712 Naval Air Squadron

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712 Naval Air Squadron
712 (Catapult) Flight FAA
Active1938-1940
1944-1945 [1]
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
BranchNaval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
TypeFleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron
Size Squadron
Part of Fleet Air Arm

712 Naval Air Squadron (712 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

It was initially established as a flight in 1936 before being upgraded to squadron status in 1938. It was charged with operating Supermarine Walrus seaplanes for the cruisers HMS Glasgow, HMS Newcastle, HMS Sheffield and HMS Southampton, which all commissioned during 1937. [2]

In 1944-45 it operated as a communications squadron from RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk).

Notes

  1. Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 34.
  2. "Fleet Air Arm".

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