| 768 Naval Air Squadron | |
|---|---|
| Active | 13 January 1941 - 16 April 1946 15 December 1948 - 8 March 1949[1] |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Navy |
| Type | Fleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron |
| Role |
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| Size | Squadron |
| Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
| Aircraft | See Aircraft operated section for full list. |
| Insignia | |
| Squadron Badge | An upright grey clockwork mouse with white wings and red eyes holding white bats, the winding key blue, to represent the squadron's DLCO activities. Wartime unofficial[2] |
| Identification Markings | individual letters (1939-1943) M2A+ & individual letters (all types from March 1943) B2A+ & individual letters (all types from January 1944) E2A+ (October 1944) B2A+ (Seafire from December 1948) 213-214 (Firefly from December 1948)[3][2] |
| Tail Codes | JR (Firefly from December 1948)[2] |
768 Naval Air Squadron (768 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It last disbanded at HMS Gannet, RNAS Eglinton, Northern Ireland, in March 1949, having been formed as a Deck Landing Control Officer Training Squadron, in December 1948, to ensure one American-style signal trained DLCO could be located at every FAA station. It first formed as part of the Deck Landing Training School at HMS Condor, RNAS Arbroath, in January 1941, as a Deck Landing Training Squadron. Advanced training was in HMS Argus, for which a detachment was maintained at HMS Landrail, RNAS Machrihanish, where it wholly moved to in March 1943. September saw a move to RAF Heathfield, Ayr, followed by a further move to HMS Sanderling, RNAS Abbotsinch in January 1944. Training used escort carriers on the Firth of Clyde and a detachment was maintained at (Heathfield)Ayr throughout this period, with the squadron returning there in July 1945, at this time HMS Wagtail, RNAS Ayr. In August the squadron moved to HMS Corncrake, RNAS Ballyhalbert in Northern Ireland but then in October it joined up with the Deck Landing School at HMS Peewit, RNAS East Haven, Scotland, where it disbanded in April 1946.
- ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 86.
- ^ a b c Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant 2016, p. 70.
- ^ Wragg 2019, p. 130.