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Personnel of No 1 Squadron RNAS in late 1914. The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy, under the direction of the Admiralty's Air Department, and existed formally from 1 July 1914 [1] to 1 April 1918, when it was merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form the Royal Air Force (RAF), the world's first independent air force.
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201 Flight (active 1 May 2014 - present) [note parented by 700W Naval Air Squadron between 1 May 2014 and 1 August 2014], then 825 Naval Air Squadron. 202 Flight (active October 2016 - present) parent 815 Naval Air Squadron. 204 Flight (active 1 November 2015 - present) parent 825 Naval Air Squadron.
Historically, RNAS referred to the Royal Naval Air Service, which was the aviation branch of the Royal Navy. This merged in 1918 with the Royal Flying Corps, of the British Army, to form an independent service, the Royal Air Force (RAF). Currently the abbreviation RNAS stands for "Royal Naval Air Station", and in common with Royal Air Force ...
730 Naval Air Squadron was formed on the 17 April 1944 at RNAS Abbotsinch (HMS Sanderling) [4] located in Paisley, Renfrewshire, in Scotland, where the squadron operated Stinson Reliant, a single-engine four-to-five seat high-wing monoplane liaison and training aircraft, and Beech Expediter II, a twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft, used for training, transport and utility work.
762 Naval Air Squadron (762 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It formed at HMS Heron, RNAS Yeovilton, in March 1942 as an Advanced Flying Training School. Almost immediately the squadron relocated to HMS Vulture, RNAS St Merryn, but before the end of the year, it was back at HMS Heron. The squadron disbanded ...
755 Naval Air Squadron reformed at RNAS Colombo Racecourse (HMS Bherunda), in the Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 24 March 1945, as a Communications Squadron. It was equipped with Beech Expeditor C.2 , a twin-engined trainer , transport and utility aircraft , which it operated in the communications role throughout its existence. 755 ...
887 Naval Air Squadron (887 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, [2] which last disbanded during March 1946. It was formed as a Fleet Fighter squadron in May 1942 at HMS Daedalus, RNAS, Lee-on-Solent.