776 Naval Air Squadron
776 Naval Air Squadron (776 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
- Main bases[1]
- RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) - 1 January 1941
- RAF Speke - 18 October 1942
- RAF Woodvale - 7 April 1945
- RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail) - 6 October 1945
- Detachments[1]
- RAF Speke - 22 March 1941
- RAF Millom - 30 December 1942
- (RAF Waltham) RAF Grimsby - 19 January 1943
- RAF Llanbedr - 4 February 1943
- RAF Usworth - 5 March 1943
- RAF Andreas - 1 January 1944
- RAF Millom - 27 October 1944
- RAF Walney Island - 4 January 1945
- Aircraft[1]
- Bristol Blenheim I & IV
- Blackburn Roc I
- Blackburn Skua II
- Gloster Sea Gladiator
- Vought Chesapeake I
- de Havilland Dominie I
- Fairey Fulmar II
- Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib & IIc
- Hawker Hurricane I & FB.11c
- Airspeed Oxford
- Boulton Paul Defiant TT.III
- Fairey Swordfish I & II
- Supermarine Seafire IIc
- Beechcraft Traveller I
- Miles Martinet I
| 776 Naval Air Squadron | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1941-45[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Navy |
| Type | Naval Air Squadron |
| Role | Fleet Requirements Unit |
| Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
| Last base | RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail) |
References
Citations
- Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 96.
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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