Royal Air Force 15 July 1936 - 24 May 1939 Royal Navy 24 May 1939 - 21 January 1940 7 May 1940 - 8 June 1941 1 October 1942 - 15 August 1943 18 April 1945 - 13 January 1947 31 October 1957 - 23 September 1958
Westland Whirlwind HAR.1 XA868 coded PR-449 based on HMS Protector, at Lee-on-Solent in 1969, an example of the type used
701 Naval Air Squadron (701 NAS) was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron, which last disbanded during September 1958 at RNAS Lee-on-Solent where it was a Helicopter Trials, Communications and Fleet Requirements Unit. It initially formed during July 1936 as a Catapult Flight operating out of Malta and routinely embarking in RN ships such as, HMS Barham, HMS Malaya, HMS Valiant and HMS Warspite. By autumn 1939 it was known as 701 Naval Air Squadron but disbanded in January 1940. It was active twice more during the Second World War, between May 1940 and June 1941 on special duties and then between October 1942 and August 1943 performing anti-submarine patrols. Reforming in April 1945 it was designated a Communications Unit, operating out of Heston until disbanding in 1947. It last reformed as a Fleet Requirements Unit at HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent, during October 1957.
^Fleet Air Arm battle honours
^ abcBallance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 5.
^Wragg 2019, p. 113.
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