741 Naval Air Squadron (741 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was initially active, between 1943 and 1945 as an Observer Training Squadron at RNAS Arbroath (HMS Condor).[2] It reformed at RNAS St. Merryn (HMS Vulture), as an Operational Flying Training Unit in 1946.[3]
741 Naval Air Squadron formed at RNAS Arbroath (HMS Condor) as an Observer Training Squadron, part of No.2 Observer Training School on 1 March 1943, equipped with Fairey Swordfish aircraft. It disbanded on 19 March 1945 at RNAS Arbroath.[2]
Operational Flying Training Unit (1946 - 1947)edit
naval, squadron, naval, squadron, royal, navy, fleet, initially, active, between, 1943, 1945, observer, training, squadron, rnas, arbroath, condor, reformed, rnas, merryn, vulture, operational, flying, training, unit, 1946, active1943, countryunited, kingdombr. 741 Naval Air Squadron 741 NAS was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy s Fleet Air Arm It was initially active between 1943 and 1945 as an Observer Training Squadron at RNAS Arbroath HMS Condor 2 It reformed at RNAS St Merryn HMS Vulture as an Operational Flying Training Unit in 1946 3 741 Naval Air SquadronActive1943 47 1 CountryUnited KingdomBranch Royal NavyTypeFleet Air Arm Second Line SquadronRoleObserver Training Squadron Operational Flying Training SquadronPart ofFleet Air ArmGarrison HQRNAS ArbroathRNAS St Merryn Contents 1 History of 741 NAS 1 1 Observer Training School 1943 1945 1 2 Operational Flying Training Unit 1946 1947 2 Aircraft flown 3 Fleet Air Arm Bases 4 Commanders 5 References 5 1 Citations 5 2 BibliographyHistory of 741 NAS editObserver Training School 1943 1945 edit 741 Naval Air Squadron formed at RNAS Arbroath HMS Condor as an Observer Training Squadron part of No 2 Observer Training School on 1 March 1943 equipped with Fairey Swordfish aircraft It disbanded on 19 March 1945 at RNAS Arbroath 2 Operational Flying Training Unit 1946 1947 edit 741 NAS reformed at RNAS St Merryn HMS Vulture on 12 August 1946 as an Operational Flying Training Unit It operated Fairey Firefly FR I Supermarine Seafire L Mk III and North American Harvard III On 25 November 1947 it disbanded 3 Aircraft flown editThe squadron has flown a number of different aircraft types including 2 3 Fairey Swordfish 4 1943 Fairey Firefly FR I 1946 1947 Supermarine Seafire L Mk III 1946 1947 North American Harvard III 1946 1947 Fleet Air Arm Bases edit741 NAS operated from two air bases 2 3 Royal Naval Air Squadron ARBROATH 1 March 1943 19 March 1945 Royal Naval Air Station ST MERRYN 12 August 1946 25 November 1947 Commanders edit741 NAS had a number of commanding officers during its two active periods 5 Lt Cdr A O H Cantrill RNVR Mar 1943 Mar 1944 Lt Cdr A R McA Strtto RNVR Mar 1944 Mar 1945 Lt Cdr S G Cooper RN Aug 1946 Aug 1947 Lt Cdr T W Harrington DSC RN Aug 1947 Nov 1947 References editCitations edit Sturtivant Ballance 1994 p 64 a b c d RNAS Arbroath www royalnavyresearcharchive org uk Retrieved 28 December 2022 a b c d RNAS St Merryn www royalnavyresearcharchive org uk Retrieved 29 December 2022 Thetford 1991 p 139 741 Naval Air Squadron www wings aviation ch Retrieved 29 December 2022 Bibliography edit Sturtivant R Ballance T 1994 The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm Tonbridge Kent UK Air Britain Historians Ltd ISBN 0 85130 223 8 Thetford Owen 1991 British Naval Aircraft since 1912 London UK Putnam Aeronautical Books an imprint of Conway Maritime Press Ltd ISBN 0 85177 849 6 nbsp This United Kingdom navy related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 741 Naval Air Squadron amp oldid 1138198526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
