1703 Naval Air Squadron

Inactive flying squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm February 2018 February 2018 1703 Naval Air Squadron 1703 Naval Air Squadron Badge.png 200 Squadron Badge (Wartime unofficial) 1945 18 September 1945 UK Amphibian Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron Air Sea Rescue six aircraft Fleet Air Arm RNAS Lee-on-Solent Home station Elephanti Albi! (White elephant! - unofficial)Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 276 Lieutenant(A) K.A. Chare RNVR An elephant's head (Wartime unofficial)Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 276 Squadron Badge Description not codedBallance Howard Sturtivant 2016 276 Identification Markings Supermarine Sea Otter thumb|Supermarine Sea Otter, an example of the type used by 1703 NAS 1703 Naval Air Squadron (1703 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It was formed in August 1945 at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) for Air Sea Rescue duties in the Pacific. It was equipped with Supermarine Sea Otter. The Second World War ended in the same month that the squadron was formed, and it never deployed or saw action.http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/squadrons/1703.html 1703 NAS Fleet Air Arm Archive 2010-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100619154446/http://fleetairarmarchive.net/Squadrons/1703.html 19 June 2010 usurped History Air Sea Rescue (1945) 1703 Naval Air Squadron formed on 1 August 1945 as an Air Sea Rescue (ASR) squadron at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire, England.Lee-on-Solent https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/FAA-Bases/Lee_on_Solent.htm Royal Navy Research Archive - Fleet Air Arm Bases 1939 - present day 3 May 2024 It was equipped with six Supermarine Sea Otter, an amphibious maritime patrol and air sea rescue aircraft, and planned for operations in the Pacific.Wragg 2019 189 The squadron suffered from considerable issues with its aircraft and their engines,Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 276 It was active for only forty-nine days, disbanding at RNAS Lee-on-Solent on 18 September 1945. Aircraft flown 1703 Naval Air Squadron flew only one aircraft type:Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 276 Supermarine Sea Otter ABR.1 air sea rescue aircraft (August - September 1945) Naval air stations 1703 Naval Air Squadron operated from a single naval air station of the Royal Navy, in England:1703 Naval Air Squadron https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/SQUADRONS/1703_Squadron.htm Royal Navy Research Archive - Royal Naval Air Squadrons 1938 to present day 3 May 2024 Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire, (1 August 1945 - 18 September 1945) disbanded - (18 September 1945) Commanding Officers List of commanding officers of 1703 Naval Air Squadron with date of appointment:Wragg 2019 189 Lieutenant(A) K.A. Chare, RNVR, from 1 August 1945 disbanded - 18 September 1945 Note: Abbreviation (A) signifies Air Branch of the RN or RNVR.Wragg 2019 257 References Citations Bibliography Ballance Theo Howard Lee Sturtivant Ray The Squadrons and Units of the Fleet Air Arm 2016 Air Britain Historians Limited 978-0-85130-489-2 en Wragg David The Fleet Air Arm Handbook 1939-1945 2019 The History Press Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK 978-0-7509-9303-6 en External links http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/SQUADRONS/1703_Squadron.htm A History of 1703 Naval Air Squadron 26 September 2021 The Royal Navy Research Archive Category:1700 series Fleet Air Arm squadrons Category:Military units and formations established in 1945 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945