11th Carrier Air Group
Active30 June 1945 to 30 November 1945[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeCarrier Air Group
SizeOne modified Illustrious-class aircraft carrier plus support ships
Part ofFleet Air Arm

The 11th Carrier Air Group (11th CAG) was an aircraft carrier air group of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was formed in June 1945,[2] at HMS Nabbington, a Royal Navy, Mobile Naval Operating Air Base (MONAB), established at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base RAAF Nowra at Nowra, New South Wales, in Australia,[1] for service in the British Pacific Fleet, until disbanding in November of the same year. The group was for HMS Indomitable (92).[2]

The 11th Carrier Air Group consisted of a number of squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm.[1]

SquadronFromToAircraft
857 Naval Air SquadronJun 1945Nov 1945Grumman TBF Avenger
1839 Naval Air SquadronJun 1945Nov 1945Grumman F6F Hellcat
1844 Naval Air SquadronJun 1945Nov 1945Grumman F6F Hellcat

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Bibliography

  • Ballance, Theo (2016). The Squadrons and Units of the Fleet Air Arm. Air-Britain. ISBN 978-0-85130-489-2.
  • Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
  • Wragg, David (2019). The Fleet Air Arm Handbook 1939-1945. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-9303-6.


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