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711 Naval Air Squadron
711 (Catapult) Flight FAA
A Grumman Avenger of 711 NAS in flight
ActiveRoyal Air Force
15 July 1936 - 24 May 1939
Royal Navy
24 May 1939 - 21 January 1940
9 September 1944 - 11 December 1945[1]
Country711 Naval Air Squadron United Kingdom
Branch711 Naval Air Squadron Royal Navy
TypeFleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron
Role
  • Catapult Flight
  • Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance Training Squadron
SizeSquadron
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Garrison/HQRNAS Crail (HMS Jackdaw)
Insignia
Identification Markings067-071 (Osprey & Walrus)
UM-UX (Walrus 1936)
067-071 (Walrus 1937)
F9A+ (Walrus from May 1939)
C5A+ & C6A+ (Barracuda)
C1A+ (Avenger)
C6A+ (Avenger)[2][3]
Aircraft flown
AttackFairey Barracuda
Grumman Avenger
BomberHawker Osprey
PatrolSupermarine Walrus
TrainerAvro Anson

711 Naval Air Squadron (711 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm which disbanded in December 1945. It was first formed from 447 (Catapult) Flight in 1936 and operated out of the Island of Malta, providing flights for the Royal Navy’s 1st Cruiser Squadron. By the beginning of World War II it had become a Squadron and was based in Egypt, but disbanded in 1940 when the Fleet Air Arm centralised the operations of the 700 series "Catapult" flights attached to catapult units. It reformed in September 1944 to provide torpedo bomber reconnaissance (TBR) training. Based at HMS Jackdaw in Fife, Scotland, it was operational for just over one year before it was absorbed by 785 Naval Air Squadron.

  1. ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 33.
  2. ^ Wragg 2019, p. 115.
  3. ^ Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 19.

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