22 February 1943 - 28 September 1943 15 March 1944 - 12 November 1945 30 March 1949 - 22 November 1957 28 August 1959 - 7 February 1983[1]
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Royal Navy
Type
Fleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron
Role
Amphibious Bomber Reconnaissance Training Squadron
ASV Training Unit
Naval Anti-Submarine School
Anti-Submarine Operational Flying School
Size
Squadron
Part of
Fleet Air Arm
53rd Training Air Group (June 1950 - January 1952)
Last Naval Air Station
RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey)
Motto(s)
Purposeful
Engagements
Falklands War
Battle honours
Falkland Islands 1982
Commanders
Notable commanders
Commander Ronald Leonard, MBE, DFC, AFC, RN[2]
Insignia
Squadron Badge Description
Barry wavy of eight white and blue, a foil point in base proper the blade winged gold (1952)[3]
Identification Markings
D1A+ (Walrus) K4A+ (Swordfish/Anson from March 1944) to A2+ (August 1944) 100-119 (Seafire) 200-231 (Firefly) 400-434 (Gannet) (from March 1949 to January 1956) 617-627 (Gannet) (from January 1956 to November 1957) 760-789 (Whirlwind) 770-776 (Wessex) 520-529 (Wessex July 1965) 434-437, 520-528 (Wessex August 1968) 524-529 (Sea King) 650-646 (Wessex) 660-665 (Sea King April 1973) 400-407/ships ID letters (Ships’ Flights June 1970)[4][5]
Tail Codes
GN (1949 – 1957) PO (1962 – 1983)[6]
Military unit
An operational Fleet Air Arm Westland Wessex HAS.1 of 737 Squadron NAS at RNAS Yeovilton in 1966. The PO code indicates the squadron base at RNAS Portland, Dorset.
737 Naval Air Squadron (737 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was initially active during 1943 as an amphibious Bomber Reconnaissance Training Squadron. Reactivated in 1944 it operated as an ASV Training Unit until 1945. It was active again between 1949 and 1957. From 1959 it was the Anti-Submarine Warfare school at RNAS Portland. It operated Westland Wessex HAS.3 rescue helicopters from their land base at RNAS Portland, Dorset.[7]
^Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 60.
^"Commander 'Tubby' Leonard". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
^Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 42.
^Wragg 2019, p. 121.
^Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 43.
^"737 Naval Air Squadron". www.helis.com. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
^"737 NAS - retrieved 5 June 2012". Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
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