List of Royal Air Force Aircraft Squadrons - Fleet Air Arm Squadrons

Fleet Air Arm Squadrons

While still under the control of the RAF, flights of the Fleet Air Arm were organized into squadrons with numbers in the 700 and 800 range. The range 700 to 750 had been previously used for Fleet Air Arm Catapult Flight numbers.

  • No. 712 Squadron
  • No. 715 Squadron
  • No. 718 Squadron
  • No. 800 Squadron
  • No. 801 Squadron
  • No. 802 Squadron
  • No. 803 Squadron
  • No. 810 Squadron
  • No. 811 Squadron
  • No. 812 Squadron
  • No. 813 Squadron
  • No. 814 Squadron
  • No. 820 Squadron
  • No. 821 Squadron
  • No. 822 Squadron
  • No. 823 Squadron
  • No. 824 Squadron
  • No. 825 Squadron

These squadrons were transferred to the Royal Navy in 1939, becoming Naval Air Squadrons (NAS). The 700 and 800 range of squadron numbers continued to be used by the Royal Navy for newly-formed Naval Air Squadrons.

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