1771 Naval Air Squadron

1771 Naval Air Squadron
1771 Naval Air Squadron
Active	1944-45[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Part of	Fleet Air Arm

1771 Naval Air Squadron (1771 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. The squadron was the first British & Commonwealth unit to fly over Japan in World War 2.[2]

Aircraft flown

1771 Naval Air Squadron flew only one aircraft type:

Fairey Firefly

References

Citations

Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 339.
"Crews of the First British Aircraft to Fly over Japan. July 1945, in the British Escort Carrier HMS Implacable. On 17 July 1945 Fairey Firefly Fighters of 1771 Squadron Operating from Implacable Became the First Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm to Fly over Japan".

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.

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[FOOTNOTESturtivantBallance1994339-1] Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 339.

[2] "Crews of the First British Aircraft to Fly over Japan. July 1945, in the British Escort Carrier HMS Implacable. On 17 July 1945 Fairey Firefly Fighters of 1771 Squadron Operating from Implacable Became the First Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm to Fly over Japan".