4 May 1943 – 5 August 1943 30 December 1943 – 1 September 1945[1]
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Royal Navy
Type
Fleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron
Role
Observer Training Squadron
Communications Squadron
Size
Squadron
Part of
Fleet Air Arm
Insignia
Identification Markings
M9A+ (all types 1944-1945)[2][3]
Military unit
Stinson Reliant I, an example of the type used by 740 NAS
740 Naval Air Squadron (740 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was initially active between May and August in 1943, formed as an Observer Training Squadron at HMS Condor, RNAS Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. From December 1943 to September 1945 it was a Communications Squadron formed at and operated from HMS Landrail, at RNAS Machrihanish, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
^Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 63.
^Wragg 2019, p. 121.
^Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 46.
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