717 Naval Air Squadron
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717 Naval Air Squadron (717 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm which last disbanded in March 1946. It formed as a Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance Training Squadron, at HMS Owl, RNAS Fearn, in July 1944, operating with Fairey Barracuda torpedo bomber aircraft. The squadron then moved to HMS Merganser, RNAS Rattray, in the October, continuing in Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance training. In early 1946 the squadron received Blackburn Firebrand aircraft, with the objective of forming a Firebrand Conversion Unit, but this was never realised.
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717 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Active | 1 July 1944 - 22 March 1946[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Type | Fleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron |
Role | Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance Training Squadron |
Size | Squadron |
Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
Garrison/HQ | RNAS Fearn RNAS Rattray |
Insignia | |
Identification Markings | F1A+ & F2A+ (Barracuda) AT3A+ & AT4A+ (October 1944) I1A+ & I2A (from 1945)[2] |
Aircraft flown | |
Attack | Blackburn Firebrand |
Bomber | Fairey Barracuda |
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