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.
|
Flight |
Name |
Appointed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lieut. Com. (P) |
F. E. C. Judd |
08 Apr 40 |
In command |
|
H. L. McCulloch |
16 Jul 40 | In command, ex 765 NAS | |
|
H. Wright |
17 Oct 41 | In command† | |
|
|
J.O.B Young |
16 Jun 43 | In command |
|
Tpy. Lieut. Com. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) |
J. E. Mansfield | 01 Feb 43 | In command from 10 Apr 43 to 16 Jun 32† |
|
Lieut. (P) |
N. G. Hallett |
24 Apr 40 | |
|
R. J. H. Stephens |
13 Jun 40 | Ex 765 NAS | |
|
M. B. P. Franklin, DSC |
26 Jan 42 | ||
|
Tpy. Lieut. (A) (P) |
D. French |
07 Aug 43 | |
|
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O) |
W. G. A. Shepherd |
23 Nov 42 | |
|
Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) |
H.R. Spalding |
23 Nov 42 | |
| F.W. Smallwood | ? |
Information drawn from the Navy list June 1940 through October 1943 (final edition before squadron disbanded)
† Appointment included duties as Officer in Charge
RNAS Lawrenny Ferry until
16 June 1943.
|
Rank |
Name |
Appointed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Tpy. Capt., R.M. |
D. B. L. Smith | 03 Ju 45 | In command |
|
Lieut. (P) |
E. D. J. R. Whatley | 16 Feb 44 |
In command |
| K. Lee-White | 01 Sep 44 | In command | |
|
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) |
D. L. R. Hutchinson | 19 Apr 44 |
In command |
| G. A. Donoghue | 20 Nov 44 | In command | |
| J. H. B. Bedells | 26 Jan 45 | ||
|
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O) |
W. G. A. Shepherd | 16 Feb 44 | * |
| Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A), R.C.N.V.R. (P) | D. G. Frampton | 16 Feb 44 | |
| A. C. Francis | 16 Feb 44 | ||
| D. H. Collett | 25 Sep 44 | ||
| F. P. Jones | 14 Sep 44 | ||
| E. C. Spreadbury | 10 Nov 44 | ||
| J. Incley | 23 Jan 45 | ||
| R. I. B. Tavener | ? | ||
| Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O) | D. W. H. Waite | 01 Apr 44 |
Information drawn from the Navy list April 1944 through October 1945 (final edition before squadron disbanded)
*May have been incorrectly listed in Navy Lists as he was a member of the original disbanded squadron.
|
Rank |
Name |
Appointed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lieut. Com (P) |
P.S. Brewer | 18 May 53 |
In command |
| B. Bevans DSC, | 28 Sep 53 | In command | |
Information drawn from the Navy list October 944 through April 1946 (final edition which mentions the squadron)
|
Rank |
Name |
Appointed |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lieut. Com. (P) |
D. F. Battinson |
24 Jan 55 |
In command |
|
J. W. Ayres |
17 Jan 56 |
||
|
C. V. Gregory |
24 Jan 55 |
||
|
K. A. Leppard |
24 Jan 55 |
||
|
F. W. S. Grant |
02 May 55 |
||
|
U. P. Swithinbank |
02 May 55 |
||
|
D. T. McKeown |
17 Jun 57 |
In command |
|
|
R. M. P. Came |
20 Apr 59 |
In command |
|
|
J. C. Mather |
02 Dec 60 |
In command |
|
|
J. N. S. Anderdon |
07 Jan 61 |
In command |
|
|
G. W. G. Hunt |
31 Aug 64 |
In command |
|
|
M. F. Kennett |
22 Nov 65 |
In command |
|
|
R. J. Northard |
06 Sep 68 |
In command |
|
|
R. W. Edwards |
06 May 70 |
In command |
|
|
Lieut.-Com. (E) (P) (A/E) |
N. C. Fitzgerald |
28 Mar 55 |
|
|
Lieutenant (E) (A/E) |
E. O. Tonkin |
03 Oct 55 |
|
|
Lieutenant . (P) |
R. D. Forrest |
11 Apr 56 |
|
|
A. Mancais |
11 Nov 57 |
||
|
|
N. J. P. Mills |
- May 58 |
|
|
C. S. Caspard |
18 Dec 59 |
Senior Pilot |
|
|
E. Cape |
16 Feb 62 |
Senior Pilot - promoted to Lieut. Com. (P) and appointed as C.O.from 01 May 1967 |
|
|
P. C. Marshall |
18 Nov 63 |
Senior Pilot |
|
|
T. J. Notley |
13 Jun 66 |
Senior Pilot |
|
|
I. P. F. Meiklejohn |
12 Dec 69 |
Senior Pilot |
|
|
Sub- Lieut. (P) |
A. King |
24 Jan 55 |
|
|
W. T. H. Fleury |
24 Jan 55 |
||
|
Cd. Pilot |
W. A. Newton |
14 Nov 55 |
|
Information drawn from the various Navy list editions beginning April 1956 through Spring 1970. Note: from 1957 editions C.O. and Senior Pilot only are listed for R.N Air Squadrons.
List last modified 27 August 2022
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