728 Naval Air Squadron

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728 Naval Air Squadron
Active1945-67[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Navy
Part ofFleet Air Arm

728 Naval Air Squadron (728 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:[2]

  • Avro Anson I
  • Baltimore IV & V
  • Bristol Beaufighter II, X & T.10
  • Bristol Beaufort I
  • Boulton Paul Defiant TT.1
  • Hawker Hurricane IIc
  • Miles Martinet TT.1
  • de Havilland Mosquito B.25, T.3, PR.16 & TT.39
  • Airspeed Oxford I
  • Supermarine Seafire L.IIC, III, XV & F.17
  • Supermarine Sea Otter 2
  • Fairey Swordfish I & II
  • Supermarine Walrus
  • Vickers Wellington XIV
  • Westland Dragonfly HR.3
  • Beech Expediter C.2
  • Fairey Gannet T.2
  • North American Harvard T.3
  • de Havilland Heron C.2
  • Gloster Meteor T.7 & TT.20
  • de Havilland Sea Devon C.20
  • de Havilland Sea Hornet FR.20
  • de Havilland Sea Vampire F.20
  • Short Sturgeon TT.3
  • Westland Whirlwind HAR.3 & HAS.22

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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