1853 Naval Air Squadron
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History |
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| 1. April 1945 | 1853 NAS formed at NAS Brunswick ME, USA |
| 15. August 1945 | 1853 NAS disbanded at RNAS Marhrihanish |
| Planes: |
Corsair IV (18)
| 1853 NAS Deployments | ||||
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24. July 1945 - 6. August 1945 |
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VII |
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| 1853 NAS Home Port Assignments | ||
| NAS Brunswick ME. USA | 1. Apr. 1945 | 24. July 1945 |
| RNAS Machrihanish, Argyll & Bute | 6. August 1945 | 15. August 1945 |
| 1853 NAS Commanding Officers | ||
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Lt-Cdr J. R. Schuiling, RNethN |
1. Apr. 1945 | 15. Aug. 1945 |
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History |
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1853 NAS personnel assembled at NAD Townhill Camp on 23 Februry 1945, and after passage to the USA formed officially at NAS Bruswick, Maine on 1. April 1945 as a single sater fighter squadron. Equipped with 18 Corsair IVs it embarked in HMS Rajah for the UK in July 1945, but plans for it to ioin a 4th Carrier Air Group in HMS Illustrious were cancelled, and it disbanded at RNAS Machrihanish on VJ-Day, 15. August 1945. - Has anyone more Informations about this Squadron - |