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. Conn. (A), (P) |
H. I. A. Swayne DSC |
1 Apr 44 |
In command |
R. J. Grant-Sturgis |
? |
Killed, air crash 16 Feb 44. | |
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O) |
F. D. Walter (act) |
30 May 44 |
|
Tpy. Sub-Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) |
J. Duffell |
- Feb 44 |
|
D. F. Sidnell |
1 Aor 44 |
||
A. Pearson |
1 Aor 44 |
||
A. Penn |
? |
||
E. B. A. Everett | 19 Oct 44 | ||
A. J. Dawson | ? | Killed, air crash 6 Jun 44 | |
A. E. Neville | ? | Killed, air crash 6 Oct 44 | |
Tpy. Sub-Lieut. (A), R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P) |
J. Fenwick
|
Feb 44 | |
E. P. Jones | Feb 44 | ||
Tpy. act Sub-Lieut. (A), R.N.V.R. (O) | J. B. Goss | 1 Apr 44 | |
1. A. G. Gentle | 1 Apr 44 | ||
J. D. Thompson | 1 Apr 44 | ||
W. J. Orr | 1 Apr 44 | ||
G. llswell | 1 Apr 44 | ||
Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) | A. G. Connabe |
11 Apr 44 |
|
A. E. Neville |
1 Apr 44 |
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Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O) | A. W. Coombes | 1 Apr 44 | |
B. J. T. Dickinson | 1 Apr 44 | ||
J. S. Campbell | 1 Apr 44 | ||
H. Isherwood | 1 Apr 44 |
Information drawn from the Navy list July 1945 through July 1946 (final edition before squadron disbanded)
List last modified 01 September 2022
Details taken from the records of the Commonwealth War Grave Commission
Name & Rank |
CWGC details |
Date of death |
Cemetery/Memorial |
---|---|---|---|
Sub-Lieut. (A), (P) Albert John DAWSON, RNVR |
06 June 1944 |
EVERETT (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY
USA |
|
Air Mechanic (E) 1c, FAA/FX 103790 Stanley Clive WELLS |
06 June 1944 |
EVERETT (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY
USA |
|
Lieut. Cdr (A), (P) Robin Julian GRANT-STURGIS RN |
Addenda Panel |
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Sub-Lieut. (A), (P) Alan Edgar NEVILLE, RNVR |
06 October 1944 |
BURSCOUGH BRIDGE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, ORMSKIRK Sec. E. Grave 2567 |
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