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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/180px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="label"><a href="/wiki/Lee-on-the-Solent" title="Lee-on-the-Solent">Lee-on-the-Solent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a> in England</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Daedalus_airfield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1106623.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/HMS_Daedalus_airfield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1106623.jpg/250px-HMS_Daedalus_airfield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1106623.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/HMS_Daedalus_airfield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1106623.jpg/375px-HMS_Daedalus_airfield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1106623.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/HMS_Daedalus_airfield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1106623.jpg/500px-HMS_Daedalus_airfield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1106623.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">HMS <i>Daedalus</i> airfield as seen from above the Solent</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Daedalus_Ships_Badge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/HMS_Daedalus_Ships_Badge.jpg/125px-HMS_Daedalus_Ships_Badge.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/HMS_Daedalus_Ships_Badge.jpg/188px-HMS_Daedalus_Ships_Badge.jpg 1.5x, 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style="top:84.875%;left:74.209%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="RNAS Lee-on-Solent"><img alt="RNAS Lee-on-Solent" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:6px"><div>RNAS Lee-on-Solent</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">RNAS Lee-on-Solent (the United Kingdom)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United Kingdom</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&params=50_48_54_N_001_12_16_W_region:GB_type:airport"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°48′54″N</span> <span class="longitude">001°12′16″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.81500°N 1.20444°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.81500; -1.20444</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Grid_reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Grid reference">Grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">grid reference</a> <span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&params=50.813950_N_1.206494_W_region:GB_scale:25000">SU560019</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Royal Naval Air Station</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Code</th><td class="infobox-data">L</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom)" title="Admiralty (United Kingdom)">Admiralty</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Controlled by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1917<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1917</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1917 - 1996<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1996</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">general aviation</a> airport</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">European theatre of World War II</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Airfield information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">9 metres (30 ft) <a href="/wiki/Above_mean_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Above mean sea level">AMSL</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px -1px -1px; border-spacing:0;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #ddd"> <th colspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 1px 0;">Runways</th> </tr><tr style="background-color: #ddd; text-align: left;"> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 25%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 0;padding:1px 2px;"><a href="/wiki/Runway#Orientation_and_dimensions" title="Runway">Direction</a></th> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 75%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 0 0 1px;padding:1px 2px;">Length and surface</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">00/18</td> <td style="text-align: left;">975 yards (892 m) <a href="/wiki/Asphalt_concrete" title="Asphalt concrete">Asphalt</a></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">06/24</td> <td style="text-align: left;">1,420 yards (1,298 m) Asphalt</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">11/29</td> <td style="text-align: left;">1,100 yards (1,006 m) Asphalt</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">00/18</td> <td style="text-align: left;">2,950 yards (2,697 m) Waterway</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">06/24</td> <td style="text-align: left;">2,800 yards (2,560 m) Waterway</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">11/29</td> <td style="text-align: left;">2,000 yards (1,829 m) Waterway</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: left; background-color: #eee"><b>Source:</b> Royal Navy Research Archive<sup id="cite_ref-RNAS-Lee-on-Solent_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNAS-Lee-on-Solent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent</b>, (<b>RNAS Lee-on-Solent</b>; or <b>HMS <i>Daedalus</i></b> 1939–1959 & 1965–1996 and <b>HMS <i>Ariel</i></b> 1959–1965), is a former <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Naval Air Station">Royal Naval Air Station</a> located near <a href="/wiki/Lee-on-the-Solent" title="Lee-on-the-Solent">Lee-on-the-Solent</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>, approximately 4 miles (6.44 km) west of <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>, on the coast of the <a href="/wiki/Solent" class="mw-redirect" title="Solent">Solent</a>. </p><p>It was one of the primary shore airfields of the <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> and was first established as a <a href="/wiki/Seaplane" title="Seaplane">seaplane</a> base in 1917 during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">the First World War</a>. The aerodrome being opened in 1934, it commissioned as HMS <i>Daedalus</i> on 24 May 1939,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016395_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016395-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the day administrative control of the Fleet Air Arm was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom)" title="Admiralty (United Kingdom)">Admiralty</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> and one of the four airfields in the UK that were transferred to the Fleet Air Arm.<sup id="cite_ref-RNAS-Lee-on-Solent_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNAS-Lee-on-Solent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many first line squadrons were formed here and it facilitated reserve aircraft storage. During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> it was home to the office of the <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(Aviation,_Amphibious_Capability_%26_Carriers)#Flag_Officer,_Naval_Air_Command" title="Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation, Amphibious Capability & Carriers)">Admiral (Air)</a> and was the main depot for Naval Air Ratings. In October 1959 it recommissioned as HMS <i>Ariel</i> as a ground training establishment. It again became HMS <i>Daedalus</i> in October 1965, and routine service flying continued until April 1993, including a helicopter <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">SAR</a> Flight of <a href="/wiki/772_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="772 Naval Air Squadron">772 Naval Air Squadron</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Southampton_University_Air_Squadron" title="Southampton University Air Squadron">Southampton University Air Squadron</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Police_Air_Service" title="National Police Air Service">Hampshire Police Air Support Unit</a>. All RN Air Engineering training was conducted at Lee-on-Solent from September 1970. </p><p>As well as the flying and AE training tasks, a number of technical and administration sections were based at Lee-on-Solent, including the Fleet Air Arm Drafting Authority, Naval Aircrew Advisory Board, Naval Air Technical Evaluation Centre, Naval Aircraft Maintenance Development Unit, Naval Air Trials Installation Unit, Mobile Aircraft Repair Transport and Salvage Unit, Safety Equipment School, Photographic School.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016395_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016395-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The airfield closed for military use in 1996 and passed through several owners until 2014 when <a href="/wiki/Fareham_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Fareham Borough Council">Fareham Borough Council</a> bought the airfield and re-branded it as <a href="/wiki/Solent_Airport_Daedalus" title="Solent Airport Daedalus">Solent Airport Daedalus</a>. It hosts the <b>Solent Enterprise Zone</b>. </p><p>The airfield is situated 4 miles (6.44 km) north west of the entrance to <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Harbour" title="Portsmouth Harbour">Portsmouth Harbour</a>. Lee-on-the-Solent adjoins along the south east boundary, with the town of <a href="/wiki/Gosport" title="Gosport">Gosport</a> 2.5 miles (4.02 km) east and the port city of <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> 8 miles (12.87 km) north west.<sup id="cite_ref-RNAS-Lee-on-Solent_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNAS-Lee-on-Solent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Naval_Air_Service_(1917–1918)"><span id="Royal_Naval_Air_Service_.281917.E2.80.931918.29"></span>Royal Naval Air Service (1917–1918)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Royal Naval Air Service (1917–1918)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Naval aviation began at Lee-on-Solent on 30 July 1917 when the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a> (RNAS) opened the Naval Seaplane Training School as an extension to the seaplane training station at nearby <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Calshot" title="RNAS Calshot">Calshot</a> (under 5 miles across <a href="/wiki/Southampton_Water" title="Southampton Water">Southampton Water</a> by seaplane, but over 30 miles by the shortest land route). The school's first commander was Squadron Commander <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Evill" title="Douglas Evill">Douglas Evill</a>. Initially, aircraft had to be transported from their temporary hangars to the top of the nearby cliff, then lowered by crane onto a trolley which ran on rails into the sea. Permanent hangars, workshops, accommodation and a new double slipway were soon constructed, however.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Air_Force_(1918–1939)"><span id="Royal_Air_Force_.281918.E2.80.931939.29"></span>Royal Air Force (1918–1939)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Royal Air Force (1918–1939)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 April 1918, the RNAS combined with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a> (RFC) to form the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) and the Lee-on-Solent Naval Seaplane Training School became an RAF station. Naval aviation training continued throughout the 1920s under the RAF with both Calshot and Lee-on-Solent providing training in operating seaplanes - initially using the wartime <a href="/wiki/Short_Type_184" title="Short Type 184">Short Type 184s</a> and, from late 1921, the new <a href="/wiki/Fairey_III" title="Fairey III">Fairey III</a>D.<sup id="cite_ref-1930s_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1930s-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 April 1924, the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force was formed, encompassing those RAF units that normally embarked on aircraft carriers and fighting ships (including those at shore bases such as Lee-on-Solent).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1931 the first grass airstrip at Lee was constructed to the west of the town, Lee-on-Solent became HQ <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coastal_Area" title="RAF Coastal Area">RAF Coastal Area</a>, and a major rebuilding programme ensued.<sup id="cite_ref-Hants_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hants-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 14 July 1936, an expanded RAF Coastal Area became <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coastal_Command" title="RAF Coastal Command">RAF Coastal Command</a>, with the HQ remaining at Lee-on-Solent.<sup id="cite_ref-1930s_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1930s-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="RAF_Lee-on-Solent_Station_Flight">RAF Lee-on-Solent Station Flight</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: RAF Lee-on-Solent Station Flight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royal Air Force Station Flight at Lee-on-Solent was equipped with various aircraft over different periods, from 1918 to 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007262_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007262-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Audax" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawker Audax">Hawker Audax</a> (K2349), a Hawker Hart variant, designed for army cooperation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Seal" title="Fairey Seal">Fairey Seal</a> (K4225), a British carrier-borne spotter-reconnaissance aircraft</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus" title="Supermarine Walrus">Supermarine Walrus</a> (K4797), a British single-engine amphibious biplane</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a> I (K5948),  a biplane torpedo bomber</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Seafox" title="Fairey Seafox">Fairey Seafox</a> I (K8578),  a reconnaissance floatplane</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Shark" title="Blackburn Shark">Blackburn Shark</a> III (K8904), a carrier-borne torpedo bomber</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">Hawker Hart</a> (K3838), a British two-seater biplane light bomber aircraft</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Magister" title="Miles Magister">Miles Magister</a> (N5436), a two-seat monoplane basic trainer aircraft</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Navy_(1939–1996)"><span id="Royal_Navy_.281939.E2.80.931996.29"></span>Royal Navy (1939–1996)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Royal Navy (1939–1996)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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.ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2008</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>With the expansion of the RAF during the 1930s, however, <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament</a> decided that the Fleet Air Arm should transfer to the Admiralty.<sup id="cite_ref-Hants_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hants-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four airfields in the United Kingdom were transferred over to the Fleet Air Arm, these were the air stations at <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Donibristle_(HMS_Merlin)" title="RNAS Donibristle (HMS Merlin)">Donibristle</a>, Lee-on-Solent, <a href="/wiki/HM_Prison_Ford" title="HM Prison Ford">Ford</a>, and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Worthy_Down" title="RAF Worthy Down">Worthy Down</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RNRA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNRA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a consequence, on 24 May 1939, HQ RAF Coastal Command moved to <a href="/wiki/Northwood_Headquarters" title="Northwood Headquarters">Northwood</a> and Lee-on-Solent was <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> as <b>HMS <i>Daedalus</i></b>.<sup id="cite_ref-1930s_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1930s-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It become, it appears, Headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Rear_Admiral,_Naval_Air_Stations" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear Admiral, Naval Air Stations">Rear Admiral, Naval Air Stations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bell_Davies" title="Richard Bell Davies">Richard Bell Davies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Watson_2015_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watson_2015-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Captain_(Royal_Navy)" title="Captain (Royal Navy)">Captain</a> T Bulteel was the first Royal Navy station commander of Lee-on-Solent and took up post the following day on 25 May 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-RNAS-Lee-on-Solent_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNAS-Lee-on-Solent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first two units to take up residence at HMS <i>Daedalus</i>, on 24 May, <a href="/wiki/765_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="765 Naval Air Squadron">765 Naval Air Squadron</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-wings-aviation_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wings-aviation-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a Basic Seaplane Training and Pool Squadron. It was initially equipped with <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus" title="Supermarine Walrus">Supermarine Walrus</a> <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_aircraft" title="Amphibious aircraft">amphibian aircraft</a> and, <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Seafox" title="Fairey Seafox">Fairey Seafox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a> <a href="/wiki/Floatplane" title="Floatplane">Seaplane</a> aircraft. The squadron trained pilots in operating seaplane aircraft and provided a pilot reserve for Fleet Air Arm <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult" title="Aircraft catapult">catapult</a> squadrons.<sup id="cite_ref-A_history_of_765_Naval_Air_Squadron_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_history_of_765_Naval_Air_Squadron-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other unit was <a href="/wiki/771_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="771 Naval Air Squadron">771 Naval Air Squadron</a>, formed out of a fleet requirements unit, with a northern 'X' flight and southern 'Y' flight, equipped with Fairey Swordfish <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_bomber" title="Torpedo bomber">torpedo bomber</a> and Supermarine Walrus.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019131_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019131-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/753_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="753 Naval Air Squadron">753</a> and <a href="/wiki/754_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="754 Naval Air Squadron">754 Naval Air Squadrons</a> also formed on 24 May 1939, out of the disbanded RAF unit, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=School_of_Naval_Co-operation_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="School of Naval Co-operation RAF (page does not exist)">School of Naval Co-operation RAF</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019124_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019124-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which had itself formed at Lee-on-Solent in 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELake1999182_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELake1999182-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 753 NAS operated <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Shark" title="Blackburn Shark">Blackburn Shark</a> torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance biplane and <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Seal" title="Fairey Seal">Fairey Seal</a> spotter-reconnaissance biplane. 754 NAS used Supermarine Walrus amphibian and Fairey Seafox floatplane along with <a href="/wiki/Percival_Vega_Gull" title="Percival Vega Gull">Percival Vega Gull</a> military trainer aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019124_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019124-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> May 1939 also saw the construction commence of concrete runways begin thus making RNAS Lee-on-Solent one of the early airbases to move away from grass airstrips. The two runways in question: heading 13/31 and 2,250 feet (690 m) in length and heading 24/06 with a length of 3,000 feet (910 m).<sup id="cite_ref-daedalus_aviation_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daedalus_aviation-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later on, in August, <a href="/wiki/710_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="710 Naval Air Squadron">710 Naval Air Squadron</a> formed. This was a seaplane squadron with six Supermarine Walrus for the <a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">seaplane tender</a> <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Albatross_(1928)" title="HMAS Albatross (1928)">HMS <i>Albatross</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019114_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019114-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_World_War_(1939–1945)"><span id="Second_World_War_.281939.E2.80.931945.29"></span>Second World War (1939–1945)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Second World War (1939–1945)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> more Fleet Air Arm second line squadrons either formed or deployed at Lee-on-Solent, <a href="/wiki/772_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="772 Naval Air Squadron">772 Naval Air Squadron</a> formed out of 'Y' Flight of 771 Naval Air Squadron, as a Fleet Requirements Unit, equipped with four Fairey Swordfish Floatplanes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019131_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019131-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time a Service Trials Unit was stood up, with <a href="/wiki/778_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="778 Naval Air Squadron">778 Naval Air Squadron</a> tasked with testing aircraft and armament, and assessing tactics, it operated with <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Roc" title="Blackburn Roc">Blackburn Roc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Skua" title="Blackburn Skua">Skua</a>, along with Fairey Swordfish and Supermarine Walrus at HMS <i>Daedalus</i> and adding <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Albacore" title="Fairey Albacore">Fairey Albacore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Fulmar" title="Fairey Fulmar">Fulmar</a> soon afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019133_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019133-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November the Deck Landing Training unit <a href="/wiki/770_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="770 Naval Air Squadron">770 Naval Air Squadron</a> formed with a variety of aircraft, using <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Moth" title="De Havilland Moth">de Havilland Moth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Sea_Gladiator" class="mw-redirect" title="Gloster Sea Gladiator">Gloster Sea Gladiator</a>, Blackburn Skua and Fairey Swordfish.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019131_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019131-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A Communications Squadron was formed in March 1940, <a href="/wiki/781_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="781 Naval Air Squadron">781 Naval Air Squadron</a>. It was equipped with a variety of aircraft including de Havilland Hornet Moth, Fairey Fulmar, Fairey Swordfish and Supermarine Walrus.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019134_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019134-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/764_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="764 Naval Air Squadron">764 Naval Air Squadron</a> was formed in April 1940 as an Advance Seaplane Training Squadron. It was equipped with Supermarine Walrus amphibian aircraft, and Fairey Seafox and Fairey Swordfish floatplanes.<sup id="cite_ref-RNAS-Lee-on-Solent_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNAS-Lee-on-Solent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the trainees had passed the conversion course at Lee-on Solent they boarded the Seaplane carrier, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)" title="HMS Ark Royal (1914)">HMS <i>Pegasus</i></a>, for catapult training.<sup id="cite_ref-A_history_of_764_Naval_Air_Squadron_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_history_of_764_Naval_Air_Squadron-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron left HMS <i>Daedalus</i> for <a href="/wiki/RAF_Pembroke_Dock" title="RAF Pembroke Dock">RAF Pembroke Dock</a> on the 3 July 1940, leaving behind its Seafox floatplanes.<sup id="cite_ref-RAF_Pembroke_Dock_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF_Pembroke_Dock-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/763_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="763 Naval Air Squadron">763 Naval Air Squadron</a>, Torpedo, Spotter, Reconnaissance Pool No.1, arrived at HMS <i>Daedalus</i> from <a href="/wiki/Jersey_Airport" title="Jersey Airport">RNAS Jersey</a> at the end of May 1940. (The <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom)" title="Admiralty (United Kingdom)">Admiralty</a> had taken over Jersey Airport, to use as a <a href="/wiki/Naval_air_station" title="Naval air station">Naval air station</a>. However, due to the <a href="/wiki/German_military_administration_in_occupied_France_during_World_War_II" title="German military administration in occupied France during World War II">German occupation of France</a> and the proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government</a> concluded the Islands weren't defendable).<sup id="cite_ref-RNAS_Jersey_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNAS_Jersey-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron remained at Lee-on-Solent for around one month before moving to RNAS Worthy Down in July.<sup id="cite_ref-RNAS_Worthy_Down_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNAS_Worthy_Down-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Four <a href="/wiki/Bellman_hangar" title="Bellman hangar">Bellman hangars</a> were initially erected at HMS <i>Daedalus</i>, but on 16 August 1940 the <i><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i> attacked the airbase and caused considerable damage. In the air raid by <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88" title="Junkers Ju 88">Junkers Ju 88</a> multirole combat aircraft and <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110" title="Messerschmitt Bf 110">Messerschmitt Bf 110</a> fighter bomber aircraft, a number of people were killed and several buildings were seriously damaged, including destroying two of the Bellman hangars.<sup id="cite_ref-daedalus_aviation_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daedalus_aviation-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNAS_Lee-on-Solent-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/780_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="780 Naval Air Squadron">780 Naval Air Squadron</a> arrived at HMS <i>Daedalus</i> from <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Eastleigh_(HMS_Raven)" title="RNAS Eastleigh (HMS Raven)">RNAS Eastleigh</a> in October. This unit provided a conversion course tasked with training experienced civilian pilots in naval flying. It operated a variety of aircraft, including Blackburn Shark, <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Gipsy_Moth" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland Gipsy Moth">de Havilland Gipsy Moth</a>, de Havilland Hornet Moth, <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth" title="De Havilland Tiger Moth">de Havilland Tiger Moth</a>, Fairey Swordfish, <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">Hawker Hart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Nimrod" title="Hawker Nimrod">Hawker Nimrod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Percival_Proctor" title="Percival Proctor">Percival Proctor</a>, and Percival Vega Gull.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019134_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019134-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then at the end of 1940 <a href="/wiki/702_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="702 Naval Air Squadron">702 Naval Air Squadron</a> reformed at Lee-on-Solent as a Long Range catapult squadron, operating with Fairey Seafox from armed merchant cruisers, with its shore-base being HMS <i>Daedalus</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019113_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019113-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Improvements to the airbase were ongoing during the next three years. Additional land was acquired and a third <a href="/wiki/Runway" title="Runway">runway</a> was constructed. The existing shorter runway was re-aligned and extended, and by 1942 the lengths, width and orientation were: 18/00 975 yards (892 m), 24/06 1,420 yards (1,300 m) and 11/29 1,100 yards (1,000 m), all by 50 yards (46 m) wide. Construction of dispersal <a href="/wiki/Hangar" title="Hangar">hangars</a> also continued over the same period. There was eventually eight Fromson-Massillion hangars with a <a href="/wiki/Area" title="Area">footprint</a> measuring 70 yards (64 m) x 60 yards (55 m), these were hangars designated F, H, L, M, N, O, P and R. They were augmented with eleven hangars by A&J Main & Co Ltd, their footprint was identical to the fromson type, but had slightly lower doors. These hangars were designated A, B, C, D, E, G, J, K, Q, T and U. The original Watch Office was damaged during the August 1940 attack by the <i>Luftwaffe’</i> and a new Admiralty designed <a href="/wiki/Control_tower" class="mw-redirect" title="Control tower">control tower</a> was constructed to replace it. By the middle of the Second World War the airbase had the capacity for five first line and three second line squadrons, at any one time.<sup id="cite_ref-RNAS-Lee-on-Solent_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNAS-Lee-on-Solent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-daedalus_aviation_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-daedalus_aviation-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/809_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="809 Naval Air Squadron">809 Naval Air Squadron</a> formed at Lee-on-Solent, on 15 January 1941, as a fleet fighter squadron, equipped with Fairey Fulmar Il aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019147_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019147-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron worked-up for embarkation on HMS <i>Victorious</i>, but prior to this left HMS <i>Daedalus</i> after three months and moved to <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sultan_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Sultan (shore establishment)">Gosport</a> in March.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016130-131_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016130-131-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July <a href="/wiki/811_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="811 Naval Air Squadron">811 Naval Air Squadron</a> reformed at Lee-on-Solent. Tasked as a torpedo bomber reconnaissance squadron, it was initially equipped with two <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Hurricane" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawker Sea Hurricane">Hawker Sea Hurricane</a> fighter aircraft and two <a href="/wiki/Vought_SB2U_Vindicator" title="Vought SB2U Vindicator">Vought SB2U Vindicator</a>, an American carrier-based dive bomber which was known as the Chesapeake in Royal Navy service. Working up for deployment on escort carriers, it soon replaced its initial aircraft with six Fairey Swordfish.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019149_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019149-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/825_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="825 Naval Air Squadron">825 Naval Air Squadron</a> reformed on New Year’s Day 1942, at Lee-on-Solent, as a Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance squadron with nine Fairey Swordfish. Six aircraft were detached to RAF Manston ready for the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Dash" title="Channel Dash">break out</a> of the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. On 12 February 1942, the detachment attacked the battlecruisers in poor weather and failing light. All six aircraft were lost and only five of the eighteen aircrew survived. The CO, Lieutenant Commander <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Esmonde" title="Eugene Esmonde">Eugene Esmonde</a>, was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Posthumous_award" title="Posthumous award">posthumous</a> <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a>. The unit regrouped at Lee-on-Solent, on 2 March 1942, again equipped with Fairey Swordfish Il, before later moving to RNAS Machrihanish (HMS <i>Landrail</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019161_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019161-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in the same year <a href="/wiki/746_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="746 Naval Air Squadron">746 Naval Air Squadron</a> formed as the Naval Night Fighter Interception Unit, during November 1942, at Lee-on-Solent. It initially operated with six Fairey Fulmar reconnaissance / fighter aircraft, three as night fighter aircraft with the other three as the target aircraft. December saw the unit move to RAF Ford to join the RAF Fighter Interception Unit.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019122_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019122-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Activities_at_Royal_Naval_Air_Station_Lee-on-solent,_13_To_17_September_1943_A19290.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Activities_at_Royal_Naval_Air_Station_Lee-on-solent%2C_13_To_17_September_1943_A19290.jpg/220px-Activities_at_Royal_Naval_Air_Station_Lee-on-solent%2C_13_To_17_September_1943_A19290.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Activities_at_Royal_Naval_Air_Station_Lee-on-solent%2C_13_To_17_September_1943_A19290.jpg/330px-Activities_at_Royal_Naval_Air_Station_Lee-on-solent%2C_13_To_17_September_1943_A19290.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Activities_at_Royal_Naval_Air_Station_Lee-on-solent%2C_13_To_17_September_1943_A19290.jpg/440px-Activities_at_Royal_Naval_Air_Station_Lee-on-solent%2C_13_To_17_September_1943_A19290.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="595" /></a><figcaption>The Link trainer in action at the RNAS Lee-on-Solent. Pilots receive their first training in blind flying</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/739_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="739 Naval Air Squadron">739 Naval Air Squadron</a> formed on 15 December 1942 at Lee-On-Solent. It was designated as the Blind Approach Development Unit. Its first commanding officer was <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(navy)" title="Lieutenant (navy)">Lieutenant</a> G. Smith, RN, and its initial equipment was a single Fairey Swordfish alongside one Fairey Fulmar for trials work. The squadron later acquired <a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Oxford" title="Airspeed Oxford">Airspeed Oxford</a>, a twin-engine monoplane training aircraft and <a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Anson</a>, a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft. The unit left Lee-on-Solent nine months after forming, moving to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Worthy_Down" title="RAF Worthy Down">RNAS Worthy Down (HMS <i>Kestrel</i>)</a> on 1 September 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019121_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019121-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>1944 saw an increase in activity at HMS <i>Daedalus</i> especially in the build up to <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_Landings" class="mw-redirect" title="Normandy Landings">Normandy Landings</a>. Both Fleet Air Arm and Royal Air Force squadrons operated out of Lee-on-Solent, supported by a RAF Hawker Typhoon <a href="/wiki/Flight_(military_unit)" title="Flight (military unit)">flight</a> and a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> artillery observer aircraft squadron, equipped with <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire</a>, a British single-seat fighter aircraft. The <a href="/wiki/3rd_Naval_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Naval Fighter Wing">3rd Naval Fighter Wing</a> had formed in October 1943, consisting three <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Seafire" title="Supermarine Seafire">Supermarine Seafire</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Navalised_aircraft" title="Navalised aircraft">navalised</a> Spitfire, equipped squadrons: Nos <a href="/wiki/808_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="808 Naval Air Squadron">808</a>, <a href="/wiki/886_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="886 Naval Air Squadron">886</a> and <a href="/wiki/897_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="897 Naval Air Squadron">897 Naval Air Squadrons</a>. The wing arrived at Lee-on-Solent on 25 February 1944 and added <a href="/wiki/885_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="885 Naval Air Squadron">885 Naval Air Squadron</a>, which had just reformed again on 15 February, to its formation. Its role altered to that of an air spotting pool supporting the <a href="/wiki/RAF_Second_Tactical_Air_Force" title="RAF Second Tactical Air Force">RAF Second Tactical Air Force</a> for the Normandy landings.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019199-200_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019199-200-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VCS-7_pilots_with_Spitfire_at_Lee-on-Solent_June_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/VCS-7_pilots_with_Spitfire_at_Lee-on-Solent_June_1944.jpg/220px-VCS-7_pilots_with_Spitfire_at_Lee-on-Solent_June_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/VCS-7_pilots_with_Spitfire_at_Lee-on-Solent_June_1944.jpg/330px-VCS-7_pilots_with_Spitfire_at_Lee-on-Solent_June_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/VCS-7_pilots_with_Spitfire_at_Lee-on-Solent_June_1944.jpg/440px-VCS-7_pilots_with_Spitfire_at_Lee-on-Solent_June_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="738" data-file-height="585" /></a><figcaption>US Navy pilots are briefed before flying a gunfire spotting mission over the Normandy beach heads</figcaption></figure> <p>They were joined by United States Navy’s <a href="/wiki/VOS-7" title="VOS-7">VCS-7</a> artillery observation aircraft squadron, on 28 May 1944. For Operation Neptune seventeen pilots from the United States Navy’s cruiser and battleship observation units were trained to fly Supermarine Spitfire Vb fighter aircraft and Cruiser Scouting Squadron (VCS) 7 was formed.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/No._26_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 26 Squadron RAF">No. 26 Squadron</a> arrived at Lee-on-Solent at the end of April, operating with Supermarine Spitfire Vb<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford200126_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford200126-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was joined by the Supermarine Spitfire Va aircraft of <a href="/wiki/No._63_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 63 Squadron RAF">No. 63 Squadron</a> at the end of May<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford200148_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford200148-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the British single-seat <a href="/wiki/Fighter-bomber" title="Fighter-bomber">fighter-bomber</a> <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Typhoon" title="Hawker Typhoon">Hawker Typhoon</a> Ib equipped, <a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1320_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1320 Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 1320 ('Abdullah') Flight</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007118_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007118-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together with <a href="/wiki/No._268_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 268 Squadron RAF">No. 268 Squadron</a>, equipped with <a href="/wiki/North_American_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Mustang">North American Mustang</a> II an American long-range, single-seat fighter and <a href="/wiki/414_Electronic_Warfare_Support_Squadron" title="414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron">No. 414 Squadron RCAF</a> operating North American Mustang I, this mixture of units formed the <b>Air Spotting Pool</b>, operated by <a href="/wiki/No._34_Wing_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 34 Wing RAF">No. 34 Reconnaissance Wing</a>, of the RAF Second Tactical Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin200756_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin200756-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 June 1944, at 0441 hours, the first allied aircraft to take part in Operation Overlord took off from HMS <i>Daedalus</i>. The Air Spotting Pool operated as pairs with one aircraft covering against an air attack while the other aircraft provided aerial spotting for <a href="/wiki/Naval_gunfire_support" title="Naval gunfire support">naval gunfire support</a>. A large number of aircraft was required for this work because of the need to maintain aircraft over the <a href="/wiki/Landing_operation" title="Landing operation">beaches used for the invasion</a> but with aircraft that had a limited <a href="/wiki/Endurance_(aeronautics)" title="Endurance (aeronautics)">endurance</a>. The number of sorties from HMS <i>Daedalus</i> in support of Operation Neptune was 435 and this was the highest total achieved by any UK airfield on D-Day.<sup id="cite_ref-Daedalus_Lee-on-Solent_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daedalus_Lee-on-Solent-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="HMS_Ariel_(1959–1965)"><span id="HMS_Ariel_.281959.E2.80.931965.29"></span>HMS <i>Ariel</i> (1959–1965)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: HMS Ariel (1959–1965)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westland_Wesex_HU.5,_781_Squadron,_Lee-On-Solent_SAR_Flight.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Westland_Wesex_HU.5%2C_781_Squadron%2C_Lee-On-Solent_SAR_Flight.jpg/220px-Westland_Wesex_HU.5%2C_781_Squadron%2C_Lee-On-Solent_SAR_Flight.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Westland_Wesex_HU.5%2C_781_Squadron%2C_Lee-On-Solent_SAR_Flight.jpg/330px-Westland_Wesex_HU.5%2C_781_Squadron%2C_Lee-On-Solent_SAR_Flight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Westland_Wesex_HU.5%2C_781_Squadron%2C_Lee-On-Solent_SAR_Flight.jpg/440px-Westland_Wesex_HU.5%2C_781_Squadron%2C_Lee-On-Solent_SAR_Flight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>4 SAR Flight Wessex airborne at once for a flypast of the Lee Tower. Westland Wesex HU.5, 781 Squadron, Lee-On-Solent SAR Flight. 1980.</figcaption></figure> <p>Post-war she continued to play a significant role, being renamed HMS <i>Ariel</i> on 31 October 1959 to reflect her electrical, radar and ground training emphasis; she took over the work of the <a href="/wiki/RAF_Worthy_Down" title="RAF Worthy Down">Royal Naval Air Electrical Training Establishment, Worthy Down</a> prior to its closure in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1962 the Joint Service Hovercraft Unit was formed with the aim of testing hovercraft in an operational military environment, and soon after the Air Station reverted to the name HMS <i>Daedalus</i> on 5 October 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-1930s_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1930s-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was home to the Naval Air Trial Installation Unit (NATIU), formed to install and test new systems in a variety of flying test bed aircraft including a <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hunter" title="Hawker Hunter">Hawker Hunter</a> and a <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Devon" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland Devon">de Havilland Devon</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Search_and_Rescue_Flight">Search and Rescue Flight</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Search and Rescue Flight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the Second World War the <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a> (SAR) duties at Lee-on-Solent were carried out by the Search and Rescue Flight of 781 Naval Air Squadron, which used <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Sea_Otter" title="Supermarine Sea Otter">Supermarine Sea Otter</a> amphibious aircraft. This operation continued until October 1952 when the Sea Otter aircraft were withdrawn.<sup id="cite_ref-helis_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-helis-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Royal_Navy_Helicopter_Search_and_Rescue" title="History of Royal Navy Helicopter Search and Rescue">History of Royal Navy Helicopter Search and Rescue</a></div><p>The Fleet Air Arm operated a separate helicopter <a href="/wiki/Search_and_Rescue" class="mw-redirect" title="Search and Rescue">Search and Rescue</a> (SAR) Flight at RNAS Lee-on-Solent which formed in November 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016323_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016323-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This effectively replaced the disbanded Royal Air Force SAR Flight at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Thorney_Island" title="RAF Thorney Island">RAF Thorney Island</a>, from 12 February 1973. There was a need to provide a civil Search And Rescue service at 15 minutes' notice, from dawn to dusk, covering from <a href="/wiki/Beachy_Head" title="Beachy Head">Beachy Head</a> in East Sussex to <a href="/wiki/Start_Point,_Devon" title="Start Point, Devon">Start Point, Devon</a>, tasked by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Trade_and_Industry_(United_Kingdom)" title="Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)">Department of Trade and Industry</a>. </p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westland_Wessex_HU5_(WS-58),_UK_-_Navy_AN1339877.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Westland_Wessex_HU5_%28WS-58%29%2C_UK_-_Navy_AN1339877.jpg/220px-Westland_Wessex_HU5_%28WS-58%29%2C_UK_-_Navy_AN1339877.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Westland_Wessex_HU5_%28WS-58%29%2C_UK_-_Navy_AN1339877.jpg/330px-Westland_Wessex_HU5_%28WS-58%29%2C_UK_-_Navy_AN1339877.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Westland_Wessex_HU5_%28WS-58%29%2C_UK_-_Navy_AN1339877.jpg/440px-Westland_Wessex_HU5_%28WS-58%29%2C_UK_-_Navy_AN1339877.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="678" /></a><figcaption>Westland Wessex HU5 (WS-58) of the RNAS Lee-on-Solent SAR flight</figcaption></figure> <p>The flight was not in use from April 1982, but from February 1983, 772 Naval Air Squadron at <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Portland_(HMS_Osprey)" title="RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey)">RNAS Portland (HMS <i>Osprey</i>)</a>, operated a detachment at HMS <i>Daedalus</i>: 'C' Flight, covering SAR, which became and independent unit from August 1985 until March 1988. (replaced temporarily by <a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAF">No. 22 Sqn</a> detachment, followed by <a href="/wiki/Bristow_Helicopters" title="Bristow Helicopters">civilian coastguard helicopter</a>). It flew a couple of different helicopter types:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016324_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016324-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(helicopter)" title="Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)">Westland Whirlwind</a> HAR.9 (November 1972 - March 1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">Westland Wessex</a> HU.5 (April 1977 - March 1982), (February 1983 - March 1988)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_Station_Flight">RNAS Lee-on-Solent Station Flight</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: RNAS Lee-on-Solent Station Flight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royal Navy Station Flight at Lee-on-Solent was equipped with various aircraft over different periods, from 1944 to 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016321_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016321-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus" title="Supermarine Walrus">Supermarine Walrus</a> (K8564), a British single-engine amphibious biplane - (Oct - Dec 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth" title="De Havilland Tiger Moth">de Havilland Tiger Moth</a> (BB698), a British biplane military trainer - (Feb - Sep 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Fury" title="Hawker Sea Fury">Hawker Sea Fury</a> FB.11 (VX282), a British single-engine fighter bomber - (Mar - Jun 1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulton_Paul_Sea_Balliol" class="mw-redirect" title="Boulton Paul Sea Balliol">Boulton Paul Sea Balliol</a> T.21 (WL721), a monoplane advanced trainer aircraft - (Nov 1956 - Dec 1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Sea_Vampire" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland Sea Vampire">de Havilland Sea Vampire</a> T.22 (XG768), a British jet fighter aircraft - (Apr 1957 - Jul 1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percival_Sea_Prince" class="mw-redirect" title="Percival Sea Prince">Percival Sea Prince</a> T.1 (WF127), a British light transport aircraft - (Jul 1957 - Sep 1959)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Previous_units_and_aircraft">Previous units and aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Previous units and aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>List of past flying units and major non-flying units based at Lee-on-Solent, for both the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. </p><p>Both <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coastal_Area" title="RAF Coastal Area">RAF Coastal Area</a> and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coastal_Command" title="RAF Coastal Command">RAF Coastal Command</a> were located here at times. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Squadrons">Squadrons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Squadrons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following units were here at some point:<sup id="cite_ref-ABCT_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCT-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/700_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="700 Naval Air Squadron">700 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/701_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="701 Naval Air Squadron">701 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/702_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="702 Naval Air Squadron">702 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/703_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="703 Naval Air Squadron">703 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/705_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="705 Naval Air Squadron">705 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/708_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="708 Naval Air Squadron">708 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/710_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="710 Naval Air Squadron">710 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/712_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="712 Naval Air Squadron">712 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/716_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="716 Naval Air Squadron">716 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/728C_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="728C Naval Air Squadron">728C Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/739_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="739 Naval Air Squadron">739 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/746_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="746 Naval Air Squadron">746 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/752_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="752 Naval Air Squadron">752 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/753_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="753 Naval Air Squadron">753 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/754_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="754 Naval Air Squadron">754 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/760_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="760 Naval Air Squadron">760 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/763_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="763 Naval Air Squadron">763 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/764_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="764 Naval Air Squadron">764 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/765_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="765 Naval Air Squadron">765 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/770_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="770 Naval Air Squadron">770 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27X%27_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="'X' Squadron (page does not exist)">'X' Squadron</a><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/771_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="771 Naval Air Squadron">771 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/772_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="772 Naval Air Squadron">772 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/773_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="773 Naval Air Squadron">773 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/776_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="776 Naval Air Squadron">776 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/778_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="778 Naval Air Squadron">778 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/780_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="780 Naval Air Squadron">780 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/781_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="781 Naval Air Squadron">781 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/782_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="782 Naval Air Squadron">782 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/783_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="783 Naval Air Squadron">783 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/784_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="784 Naval Air Squadron">784 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/793_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="793 Naval Air Squadron">793 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/798_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="798 Naval Air Squadron">798 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/799_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="799 Naval Air Squadron">799 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/800_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="800 Naval Air Squadron">800 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="801 Naval Air Squadron">801 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/802_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="802 Naval Air Squadron">802 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/803_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="803 Naval Air Squadron">803 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/804_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="804 Naval Air Squadron">804 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/805_Naval_Air_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="805 Naval Air Squadron">805 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/807_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="807 Naval Air Squadron">807 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/808_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="808 Naval Air Squadron">808 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/809_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="809 Naval Air Squadron">809 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/810_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="810 Naval Air Squadron">810 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/811_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="811 Naval Air Squadron">811 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/812_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="812 Naval Air Squadron">812 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/813_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="813 Naval Air Squadron">813 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/814_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="814 Naval Air Squadron">814 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/815_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="815 Naval Air Squadron">815 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/816_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="816 Naval Air Squadron">816 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/817_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="817 Naval Air Squadron">817 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/818_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="818 Naval Air Squadron">818 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/819_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="819 Naval Air Squadron">819 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/820_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="820 Naval Air Squadron">820 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/821_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="821 Naval Air Squadron">821 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/822_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="822 Naval Air Squadron">822 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/823_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="823 Naval Air Squadron">823 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/824_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="824 Naval Air Squadron">824 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/825_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="825 Naval Air Squadron">825 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/826_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="826 Naval Air Squadron">826 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/827_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="827 Naval Air Squadron">827 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/828_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="828 Naval Air Squadron">828 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/829_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="829 Naval Air Squadron">829 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/830_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="830 Naval Air Squadron">830 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/831_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="831 Naval Air Squadron">831 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/832_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="832 Naval Air Squadron">832 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/833_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="833 Naval Air Squadron">833 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/835_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="835 Naval Air Squadron">835 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/836_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="836 Naval Air Squadron">836 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/837_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="837 Naval Air Squadron">837 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/841_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="841 Naval Air Squadron">841 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/842_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="842 Naval Air Squadron">842 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/845_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="845 Naval Air Squadron">845 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/847_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="847 Naval Air Squadron">847 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/848_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="848 Naval Air Squadron">848 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/849_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="849 Naval Air Squadron">849 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/850_Naval_Air_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="850 Naval Air Squadron">850 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/854_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="854 Naval Air Squadron">854 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/855_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="855 Naval Air Squadron">855 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/878_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="878 Naval Air Squadron">878 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/881_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="881 Naval Air Squadron">881 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/884_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="884 Naval Air Squadron">884 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/885_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="885 Naval Air Squadron">885 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/886_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="886 Naval Air Squadron">886 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/887_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="887 Naval Air Squadron">887 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/888_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="888 Naval Air Squadron">888 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/891_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="891 Naval Air Squadron">891 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/892_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="892 Naval Air Squadron">892 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/894_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="894 Naval Air Squadron">894 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/895_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="895 Naval Air Squadron">895 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/897_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="897 Naval Air Squadron">897 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1700_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1700 Naval Air Squadron">1700 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1701_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1701 Naval Air Squadron">1701 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1702_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1702 Naval Air Squadron">1702 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1703_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1703 Naval Air Squadron">1703 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1791_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1791 Naval Air Squadron">1791 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1792_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1792 Naval Air Squadron">1792 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1831_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1831 Naval Air Squadron">1831 Naval Air Squadron</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Units">Units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RNAS_Lee-on-Solent_(HMS_Daedalus)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li>Naval Air Radio Installation Unit<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoward201162_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoward201162-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Naval_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Naval Fighter Wing">3rd Naval Fighter Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Carrier_Air_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Carrier Air Group">20th Carrier Air Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Miscellaneous_Air_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="51st Miscellaneous Air Group">51st Miscellaneous Air Group</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1_Gunnery_Co-operation_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1 Gunnery Co-operation Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 1 Gunnery Co-operation Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_Anti-Aircraft_Co-operation_Unit_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF">No. 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._10_Group_RAF" title="No. 10 Group RAF">No. 10 Group RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._15_Group_RAF" title="No. 15 Group RAF">No. 15 (General Reconnaissance) Group RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._16_Group_RAF" title="No. 16 Group RAF">No. 16 (Reconnaissance) Group RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._16_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 16 Squadron RAF">No. 16 Squadron RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._17_Group_Communications_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 17 Group Communications Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 17 Group Communications Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._17_Group_RAF" title="No. 17 Group RAF">No. 17 (Training) Group RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._18_Group_RAF" title="No. 18 Group RAF">No. 18 (Reconnaissance) Group RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._26_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 26 Squadron RAF">No. 26 Squadron RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._42_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 42 Squadron RAF">No. 42 Squadron RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._63_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 63 Squadron RAF">No. 63 Squadron RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._202_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 202 Squadron RAF">No. 202 Squadron RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._209_Training_Depot_Station_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 209 Training Depot Station RAF (page does not exist)">No. 209 Training Depot Station RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._407_(Fleet_Fighter)_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 407 (Fleet Fighter) Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 407 (Fleet Fighter) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._407_(Fleet_Reconnaissance)_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 407 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 407 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._440_(Fleet_Reconnaissance)_Flight_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 440 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight RAF">No. 440 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._441_(Fleet_Reconnaissance)_Flight_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 441 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight RAF">No. 441 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._441_(Fleet_Spotter_Reconnaissance)_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 441 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 441 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._442_(Fleet_Reconnaissance)_Flight_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 442 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight RAF">No. 442 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._443_(Fleet_Spotter_Reconnaissance)_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 443 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 443 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._444_(Fleet_Reconnaissance)_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 444 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 444 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._444_(Fleet_Spotter_Reconnaissance)_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 444 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 444 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._445_(Fleet_Spotter_Reconnaissance)_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 445 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 445 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight RAF</a></li> <li>No. 700H Flight</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._701_(Catapult)_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 701 (Catapult) Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 701 (Catapult) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._716_(Catapult)_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 716 (Catapult) Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 716 (Catapult) Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1320_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1320 Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 1320 ('Abdullah') Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fleet_Requirements_Unit_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fleet Requirements Unit RAF (page does not exist)">Fleet Requirements Unit RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floatplane_Training_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Floatplane Training Flight RAF (page does not exist)">Floatplane Training Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_%26_Naval_Co-operation_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RAF & Naval Co-operation School (page does not exist)">RAF & Naval Co-operation School</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Seaplane_Establishment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RAF Seaplane Establishment (page does not exist)">RAF Seaplane Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=School_of_Naval_Co-operation_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="School of Naval Co-operation RAF (page does not exist)">School of Naval Co-operation RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=School_of_Naval_Co-operation_and_Aerial_Navigation_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="School of Naval Co-operation and Aerial Navigation RAF (page does not exist)">School of Naval Co-operation and Aerial Navigation RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=School_of_RAF_and_Naval_Co-operation_and_Navigation_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="School of RAF and Naval Co-operation and Navigation RAF (page does not exist)">School of RAF and Naval Co-operation and Navigation RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seaplane_Club_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seaplane Club RAF (page does not exist)">Seaplane Club RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seaplane_Training_School_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seaplane Training School RAF (page does not exist)">Seaplane Training School RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_Training_Squadron_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaplane Training Squadron RAF">Seaplane Training Squadron RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_University_Air_Squadron" title="Southampton University Air 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style="width:1%">B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ballyhalbert" title="RAF Ballyhalbert">Ballyhalbert (HMS <i>Corncrake</i>)</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Ballykelly_(HMS_Sealion)" title="RNAS Ballykelly (HMS Sealion)">Ballykelly (HMS <i>Sealion</i>)</a> (1945–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bramcote" title="RAF Bramcote">Bramcote</a> (1946–1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Brawdy" title="RAF Brawdy">Brawdy (HMS <i>Goldcrest</i>)</a> (1946–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bungay" title="RAF Bungay">Bungay (HMS <i>Europa III</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Burscough_(HMS_Ringtail)" title="RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail)">Burscough (HMS <i>Ringtail</i>)</a> (1943–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Satellite_Landing_Grounds#Satellite_Landing_Grounds" title="List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds">Bush Barn</a> 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">D</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Dale_(HMS_Goldcrest)" title="RNAS Dale (HMS Goldcrest)">Dale (HMS <i>Goldcrest</i>)</a> (1943–1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Donibristle_(HMS_Merlin)" title="RNAS Donibristle (HMS Merlin)">Donibristle (HMS <i>Merlin</i>)</a> (1939–1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Dounreay" title="RAF Dounreay">Dounreay (HMS <i>Tern II</i>)</a> (1944–1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Drem" title="RAF Drem">Drem (HMS <i>Nighthawk</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_air_stations_of_the_Royal_Navy#Former_naval_air_stations" title="List of air stations of the Royal Navy">Dundee (HMS <i>Condor II</i>)</a> (1941–1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Dunino_(HMS_Jackdaw_II)" title="RNAS Dunino (HMS Jackdaw II)">Dunino (HMS <i>Jackdaw II</i>)</a> (1942–1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">E</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_East_Haven_(HMS_Peewit)" title="RNAS East Haven (HMS Peewit)">East Haven (HMS <i>Peewit</i>)</a> (1943–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Eastleigh_(HMS_Raven)" title="RNAS Eastleigh (HMS Raven)">Eastleigh (HMS <i>Raven</i>)</a> (1939–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Eglinton_(HMS_Gannet)" title="RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet)">Eglinton (HMS <i>Gannet</i> & HMS <i>Sea Eagle</i>)</a> (1943–1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Fieldfare" title="HMS Fieldfare">Evanton</a> (1944–1948)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">F–G</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Fearn_(HMS_Owl)" title="RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl)">Fearn (HMS <i>Owl</i>)</a> (1942–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HM_Prison_Ford#Air_Force_and_Navy_use" title="HM Prison Ford">Ford (HMS <i>Peregrine</i>)</a> (1939–1940, 1945–1948, 1950–1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Sultan_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Sultan (shore establishment)">Gosport (HMS <i>Siskin</i>)</a> (1945–1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkwall_Airport#Royal_Navy" title="Kirkwall Airport">Grimsetter (HMS <i>Robin</i>)</a> (1943–1945)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">H</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haldon_Aerodrome" title="Haldon Aerodrome">Haldon (HMS <i>Heron II</i>)</a> (1941–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Halesworth" title="RAF Halesworth">Halesworth (HMS <i>Sparrowhawk</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Hatston_(HMS_Sparrowhawk)" title="RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk)">Hatston (HMS <i>Sparrowhawk</i>)</a> (1939–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Henstridge" title="RNAS Henstridge">Henstridge (HMS <i>Dipper</i>)</a> (1943–1946, 1959–1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Hinstock_(HMS_Godwit)" title="RNAS Hinstock (HMS Godwit)">Hinstock (HMS <i>Godwit</i>)</a> (1942–1947)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">I–K</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Inskip_(HMS_Nightjar)" title="RNAS Inskip (HMS Nightjar)">Inskip (HMS <i>Nightjar</i>)</a> (1943–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kirkistown" title="RAF Kirkistown">Kirkistown (HMS <i>Corncrake II</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">L</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Lawrenny_Ferry_(HMS_Daedalus_II)" title="RNAS Lawrenny Ferry (HMS Daedalus II)">Lawrenny Ferry (HMS <i>Daedalus II</i>)</a> (1942–1943)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lee-on-Solent (HMS <i>Daedalus</i> & HMS <i>Ariel</i>)</a> (1939–1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Limavady" title="RAF Limavady">Limavady</a> (1945–19??)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth" title="RAF Lossiemouth">Lossiemouth (HMS <i>Fulmar</i>)</a> (1945–1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ludham" title="RAF Ludham">Ludham (HMS <i>Flycatcher</i>)</a> (1944–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lympne" title="RAF Lympne">Lympne (HMS <i>Buzzard</i> & HMS <i>Daedalus II</i>)</a> (1939–1940)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">M</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Machrihanish_(HMS_Landrail)" title="RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail)">Machrihanish (HMS <i>Landrail</i>)</a> (1941–1946, 1951–1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Macmerry" title="RAF Macmerry">Macmerry</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Maydown_(HMS_Shrike)" title="RNAS Maydown (HMS Shrike)">Maydown (HMS <i>Shrike</i> & HMS <i>Gannet II</i>)</a> (1943–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AAC_Middle_Wallop" class="mw-redirect" title="AAC Middle Wallop">Middle Wallop (HMS <i>Flycatcher</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Milltown" title="RAF Milltown">Milltown (HMS <i>Fulmar II</i>)</a> (1946–1972)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">N–P</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Nutts_Corner" title="RAF Nutts Corner">Nutts Corner (HMS <i>Pintail</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Peplow" title="RAF Peplow">Peplow (HMS <i>Godwit II</i>)</a> (1945–1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Portland_(HMS_Osprey)" title="RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey)">Portland (HMS <i>Osprey</i>)</a> (1959–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Gannet_(stone_frigate)" title="HMS Gannet (stone frigate)">Prestwick (HMS <i>Gannet</i>)</a> (1971–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">R</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Rattray" title="RNAS Rattray">Crimond/Rattray/Rattray Head (HMS <i>Merganser</i>)</a> (1944–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Roborough" title="RAF Roborough">Roborough (HMS <i>Drake II</i>)</a> (19??–19??)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man_Airport#HMS_Urley" title="Isle of Man Airport">Ronaldsway (HMS <i>Urley</i>)</a> (1944–1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">S</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Daedalus_II" title="HMS Daedalus II">Sandbanks (HMS <i>Daedalus II</i>)</a> (1940–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Davids" title="RAF St Davids">St Davids</a> (1947–1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_St_Merryn_(HMS_Vulture)" title="RNAS St Merryn (HMS Vulture)">St Merryn (HMS <i>Vulture</i> & HMS <i>Curlew</i>)</a> (1940–1952, 1952–1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Skeabrae" title="RAF Skeabrae">Skaebrae (HMS <i>Tern II</i>)</a> (19??–19??)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Stretton_(HMS_Blackcap)" title="RNAS Stretton (HMS Blackcap)">Stretton (HMS <i>Blackcap</i>)</a> (1942–1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Sydenham" title="RAF Sydenham">Sydenham</a> (1943–1973)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">T–Z</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Toome" title="RAF Toome">Toome</a> (1947–1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vulture_II_(Treligga_Aerodrome)" title="HMS Vulture II (Treligga Aerodrome)">Treligga (HMS <i>Vulture II</i>)</a> (1939–1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Twatt_(HMS_Tern)" title="RNAS Twatt (HMS Tern)">Twatt (HMS <i>Tern</i>)</a> (1941–1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Satellite_Landing_Grounds#Satellite_Landing_Grounds" title="List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds">Weston Park (HMS <i>Godwit II</i>)</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodvale" title="RAF Woodvale">Woodvale (HMS <i>Ringtail II</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Worthy_Down" title="RAF Worthy Down">Worthy Down (HMS <i>Kestrel</i> & HMS <i>Ariel II</i>)</a> (1939–1950, 1952–1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Zeals" title="RAF Zeals">Zeals (HMS <i>Hummingbird</i>)</a> (1945–1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">former overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">formations<br />and units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_commands" title="List of Royal Air Force commands">Commands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_groups" title="List of Royal Air Force groups">Groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the Royal Air Force">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_independent_flights" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights">Flights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conversion_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force">Conversion units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Operational_Training_Units" title="List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units">Operational Training units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_schools" title="List of Royal Air Force schools">Schools / Training units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ferry_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of ferry units of the Royal Air Force">Ferry units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Glider_units" title="List of Royal Air Force Glider units">Glider units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_units_%26_establishments" title="List of Royal Air Force units & establishments">Misc units</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">Active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">Former</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Satellite_Landing_Grounds" title="List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds">Satellite Landing Grounds</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Regiment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Flights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">branches and<br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Board" title="Air Force Board">Air Force Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Chaplains_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch">RAF Chaplains Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Intelligence" title="RAF Intelligence">RAF Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Legal_Branch" title="RAF Legal Branch">RAF Legal Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Medical_Services" title="RAF Medical Services">RAF Medical Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Mary%27s_Royal_Air_Force_Nursing_Service" title="Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service">Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Police" title="Royal Air Force Police">RAF Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_ground_trades" title="List of Royal Air Force ground trades">RAF ground trades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Music_Services" title="Royal Air Force Music Services">RAF Music Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force" title="RAF Search and Rescue Force">RAF Search and Rescue Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Mountain_Rescue_Service" title="Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service">RAF Mountain Rescue Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Marine_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Marine Branch">RAF Marine Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Air_Cadets" title="Royal Air Force Air Cadets">RAF Air Cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_operations" title="List of Royal Air Force operations">Operations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">reserve forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Auxiliary_Air_Force" title="Royal Auxiliary Air Force">Royal Auxiliary Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve">RAF Volunteer Reserve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force">List of RAF aircraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_Kingdom_military_aircraft" title="List of active United Kingdom military aircraft">current</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Future of the Royal Air Force">future</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missiles_of_the_RAF" title="List of missiles of the RAF">List of RAF missiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_RAF_Regiment" title="List of equipment of the RAF Regiment">List of equipment of the RAF Regiment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_officer_ranks" title="RAF officer ranks">Officer ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_other_ranks" title="RAF other ranks">Other ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_personnel" title="List of Royal Air Force personnel">List of notable personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_senior_officers_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of serving senior officers of the Royal Air Force">List of serving senior officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personnel_numbers_in_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Personnel numbers in the Royal Air Force">Personnel numbers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">appointments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Chief_of_the_Air_Staff" title="Assistant Chief of the Air Staff">Assistant Chief of the Air Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Member_for_Personnel" title="Air Member for Personnel">Air Member for Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Secretary" title="Air Secretary">Air Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Member_for_Materiel" title="Air Member for Materiel">Air Member for Materiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant-General_of_the_RAF_Regiment" title="Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment">Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force">Warrant Officer of the RAF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">symbols and uniform</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Ensign" title="Royal Air Force Ensign">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badge_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Badge of the Royal Air Force">Badge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_roundels" title="Royal Air Force roundels">Roundels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the Royal Air Force">Uniform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_badges_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force">Heraldic badges</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">associated civil<br />organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Corps" title="Air Training Corps">Air Training Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Cadet_Force" title="Combined Cadet Force">Combined Cadet Force (RAF section)</a></li> <li><a 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