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By the end of the World War 2 the strength of the Fleet Air Arm possessed 56 air stations all over the world, the most important was the headquarters of HMS Daedalus at Lee on Solent, with its airfield, bordering the Solent opposite the Isle of Wight and a slipway into the sea.

The Daedalus Virtual Aviation Museum Collection includes the following Second World War period aircraft types which were stationed at Lee-on-Solent, 1939-1945.

ALBACORE I, Fairey            1942

ANSON I, C.XII, XIX, Avro    1945-47

AUSTER, Taylorcraft            1949-

AVRO 652                               1942

BARRACUDA I, II, Fairey        1942-43

BEAUFIGHTER II, Bristol       1943

CHESAPEAKE Vought-Sikorsky 1942

DAKOTA, C-47 Douglas           1944-

DH 86b, de Havilland               1940

DOMINIE I, de Havilland           1944-63

EXPEDITOR C.1, C.2, Beech    1945-55

FAIREY IIIF                                  1940

FALCON SIX, Miles                     1940

FIREFLY T.1, FR.4-5, Fairey       1949-

FOX MOTH, de Havilland            1941-

FULMAR I, II, Fairey                     1940-43

HART TRAINER, Hawker             1941

HARVARD T.2b, North American1947-

HELLCAT II, Grumman                 1946

HORNET MOTH, de Havilland      1940-43

HOVERFLY I, Vought-Sikorsky

HUDSON III-V, Lockheed             1945-46

 MARTLET (WILDCAT) Grumman 1943

NIMROD II, Hawker                         1941

OXFORD I, Airspeed                        1943-48

PETREL Q.6, Percival                     1940-42

PROCTOR Ia, II, IIa, Percival           1942-44

RELIANT I, Stinson                          1945

SEAFIRE Ib, III, F15 Supermarine1943-50s

SEA FURY F.10, Hawker                1948

SEA HURRICANE Ib, IIc, Hawker  1942-45

SEA OTTER, Supermarine            1945-52

SWORDFISH I-II, Fairey                  1940-43

TIGER MOTH II, de Havilland        1943-45

TRAVELLER I, Beech                     1944-45

VEGA GULL, Percival                    1941-43

WALRUS, Supermarine             1940-1942

  HMS Daedalus site from the air looking north, 2000, Lee-on-Solent

 

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