustie, Scotland.
LS326 Fairey Swordfish Mk2 Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm of the type used by 731 NAS throughout its existence
768 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy. It last disbanded at HMS Gannet, RNAS Eglinton, Northern Ireland, in March 1949, having been formed as
731 Naval Air Squadron
…around the middle of 1945. 731 Naval Air Squadron was disbanded on 1 November 1945 at RNAS East Haven (HMS Peewit), its role absorbed into 767 and 768 Deck Landing Training Squadrons. The squadron has flown a number of different aircraft types, including…
A Hawker Sea Hurricane of 768 NAS approaching HMS Argus during 1942
A Grumman Hellcat landing on HMS Ravager as the batsman makes the all-clear signal