page_title: 771 Naval Air Squadron
section_title: Aircraft Operated by 771 NAS
hierarchical_section_title: 771 Naval Air Squadron / Aircraft Operated by 771 NAS
caption_attribution_description: A Wessex in 1982 (Ascension Island)
context_page_description: 771 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm was formed on 24 May 1939 at Lee-on-Solent as a Fleet Requirements Unit with 14 Fairey Swordfish TSR biplanes. The Squadron carried out various exercises with ships and provided towed targets for naval air gunners and was decommissioned on 22 March 2016.
context_section_description: There are 68 different marks of aircraft known to have been operated by 771 NAS.
caption: Wessex HU.5 similar given to 847 NAS and 848 NAS for the Falklands Conflict
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