711 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
15. July 1936 711 NAS formed at RAF Kalafrana, Malta
21. January 1940 711 NAS absorbed into 700 NAS
9. September 1944 711 NAS reformed at RNAS Crail
21. December 1945 711 NAS absorbed into 785 NAS at RNAS Crail
 
Planes:
 

 

 

 Jul. 1936 - Dec. 1936
Osprey III		    
 

 

 

 Oct. 1936 - Jan. 1940
Walrus I		      
 

 

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 Sep. 1944 - Oct. 1944
Reliant I		      
 

 

 

 Jan. 1945 - Dec. 1945
Anson I /ASV		      
 

 

 

 Aug. 1945 - Dec. 1945
Avenger I, II		    
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711 NAS Deployments 
1936 - 1940
         
1944 - 1945
711 NAS was a second-line Squadron and not deployed on a carrier.-
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711 NAS Home Port Assignments
1939 - 1943
RAF Kalafrana, Malta 15. Jul. 1936 19. Aug. 1939
RNAS Aboukir, Egypt 19. Aug. 1939 21. Jan. 1940
1944 - 1945
RNAS Crail, Fife, Scotland 9. Sep. 1944 21. Dec. 1945
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711 NAS Commanding Officers 
1936 - 1940

Sq Ldr  A. A. Murray, RAF

 15. Jul. 1936 28. Jun. 1937

Flt Lt R. J. H. Stephens, RAF

 28. Jun. 1937 17. Jan. 1938

Sq Ldr O. S. Stevinson, RAF

 17. Jan. 1938 24. May 1939

Lt-Cdr A. H. T. Fleming, RN

 24. May 1939 21. Jan. 1940
1944 - 1945
Lt-Cdr J. B. Curgenven, DSC, RNVR 9. Sep. 1944 30. Jul. 1945
Lt-Cdr D. M. Judd, DSC, RNVR 30. Jul. 1945 21. Dec. 1945
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History 

1936 - 1940
No.711 (Catapult) Flight formed on 15. July 1936 from part of No.447 (Catapult) Flight for use on ships of the 1st Crusier Squadron. This formed part of the Mediterranean Fleet, and RAF Kalafrana, Malta was used by the squadron as a shore base. Aircraft were initially Ospreys, which were embarked in HMS London, HMS Devonshire, HMS Shropshire and HMS Essex. Walruses soon arrived as replacenents, and at the outbreak of war their shore base was changed RNAS Aboukir, Egypt.
By this time the parent uil had become 711 NAS (Catapult), but it lost its identity when it was absorbed lnto 700 NAS on 21. January 1940.

1944 - 1945
On 9. Septenber 1944, 711 NAS reformed at RNAS Crail as Torpedo Training squadron. Equipped with Barracudas, these were partially replaced in August 1945 by Avengers, and this element of the unit operated as an Avenger Operational Training Unit.
With the ending of hostilities, there was a reduced requirement for its task, and 711 NAS disbanded at RNAS Crail on 21. December 1945, its remnants being absorbed by 785 NAS.

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last update 1. August 2017

written 1. March 2011

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