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882 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.

882 (1) July 1941 - September 1942

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

Lieut. Conn.

 O. N. Bailey RN

15 Jul 1941

In command

 

 H. J. F. Lane

9 Sept 41

In command

 

 

 

 

Sub- Lieut. (A) (P) A. E. Moore 27 Aug 41  
  H. A. Monk 15 July 41  
       
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) F. C. Furlong 4 July 41 Temp In command Aug 10 1941
       
Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) H. Davies 2 Aug 4l  
  N. H. Lester 1 Aug 4l  
  A. J. Thomas  (proby) 8 Sept 41  
  A. G. Woods (proby) 8 Sept 41  
  J. A. Young 1 Aug 41  
       
Tpy. Mid. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) D. A. Dick 8 Sept 41  
       
Petty Officer Pilot  FAA/FX. 79970 F. J. Shaw   Killed. air crash 02 August 1942

Information drawn from the Navy list August 1941 through August 1942 (final edition which mentions the squadron)

 

882 (2) September 1942 - December 45

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

Tpy. Lieut.-Conn. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) J. Cooper DSC 25 Oct 1943 In command
  G. A. M. Flood 05 Jun 1945 In command
  G. R. Henderson DSC 05 Jul 1944 In command
       
Lieut.-Conn. (A) R. A. Bird RN 18 Nov 1944 In command
       
 Lieut. (A)

N. A. Bartlett

07 Sept 42  
 

I. L. F. Lowe DSC RN

07 Sept 42 In command
  E. A. Shaw RN 03 Dec 1942 In command
       
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) G. V. Richards 05 June 45  
  W. J. Sheppard 05 July 44  
  R. Tebble 05 June 45  
       
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)      
  G. L. Davies, dsc 20 Apr 45  
  J. H. B. Maggs 20 Apr 45  
Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. H. Morrison   Killed, air operations 04 May 1945
  C. St. George 05 July 44  
       

Sub- Lieut. R.N.R

J. A. Cotching 07 Sept 42  
    07 Sept 42  
Sub- Lieut. (A) B. H. C.  Nation    
       
       
       
Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A), R.N.V.R. (P) W. A. L. Banning 14 Dec 42  
  J. C. Bignall 05 July 44  
  H. M. Boswell 23 Oct 43  
  R. Brierley 05 July 44  
  D. R. Burgess 10 Nov 44  
  B. L. Burton 02 Dec 1942  
  A. R. Childs 25 Nov 44  
  J. Dufrdin 05 June 45  
  R. J. Ecob 05 July 44  
  F. C. Emberton 14 Dec 42  
  D. S. Farthing 05 July 44  
  G. N. Fenn 03 Dec 42  
  A. Foulks 09 Feb 45  
  H. A. Francis   air crash25 June 1944, MPK
  E. B. Galloway 13 Jan 45  
  H. N. J. Gardiner 20 May 44  
  T. G. Hartshome 19 Sept 42  
  J. W. Herbert 14 Dec 42  
  G. R. Henderson 19 Sept 42  
  A. G. H. Hoare 05 June 45  
  E. F. Hockings 14 Dec 42  
  R. F. G. Hubbard 19 June 45  
  W. R. F. Jennings 19 Sept 42  
  K. A. Leppard 26 Sept 44  
  G. Luke    
  C. D. MacGregor 02 Dec 44  
  J. E. McMullen 20 May 44  
  J. B. Madden 19 Sept 42  
  R. Moss 10 Nov 44  
  J. D. Mowat 16 Nov 44  
  H. J. Pain 05 July 44  
  K. B. Pearson 6 Oct 42  
  J. A. Pullin 01 July45  
  A. U. Reid 25 Nov 44  
  D. S. Rooke 10 Nov 44  
  K. Rudd 10 May 45  
  C. G. Sanville 26 Sept 43  
  F. T. Sherborne 26 Sept 43  
  W. S. Smith 23 Oct 43  
  D. F. Spackman 14 Dec 42  
  D.M. Steer 05 July 44  
  J. A. Thorne 2 Sept 43  
  J. H. Tuck 05 June 45  
  D. W. Vance 05 June 45  
  G. M. Warren 19 Sept 42  
  R. G. Williams 95 June 45  
  A. F. Womack 08 Dec 44  
       
Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A), R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P) D. R. Blundell 05 June 45  
  M. C. Brown 14 Dec 42  
  D. S. Byrne 14 Dec 42  
  P. J. M. Canter 23 Oct 43  
  A. R. Child 25 Nov 44  
  R. U. Davis 14 Dec 42  
  J. T. Dixon 14 Dec 42  
  A. R. Duff 14 Dec 42  
  S. W. Edney   Killed, air crash 17 May 1944
  J. T. Hodgson 14 Dec 42  
  D. R. Mcintosh 14 Dec 42  
  J.H. Nurse 02 Dec 42  
  A. Sharpe 14 Sept 42 Killed, air crash 19 August 1944
  G. Waite 14 Dec 42  
       
Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A), R.N.Z.N.V.R. (O) O. Munro 26 Sept 43  
       
Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A), R.N.V.R. (P) B. F. Bullivant 17 Sept 42  
  K. F. Cope 14 Sept 42 Killed, air crash 23 September 1942
  R. F. C. Dent 16 Nov 44  
  E. B. Galloway 13 Jan 45  
  D. S. Farthing 14 Sept 42  
  J. A. P. Harrison 11 July 44  
  K. A. Leppard 26 Sept 44  
  D. Lock 25 Nov 44  
  E. J. Ockleford 13 Jan 45  
  A. U. Reid 25 Nov 44  
  P. D. C. Street 14 Sept 42  
  W. A. Tofts 13 Jan 45  
  R. G. Williams 05 June 45  
       
Tpy. Mid. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) W. Park 14 Dec 42  
  A. F. Womack 11 July 44  
       
       

Information drawn from the Navy list October 1941 through October 1945 (final edition before squadron disbanded)
 

 


List last modified 30 September 2024


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

Petty Officer Airman Frederick James SHAW

CWGC Record

02 August 1942 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 3, Panel 2.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Kenneth Frank COPE, RNVR

CWGC Record

23 September 1942 BIRMINGHAM (HANDSWORTH) CEMETERY

Sec. 33. Chapel. Class B. Grave 9292.

Lieut. (A) (P) Stanley William EDNEY, RNZNVVR

CWGC Record

17 May 1944 NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND

Panel 8..

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Horace Ambrose FRANCIS, RNVR

CWGC Record

25 June 1944 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 5, Panel 5.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Alan SHARPE, RNZNVR

CWGC Record

19 August 1944 MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES

Plot 3. Row E. Grave 2.

Lieut. (A) (P) Hugh MORRISON, RNZNVR

CWGC Record

04 May 1945 NARVIK NEW CEMETERY  Norway

XI. M. 1.

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