1843 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.

May 1944 - December 1945

Rank	Name	Appointed	Notes
Tpy. Lieut. Conn. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)	D. K. Evans (act)	- Mar 44	In command

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.C.N.V.R. (P)	D. F. W. Davies	01 May 44	Tempera lily in command 20.9.44 - 16.10.33

Tpy. Major, R.M. (P)	P. P. Nelson-Grade	16 Oct 44	In command

Lieut. Conn. (A) (P)	P. C. S. Chilton (act)	11 Feb 45	In command

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	C. V. Brewer	01 May 44
	R. M. Norris	- Mar 44 4
	P. R. Thompson	23 Nov 4

Tpy. *Sub-Lieut.* (A) R.N.V.R. (P)
	R. G. C Ambrose	23 Dec 44
	K. S. Bailey	01 May 44
	I. J. Baker	01 May 44	Killed, air crash 2 Oct 44
	E. Barker	01 May 44
	H. Colgate	01 May 44
	R. N. W. Collier	01 May 44
	D. A. Golding	23 Nov 44
	H. Hodgkinson	01 May 44
	J. R. Ionns	01 May 44
	R. G. Kennett	23 Nov 44
	R.J. McHaffie	?	Killed, air crash 10 Oct 44
	J. C. Maynard	23 Nov 44
	W. Noble	23 Nov 44
	R. C. Read	23 Nov 44
	P. S. Ross	01 May 44	Killed, air crash 18 Jan 45
	M. J. Rouse	01 May 44
	A. Sargent	01 May 44	Killed, air crash 18 Feb 45
	D. J. Scarrett	23 Nov 44
	C. H. Schwenger	01 May 44
	J. R. Stephenson	01 Sep 44
	G. V. Thomas	01 May 44
	A. R. Thornton	5 Jan 45
	J. W. Todd	01 May 44
	K. E. Vogan	01 May 44	Killed, air crash 30 Nay 45

TTpy. Sub- Lieut. (A), R.C.N.V.R. (P)	J. A. Ferguson	15 May 44

Tpy. *Sub-Lieut.t.* (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)	I. V. Brown	01 May 44

Tpy. act. Sub-Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	R. Aspin	27 Dec 44
	J. B. Neville	27 Dec 44

Information drawn from the Navy list June1944 through October 1945 (final edition before squadron disbanded)

List last modified 10 March 2025

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) Peter Storm ROSS, RNVR	CWGC Record	18 January 1945	GLASGOW (CRAIGTON) CEMETERY Sec. I. Grave 530
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Richard James MCHAFFIE, RNVR	CWGC Record	10 October 1944	COLVEND PARISH CHURCHYARD Sec. L. Grave 34-35-36.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Ivor John BAKER, RNVR	CWGC Record	02 October 1944	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 4
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Kenneth Ernest VOGAN, RNVR	CWGC Record	30 May 1945	SYDNEY WAR CEMETERY 2W. C. 12.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Deryck John SCARROTT, RNVR	CWGC Record	18 February 1945	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 6, Panel 4

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