796 Naval Air Squadron
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796-naval-air-squadron-166-3496711
title:
796 Naval Air Squadron
text:
796 Naval Air Squadron was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm which last disbanded at RNAS Culdrose in October 1958. 796 Naval Air Squadron formed as the Eastern Fleet Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance Pool, at RN Air Section Port Reitz, in Mombasa, in July 1942, it provided a detachment embarked in HMS Illustrious in August to support the invasion of Madagascar. This Flight also disembarked to Majunga in September to join 207 Group of the Royal Air Force and later rejoined the s
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description:
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Squadron
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/796_Naval_Air_Squadron
date created:
2015-04-15T18:11:39Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T18:39:49Z
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