List of aircraft units of the Royal Navy
This is a List of aircraft units of the Royal Navy.
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- 2nd Naval TBR Wing (24 January 1944 - Unknown) renamed No. 2 Strike Wing on 10 December 1944[1]
- 3rd Naval Fighter Wing (25 October 1944 - 9 December 1945)[2]
- 4th Naval Fighter Wing (25 October 1943 - 25 January 1946)[2]
- 5th Naval Fighter Wing (December 1943 - 30 November 1945)[2]
- 6th Naval Fighter Wing (February 1944 - 30 June 1945)[3]
- 7th Naval Fighter Wing (30 October 1943 - 16 December 1944)[3]
- 8th Naval TBR Wing (25 October 1943 - 3 October 1944)[3]
- 9th Naval TBR Wing (11 February 1944 - 23 October 1944)[3]
- 10th Naval Fighter Wing (14 October 1944 - 30 June 1945)[3]
- 11th Naval TBR Wing (21 April 1944 - 6 July 1944)[4]
- 12th Naval TBR Wing (24 January 1944 - 28 December 1944)[4]
- 15th Naval Fighter Wing (8 November 1943 - 28 July 1945)[4]
- 18th Naval MAC-Ship Wing - see 836 Naval Air Squadron[4]
- 21st Naval TBR Wing (25 October 1943 - 30 June 1944)[4]
- 24th Naval Fighter Wing (25 October 1943 - 30 June 1945)[4]
- 30th Naval Fighter Wing (10 October 1944 - 30 June 1945)[4]
- 45th Naval TBR Wing (25 October 1943 - 21 April 1944)[4]
- 47th Naval Fighter Wing (17 January 1944 - (30 June 1945)[5]
- 52nd Naval TBR Wing (26 November 1943 - 9 July 1944)[5]
Communications flights[edit]
- HMS Bherunda (Ceylon (Sri Lanka))[6]
- Christchurch?[6]
- RNAY Sulur (Coimbatore)[6]
- HMS Grebe (Dekheila)[6]
- RNAS Donibristle (Donibristle)[6]
- RAF Fayid (Fayid)[6]
- RAF Ta' Qali (Malta, Ta Kali)[6]
Ferry flights[edit]
Ferry pools[edit]
Ferry squadrons[edit]
Other flights[edit]
Station flights[edit]
- RNAS Abbotsinch[8]
- Stinson Reliant I, Supermarine Sea Otter, de Havilland Dominie, Hawker Sea Hawk FB.3, Fairey Gannet T.2 & T.5, de Havilland Sea Vampire T.22 & Boulton Paul Sea Balliol T.21
- RNAS Anthorn[8]
- Airspeed Oxford, Beech Traveller I, Fairey Swordfish II, Supermarine Seafire III & F.17, de Havilland Tiger Moth II, Avro Anson I, North American Harvard IIa, de Havilland Dominie, Westland Dragonfly HR.3, Fairey Firefly FR.5 & T.2, Fairey Gannet T.2, Hawker Sea Hawk F.1 & de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.20
- RNAS Arbroath[8]
- RNAS Ayr[8]
- RNAS Ballyhalbert[8]
- RNAS Bankstown[8]
- Belfast?[8]
- RNAS Bramcote[8]
- RNAS Brawdy[9]
- Brunswick[9]
- RNAS Burscough[9]
- RNAS China Bay[9]
- RNAS Colombo Racecourse[9]
- RNAS Church Fenton[9]
- RNAS Culdrose[9]
- RNAS Culham[9]
- RNAS Dale[9]
- Dkeheila?[9]
- RNAS Donibristle[9]
- RNAS Drem[9]
- RNAS Dunino[9]
- East Haven?[9][10]
- Eastleigh (Kenya or Southampton?)[9]
- RNAS Eglinton[9]
- RNAS Evanton[9]
- RNAS Fearn[9]
- RNAY Fleetlands[9]
- RNAS Ford[9]
- HMS Siskin (Gosport)[9]
- HMS Falcon (Hal Far)[9][11]
- RNAS Hatston[11]
- RNAS Henstridge[11]
- RNAS Heston[11]
- RNAS Inskip[11]
- HMS Nabswick (Jervis Bay)[11]
- RNAS Kai Tak[11]
- HMS Ukussa (Katukurunda)[11]
- RNAS Lee-on-Solent[11]
- RAF Linton-on-Ouse[11]
- RNAS Lossiemouth[11]
- RNAS Machrihanish[11]
- RNAS Maryborough[11]
- RNAS Maydown[11]
- RNAS Merryfield[11]
- RNAS Piarco[11]
- HMS Naboran (Ponam)[11]
- RNAS Portland[11]
- RNAS Prestwick[11]
- Puttalam?[11]
- RNAS Rattray[11]
- RNAS Ronaldsway[11]
- RNAS St Merryn[11]
- HMS Nabthorpe (Schofields)[11]
- RNAS Sembawang[11]
- RAF Speke[11]
- RNAS Stretton[11]
- Tambaram?[11]
- Tanga?[11]
- RNAS Twatt[11]
- RNAS Woodvale[11]
- RNAS Worthy Down[11]
- RNAS Yeovilton[11]
See also[edit]
- List of aircraft wings of the Royal Navy
- List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons
- List of Fleet Air Arm groups
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 30.
- ^ a b c Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 301.
- ^ a b c d e Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 302.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 303.
- ^ a b Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 304.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 446.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 445.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 441.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 443.
- ^ "R.N.A.S. East Haven". Royal Navy Research Archive. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 444.
Bibliography[edit]
- Ballance, Theo; Howard, Lee; Sturtivant, Ray (2016). The Squadrons and Units of the Fleet Air Arm. Air Britain Historians Limited. ISBN 978-0-85130-489-2.
- Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.