409 (Fleet Fighter) Flight
Encyclopedia
409 Flight was a naval aviation
unit of the RAF
operating during the early 1930s.
S1632 562
Osprey S1687 549.
aboard HMS Glorious on 3 April 1933, both units becoming 802 Naval Air Squadron
.
Aviation
Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
unit of the RAF
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
operating during the early 1930s.
Example Aircraft
Nimrod IHawker Nimrod
The Hawker Nimrod was a British carrier-based single engine, single seat biplane fighter aircraft built in the early 1930s by Hawker Aircraft.-Design and development:...
S1632 562
Osprey S1687 549.
Disbandment
409 (Fleet Fighter) Flight was disbanded and merged with 408 (Fleet Fighter) Flight408 (Fleet Fighter) Flight
408 Flight was a naval aviation unit of the RAF operating during the early 1930s.-Disbandment:408 Flight was disbanded and merged with 409 Flight aboard HMS Glorious on 3 April 1933, both units becoming 802 Naval Air Squadron....
aboard HMS Glorious on 3 April 1933, both units becoming 802 Naval Air Squadron
802 Naval Air Squadron
-Early history:802 Squadron was formed on 3 April 1933 aboard by the merger of two independent RAF naval units, 408 Flight and 409 Flight...
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