Claim: The 1790 Naval Air Squadron was formed in 1945 and equipped with the Firefly INF at its inception.
Evidence: 1790 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy was formed on 1 January 1945 at RNAS Burscough as a night fighter squadron. It was initially equipped with the Fairey Firefly I, replaced in May 1945 by the Firefly INF, which was fitted with a US-derived ASV radar.