756 Naval Air Squadron
military unit
756 Naval Air Squadron (756 NAS), also known as 756 Squadron, is an inactive Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN). It was last operational as a Torpedo, Bomber, Reconnaissance pool, operating with Fairey Swordfish I, Fairey Barracuda Mk II and Mk III and Grumman Avenger GR.I and Mk.II aircraft.
It was initially formed as a Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron, operating from May to August 1939, out of RNAS Worthy Down (HMS Kestrel), in Hampshire, England. It was later reformed again as a Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron, operating from March 1941, out of RNAS Worthy Down (HMS Kestrel). TAG training was provided until the No. 2 School was ready in Canada, opening on 1 January 1943, and 756 Naval Air Squadron disbanded in December 1942. The squadron reformed at RNAS Katukurunda (HMS Ukussa), in Ceylon, in October 1943. During 1944 and 1945, the squadron undertook a number of detachments on different types of Royal Navy aircraft carriers, then disbanded in December 1945.
History
756 Naval Air Squadron initially formed at RNAS Worthy Down (HMS Kestrel), 3.5 miles (6 km) north of Winchester, Hampshire, England, on 24 May 1939, as a Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron. It was equipped with a number of Blackburn Shark Mk III, a carrier-borne torpedo bomber, used in the torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance role.
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