714 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
15. July 1936 714 NAS formed at RAF Seletar, Singapore
21. January 1940 714 NAS absorbed into 700 NAS
1. August 1944 714 NAS reformed at RNAS Fearn, Scottish Highlands
29. October 1945 714 NAS disbanded at RNAS Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
 
Planes:
 

 

 

 Jul. 1936 - Oct. 1936
Fairey IIIF		      
 

 

 

 Jul. 1936 - Mar. 1938
Osprey		  
 

 

 

 Oct. 1936 - Jan. 1940
Walrus I		      
 

 

 

 Jun. 1937 - Jul. 1939
Seafox I		      
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 Aug. 1944 - Oct. 1945
Barracuda II, III		    
   
714 NAS Deployments 
1936- 1940
         
1944 - 1945
714 NAS was a second-line Squadron and not deployed on a carrier.
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714 NAS Home Port Assignments
1936 - 1940
RNAS Seletar, Singapore 15. Jul. 1936 21. Jan. 1940
1944 - 1945
RNAS Fearn, Scottish Highlands

1. Aug 1944

 31. Oct. 1944
RNAS Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 31. Oct. 1944

29. Oct. 1945
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714 NAS Commanding Officers 
1936 - 1940
Sq Ldr  H. H. Caddy, RAF 15. Jul. 1936 26. Oct. 1937
Sq Ldr P. W. Humphreys, RAF 26. Oct. 1937 27. Jan. 1939
Flt Lt H. J. F. Lane, RAF 27. Jan. 1939 24. May 1939
Lt-Cdr A. S. Webb, RN 24. May 1939 21. Jan. 1940
1944 - 1945
Lt-Cdr (A) V. R. Crane, RNVR

1. Aug 1944

19. May 1945
Lt (A) P. D. Buckland, RNVR (temp) 19. May 1945

29. Oct. 1945
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History 

1936 - 1940
No.714 (Catapult) Flight formed on 15. July 1936 by renumbering No.406 (Catapult) Flight with the 4th Cruiser Squadron in the East Indies Station. Initial equipment was Fairey IIIFs embarked in HMS Emerald, HMS Enterprise and HMS Norfolk, these soon being phased out in favour of Ospreys and Walruses.
During manoeuvres at Singapore in January 1937, the flight operated from its shore base at RAF Seletar. Seafoxes arrived in June 1937 for use in HMS Emerald, but by the begiming of 1939 the unit had achiveid squadron status and was by then operating from HMS Liverpool and HMS Manchester, later suplemented by HMS Gloucester, On the outbreak of war the squadron had 6 Walruses and was using both RNAS Seletar and RNAS Trincomalee as shore bases. It was absorbed into 700 NAS on 21. January 1940.

1944 - 1945
On 1. August 1944, 714 NAS reformed at RNAS Fearn as a Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance Training squadron. With 717 NAS it received aircrew from their specialist training and assembled them into crews. Equiped with Barracudas, it moved to RNAS Rattray on 31. October 1944, disbanding there on 29. October 1945 when its task was taken over by 717 NAS.

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last update 14. September 2016

written 14. September 2016

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