776 Naval Air Squadron
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776 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy which last disbanded at the end of October 1945. 776 Naval Air Squadron formed as a Fleet Requirements
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Bristol Blenheim Mk.I
Miles Martinet
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The Miles M.25 Martinet was a target tug aircraft of the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm that was in service during the Second World War. It was the first British aircraft to be designed specificall
776 Naval Air Squadron
…School at RNAS Inskip (HMS Nightjar) and the Naval Gunnery Training School at Ainsdale and the Boulton Paul Defiant target tug aircraft were replaced by Miles Martinet target tugs. On 7 April 1945 the squadron moved to RNAS Woodvale (HMS Ringtail II), what was previously RAF Woodvale, and reabsorbed the detachment…
Miles M.25 Martinet TT Mk I in flight
The Miles Martinet prototype, serial LR241, at Reading, Berkshire, circa 1942
Martinet in RAF service
A Martinet of No. 289 Squadron at RAF Turnhouse, Midlothian, Scotland, circa 1943