724 Squadron RAN

724 Squadron
724 Squadron badge
Active1955–1984
Disbanded30 June 1984
Country Australia
Branch Royal Australian Navy
TypeTraining squadron
Role
  • Operational Training School
  • Aircrew conversion unit
  • Fleet requirements trials
  • Communications
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Home stationHMAS Albatross
MottosLearn and live
AircraftSee Aircraft operated section for full list.
Insignia
Squadron Badge DescriptionAzure, a fledgling Albatross close wearing a mortar board, standing on two closed books the upper or and the reverseargent all proper (1964)
Identification Markings
  • 911, 950-972, 980-996 (All types from 1955)
  • to 863-878 (1958)
  • to 800-809, 841-860, 860-889 (1963)
  • to 800-809,
  • 860-889 (1968)

724 Squadron was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Fleet Air Arm (formerly Australian Navy Aviation Group) naval air squadron. The squadron was formed for the first time in the RAN in 1955 and was last disbanded in 1984.

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