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879 Naval Air Squadron

Aircrew and squadron personnel

The list below is complied from various sources: Commissioned officers are as they appear in the relevant editions of the Navy List [note, because of a time lag between appointments and the publication of the lists some officers are not included]. Names of Telegraphist Air Gunners are primarily drawn from incident reports. Maintenance and other squadron personnel from Admiralty Fleet Orders.  

Abbreviations: A = Air Branch, P = Pilot, O = Observer, TAG = Telegraphist Air Gunner, RNVR = Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, RANVR = Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve, RCNVR = Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, RNZNVR = Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve, Tpy = Temporary, Mid = Midshipman, KIA = Killed in Action, MPK = Missing Presumed Killed.

Dates: Dates for commanding officers are taken from Sturtivant, R & Balance, T., (1994)'Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm'  All other dates are taken from the Navy Lists and may not accurately reflect the exact date of appointment. Date of death is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records.

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

Lieut. (A)  (P) R.N.R. S. F .F . Shotton 01 Oct 42 In command
       
Tpy. Lieut.-Conn. (A), (P) R.N.V.R. R. J. H. Grose 30 Sep 42 In command as Lieutenant 14 Jan 1943
       
Tpy. Lieut.-Conn. (A), (P) S.A.N.F.(V) D. G Carlisle 20 Oct 43 In command
       
Lieut.-Conn. (A), (P) P. E. I. Bailey 20 Aug 44 In command 09 Nov 44
  B. H. Harris 14 Apr 45 In command
       

Lieut. (A), (P)

B. L. T. Boyd

01 Aug 44

 
  W. I. Campbell 29 Nov 41  
  P. J. P. Leckie  19 Oct 43  
  D. M. T. Morey 25 Feb 44  
       
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) H. D. Easy 06 May 43  
  A. W. K Foxon ? KIA 11.7.45
  D. A. Gibson 25 Feb 44  
  A. R. Linstead   25 Feb 44  
  A. D. J. Prosser 13 Aug 45  
  R. J. Sturges 30 Sep 42  
       
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P) L. G. C. Reece 20 May 45  
  R. W. Murray o8 Nov 43  
  C. B. Taylor 10 Jan 44  
       
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.C.N.V.R. (P) H. E. Kelly ?  
       
sub-Lieut. (A) R.N..R. (P) G. Ogilvy 07 Apr 43  
       

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)

D. Armstrong 23 Nov 44 KIA 5.6.45
  J. A. Armstrong 28 Nov 44  
  R. S. D. Armstrong 27 Dec 44  
  G. W. Bricker 25 Feb 44  
  W. T. S. Buchan 25 Feb 44  
  A. F. Button 15 Sep 42  
  K. A. Cain ?  
  G. Calder 22 Mar 43  
  C. M. Carter 19 Oct 43  
  D. G. G. Clapham ? listed as DAEDALUS
  R. J. Clarke 30 Sep 42  
  W. A. Clarke 25 Feb 44  
  W. J. Cody 26 Apr 45  
  G. P. Davis 13 Aug 45  
  T. W. Down  22 Mar 43  
   J. A. Dye 17 July 45  
  H. McL. Fraser 13 Aug 45  
  R. W. Gowan 15 Jan 43  
  R. G. Hallas 25 Feb 44  
  I. H. Gladders 27 Dec 44  
  J. G. Hornshaw 25 Feb 44  
   I.  W. T. Hodgson 24 Oct 43  
  W. R. T. Joyce  25 Feb 44  
  W. S. Jones 23 Nov 44 KIA 4.8.45
  D. M. Jarman 23 Nov 44  
  L. B. Lees 27 Dec 44  
  L. Livemore  06 Apr 45  
  W. E. Little 24 Oct 43  
  W. Long 22 Mar 43  
  P. E. Love 19 Oct 43  
  T. I. McCartney 06 Aug 44  
  H. Morrison 30 Sep 42  
  G. P. L. Pardoe 22 Mar 43 KIA 29.1.44
  J. C. Robson 17 Mar 44  
  A. I. R. Shaw 12 July 43  
  G. M. Smallwood 13 Aug 45  
  J. E. Smith 25 Feb 44  
   C. B. Swain 23 Nov 44  
  C. C. Ward 22 Mar 43 KIA 4.7.43
  F. M. Wilson 22 Mar 43  
  H. C. Vane 23 Nov 44  
  I. F. Voller 30 Sep 42  
       
py. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P) R. A. Gowan 15 Jan 43  
  F. W. Greenwood 26 Apr 45  
  N. M. Ganley 25 Feb 44  
  J. M. Howden 25 Feb 44  
  M. D. S. McClelland. 26 Apr 45  
  N. R. Mackay 24 May 43  
  N. I. MacLeod 27 Dec 44 KIA 13.1.45
   J.Morley 26 Apr 45  
  C. B. Taylor 10 Jan 44  
  G. H. Wilson 26 Apr 45  
       
Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O) F. E. Gist 30 Sep 42  
  A. E. Liddiard 30 Sep 42  
  J. G. C. Sloan 30 Sep 42  
  F. Stephenson 30 Sep 42  
  I. O. V. Thomas 30 Sep 42  
       

Tpy. Act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)

A. W. Taylor

30 Sep 42

 
       
Tpy. Mid. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) D. J. Buckley 23 Nov 44  
  D. V. Cross 27 Dec 44

KIA 12.2.45

  R. J. Watson 27 Dec 44  
       

Petty Officer Pilot

Draper ?  
       

Information drawn from the Navy list October 1942 through October 1945 (final edition before squadron disbanded)

 


List last modified 16 December 2022


In Memoriam

The Fleet Air Arm memorial at Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. Located outside the former Naval Air Station and Fleet Air Arm Barracks this records the names of almost 2,000 men of that service who died during the Second World War and who have no known grave.

Details taken from the records of the Commonwealth War Grave Commission

Name & Rank

CWGC details

Date of death

Cemetery/Memorial

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Charles Cecil WARD, RNVR

CWGC Record

04 July 1943

ELTHAM CEMETERY, WOOLWICH

Sec. H. Grave 816.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P)  Norman Ian MACLEOD, RNZNVR

CWGC Record 

13 January 1945

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

O. 122.

Lieut. (A) (P) George Patrick Lefroy PARDOE, RNVR

CWGC Record

29 January 1944

LARNE NEW CEMETERY

Sec. 10. Block F. Grave 899.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Donald Vincent CROSS , RNVR

CWGC Record 

12 February 1945

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

O. 148.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Denis ARMSTRONG, RNVR

CWGC Record 

11 July 1945

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

9. E. 10.

Lieut. (A) (P) Allan William Keith FOXON, RNVR

CWGC Record 

13 January 1945

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 6, Panel 3.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) William Stanley JONES, RNVR

CWGC Record 

04 August 1945

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 6, Panel 4.

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