770 Naval Air Squadron
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770 Naval Air Squadron (770 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It last disbanded at HMS Nighthawk, RNAS Drem in October 1945. 770 Naval Air Squadron initially formed as a Deck Landing Training Squadron at HMS Daedalus, RNAS Lee-on-Solent, in November 1939. Embarked in HMS Argus, and operated from the aircraft carrier and Hyeres la Palyvestre in the south of France, until it disbanded in May 1940. It reformed at HMS Merlin, RNAS Donibristle, on New Year’s Day 1941, as a Fleet Requirements Unit out of 771 Naval Air Squadron’s 'X' Flight. It moved to HMS Jackdaw, RNAS Crail, in June 1941, then two and half years later it moved to HMS Jackdaw II, RNAS Dunino in January 1944, before finally moving to HMS Nighthawk in July.
770 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Active | 7 November 1939 - 1 May 1940 1 January 1941 - 1 October 1945[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Type | Fleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron |
Role |
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Size | Squadron |
Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
Motto(s) | In alto societas (Latin for 'There's company aloft') |
Insignia | |
Squadron Badge | Blue, upon clouds melting white a cock proper. Wartime unofficial, badge and motto transferred to 790 Naval Air Squadron[2] |
Identification Markings | individual letters (all types 1941-1942) C8A+ (all types 1943-1944) B8A+ then D8A+ (all types from 1944-1945)[2][3] |