745 Naval Air Squadron

745 Naval Air Squadron (745 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was initially active from 1943 to 1945 as a Telegraphist Air Gunner Training squadron, part of No.2 Telegraphist Air Gunner School based at R.N. Air Section Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.[2]

745 Naval Air Squadron
Active1943–45
1956–57[1]
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeFleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron
RoleTelegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Garrison/HQRN Air Section Yarmouth

History of 745 NAS

Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron (1943 - 1945)

745 Naval Air Squadron formed at R.N. Air Section Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, as a Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron, on the 1 March 1943. It was part of No.2 Telegraphist Air Gunner School,[2] within the Royal Navy No.1 Naval Air Gunnery School (NAGS), which was under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.[3]

References

Citations
  1. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 67.
  2. "RN Air Section Yarmouth". www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  3. "A School of Swordfish". www.vintage wings.ca. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

Bibliography
  • Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.


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