1852 Naval Air Squadron
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History |
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| 1. February 1945 | 1852 NAS formed at NAS Brunswick ME, USA |
| 29. August 1945 | 1852 NAS disbanded at RNAS Nutts Corner, Northern Ireland |
| Planes: |
Corsair IV (18)
| 1852 NAS Deployments | ||||
| 4. May 1945 - 25. May 1945 | HMS Patroler | - | Corsair IV | V10 |
| 1852 NAS Home Port Assignments | ||
| NAS Brunswick ME. USA | 1. Feb. 1945 | 4. May 1945 |
| RNAS Eglington, Co. Londonderry | 25. May 1945 | 9. Aug. 1945 |
| RNAS Belfast, Co. Antrim | 9. Aug. 1945 | 29. Aug. 1945 |
| 1852 NAS Commanding Officers | ||
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Lt-Cdr (A) I. F. Voller, RNVR |
1. Feb. 1945 | 29. Aug. 1945 |
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History |
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1852 NAS formed at NAS Bruswick, Maine, USA on 1 February 1945 as a single seater fighter squadron. Equipped with 18 Corsair IVs, these embarked in HMS Patroller for the UK in May 1945. It continued work-up in Northern Ireland, at the same time converting the aircraft from a normal reflector gunsight to the GGS Mk.IID gyro gunsight, but plans for it to become part of the 18th Air Group in the British Pacific Fleet were cancelled after VJ-Day It disbands at RNAS Nutts Corner on 29. August 1945. - Has anyone more Informations about this Squadron - |