List of Fairey Firefly operators
The following countries and squadrons operated the Fairey Firefly:
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Operators
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- Royal Australian Navy – Fleet Air Arm
- 723 Squadron RAN - Mk.5 T.2, TT.5 & AS.6 (1952–56)[1]
- 724 Squadron RAN - Mk.6, T.5 & TT.6 (1955-56 & 1962–66)[2]
- 725 Squadron RAN - TT.5 & TT.6 (1958–59)[3]
- 816 Squadron RAN - FR.4, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6 (1948–55)[4]
- 817 Squadron RAN - AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6 (1950–55)[5]
- 851 Squadron RAN - T.5 & AS.6 (1954–58)[6]
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF (Firefly T.5 VX373 for trials 1953)[7]
- Indian Navy
- Indian Naval Air Arm operated 10 Fireflies from 1955 onwards for target tugging.[12][13]
- Svensk Flygtjänst AB at Bromma Airport operated 19 TT.1 aircraft between 31 January 1949 and 17 October 1963.[14]
- Royal Thai Air Force operated Fireflies between 1952 and 1966.[15]
- Royal Thai Navy[16]
- Royal Navy – Fleet Air Arm operated Fireflies for anti-submarine warfare until 1956 when front line aircraft were replaced by the Fairey Gannet.[17]
- 700 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & TT.4
- 703 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, FR.4, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
- 703A Flight - AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
- 706 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 719 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, AS.5/FR.5, AS.6 & T.7
- 727 Naval Air Squadron - FR.4
- 728B Flight - U.8 & U.9
- 730 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 731 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 732 Naval Air Squadron - NF.I
- 736 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1 & FR.4
- 737 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2 & AS.5/FR.5
- 737X Flight - AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
- 741 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 744 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2 & AS.6
- 746 Naval Air Squadron - NF.I & NF.II
- 748 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 750 Naval Air Squadron - T.7
- 751 Naval Air Squadron - AS.6
- 759 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 764 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1 & T.2
- 765 Naval Air Squadron - T.2 & T.7
- 766 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1 & T.2
- 767 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, FR.4 & AS.6
- 768 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 771 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2, TT.4, TT.5 & AS.6
- 772 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & NF.II
- 778 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, FR.4 & AS.5/FR.5
- 780 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 781 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2, FR.4 & AS.5/FR.5
- 782 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2, FR.4, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
- 783 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 784 Naval Air Squadron - NF.I
- 787 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & FR.4
- 790 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 792 Naval Air Squadron - NF.I
- 794 Naval Air Squadron - NF.I
- 795 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 796 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.3, AS.5/FR.5, AS.6 & T.7
- 798 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 799 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2 & FR.4
- 804 Naval Air Squadron - AS.5/FR.5
- 805 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & NF.I
- 810 Naval Air Squadron - FR.4 & AS.5/FR.5
- 812 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, NF.I, T.1, FR.4, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
- 813 Naval Air Squadron - FR.1 (1952-53)[18]
- 814 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, FR.4, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
- 815 Naval Air Squadron - T.1
- 816 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & NF.I (1945-48)[4]
- 820 Naval Air Squadron - AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
- 821 Naval Air Squadron - AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
- 822 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 824 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & AS.6
- 825 Naval Air Squadron - AS.5/FR.5 (1951-52 & 1953-54)[8]
- 826 Naval Air Squadron - AS.6 (1951-55)[9]
- 827 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & NF.I
- 837 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 851 Naval Air Squadron - AS.6
- 861 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 882 Naval Air Squadron- NF.I (1945) (attached from 746 NAS)[19]
- 1770 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 1771 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 1772 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1
- 1790 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & NF.I
- 1791 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1 & NF.I
- 1792 Naval Air Squadron - NF.I
- Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
- 1830 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.1, T.2, T.3, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
- 1831 Naval Air Squadron - T.1 & T.3
- 1833 Naval Air Squadron - T.2 & T.3
- 1840 Naval Air Squadron - T.2, FR.4, AS.6 & T.7
- 1841 Naval Air Squadron - F.1/FR.1, T.2, T.3 & AS.6
- 1842 Naval Air Squadron
- 1843 Naval Air Squadron
- 1844 Naval Air Squadron - T.2, T.3, AS.5/FR.5 & AS.6
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 44.
- ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 46.
- ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 47.
- ^ a b Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 186.
- ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 188.
- ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 286.
- ^ "N1 Fairey Firefly".
- ^ a b Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 218.
- ^ a b Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 223.
- ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 301.
- ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 294.
- ^ "Fairey Firefly TT.1 & TT.4". www.bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Cochin – Birth Place of Naval Aviation." Archived 10 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine warbirds.in. Retrieved: 9 August 2010.
- ^ "Firefly TT.1 DT989." Warbirdregistry.org, Retrieved: 9 August 2010.
- ^ "Firefly FB.1 MB410." Warbirdregistry.org. Retrieved: 9 August 2010.
- ^ World Air Forces – Historical Listings Thailand (THL), archived from the original on 25 January 2012, retrieved 30 August 2012
- ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 361.
- ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 170.
- ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 305.
Bibliography
[edit]- Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.