1703 Naval Air Squadron

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1703 Naval Air Squadron
1703 Naval Air Squadron Badge.gif
Squadron Badge (Wartime unofficial)
Active1 August 1945 - 18 September 1945
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
BranchNaval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Type Amphibian Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron
Role Air Sea Rescue
Sizesix aircraft
Part of Fleet Air Arm
Home station RNAS Lee-on-Solent
Motto(s)Elephanti Albi! (White elephant! - unofficial) [1]
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Lieutenant(A) K.A. Chare RNVR
Insignia
Squadron Badge DescriptionAn elephant's head (Wartime unofficial) [1]
Identification Markingsnot coded [1]
Aircraft flown
Patrol Supermarine Sea Otter
Supermarine Sea Otter, an example of the type used by 1703 NAS The Royal Navy during the Second World War A27227.jpg
Supermarine Sea Otter, an example of the type used by 1703 NAS

1703 Naval Air Squadron (1703 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It was formed in August 1945 at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) for Air Sea Rescue duties in the Pacific. It was equipped with Supermarine Sea Otter. The Second World War ended in the same month that the squadron was formed, and it never deployed or saw action. [2]

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History

Air Sea Rescue (1945)

1703 Naval Air Squadron formed on 1 August 1945 as an Air Sea Rescue (ASR) squadron at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire, England. [3] It was equipped with six Supermarine Sea Otter, an amphibious maritime patrol and air sea rescue aircraft, and planned for operations in the Pacific. [4] The squadron suffered from considerable issues with its aircraft and their engines, [1] It was active for only forty-nine days, disbanding at RNAS Lee-on-Solent on 18 September 1945. [3]

Aircraft flown

1703 Naval Air Squadron flew only one aircraft type: [1]

1703 Naval Air Squadron operated from a single naval air station of the Royal Navy, in England: [5]

Commanding Officers

List of commanding officers of 1703 Naval Air Squadron with date of appointment: [4]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 276.
  2. ↑ "1703 NAS". Fleet Air Arm Archive. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Lee-on-Solent". Royal Navy Research Archive - Fleet Air Arm Bases 1939 - present day. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. 1 2 Wragg 2019, p. 189.
  5. ↑ "1703 Naval Air Squadron". Royal Navy Research Archive - Royal Naval Air Squadrons 1938 to present day. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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