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731 Naval Air Squadron
731 NAS badge
Active5 December 1943 – 1 November 1945[1]
Country731 Naval Air Squadron United Kingdom
Branch731 Naval Air Squadron Royal Navy
TypeFleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron
RoleDeck Landing Control Officer training squadron
SizeSquadron
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Naval Air StationRNAS East Haven (HMS Peewit)
Motto(s)Circum Undique
(Latin for 'From everywhere around')
Insignia
Squadron BadgeBlue, in base a 19th Century anchor in bend gold with a seagull white alighting thereon (1945)[1]
Identification MarkingsE3A+[2]
Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib 'Z7015 - 7-L' (G-BKTH). Example of aircraft used by 731 NAS

731 Naval Air Squadron (731 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It was active between 1943 and 1945 and its sole role throughout its formation was a Deck Landing Control Officer training squadron. Through this role the squadron pilots were nicknamed 'Clockwork Mice'. It was based out of the purpose built airbase, commissioned as HMS Peewit, known as Royal Naval Air Station East Haven, in Scotland, as part of the Deck Landing Training School there.

  1. ^ a b Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 54.
  2. ^ Wragg 2019, p. 119.

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