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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">790 Naval Air Squadron</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:790_Naval_Air_Squadron_Badge.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/790_Naval_Air_Squadron_Badge.gif" decoding="async" width="157" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="157" data-file-height="200" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">790 NAS badge</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">15 June 1941 - 30 September 1941<br />27 July 1942 - 15 November 1949<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivant,_Ballance1994114_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivant,_Ballance1994114-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</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;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Fleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>Air Target Towing</li> <li>Fighter Direction Training Unit</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">Squadron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Home station</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>See <a href="#Naval_air_stations">Naval air stations</a> section for full list.</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">In alto societas</i></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> for 'There's company aloft')</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Aircraft</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>See <a href="#Aircraft_operated">Aircraft operated</a> section for full list.</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Squadron Badge</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Blue, upon clouds melting white a cockerel crowing proper (1943)</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallance201692-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Identification Markings</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Y0A+</b> (<i>all types</i>)<br /><b>BY0A+</b> (from ~1943)<br /><b>Z8A+</b> & <b>Z0A+</b> (from April 1945)<br /><b>P3A+</b>, <b>P8A+</b> & <b>P0A+</b> (from August 1945)<br /><b>100-110</b>, <b>402-411</b> & <b>481-495</b> (from 1946)<br /><b>150-156</b> & <b>403-414</b> (from 1947)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallance201692-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Tail Codes</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>DL</b> (from 1946)<br /><b>CW</b> (from 1947)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallance201692-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:De_Haviland_DH_98_Mosquito_img_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/De_Haviland_DH_98_Mosquito_img_1.jpg/220px-De_Haviland_DH_98_Mosquito_img_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/De_Haviland_DH_98_Mosquito_img_1.jpg/330px-De_Haviland_DH_98_Mosquito_img_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/De_Haviland_DH_98_Mosquito_img_1.jpg/440px-De_Haviland_DH_98_Mosquito_img_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>de Havilland DH 98 Mosquito (Reg ZK-MOS, S/No. KA114), an example of the type used by 790 NAS</figcaption></figure> <p><b>790 Naval Air Squadron</b> (790 NAS) was a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Fleet_Air_Arm_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons">Naval Air Squadron</a> of the Royal Navy's <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> which disbanded in November 1949 at RNAS Culdrose (HMS <i>Seahawk</i>). It initially formed during 1941 as an <b>Air Target Towing Unit</b>, at HMS <i>Landrail</i>, RNAS Macrihanish, in Scotland, from elements of two other Fleet Air Arm squadrons, however, this only lasted for three months and the unit was disbanded, absorbed into 772 Naval Air Squadron. It reformed the following year, in July 1942, tasked as a <b>Fighter Direction Training Unit</b>, at RNAS Charlton Horethorne (HMS <i>Heron</i> II). It provided support for the Fighter Direction School and had short spells at RAF Culmhead and RNAS Zeals (HMS <i>Hummingbird</i>), before reloacting to RNAS Dale (HMS <i>Goldcrest</i>) in Pembrokeshire, next to the new purpose built Air Direction School, HMS <i>Harrier</i> or RNADC Kete, in 1945. The squadron moved to HMS <i>Seahawk</i> in Cornwall during December 1947. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_790_NAS">History of 790 NAS</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=790_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History of 790 NAS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Target_Towing_Unit_(1941)"><span id="Air_Target_Towing_Unit_.281941.29"></span>Air Target Towing Unit (1941)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=790_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Air Target Towing Unit (1941)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>790 Naval Air Squadron formed on the 15 June 1941, as an Air Target Towing Unit, at <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Machrihanish_(HMS_Landrail)" title="RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail)">RNAS Machrihanish (HMS <i>Landrail)</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> situated near to <a href="/wiki/Campbeltown" title="Campbeltown">Campbeltown</a> in <a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Bute" title="Argyll and Bute">Argyll and Bute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>. It was made up from parts of both <a href="/wiki/768_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="768 Naval Air Squadron">768 Naval Air Squadron</a> and <a href="/wiki/772_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="772 Naval Air Squadron">772 Naval Air Squadron</a>, equipped with <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a>, a biplane torpedo bomber, and <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Roc" title="Blackburn Roc">Blackburn Roc</a>, a naval turret fighter aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three months later the squadron disbanded into 772 Naval Air Squadron, on the 30 September.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallance201692-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fighter_Direction_Training_Unit_(1942_-_1949)"><span id="Fighter_Direction_Training_Unit_.281942_-_1949.29"></span>Fighter Direction Training Unit (1942 - 1949)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=790_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fighter Direction Training Unit (1942 - 1949)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>790 Naval Air Squadron reformed on the 27 July 1942, at <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Charlton_Horethorne_(HMS_Heron_II)" title="RNAS Charlton Horethorne (HMS Heron II)">RNAS Charlton Horethorne (HMS <i>Heron</i> II)</a>, situated in the hamlet of <a href="/wiki/Sigwells" title="Sigwells">Sigwells</a> in <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, attached to the Fighter Direction School. The squadron was equipped with <a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Oxford" title="Airspeed Oxford">Airspeed Oxford</a>, a twin-engine trainer aircraft, and <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Fulmar" title="Fairey Fulmar">Fairey Fulmar</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">carrier-borne</a> <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_aircraft" title="Reconnaissance aircraft">reconnaissance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a>. It used these to support the training of Fighter Direction Officers. The Airspeed Oxford aircraft would act as the 'enemy bombers' and the Fairey Fulmar aircraft would be the 'fighter aircraft' that the trainees would direct to <a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">intercept</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1944 the Fairey Fulmar aircraft were withdrawn and were replaced with <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Firefly" title="Fairey Firefly">Fairey Firefly</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">carrier-borne</a> <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine aircraft</a>. The squadron briefly operated from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Culmhead" title="RAF Culmhead">RAF Culmhead</a>, situated at <a href="/wiki/Churchstanton" title="Churchstanton">Churchstanton</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Blackdown_Hills_National_Landscape" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackdown Hills National Landscape">Blackdown Hills</a> in <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>, during August and September of that year, but later moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Zeals" title="RAF Zeals">RNAS Zeals (HMS <i>Hummingbird</i>)</a>, sited to the north of the village of <a href="/wiki/Zeals" title="Zeals">Zeals</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a>, on the 1 April 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallance201692-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the 30 August 1945, the squadron relocated to <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Dale_(HMS_Goldcrest)" title="RNAS Dale (HMS Goldcrest)">RNAS Dale (HMS <i>Goldcrest</i>)</a>, located just outside the village of <a href="/wiki/Dale,_Pembrokeshire" title="Dale, Pembrokeshire">Dale, Pembrokeshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Royal_Navy_Research_Archive_-_Dale_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Royal_Navy_Research_Archive_-_Dale-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron continued to provide live interception flights but now for the new purpose built Air Direction School, which was located 1 mile South of RNAS Dale, at <a href="/wiki/HMS_Harrier_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Harrier (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Harrier</i></a>, also known as R.N. Aircraft Direction Centre Kete.<sup id="cite_ref-Royal_Navy_Research_Archive_-_Kete_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Royal_Navy_Research_Archive_-_Kete-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Here the squadron operated the twin-engined <a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Anson</a> multi-role aircraft, the <a href="/wiki/Biplane" title="Biplane">biplane</a> <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Dominie" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland Dominie">de Havilland Dominie</a> short-haul transport/airliner, <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Firefly" title="Fairey Firefly">Fairey Firefly</a> I, a fighter and anti-submarine aircraft, <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito</a> FB.6 & B.25, and <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Sea_Mosquito" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland Sea Mosquito">de Havilland Sea Mosquito</a> TR.33 variants of the twin engine multi-role aircraft, the twin-engined <a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Oxford" title="Airspeed Oxford">Airspeed Oxford</a> training aircraft, various marks of <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Seafire" title="Supermarine Seafire">Supermarine Seafire</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Navalised_aircraft" title="Navalised aircraft">navalised</a> version of the <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire</a> fighter aircraft, and the <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">Grumman Wildcat</a> an American carrier-based fighter aircraft. 790 Naval Air Squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Culdrose_(HMS_Seahawk)" title="RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk)">RNAS Culdrose (HMS <i>Seahawk</i>)</a>, situated near <a href="/wiki/Helston" title="Helston">Helston</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Lizard_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Lizard Peninsula">Lizard Peninsula</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>, on the 13 December 1947,<sup id="cite_ref-Royal_Navy_Research_Archive_-_Dale_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Royal_Navy_Research_Archive_-_Dale-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it operated out of here for the next couple of years before disbanding on the 15 November 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallance201692-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_operated">Aircraft operated</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=790_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aircraft operated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The squadron has operated a number of different aircraft types, including:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallance201692-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fairey_Fulmar_Mk_I_early_model.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Fairey_Fulmar_Mk_I_early_model.jpg/220px-Fairey_Fulmar_Mk_I_early_model.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Fairey_Fulmar_Mk_I_early_model.jpg/330px-Fairey_Fulmar_Mk_I_early_model.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Fairey_Fulmar_Mk_I_early_model.jpg/440px-Fairey_Fulmar_Mk_I_early_model.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Fairey Fulmar Mk I</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Supermarine_Type_377_Seafire_Mk.XV_ExCC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Supermarine_Type_377_Seafire_Mk.XV_ExCC.jpg/220px-Supermarine_Type_377_Seafire_Mk.XV_ExCC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Supermarine_Type_377_Seafire_Mk.XV_ExCC.jpg/330px-Supermarine_Type_377_Seafire_Mk.XV_ExCC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Supermarine_Type_377_Seafire_Mk.XV_ExCC.jpg/440px-Supermarine_Type_377_Seafire_Mk.XV_ExCC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="598" /></a><figcaption>Supermarine Seafire Mk.XV</figcaption></figure> <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: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a> I <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_bomber" title="Torpedo bomber">torpedo bomber</a> (June 1941 - September 1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Roc" title="Blackburn Roc">Blackburn Roc</a> <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a> (June 1941 - September 1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Oxford" title="Airspeed Oxford">Airspeed Oxford</a> <a href="/wiki/Trainer_aircraft" title="Trainer aircraft">trainer aircraft</a> (July 1942 - October 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Fulmar" title="Fairey Fulmar">Fairey Fulmar</a> Mk.I <a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a>/fighter aircraft (July 1942 - June 1944)</li> <li>Fairey Fulmar Mk.II reconnaissance/fighter aircraft (October 1942 - June 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Firefly" title="Fairey Firefly">Fairey Firefly</a> I fighter and <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine aircraft</a> (May 1944 - April 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire</a> Mk Vb fighter aircraft (February 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Seafire" title="Supermarine Seafire">Supermarine Seafire</a> Mk Ib fighter aircraft (March 1945)</li> <li>Supermarine Seafire F Mk IIc fighter aircraft (March 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">Grumman Wildcat</a> Mk V fighter aircraft (September 1945 - February 1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Anson</a> C.XII multi-role trainer aircraft (November 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Dominie" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland Dominie">de Havilland Dominie</a> short-haul airliner (December 1945 - July 1946)</li> <li>Avro Anson Mk I multi-role trainer aircraft (January 1946 - September 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito</a> FB Mk. VI <a href="/wiki/Fighter_bomber" class="mw-redirect" title="Fighter bomber">fighter bomber</a> (July 1946 - December 1948)</li> <li>de Havilland Mosquito B Mk.25 <a href="/wiki/Bomber" title="Bomber">bomber</a> (October 1946 - February 1948)</li> <li>Supermarine Seafire F Mk III fighter aircraft (November 1946 - February 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito#Torpedo-bombers" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Sea Mosquito</a> TR Mk.33 torpedo bomber (December 1946 - November 1949)</li> <li>Supermarine Seafire F Mk XV fighter aircraft (May 1947 - January 1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylorcraft_Auster" title="Taylorcraft Auster">Taylorcraft Auster</a> I <a href="/wiki/Liaison_aircraft" title="Liaison aircraft">liaison</a> and observation aircraft (June - July 1948)</li> <li>Taylorcraft Auster V liaison and observation aircraft (November 1948)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naval_air_stations">Naval air stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=790_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Naval air stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>790 Naval Air Squadron operated from a number of <a href="/wiki/List_of_air_stations_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of air stations of the Royal Navy">naval air stations of the Royal Navy</a>, in Scotland, Wales and England:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallance201692-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Royal_Navy_Research_Archive_-_Dale_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Royal_Navy_Research_Archive_-_Dale-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>1941</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Machrihanish_(HMS_Landrail)" title="RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail)">Royal Naval Air Station Machrihanish (HMS <i>Landrail</i>)</a> (15 June 1941 - 30 September 1941)</li> <li><i>disbanded</i> - 30 September 194</li></ul> <p><b>1942 - 1949</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Charlton_Horethorne_(HMS_Heron_II)" title="RNAS Charlton Horethorne (HMS Heron II)">Royal Naval Air Station Charlton Horethorne (HMS <i>Heron</i> II)</a> (27 July 1942 - 10 August 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Culmhead" title="RAF Culmhead">Royal Air Force Culmhead</a> (10 August 1944 - 26 September 1944)</li> <li>Royal Naval Air Station Charlton Horethorne (HMS <i>Heron</i> II) (26 September 1944 - 1 April 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Zeals" title="RAF Zeals">Royal Naval Air Station Zeals (HMS <i>Hummingbird</i>)</a> (1 April 1945 - 30 August 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Dale_(HMS_Goldcrest)" title="RNAS Dale (HMS Goldcrest)">Royal Naval Air Station Dale (HMS <i>Goldcrest</i>)</a> (30 August 1945 - 13 December 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Culdrose_(HMS_Seahawk)" title="RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk)">Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose (HMS <i>Seahawk</i>)</a> (13 December 1947 - 15 November 1949)</li> <li><i>disbanded</i> - 15 November 1949</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanding_Officers">Commanding Officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=790_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Commanding Officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>List of <a href="/wiki/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer">commanding officers</a> of 790 Naval Air Squadron with month and year of appointment:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallance201692-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>1941</b> </p> <ul><li>- <i>not identified</i></li></ul> <p><b>1942 - 1949</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(Royal_Navy)" title="Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy)">Lieutenant Commander</a>(<a href="/wiki/Acting_rank" title="Acting rank">A</a>) C.R. Hodgson, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Reserve" title="Royal Naval Reserve">RNVR</a>, from July 1942</li> <li>Lieutenant Commander(A) R.P. Demuth, RNVR, from June 1944</li> <li>Lieutenant Commander(A) G.K. Pridham, RNVR, from November 1944</li> <li>Lieutenant Commander(A) R. Williamson, RNVR, from April 1945</li> <li>Lieutenant Commander M.J.A. O'Sullivan, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">RN</a>, from November 1945</li> <li>Lieutenant Commander(A) H. Muir-MacKenzie, RN, from June 1947 (<a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">KiFA</a>)</li> <li>Lieutenant Commander(A) D.W.H. Gardner, RN, from June 1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(navy)" title="Lieutenant (navy)">Lieutenant</a> P.S. Cole, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)">DSC</a></span></span>, RN, from October 1947</li> <li>Lieutenant Commander B. Sinclair, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span>, RN, from August 1948</li> <li>Lieutenant P.A. Jordan, RN, from May 1949</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=790_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=790_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallance201692-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallance201692_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBallance2016">Ballance 2016</a>, p. 92.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019137_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWragg2019">Wragg 2019</a>, p. 137.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Royal_Navy_Research_Archive_-_Dale-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Royal_Navy_Research_Archive_-_Dale_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Royal_Navy_Research_Archive_-_Dale_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Royal_Navy_Research_Archive_-_Dale_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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;background-color: #eee;">Flying</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/700_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="700 Naval Air Squadron">700X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/703_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="703 Naval Air Squadron">703</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/705_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="705 Naval Air Squadron">705</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/727_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="727 Naval Air Squadron">727</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/744_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="744 Naval Air Squadron">744</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/710_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="710 Naval Air Squadron">710</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/711_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="711 Naval Air Squadron">711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/712_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="712 Naval Air Squadron">712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/713_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="713 Naval Air Squadron">713</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/714_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="714 Naval Air Squadron">714</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/715_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="715 Naval Air Squadron">715</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/716_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="716 Naval Air Squadron">716</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/717_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="717 Naval Air Squadron">717</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/718_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="718 Naval Air Squadron">718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/719_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="719 Naval Air Squadron">719</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/720_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="720 Naval Air Squadron">720</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/721_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="721 Naval Air Squadron">721</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/722_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="722 Naval Air Squadron">722</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/723_Squadron_RAN" title="723 Squadron RAN">723</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/724_Squadron_RAN" title="724 Squadron RAN">724</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/725_Squadron_RAN" title="725 Squadron RAN">725</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/726_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="726 Naval Air Squadron">726</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/728_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="728 Naval Air Squadron">728</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/728B_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="728B Naval Air Squadron">728B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/728C_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="728C Naval Air Squadron">728C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/729_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="729 Naval Air Squadron">729</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/730_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="730 Naval Air Squadron">730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/731_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="731 Naval Air Squadron">731</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/732_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="732 Naval Air Squadron">732</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/733_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="733 Naval Air Squadron">733</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/734_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="734 Naval Air Squadron">734</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/735_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="735 Naval Air Squadron">735</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/736_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="736 Naval Air Squadron">736</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/737_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="737 Naval Air Squadron">737</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/738_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="738 Naval Air Squadron">738</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/739_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="739 Naval Air Squadron">739</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/740_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="740 Naval Air Squadron">740</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/741_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="741 Naval Air Squadron">741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/742_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="742 Naval Air Squadron">742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/743_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="743 Naval Air Squadron">743</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/745_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="745 Naval Air Squadron">745</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/746_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="746 Naval Air Squadron">746</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/747_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="747 Naval Air Squadron">747</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/748_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="748 Naval Air Squadron">748</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/749_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="749 Naval Air Squadron">749</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/751_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="751 Naval Air Squadron">751</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/752_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="752 Naval Air Squadron">752</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/753_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="753 Naval Air Squadron">753</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/754_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="754 Naval Air Squadron">754</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/755_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="755 Naval Air Squadron">755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/756_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="756 Naval Air Squadron">756</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/757_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="757 Naval Air Squadron">757</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/758_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="758 Naval Air Squadron">758</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/759_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="759 Naval Air Squadron">759</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/760_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="760 Naval Air Squadron">760</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/761_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="761 Naval Air Squadron">761</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/762_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="762 Naval Air Squadron">762</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/763_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="763 Naval Air Squadron">763</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/764_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="764 Naval Air Squadron">764</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/765_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="765 Naval Air Squadron">765</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/766_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="766 Naval Air Squadron">766</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/767_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="767 Naval Air Squadron">767</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/768_Naval_Air_Squadron" 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