A Westland Wessex HU.5 of 707 NAS at RNAS Yeovilton during 1974
Active
20 February 1945 - 1 October 1945 9 September 1964 -9 February 1995[1]
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Royal Navy
Type
Fleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron
Role
Radar Trials Unit
Advanced and Operational Flying Training (AFT/ OFT) Commando helicopter squadron
Size
Squadron
Part of
Fleet Air Arm
Insignia
Identification Markings
O7A+ (Swordfish) O8A+ (Barrcuda) AH8A+ (Avenger)[2] M-Z (Wessex single letters to July 1971) WA-WB, WM-WZ (to April 1982) ZA+ (Wessex / Sea King from 1982)[3]
Tail Codes
CU (1964 – 1972) VL (1972 – 1995)[4]
Aircraft flown
Bomber
Fairey Swordfish Fairey Barracuda Grumman Avenger
Multirole helicopter
Westland Wessex Westland Sea King
Trainer
Avro Anson
Military unit
707 Naval Air Squadron (707 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm which disbanded during February 1995. It was active during the Second World War forming during February 1945 as a Radar Trials Unit, disbanding in October of the same year. It reformed December 1964, as an Advanced and Operational Flying Training (AFT/ OFT) Commando helicopter squadron.
^Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 30.
^Wragg 2019, p. 114.
^Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 17.
^"707 Squadron". helis.com. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
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Global Information
United Kingdom
Royal Navy