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728C Naval Air Squadron
Active7 January - 13 October 1958[1]
Country728C Naval Air Squadron United Kingdom
Branch728C Naval Air Squadron Royal Navy
TypeFleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron
RoleAmphibious Warfare Trials Unit
SizeSquadron
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Insignia
Identification Markings621-624[2]
Aircraft flown
Multirole helicopterWestland Whirlwind
A Royal Navy Westland Whirlwind

728C Naval Air Squadron (728C NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It was active between January and October 1958 as the Amphibious Warfare Trials Unit. Equipped with four Westland Whirlwind HAS.22 helicopters, the squadron operated around the Mediterranean Basin before it was redesignated 848 Naval Air Squadron on achieving first line status.

  1. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 52.
  2. ^ Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 36.

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