789 Naval Air Squadron
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789 Naval Air Squadron, also called 789 Squadron, is an inactive Fleet Air Arm naval air squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy which last disbanded in November 1945.
Fairey Swordfish II 'LS326' - L2, an example of the type used by 789 NAS
Blackburn Skua
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The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It was the first Royal Navy carrier-borne all-metal
789 Naval Air Squadron
…bomber. The squadron's role was to support the training of Allied warships with aircraft, but it also undertook operational coastal patrols. A couple of Blackburn Skua, a carrier-based dive bomber / fighter aircraft, were acquired during September 1943 and some Vought Kingfisher, an observation floatplane, were held…
Blackburn Skua in flight
Production Skua Mk.II, L2928 "S" of 759 Squadron. This aircraft also served with 801 Squadron in the Norwegian Campaign, and, flying from RAF Detling, was present at Dunkirk.
A Skua about to land on HMS Ark Royal, April 1941
Skuas of 800 Naval Air Squadron lined up on the flight deck of Ark Royal