1790 Naval Air Squadron
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title:
1790 Naval Air Squadron
text:
1790 Naval Air Squadron was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It was formed on 1 January 1945 at RNAS Burscough as a night fighter squadron. It was initially equipped with the Fairey Firefly I, replaced in May 1945 by the Firefly INF, which was fitted with a US-derived ASV radar. The squadron joined HMS Vindex on 24 June, bound for Australia, with the ship arriving at HMS Nabthorpe 2 days before the war in the Far East ended. The squadron was disbanded on 3 June 1946
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Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790_Naval_Air_Squadron
date created:
2004-03-28T19:41:13Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T18:24:12Z
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