| Unit Name: | 1703 Naval Air Squadron |
| Dates: | 1 August 1945 - 18 September 1945 |
| Type: | Amphibian Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron |
| Size: | six aircraft |
| Command Structure: | Fleet Air Arm |
| Garrison: | RNAS Lee-on-Solent |
| Garrison Label: | Home station |
| Motto: | Elephanti Albi! (White elephant! - unofficial) |
| Notable Commanders: | Lieutenant(A) K.A. Chare RNVR |
| Identification Symbol: | An elephant's head (Wartime unofficial) |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Squadron Badge Description |
| Identification Symbol 2: | not coded |
| Identification Symbol 2 Label: | Identification Markings |
| Aircraft Patrol: | Supermarine Sea Otter |
1703 Naval Air Squadron (1703 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It was formed in August 1945 at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) for Air Sea Rescue duties in the Pacific. It was equipped with Supermarine Sea Otter. The Second World War ended in the same month that the squadron was formed, and it never deployed or saw action. [1]
1703 Naval Air Squadron formed on 1 August 1945 as an Air Sea Rescue (ASR) squadron at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire, England.[2] It was equipped with six Supermarine Sea Otter, an amphibious maritime patrol and air sea rescue aircraft, and planned for operations in the Pacific. The squadron suffered from considerable issues with its aircraft and their engines, It was active for only forty-nine days, disbanding at RNAS Lee-on-Solent on 18 September 1945.[2]
1703 Naval Air Squadron flew only one aircraft type:
1703 Naval Air Squadron operated from a single naval air station of the Royal Navy, in England:[3]
List of commanding officers of 1703 Naval Air Squadron with date of appointment: