List of Fairey Firefly operators

The following countries and squadrons operated the Fairey Firefly:

Operators

  Australia

• Royal Australian Navy – Fleet Air Arm
  • 723 Squadron RAN - Mk.5 T.2, TT.5 & AS.6 (1952–56) ^[1]
  • 724 Squadron RAN - Mk.6, T.5 & TT.6 (1955-56 & 1962–66) ^[2]
  • 725 Squadron RAN - TT.5 & TT.6 (1958–59) ^[3]
  • 816 Squadron RAN - FR.4, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6 (1948–55) ^[4]
  • 817 Squadron RAN - AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6 (1950–55) ^[5]
  • 851 Squadron RAN - T.5 & AS.6 (1954–58) ^[6]
• Royal Australian Air Force
  • Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF (Firefly T.5 VX373 for trials 1953) ^[7]

Canada

• Royal Canadian Navy
  • 825 Squadron RCN - F.1/FR.1, FR.4 & AS.5 (1945–51) - renumbered as 880 Squadron RCN on 1 May 1951 ^[8]
  • 826 Squadron RCN - F.1/FR.1 & T.1 (1946–50) - renumbered as 880 Squadron RCN on 1 May 1951 ^[9]
  • 880 Squadron RCN - AS.5 (1951) ^[10]
  • 10 Heavier-than-air Experimental Air Squadron (VX-10) RCN

  Denmark

• Royal Danish Air Force

  Ethiopia

• Ethiopian Air Force

  Netherlands

Firefly T.Mk 1 of Royal Netherlands Navy in 1948

• Royal Netherlands Navy
  • Dutch Naval Aviation Service
    • VSQ-1
    • VSQ-2
    • VSQ-4
    • VSQ-5
    • VSQ-7
    • VSQ-860 - F.1/FR.1 (1946–50) ^[11]

  India

• Indian Navy
  • Indian Naval Air Arm operated 10 Fireflies from 1955 onwards for target tugging. ^{[12] [13]}

  Sweden

Firefly TT.Mk I of Svensk Flygtjänst AB in 1955

• Svensk Flygtjänst AB at Bromma Airport operated 19 TT.1 aircraft between 31 January 1949 and 17 October 1963. ^[14]

  Thailand

• Royal Thai Air Force operated Fireflies between 1952 and 1966. ^[15]
• Royal Thai Navy ^[16]

  United Kingdom

• Royal Navy – Fleet Air Arm operated Fireflies for anti-submarine warfare until 1956 when front line aircraft were replaced by the Fairey Gannet. ^[17]

• 700 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & TT.4
• 703 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, FR.4, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
  • 703A Flight - AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
• 706 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 719 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, AS.5/FR.5, AS.6 & T.7
• 727 Naval Air Squadron - FR.4
• 728B Flight - U.8 & U.9
• 730 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 731 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 732 Naval Air Squadron - NF.I
• 736 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1 & FR.4
• 737 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2 & AS.5/FR.5
  • 737X Flight - AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
• 741 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 744 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2 & AS.6
• 746 Naval Air Squadron - NF.I & NF.II
• 748 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 750 Naval Air Squadron - T.7
• 751 Naval Air Squadron - AS.6
• 759 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 764 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1 & T.2
• 765 Naval Air Squadron - T.2 & T.7
• 766 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1 & T.2
• 767 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, FR.4 & AS.6
• 768 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 771 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2, TT.4, TT.5 & AS.6
• 772 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & NF.II
• 778 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, FR.4 & AS.5/FR.5
• 780 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 781 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2, FR.4 & AS.5/FR.5
• 782 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2, FR.4, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
• 783 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 784 Naval Air Squadron - NF.I
• 787 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & FR.4
• 790 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 792 Naval Air Squadron - NF.I
• 794 Naval Air Squadron - NF.I
• 795 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 796 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.3, AS.5/FR.5, AS.6 & T.7
• 798 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 799 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2 & FR.4
• 804 Naval Air Squadron - AS.5/FR.5
• 805 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & NF.I
• 810 Naval Air Squadron - FR.4 & AS.5/FR.5
• 812 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, NF.I, T.1, FR.4, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
• 813 Naval Air Squadron - FR.1 (1952-53) ^[18]
• 814 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, FR.4, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
• 815 Naval Air Squadron - T.1
• 816 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & NF.I (1945-48) ^[4]
• 820 Naval Air Squadron - AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
• 821 Naval Air Squadron - AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
• 822 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 824 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & AS.6
• 825 Naval Air Squadron - AS.5/FR.5 (1951-52 & 1953-54) ^[8]
• 826 Naval Air Squadron - AS.6 (1951-55) ^[9]
• 827 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & NF.I
• 837 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 851 Naval Air Squadron - AS.6
• 861 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 882 Naval Air Squadron- NF.I (1945) (attached from 746 NAS) ^[19]
• 1770 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 1771 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 1772 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
• 1790 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & NF.I
• 1791 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & NF.I
• 1792 Naval Air Squadron - NF.I
• Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • 1830 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2, T.3, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
  • 1831 Naval Air Squadron - T.1 & T.3
  • 1833 Naval Air Squadron - T.2 & T.3
  • 1840 Naval Air Squadron - T.2, FR.4, AS.6 & T.7
  • 1841 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.2, T.3 & AS.6
  • 1842 Naval Air Squadron
  • 1843 Naval Air Squadron
  • 1844 Naval Air Squadron - T.2, T.3, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6

See also

• Fairey Firefly

References

Citations

1. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 44.
2. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 46.
3. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 47.
4. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 186.
5. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 188.
6. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 286.
7. "N1 Fairey Firefly".
8. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 218.
9. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 223.
10. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 301.
11. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 294.
12. "Fairey Firefly TT.1 & TT.4". www.bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
13. "Cochin – Birth Place of Naval Aviation." Archived 10 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine warbirds.in. Retrieved: 9 August 2010.
14. "Firefly TT.1 DT989." Warbirdregistry.org, Retrieved: 9 August 2010.
15. "Firefly FB.1 MB410." Warbirdregistry.org. Retrieved: 9 August 2010.
16. World Air Forces – Historical Listings Thailand (THL), archived from the original on 25 January 2012, retrieved 30 August 2012
17. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 361.
18. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 170.
19. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 305.

Bibliography

• Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN   0-85130-223-8.