Flight	Name	Appointed	Notes
Lieut. Com. (P)	H. C. Ranald	24 May 39	In command
	H.. L McCulloch	03 Jul 39	In command 08 Aprl 40
	J. B. Wilson	10 Jul 39	In command 12 Jul 40†
	G. R. Brown DSC	21 Apr 41(as Lieut.)	As instructor, in command 21 Apr41†

Tpy. Lieut. Com. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	L. D. Goldsmith	10 Sep 41 (as Lieut.)	In command 11 Jan 43†

Lieut. (P)	R. J. H. Stephens	10 Apr 40
	M. C. Hoskin	10 Apr 40
	E. A. Greenwood	10 Apr 40
	P. E. O'Brien	09 Oct 40	As instructor
	J. L. W. M. Allison	02 Mar 42	In command 127 Aug 42†

Tpy. Lieut. (A) (P)	J. W. Bateman	29 Jan 40
	D. E. C. Eyres	29 Jan 40
	M. C. Hoskin		KIA 07.10.40

*Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)*	L. D. Goldsmith	10 Sep 41
	T. E. Rose-Richards		IA 07.10.40

*Sub- Lieut. (A)*	D. F. Johnson	06 Sep 40	Non-flying duties


*Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)*	L. C. Hilditch	27 Dec 40	As instructor

*Midshipman (A)*	P. L. Atkinson		Killed, air crash 09.05.40

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.

765 (2) February 1944 - April 1946

Rank	Name	Appointed	Notes
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)	D. H. Coates	10 Feb 44	In command
	S. C. Abel	14 Aug 45	In command
	H. E. Rumble	04 Feb 46	In command

Tpy. Lieut. (A) (P)	R. O. Davies		Killed. air crash 04 April 1946

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	L. Worthy	- Mar 46

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)	D. J. Bunyan	04 Apr 44
	B.A. Page	27 Jul 45	Killed. air crash 04 April 1946

*Tpy. act. Sub-* Lieut. (A), R.C.N.V.R. (P)	R. A. Chapman	04 Apr 44
	R. A. Thurston	02 Jul 44
	B.A. Page	27 Jul 45	Killed. air crash 04 April 1946
	A.G. Sandison

S.N.C.O.s


Junior Rates
Naval Airman (GD)	Gordon Littler	Mar 44
Naval Airman (GD)	Ken Littler	Mar 44
Naval Airman (TAG)	L. E. Houldsworth

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.

764 (3) May1953 - Novtember1954

Rank	Name	Appointed	Notes
Lieut. Com (P)	P. S. Brewer	07 Deb 55	In command
	D. W. Winterton	12 Dec 55	In command
	W. H. Gunner	08 Mar 57	In command
Lieut. (P)

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

764 (4) February 1955 - July 1972

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 28 August 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

765 (1)

Name & Rank	CWGC details	Date of death	Cemetery/Memorial
Lieut. (A) Thomas Essery ROSE-RICHARDS, RNVR	CWGC Record	07 October 1940	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 1, Panel 6.
Lieut. (A) (P) Michael Covernton HOSKIN	CWGC Record	07 October 1940	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 1, Panel 2.
Midshipman (A) Peter Lewis ATKINSON	CWGC Record	09 May 1940	HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY G. 8. 18.

Name & Rank

CWGC details

Date of death

Cemetery/Memorial

Lieut. (A) Thomas Essery ROSE-RICHARDS, RNVR

CWGC Record

07 October 1940

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 1, Panel 6.

Lieut. (A) (P) Michael Covernton HOSKIN

CWGC Record

07 October 1940

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 1, Panel 2.

Midshipman (A) Peter Lewis ATKINSON

CWGC Record

09 May 1940

HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY G. 8. 18.

765 (2)

Name & Rank	CWGC details	Date of death	Cemetery/Memorial
Lieut. (A) (P) Robert Owen Davies	CWGC Record	05 April 1946	MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY Prot. Sec. (Officers'). Plot E. Grave 36.
Lieut. (A) (O) Bernard Arthur Page, RNVR	CWGC Record	05 April 1946	MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY Prot. Sec. (Officers'). Plot E. Grave 37.
FAA/FX 593072 Air Mechanic 2c, John Donn Morgan	CWGC Record	05 April 1946	MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY Prot. Sec. (Officers'). Plot E. Grave 38.
FAA/FX 690882, Leading Air Fitter (E) Reginald Kenneth William Hathorn	CWGC Record	05 April 1946	MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY Prot. Sec. (Officers'). Plot E. Grave 39.

765 Naval Air Squadron

Aircrew and squadron personnel

765 (1) May 1939 - October 1943

765 (2) February 1944 - April 1946

764 (3) May1953 - Novtember1954

764 (4) February 1955 - July 1972

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.

765 (1)

765 (2)