771 Naval Air Squadron
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771 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm was formed on 24 May 1939 at HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent as a Fleet Requirements Unit with 14 Fairey Swordfish TSR biplanes. The squadron carried out various exercises with ships and provided towed targets for naval air gunners, and was decommissioned on 22 March 2016.
771 Squadron Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 SAR rescue helicopter at Portland in 1967.
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Martinet TT.1
Royal Navy Hurricane
RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)
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Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent,, is a former Royal Naval Air Station located near Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire, approximately 4 miles (6.44 km) west of Portsmouth, on the coast of the Solent.
HMS Daedalus airfield as seen from above the Solent
HMS Daedalus
The Link trainer in action at the RNAS Lee-on-Solent. Pilots receive their first training in blind flying
US Navy pilots are briefed before flying a gunfire spotting mission over the Normandy beach heads