1820 Naval Air Squadron
Fleet Air Arm
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History |
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| 1. April 1944 | 1820 NAS formed at NAS Brunswick, Maine USA |
| 16. December 1944 | 1820 NAS disbandedat RNAS Burscough |
| Planes: |
Helldiver I
| 1820 NAS Deployments | ||||
| 5. July 1944 - 24. July 1944 | HMS Arbiter | Helldiver I | 4A to 4Z | - |
| 1820 NAS Home Port Assignments | ||
| NAS Brunswick, Maine USA | 1. Apr. 1944 | 1. May 1944 |
| NAS Squantum, Massachusetts USA | 1. May 1944 | 5. Jul. 1944 |
| RAF Speke, Lancastershire | 24. Jul. 1944 | 11. Aug. 1944 |
| RNAS Burscough, Lancastershire | 11. Aug. 1944 | 23. Oct. 1944 |
| RNAS Donibristle, Fife | 23. Oct. 1944 | 31. Oct. 1944 |
| RNAS Hatston, Orkney | 31. Oct. 1944 | 1. Dec. 1944 |
| RNAS Donibristle, Fife | 1. Dec. 1944 | 4. Dec. 1944 |
| RNAS Burscough, Lancastershire | 4. Dec. 1944 | 16. Dec.1944 |
| 1820 NAS Commanding Officers | ||
| Lt-Cdr (A) H. I. A. Swayne, RN | 1. Apr. 1944 | 16. Dec.1944 |
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History |
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1820 NAS forned at NAS Brunswick, Maine, USA on 1. April 1944 as a dive bomber squadron equipped wlth 9 Helldiver Is. After work-up these embarked in HMS Arbiter in July for passage to the UK, but the type was found unsatisfactory for its intended pupose, the squadron losing several aircraft and crews through accidents, including three aircraft which failed to pull out of vertical dives. 1820 NAS was therefore disbanded at RNAS Burscough on 16. December 1944. - Has anyone more Informations about this Squadron - |