List of aircraft wings of the Royal Navy

Ships of the Royal Navy

Ships by name: A B C D–F G–H I–L M–N O–Q R–T U–Z
fleet aircraft carriers escort aircraft carriers seaplane carriers amphibious assault shipping battlecruisers dreadnought battleships pre-dreadnought battleships ironclads bomb vessels breastwork monitors corvettes and sloops cruisers destroyers torpedo boats fireships frigates gun-brigs gunboats and gunvessels mine countermeasure vessels monitors patrol and attack craft royal yachts ships of the line submarines support ships survey vessels shore establishments hospitals and hospital ships air stations aircraft wings fleets and major commands squadrons and flotillas early English ships (1409–1660) early Scots ships (1329–1707)

This is a list of Royal Navy aircraft wings.

Naval Aircraft Wings

Wing	Formed at	Formed on	Disbanded at	Disbanded on	Notes
2nd Naval TBR Wing	Unknown	24 January 1944	Unknown	Unknown	Renamed No. 2 Strike Wing on 10 December 1944^[1]
3rd Naval Fighter Wing	RNAS Burscough	25 October 1944	Unknown	9 December 1945	^[1]
4th Naval Fighter Wing	RNAS Burscough	25 October 1943	RAF Nutts Corner	25 January 1946	^[1]
5th Naval Fighter Wing	RNAS Eglinton	December 1943	Unknown	30 November 1945	^[1]
6th Naval Fighter Wing	RNAS Burscough	February 1944	Unknown	30 June 1945	^[1]
7th Naval Fighter Wing	RNAS Eglinton	30 October 1943	Unknown	16 December 1944	^[2]
8th Naval TBR Wing	Unknown	25 October 1943	Unknown	3 October 1944	^[2]
9th Naval TBR Wing	Unknown	11 February 1944	Unknown	23 October 1944	^[2]
10th Naval Fighter Wing	RNAS Eglinton	14 October 1944	Unknown	30 June 1945	^[2]
11th Naval TBR Wing	Ulunderpet/Ulundurpet?, India	21 April 1944	Unknown	6 July 1944	^[2]
12th Naval TBR Wing	Unknown	24 January 1944	Unknown	28 December 1944	^[2]
15th Naval Fighter Wing	RNAS Stretton	8 November 1943	UK	28 July 1945	^[2]
21st Naval TBR Wing	RNAS Machrihanish	25 October 1943	Unknown	30 June 1944	^[2]
24th Naval Fighter Wing	RNAS Henstridge	25 October 1943	Unknown	30 June 1945	^[2]
30th Naval Fighter Wing	RNAS Machrihanish	10 October 1944	Unknown	30 June 1945	^[2]
45th Naval TBR Wing	Unknown	25 October 1943	India	21 April 1944	^[3]
47th Naval Fighter Wing	RNAS Stretton	17 January 1944	Unknown	30 June 1945	^[3]
52nd Naval TBR Wing	Unknown	26 November 1943	Unknown	9 July 1944	^[3]

Aircraft Carrier Groups

1st Carrier Air Group^[4]
2nd Carrier Air Group^[4]
3rd Carrier Air Group^[4]
6th Carrier Air Group - Never formed^[4]
7th Carrier Air Group^[4]
8th Carrier Air Group^[4]
10th Carrier Air Group^[4]
11th Carrier Air Group^[5]
13th Carrier Air Group^[5]
14th Carrier Air Group^[5]
15th Carrier Air Group^[5]
16th Carrier Air Group^[5]
17th Carrier Air Group^[5]
18th Carrier Air Group - Formed in Canadian Naval Service^[5]
19th Carrier Air Group - Formed in Canadian Naval Service^[6]
20th Carrier Air Group^[6]
21st Carrier Air Group^[6]

References

Citations

1 2 3 4 5 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 434.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 435.
1 2 3 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 436.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 437.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 438.
1 2 3 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 439.

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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