---- United Kingdom ---- ------------------- Fleet Air Arm ----------- 700 Squadron 701 Squadron 702 Squadron 703 Squadron 705 Squadron 706 Squadron 707 Squadron 719 Squadron 727 Squadron 728 Squadron 737 Squadron 744 Squadron 771 Squadron 772 Squadron 781 Squadron 810 Squadron 814 Squadron 815 Squadron 819 Squadron 820 Squadron 824 Squadron 825 Squadron 826 Squadron 829 Squadron 845 Squadron 846 Squadron 848 Squadron 849 Squadron Normandy Flight Okinawa Flight Palembang Flight 854 Squadron 857 Squadron 1700 Squadron 1710 Squadron Flag Officer Naval Aviation Foreign Training Unit Flag Officer Sea Training HMS Gannet SAR Flight Indian Navy Training Flight Naval Aircraft Trials Installation Unit Norwegian Sea King Training Cell School of Aircraft Handling School of Flight Deck Operations ------------------- Army Air Corps ----------- ------------------- Royal Air Force ----------- ------------------- Royal Marines ----------- ------------------- HM Coastguard ----------- ------------------- UK Police Forces ----------- ------------------- Ministry of Defence (MoD) ----------- ------------------- Northern Lighthouse Board ----------- ------------------- Trinity House ----------- ------------------- UK Government ----------- ------------------- Babcock International ----------- ------------------- Bond Aviation Group ----------- ------------------- Bristow ----------- ------------------- Castle Air ----------- ------------------- CHC Scotia ----------- ------------------- Hanson plc Group ----------- ------------------- Helicopter Services Ltd ----------- ------------------- Isles of Scilly Steamship Company ----------- ------------------- Multiflight Ltd ----------- ------------------- NHV ----------- ------------------- Penzance Heliport Ltd ----------- ------------------- Savback Helicopters ----------- ------------------- Starspeed Ltd ----------- ------------------- Sterling Helicopters ----------- ------------------- Cobham ----------- ------------------- Developing Assets (UK) Ltd ----------- ------------------- HeliSpeed ----------- ------------------- Vector Aerospace ----------- ------------------- Air Harrods Ltd ----------- ------------------- Boscombe Down Aviation Collection ----------- ------------------- Bournemouth Helicopters Ltd ----------- ------------------- Civil Aviation Academy Ltd ----------- ------------------- Executive Jet Charter Ltd ----------- ------------------- Flambards Experience ----------- ------------------- Gunsmoke Paintball ----------- ------------------- HQ Aviation Ltd ----------- ------------------- Johnny Vegas Glamping ----------- ------------------- KLM/ERA helicopters (UK) Ltd. ----------- ------------------- Mayhem Paintball ----------- ------------------- plane talking ltd ----------- ------------------- Rise Helicopters ----------- ------------------- Rotor Enterprises Ltd. ----------- ------------------- UK Air Ambulances ----------- ------------------- Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Board ----------- ---- More Units ---- 1940 to 1981
781 Squadron 781 NAS 781 Naval Air Squadron
781 NAS List of helicopters
C/N Version Built In this Org In other Org 55-476 HO4S-3 1953 WV204 : 848Sq/351 by Oct 1958; 781Sq by 1964 still 1968 and 1969, wfu Sep 1969 133744 - WV204 55-498 HO4S-3 1953 WV223 : 728Sq C Flt/621 by Mar 1958; 737Sq/781 by Apr 1960 still 1961; 781Sq/(827)+ 133751 ZS-HDM A5 55-499 HO4S-3 1953 WV224 : Hal Far SAR Flt/958 by Jan 1960; 728Sq/961-HF by Apr 1965; RNAY Fleetlands+ 133752 - WV224 wa155 hu.5 1963 XS481 : pictured (pic1) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent whilst visiting 781Sq SAR flight, Op+ wa179 hu.5 1964 XS510 : RN; 05nov64 entered service with 848Sqn; 11Feb82 noted RNAS Portland coded+ wa182 hu.5 1964 XS513 : pictured (pic1) getting ready to depart the 781Sq(SAR) operating area. Wit+ wa272 w/o 1983 Scrapped hu.5 1965 XT450 : conv into Green Parrot and xfer 781Sqn, unk : 707Sq/U-CU by Jul 1965 still 1971, 781Sq/(818) by Jul 1972 still Apr 1979,+ wa275 hu.5 1965 XT453 : pictured coded A 781Squadron (ex 845Sqn) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent wa277 hu.5 1965 XT455 : as 781Squadron (ex 845Sqn) /U pictured (pic1) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent XT455 wa289 hu.5 1965 XT467 : 845Sq/G-B by Mar 1966 still Sep 1968; 781Sq by Feb 1970; 707Sq/WY-VL by Ju+ 8922M XT467 XT467 wa304 hu.5 1966 XT482 : pictured coded /ZM 781Squadron (ex 707Sqn) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent. Note gr+ XT482 wa489 w/o 1984 hu.5 1967 XT767 : 02 pictured coded LS/811 of 781Squadron SAR Flight at RNAS Lee-on-Solent : about 1976 noted RNAS Yeovilton coded OD/VR 846Sqd, RFA Olmedia Flight; 31+ wa552 hu.5 1967 XT770 : Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA552, f/f:?; del Royal Navy as XT770, 05/05/196+ : 781Sq by Apr 1969, to Fleetlands by Dec 1969 for VIP mods, 781Sq/(818 ?) b+ - XT770 wa554 hu.5 1967 XT772 : 781Sq by Sep 1969, 781Sq/(829) by Jan 1971, 781Sq/(817) by Apr 1971 still + : conv into Green Parrot/ Admirals Barge and xfer 781Sqn, in service Lee-on-+
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