728 Naval Air Squadron
Appearance
728 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Active | 1945-67[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
728 Naval Air Squadron (728 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
Aircraft operated
The squadron operated a variety of different aircraft and versions:[2]
- Avro Anson I
- Baltimore IV & V
- Bristol Beaufighter II, X & T.10
- Bristol Beaufort I
- Boulton Paul Defiant TT.1
- Hawker Hurricane IIc
- Miles Martinet TT.1
- de Havilland Mosquito B.25, T.3, PR.16 & TT.39
- Airspeed Oxford I
- Supermarine Seafire L.IIC, III, XV & F.17
- Supermarine Sea Otter 2
- Fairey Swordfish I & II
- Supermarine Walrus
- Vickers Wellington XIV
- Westland Dragonfly HR.3
- Beech Expediter C.2
- Fairey Gannet T.2
- North American Harvard T.3
- de Havilland Heron C.2
- Gloster Meteor T.7 & TT.20
- de Havilland Sea Devon C.20
- de Havilland Sea Hornet FR.20
- de Havilland Sea Vampire F.20
- Short Sturgeon TT.3
- Westland Whirlwind HAR.3 & HAS.22
References
Citations
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 50.
- ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 51.
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.