1850 Naval Air Squadron
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History |
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| 1. August 1944 | 1850 NAS formed at NAS Brunswick ME, USA |
| 12. August 1946 | 1850 NAS disbanded at RNAS Gosport, Hampshire |
| Planes: |
Corsair IV (18)
| 1850 NAS Deployments | ||||
| 22. November 1944 - 6. December 1944 | HMS Reaper | - | Corsair IV | ? |
| 25. February 1945 - 19. March 1545 | HMS Vengeance | 13th CAG | Corsair IV | ? |
| 23. April 1945 - 11. June 1945 | HMS Vengeance | 13th CAG | Corsair IV | ? |
| 1. July 1945 - 22. July 1945 | HMS Vengeance | 13th CAG | Corsair IV | ? |
| 13. August 1945 - 3. October 1945 | HMS Vengeance | 13th CAG | Corsair IV | ? |
| 20. December 1945 - 12. January 1946 | HMS Vengeance | 13th CAG | Corsair IV | ? |
| 19. March 1946 - 5. April 1946 | HMS Vengeance | 13th CAG | Corsair IV | ? |
| 11. June 1946 - 12. August 1946 | HMS Vengeance | 13th CAG | Corsair IV | ? |
| 1850 NAS Home Port Assignments | ||
| NAS Brunswick ME. USA | 1. Aug. 1944 | 23. November 1944 |
| Schofields Australia | 12. January 1946 | 19. March 1946 |
| 1850 NAS Commanding Officers | ||
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Lt-Cdr (A) Michael Hordern, RN |
1. Aug. 1944 | 2. Dec. 1945 |
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Lt-Cdr Wilfred N. Waller, RN |
2. Dec. 1945 | 12. Aug. 1946 |
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History |
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1850 Squadron formed at Brunswick on 1. August 1944 as a single seater fighter squadron. Equipped with 18 Corsair IVs, it sailed for the UK in HMS Raper in Novenber, absorbing part of the disbanded 1849 NAS on arrival to increase the strength to 24 aircraft. After work-up and deck landing practice in HMS Venerable in February 1945, the squadron joined HMS Vengeance for the British Pacific Fleet. After weapon training and dive bombing practlce in southern India, during which the squadron became part of the 13th Carrier Air Group, it re-embarked and the ship entered the war zone in August, but was too late to take an active part. 1850 NAS remained in the area for some time, reducing to 12 aircraft in October 1945, but in June 1946 returned to the UK, where it disbanded on arrival at Gosport on 12. August 1946. The number was earmarked in 1953 for a postwar RN Volunteer Reserve squadron, but this became 1843 NAS instead. - Has anyone more Informations about this Squadron - |