786 Naval Air Squadron
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786-naval-air-squadron-163-13901929
title:
786 Naval Air Squadron
text:
786 Naval Air Squadron was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm which last disbanded in late 1945, absorbed by 785 Naval Air Squadron. 786 NAS formed at HMS Jackdaw, RNAS Crail, in November 1940, as a Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance squadron. It operated a few different types of torpedo bomber aircraft, initially equipped with Fairey Albacore and shortly afterwards joined by Fairey Swordfish, these aircraft were replaced by Fairey Barracuda at the of 1942.
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encyclopedia
description:
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/786_Naval_Air_Squadron
date created:
2015-04-15T18:02:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T18:07:34Z
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13
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