790 Naval Air Squadron
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790 Naval Air Squadron (790 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm which disbanded in November 1949 at RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk). It initially formed during 1941 as an Air Target Towing Unit, at HMS Landrail, RNAS Macrihanish, in Scotland, from elements of two other Fleet Air Arm squadrons, however, this only lasted for three months and the unit was disbanded, absorbed into 772 Naval Air Squadron. It reformed the following year, in July 1942, tasked as a Fighter Direction Training Unit, at RNAS Charlton Horethorne (HMS Heron II). It provided support for the Fighter Direction School and had short spells at RAF Culmhead and RNAS Zeals (HMS Hummingbird), before reloacting to RNAS Dale (HMS Goldcrest) in Pembrokeshire, next to the new purpose built Air Direction School, HMS Harrier or RNADC Kete, in 1945. The squadron moved to HMS Seahawk in Cornwall during December 1947.
790 Naval Air Squadron | |
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Active | 15 June 1941 - 30 September 1941 27 July 1942 - 15 November 1949[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 cockerel crowing proper (1943)[2] |
Identification Markings | Y0A+ (all types) BY0A+ (from ~1943) Z8A+ & Z0A+ (from April 1945) P3A+, P8A+ & P0A+ (from August 1945) 100-110, 402-411 & 481-495 (from 1946) 150-156 & 403-414 (from 1947)[3][2] |
Tail Codes | DL (from 1946) CW (from 1947)[2] |