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Taken from 801 Sea Harrier Webpage
"The Squadron is manned by 13 Officers, 34 Senior Rates and 78 Junior Rates. The majority of personnel are directly involved with flying or aircraft maintenance: however, the Squadron is a self-contained unit with its own administrators, cooks and stewards."
Seems quite lean also, I wonder what an equivilent (GR7/9) Squadron has in the way of manning.
as for RN helo squadrons I cant find very much The lynx squadrons are broken down into flights for example (815)
" A Lynx flight is made up of 2 officer aircrew, one Aircraft Controller, and a team of 7 maintainers led by a Chief Petty Officer Artificer. This flight is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the aircraft both ashore and afloat. "
assuming 12 a/c fully committed to sea = 24 Officers and 84 men but that wont include cooks, stewards, and the like. Feel free to correct this.