CVA-01 1970

[rickshaw]

Does anybody know what the air group markings for the original CVA-01 in the 1960s were going to be?

I have an FAA build which would do nicely on her decks...

[Thorvic]

Trust an Aussie to drop their A's !!! -  Its CVA-01

The Air group as far as I can work would have been 893 Squadron and 801 squadron from Victorious as the ship would have replaced HMS Victorious (The Airgroup actually transferred to Hermes after the refit fire caused her to be scrapped early and Hermes squadron went to shore based HQ units before disbanding).

[PR19_Kit]

What about some AEW3 Gannets from a flight of 849 Sqdn.?

[Thorvic]

What about some AEW3 Gannets from a flight of 849 Sqdn.?

That would be 849 A flight and the ASW choppers were 814 sqdn

[Captain Canada]

Mmmm....this is gonna be cool. Love that era !

[PR19_Kit]

What about some AEW3 Gannets from a flight of 849 Sqdn.?

That would be 848 A flight and the ASW choppers were 814 sqdn

Why 848? They never were an AEW unit, whereas 849 have been a solely AEW unit since the end of WWII?

[rickshaw]

Actually, Aussies often their drop their "h"s.

OK, CVA-01, then.

Actually what I was more after was an explanation of what the aircraft's markings would be, say for the fighter squadron which was going to be assigned.  Do you know, Geoff?

[Thorvic]

What about some AEW3 Gannets from a flight of 849 Sqdn.?

That would be 848 A flight and the ASW choppers were 814 sqdn

Why 848? They never were an AEW unit, whereas 849 have been a solely AEW unit since the end of WWII?

Typo Kit

[Thorvic]

Actually, Aussies often their drop their "h"s.

OK, CVA-01, then.

Actually what I was more after was an explanation of what the aircraft's markings would be, say for the fighter squadron which was going to be assigned.  Do you know, Geoff?

The markings would have followed what was used on the Sea Vixen, for 893 and Buccaneer for 801. It was only the news of the doom of the FAA and 892 would be the last combat unit that prompted the switch to the Omega scheme we are familar with on Arks Phantoms.

[TallEng]

This link should help with 893NAS markings
http://www.seavixen.org/image-gallery/893-squadron/category/6-893-sqn
Loads of atmospheric photos of Sea Vixens 

Regards
Keith

[rickshaw]

TallEng, thanks for the link, some nice pictures there.

Geoff, tell me, do you know what the letter code on the fin was going to be for the CVA-01 fighter squadron?

[PR19_Kit]

TallEng, thanks for the link, some nice pictures there.

Geoff, tell me, do you know what the letter code on the fin was going to be for the CVA-01 fighter squadron?

It would have depended on the eventual name of the ship, wouldn't it?

[TallEng]

I believe that's how it works
E for Eagle, V for Victorious, C for Centaur etc etc.
I think CVA-01 would have been HMS Queen Elizabeth
And CVA-02 HMS Duke of Edinburgh

Regards
Keith

[rickshaw]

So "Q" or "E" or "QE"?

[TallEng]

My guess would be 'Q'

Regards
Keith