778 Naval Air Squadron

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History 

28. September 1939 778 NAS formed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent
16. August 1948 778 NAS disbanded at RNAS Arbroath
1. October 1951 778 NAS reformed at RNAS Culdrose
7. July 1952 778 NAS disbanded at RNAS Culdrose
Planes:
 

 

 

Sep. 1939 - Feb. 1945
Swordfish I & II
   
 

 

 

Sep. 1939 - Mar. 1940
Skua II
   
 

 

 

Dec. 1939 - Feb. 1942
Roc I
 
 

 

 

Sep. 1939 - Sep. 1943
Walrus I
   
 

 

 

Feb. 1940 - Sep. 1943
Albacore I
   
 

 

 

MAy 1940 - Jun. 1944
Fulmar I & II
   
 

 

 

Feb. 1943 - Jul. 1948
Firefly
FR.1, FR.4, FR.5
   
 

 

 

19?? - 19??
Seafire F.46
 
 

 

 

Sep. 1947 - Aug. 1947
Oxford I
 
 

 

 

May 1946 - Jul 1948
Sea Hornet
     
 

 

 

Aug. 1948
Sea Fury F.10
   
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Nov. 1951 - Jul. 1952
Skyraider AEW.1
   
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778 NAS Commanding Officers 
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Lt-Cdr M. A. Lacayo 1946 3. Jul 1946
Lt-Cdr R. H. P. Carver 3. Jul 1946 ?
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History 

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last update 19. May 2016

written 1. March 2011

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