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715 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.

715 (1) July 1936 - January 1940 Catapult Flights

Flight

Name

Appointed

Notes

H.M.S. BIRMINGHAM

 

 

 
Lieutenant (O)

P. E. Fansliawe

 01 Dec 37  

Lieutenant (P)

G. R. Brown

16 Nov 37

  

 

B. A. Shaw

16 Nov 37

  
       

H.M.S. DORSETSHIRE

    

 
Lieutenant (O) J. M. M. Tarver 08 Jul 37

Lieutenant (P)

 W. J. Lucas 08 Jul 37  
       

H.M.S. CORNWALL

      
Lieutenant (O) P. H. Worrnell 06 Mar 39  

Lieutenant (P)

 J. M. Scott 15 Aug 38  
  F. H. Fox 28 Feb 39  
       

H.M.S. CUMBERLAND

      
Lieutenant (P) M. K. Cambell 12 Aug 36  
  F. Fletcher - Sep 38  
       

H.M.S. KENT

     
Lieutenant (O) P. J. Milner-Barry 02 May 38

In command 715 Squadron from 24 May 39
  F. B. Currie 08 July 38  
Lieutenant (P) I. R. Sarel 01 Feb 39  
       

H.M.S. SUFFOLK

     
Lieutenant (P) D. H. Elles - Dec 36  
  M. J. A. O'Sullivan  - Dec 36  
       

Information drawn from the Navy list to December 1939 (final edition before squadron disbanded) Note, not all ships flights were listed under the entry for their respective Cruisers from the middle of 1959 so the list is incomplete..
       

 

 

715 (2) August 1944 - March 1946

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

Tpy. Lieut. Com. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)

 R. E. Gardner

17 Aug 44

In command
 

J. G. Large (act)

11 Sept 44

To 761 Sqn Nov 44.
 

J. W. Sleigh, DSO, DSC, (act)

16 Dec 44

C.O. 759 Sqn appointed 14 Dec 4
 

D. J. McDonald (act)

18 Feb 45

  
 

R. H. Grose (act)

18 Feb 45
 

D. M. R. Wynne-Roberts RN

31 Aug 45

In command
       
Tpy. Lieut. Com. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)

P. G. Burke (act)

16 Dec 44

To 760 Sqn Apr 45
   

 

 

Tpy. Lieut. Com A), S.A.N.F.(V), (P)

D. G. Carlisle (act)

12 Dec-44

In command
       

Lieut. Com (P)

F. R. A. Turnbull, DSC

28 Jun 45

In command
       

Lieut. (P)

P. J. P. Leckie

16 Dec 44

  
 

A. T. Green

28 Oct 44

  
       

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

J. W. W. Williams

05 Aug 45

  
 

P. S. Cole

05 Aug 45

  
  C. V. Atkinson 17 Aug 44  
  I. F. Voller 17 Aug 44  
  J. S. Oxon 11 Sept 44  
  A. B. Law 11 Sept 44  
  G. Dennison 11 Sept 44  
  T. H. Hoare, DSC 11 Sept 44  
  D. S. Ogle 11 Sept 44  
  A. B. C. Ford 16 Dec 44  
  H. D. Easy 16 Dec 44  
  T. L. M. Brander 01 Apr 45  
  H. J. Pain, DSC* Joined 28 Oct 44 as Sub-Lt. prompted Lt. 15. Mar 45  
  H. G. Scott 05 Aug 45  
  W. Fenwick Smith 05 Aug 45  
  N. K. Turner, DSC 16 Oct 45  
       

Lieut. (P) R.N.R.

S. J. K. Edwards

28 Oct 44

  
       
       
Tpy. Lieut. (A), R.C.N.V.R. (P) B. L. Hayter    
       
       
Tpy. Lieut. (A), R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P) H. E. Duthie 18 Feb 45  
  J. G. Hale 28 Mar 45  
  M. I. Ritchie 05 Aug 45  
       
Tpy. Lieut. (A), S.A.N.F.(V) (P) D. R. Gardner, DSC 01 Aug 44  
       
Lieut. (P) R.M. H. H. M. Edwards 28 Oct 44 To HMS VULTURE as Captain R.M. 14 Dec 44
       

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)

 G. S. Maskell 11 Sept 44  
  A. J. Kendrick 11 Sept 44  
       

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

P. R. Phillips 28 Oct 44  
   J. D. Blythe    
       
Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A), R.C.N.V.R. (P) R. T. Moore 05 Aug 45  
       

Information drawn from the Navy list October 944 through April 1946 (final edition which mentions the squadron)

 

List last modified 23 August 2022



 

 

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