742 Naval Air Squadron
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742 Naval Air Squadron (742 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm which disbanded during August 1946. It was active initially from the end of 1943 as a Communications Squadron operating in Sri Lanka and India. It later became a Royal Navy Air Transport Squadron, covering the same geography.
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742 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Active | 6 December 1943 – 31 August 1946[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Type | Fleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron |
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Size | Squadron |
Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Captain Thomas Neville Stack, CVO, AFC |
Insignia | |
Identification Markings | Uncoded |
Aircraft flown | |
Attack | Fairey Swordfish |
Patrol | Supermarine Sea Otter Supermarine Walrus |
Trainer | Avro Anson Stinson Reliant |
Transport | Beech Expediter II Beech AT-7 Navigator |
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