852 Naval Air Squadron Crew List

Rank	Name	Appointed	Notes
Lieut. Conn. (A) (P)	R. E. Bradshaw DSC, RN	- Sep 43	In command

Lieut. (A) (P)	A.W. R.Tumey	15 Sep 43	Senior Pilot

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	E. E. Ames	- Oct 44	Wildcat pilot
	W. L. Black	01 Oct 43
	D. Cash	01 Nov 43
	P. R. Cave	22 Jun 44?
	R. E. Lord	01 Nov 43	Killed, air crash 28.05.44
	H.J. H. Roberts	01 Nov 43
	E. A. E. Roberts	01 Feb 44
	E. C. Spreadbury	01 Oct 43
	P. Westover	01 Nov 43

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)	C. B. Armstrong Barnard	01 Nov 43
	E. Bromilow	01 Jul 44?
	R. L. Battison	01 Nov 43
	L. Dunbar	01 Nov 43
	A. Laing	01 Nov 43
	D. S. Lawrence	01 Oct 43
	W. A. Reeks	01 Nov 43
	E. A. Scholey	01 Nov 43
	R. T. J. Thwaites	01 Nov 43	Killed, air crash 28.05.44
	C. D. Wheeler	01 Nov 43	Killed, air crash 29.07.44

Tpy. Act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)	F. M. Batten	01 Nov 43
	M. R Browne	01 Nov 43
	I. P. Davis	01 Nov 43
	W. P. Hughes	01 Jun 44	Wildcat pilot
	W. J. Kurney	01 Jun 44	Wildcat pilot
	K. R. Stevens	01 Nov 43
	L. S. Watson	01 Nov 43

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (O)	L. O. Howard	01 Oct 43

Tpy. Act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	M. E. R. Keates	01 Jun 44	Wildcat pilot

Tpy. Act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)	D. Whitford	01 Nov 43

Telegraphist Air Gunners

Petty Officer T.A.G.	W. Aitken
	B. K. Blissett		Killed, air crash 29.07.44
	Galloway	01 Nov 43
	Wheatly

Leading T.A.G.	Donovan	01 Nov 43
	Hall	01 Nov 43
	Harris	Aug 44?
	Lees	01 Nov 43
	Mitchell	01 Nov 43
	Rees	01 Nov 43
	Stocker	01 Nov 43
	Struthers	22 Jun 44
	Winder	01 Nov 43	Killed, air crash 28.05.44
	Wrigley	01 Nov 43


Maintenance Personnel *listed as on the books of NABOB for pay and victualling

Leading Air Fitter (O) FAA/FX 114884	J. A. Beach		Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44
Leading Air Mechanic (O) FAA/SFX 563	O. R. Goudie		Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44
Leading Radio Mechanic FAA/FX 587821	G. H. Stephens		Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44
Air Mechanic (A) FAA/FX 11023	J. Frohock		Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44
Air Mechanic (L) FAA/FX 98157	E. W. Gallant		Killed, air crash28.05.44
Air Mechanic (E) FAA/FX 105316	G. R. W. Lyner		Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44
Ty/Act/Air Mechanic 4c FAA/FX 76721	P. T. Rothwell		Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44
Air Mechanic (E) FAA/FX 572194	C. A. W. Stanton		Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44
Air Mechanic (O) FAA/FX 109695	G. Tullett		To 846 Sqn

Information drawn from the Navy list October 1943 through October 1944 (final edition before squadron disbanded)

List last modified 13 November 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

Name & Rank	CWGC details	Date of death	Cemetery/Memorial
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Andrew Alexander DICKSON, RNVR	CWGC Record	28 May1944	SOUTHPORT (DUKE STREET) CEMETERY Sec. 11. Grave 254.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (O) Ronald Thomas John THWAITES, RNVR	CWGC Record	28 May 1944	GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT Sec. A. Grave 989.
FX/86931 Leading Airman Alan Glenister WINDER	CWGC Record	28 May 1944	MORTLAKE CREMATORIUM Panel 13.
FAA/FX 98157 Air Mechanic (L) Edgar William GALLANT	CWGC Record	28 May 1944	IPSWICH NEW CEMETERY Sec. X.H. Div 6. Grave 117.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (O) Cecil Desmond WHEELER, RNVR	CWGC Record	29 July 1944	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 7.
FAA/FX 95691 Petty Officer Airman Bernard Keith BLISSETT	CWGC Record	29 July 1944	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 1.
FAA/FX 114884 Leading Air Fitter (O) John Alan BEACH	CWGC Record	22 August 1944	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 3.
FAA/SFX 563 Leading Air Mechanic (O) Owen Reynolds GOUDIE	CWGC Record	22 August 1944	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 3.
FAA/FX 587821 Leading Radio Mechanic Gordon HenrySTEPHENS	CWGC Record	22 August 1944	DUNFERMLINE (DOUGLAS BANK) CEMETERY Sec. A. Grave 298.
FAA/FX 110232 Air Mechanic (A) John FROHOCK	CWGC Record	22 August 1944	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 3.
FAA/FX 105316 Air Mechanic (E) George Roy Walter LYNER	CWGC Record	22 August 1944	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 3.
FAA/FX 76721 Air Mechanic 4c Peter Thomas ROTHWELL	CWGC Record	22 August 1944	LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY Plot P. Row 2. Grave 58.

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852 Naval Air Squadron

Aircrew and squadron personnel

852 November 1943 - October 1944

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.