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Defunct Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and Reserve Air Squadron
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1840 Naval Air Squadron
Active1944-45
1951-57
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
Type Single-seat fighter squadron
RoleCarrier-based fighter squadron
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Military unit

1840 Naval Air Squadron (1840 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). During World War II over 80% of the pilots were from the Royal Netherlands Naval Aviation Service.

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  1. Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 352.

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Units in underline subsequently commissioned into Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm
Units in italics subsequently commissioned into Netherlands Naval Aviation Service


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