886 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.

Rank	Name	Appointed	Notes
Lieut. Conn. (A), (P)	P. E. I. Bailey	1 Oct 43	In command

Lieut. (A), (P)	J. C. M. Harman	15 Mar 42	In command
	D. M. T. Morey	19 Oct 43
	R. H. H. L. Oliphant	27 Jul 42	In command
	H. G. Thorn	6 May 42
	T. B. Winstanley	15 Mar 42	Senior Pilot

Lieut. (E), (P)	P. Richmond	27 Jul 42

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	G. W. Bricker
	R. M. Crosley
	D. B. Law	4 Nov 43
	R. D. C. McAlpine	15 Mar 42
	D. M. T. More
	J. L. Newman	16 Jun 42
	G. Ogilvy
	J. O. Robertson	10 May 43
	W. A. Wallace	01 Mar 44

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)	J. M. Howden	20 Oct 43
	H. Lang	15 Mar 42
	H. Morrison

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)	O. J. H. Davie	28 Aug 42
	R. O. Davies	23 mar 42
	s A. Carroll	16 Jun 43

Act. Sub- Lieut. (P) R.N.R.	D. G. Konantz	— Sept 42	Killed, air crash 19.6.43
	H. H. Simpson	01 Mar 44

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	C. H. Birch	25 Feb 44?
	F. H. Borlace	16 Jun 43
	F. M. D. Brooshooft	25 Feb 44
	W. T. S. Buchan	19 Oct 43
	T. A. Cooper	22 Mar 43
	P. A. Crompton-Smith	15 Mar 42
	T. W. Down
	R. I. Foxley
	T. C. Green	15 Mar 42
	D. A. Gibson	20 Oct 43
	J. G. Hornshaw	14 Nov 43
	H. T. T. Harding	06 Jun 43
	C. F. Hargreaves	15 Mar 42
	G. H. Home	25 Feb 44
	A. Horstead	01 Mar 44
	D. T. Keene
	D. M. Lawler	15 Mar 42	Killed, air crash 25.8.42
	J. W. Leake	05 Nov 43	Killed, air crash 1.2.44
	D. K. Lewis	25 Feb 44
	J. A. Luke	16 Jun 43
	R. D. C. McAlpine	15 Mar 42
	N. McG. Ganley	19 Oct 43
	J. S. Oxon	04Sept 42
	P. B. N. Prentice		Killed, air crash 9.9.43
	P. Richmond	15 Mar 42
	G. A. M. Rood	15 Mar 42
	A. E. Taylor	25 Feb 44
	J.C. Thomas	25 Feb 44

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)	K. A. Farmer	16 Jun 43
	T. S. Hall	16 Jun 43
	H. H. Harvey	16 Jun 43
	A. F. Pearson	16 Jun 43
	A. W. Siddle	16 Jun 43
	S. C. Yeo	16 Jun 43

Tpy. Act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N..V.R. (P)	R. A. Colbeck	09 Feb 43
	J. T. Hodgson	15 Apr 43

Tpy. Act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	B. Spencer	25 Feb 44

Chief Petty Officer Airman

Petty Officer Airman	R. Lakey

Information drawn from the Navy list April 942 through June 1944 (final edition which mentions the squadron)

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) Dennis Minter LAWLER , RNVR	CWGC Record	25 August 1942	ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY Compt. D. North Border, Grave 16.
Sub-Lieut. (P) Donald Grosvenor KONANTZ, RNR.	CWGC Record	19 June 1943	CAMPBELTOWN (KILKERRAN) CEMETERY Division 4. Grave 611.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Peter Bruce Nevill PRENTICE, RNVR	CWGC Record	09 September 1943	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 4, Panel 7.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Ralph Austin COLBECK, RNZNVR	CWGC Record	11 November 1943	BURSCOUGH BRIDGE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, ORMSKIRK Sec. E. Grave 2566
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) James William LEAKE, RNVR	CWGC Record	01 February 1944	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 6.

886 Naval Air Squadron

Aircrew and squadron personnel

March 1942 - July 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.

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