719 Naval Air Squadron

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719 Naval Air Squadron
Active1944-45
1944-49
1950-59
1960-61[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Navy
Part ofFleet Air Arm

719 Naval Air Squadron (719 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

Aircraft operated[]

The squadron operated a variety of different aircraft and versions:[1]

  • Vought Corsair III
  • Miles Master II
  • Supermarine Seafire IIb & IIc
  • Supermarine Spitfire Vb & Vb/hooked
  • Grumman Martlet IV
  • Fairey Barracuda III
  • North American Harvard IIb
  • Avro Anson I
  • Fairey Firefly FR.1, AS.5, AS.6 & T.7
  • Fairey Gannet AS.1 & T.2
  • Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

References[]

Citations[]

Bibliography[]

  • Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
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