1770 Naval Air Squadron

1770 Naval Air Squadron
Active	1943-45[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Part of	Fleet Air Arm
Motto(s)	Videre est vincere (To see is to conquer)
Engagements	Norway 1944, Palembang 1945, Okinawa 1945

1770 Naval Air Squadron (1770 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It formed at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) on 10 September 1943 as a two-seat fighter squadron and embarked on HMS Indefatigable in May 1944. It took part in several attacks on the German Battleship Tirpitz and other operations in Norwegian waters before sailing for the Far East. In 1945, as part of the British Pacific Fleet, the squadron took part in attacks on Sumatra, Sakishima Gunto and Formosa. It disembarked to Australia in June 1945 and then disbanded on 30 September 1945 at RAAF Maryborough (HMS Nabstock).

Aircraft flown

1770 Naval Air Squadron flew only one aircraft type:

• Fairey Firefly

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.

External links

• Squadron memoir, 1945

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