733 Naval Air Squadron
Active1944–47[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeFleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron
RoleFleet Requirement Unit
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Garrison/HQRN Air Section Minneriya
RNAS Trincomalee
Motto(s)Sursum rubes
(Latin for 'Upwards into the clouds')
Insignia
Squadron BadgeWhite, upon a pellet two beams of light in saltire white surmounted by an eagle valiant gold armed and langue's red (1944)[1]
Identification MarkingsC8A+ & C9A+[2]

733 Naval Air Squadron (733 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was active between 1944 and 1947 as a Fleet Requirement Unit, based mainly at RNAS Trincomalee (HMS Bambara), China Bay, Sri Lanka (Ceylon).

History of 733 NAS

Fleet Requirement Unit (1944 - 1947)

733 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Requirement Unit. It moved from R.N. Air Section Minnerya, in lodger facilities at R.A.F. Station Minnerya, located in Hingurakgoda, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), on the 25 March 1944, to RNAS Trincomalee (HMS Bambara), located in China Bay in eastern Sri Lanka, bringing along a varied example of aircraft used by the Fleet Air Arm.[3]

Initially using Walrus aircraft and later on Sea Otter aircraft, an Air Sea Rescue Flight was added around the beginning of 1946.[4]

The squadron disbanded on 31 December 1947 at RNAS Trincomalee.[3]

Aircraft flown

733 Naval Air Squadron has flown a number of different aircraft types, including:[3]

Naval Air Stations

733 Naval Air Squadron operated from a couple of naval air stations of the Royal Navy, overseas:

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 55.
  2. ^ Wragg 2019, p. 120.
  3. ^ a b c d "RNAS Trincomalee". www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Ballance 2016, p. 39.
  5. ^ a b Thetford 1991, p. 221.
  6. ^ Thetford 1991, p. 169.
  7. ^ Thetford 1991, p. 412.
  8. ^ Thetford 1991, p. 413.
  9. ^ Thetford 1991, p. 442.
  10. ^ Thetford 1991, p. 422.
  11. ^ Thetford 1991, p. 335.
  12. ^ Thetford 1991, p. 341.
  13. ^ a b Thetford 1991, p. 329.
  14. ^ a b Thetford 1991, p. 149.
  15. ^ Thetford 1991, p. 472.
  16. ^ Thetford 1991, p. 325.
  17. ^ Thetford 1991, p. 215.

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