744 Naval Air Squadron

744 Naval Air Squadron (744 NAS) is a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

744 Naval Air Squadron
Squadron badge
Active
  • 1943 – 1956
  • 2018 – present
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeHelicopter flying squadron
RoleTest and evaluation
Part ofFleet Air Arm and Air and Space Warfare Centre
Home stationMOD Boscombe Down
Motto(s)Nemo solus satis sapit
(Latin for 'No one or man knows enough')
Aircraft
WebsiteOfficial website
Commanders
Current
commander		Commander Bradley Watson

The squadron formed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent on 10 February 1943 (1943-02-10).[1]

The squadron re-formed as an anti-submarine training unit on 6 March 1944 and continued in this role until 1 December 1947 when it was renamed 815 Squadron. It reformed in July 1951 from 737 Squadron X Flight as an anti-submarine trials and development unit and continued in this role until 31 October 1956 when it was disbanded.[2]

As of 14 November 2018, the squadron has been re-activated to introduce the Crowesnest Airborne Early Warning Merlin Mk2 aircraft and the Chinook Mk5s and Mk6s. It will be a joint unit under the Air Warfare Centre's Mission Systems and Armament Test and Evaluation Squadron.[3][4]

References
  1. Fleet Air Arm Association (19 October 2018). "744 NAS Commissioning". Fleet Air Arm Association. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. Ballance, Theo (2016). The Squadrons and Units of the Fleet Air Arm. Air-Britain. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978 0 85130 489 2.
  3. Royal Navy (14 November 2018). "Naval squadron re-forms after 60 years to test cutting-edge weaponry". Royal Navy. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. Fleet Air Arm Association (19 October 2018). "744 NAS Commissioning". Fleet Air Arm Association. Retrieved 14 November 2018.

Bibliography
  • Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.


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