743 Naval Air Squadron

VU-32
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History 
1. March 1943 743 NAS formed at RCAF Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
30. March 1945 743 NAS disbanded at RCAF Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
18. September 1946 743 NAS reformed at RCAF Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1. May 1954 743 NAS redesignated VU-32
1. February 1968 VU-32 integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces
 
Planes:
 

 

 

 Mar. 1943 - Mar. 1945
Swordfish II		  

 

   
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 Jun. 1946 - 1960
Avenger		    
 

 

 

 19?? - 1968
Tracker		  

 

   
 

 

 

 19?? - 1960
Expeditors		  

 

   
 

 

 

 1959 - 1968?
Lockheed Silver Star		  

 

   
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743 NAS, VU-32 Home Port Assignments
RCAF Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 1. Mar. 1943 30. Mar. 1945
RCAF Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 18. Sep. 1946 May 1959
HMCS Shearwater May 1959 1.Feb.  1968
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743 NAS, VU-32 Commanding Officers 
     
     
     
     
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History 

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Formed as FRU 743 (Fleet Requirement Unit) in Dartmouth, Nova-Scotia.  Flew the Swordfish, Anson V, and Harvard aircraft.
November 1952.  Air squadrons of the RCN were brought into the U.S. system of numbering and 743 was redesignated VU-32.
May 1954.  Became a separate entity, organizationally.  Flew the Grumman Avenger aircraft.
May 1959.  Amalgamated with VT-40 based at HMCS Shearwater. 
Re-organized into 3 Flights.  The Utility Flight, composed of Trackers and Avengers aircrafts. 
The Piston Flight, flying Expeditors aircrafts and the Jet Flight with its T-33 "Silver Stars" aircrafts.
1 February 1968.  Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces.

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last update 14. September 2016

written 14. September 2016

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