Aircraft Operated
The squadron operated the following aircraft:
- Fairey Firefly (August 1954 – January 1958);
- C-47 Dakota (August 1954 – January 1958, September 1968–1973);
- Grumman Tracker (September 1968 – August 1984); and
- Hawker-Siddeley 748 (1973 – August 1984).
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