1846 Naval Air Squadron
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History |
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| 1. July 1944 | 1846 NAS formed at NAS Brunswick ME, USA |
| 23. July 1946 | 1846 NAS disbanded at RNAS Gosport |
| Planes: |
Corsair III (18)
Corsair IV (24)
| 1846 NAS Deployments | ||||
| 18. October 1944 - 3. November 1944 | HMS Ranee | - | Corsair III | V4 |
| 20. February 1945 - 10. June 1945 | HMS Colossus | 14th CAG | Corsair IV | - |
| 5. July 1945 - 21. July 1945 | HMS Colossus | 14th CAG | Corsair IV | - |
| 13. August 1945 - 26. October 1945 | HMS Colossus | 14th CAG | Corsair IV | - |
| 30. December 1945 - 17. January 1945 | HMS Colossus | 14th CAG | Corsair IV | - |
| 8. April 1946 - 27. April 1946 | HMS Colossus | 14th CAG | Corsair IV | - |
| 17. May 1946 - 23. July 1946 | HMS Colossus | 14th CAG | Corsair IV | - |
| 1846 NAS Home Port Assignments | ||
| NAS Brunswick ME, USA | 1. Jul. 1944 | 18. Oct. 1944 |
| RNAS Eglington, Co. Londonderry | 3. Nov. 1944 | 20. Feb 1945 |
| 1846 NAS Commanding Officers | ||
| Lt-Cdr (A) D. G. Brooker, RNVR | 1. Jul. 1944 | 4. Apr. 1945 |
| Lt-Cdr (A) S. L. Devonald, DFC, RN | 4. Apr. 1945 | 26. Feb. 1946 |
| Lt-Cdr (A) D. A, Dick, DFC, RNVR | 26. Feb. 1946 | 23. Jul. 1946 |
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History |
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1846
NAS personnel assembled at RNAS Donibristle and Tomhill Camp in June
1944, and sailed for the USA where it officially formed on 1. July
1944 at NAS Brunswick, Maine as a single seater fighter squadron.
Equipped with 18 Corsair IIIs, these took passage in HMS Ranee for
the uUK in October 1944, being expanded to 24 Aircraft on taking
over part of the disbanded 1848 NAS in
November. Re-equipping with 24 Corsair IVs, it embarked in HMS
Colossus for the Far East in February 1945, joining the 14th Carrier
Air Group when it fomed in Jrme 1945. the squadron saw no action,
eventually returlng home to disband on arrival at NAS Gosport on 23.
July 1946. - Has anyone more Informations about this Squadron - |