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15. June 1944 |
719 NAS formed at RNAS Meyrin |
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2. January 1945 |
719 NAS disbanded at
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1. March 1946 |
719 NAS reformed at RNAS Fearn |
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27. December 1949 |
719 NAS disbanded at
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14. June 1950 |
719 NAS reformed at RNAS Eglinton |
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17. March 1959 |
719 NAS disbanded at
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17. May 1960 |
719 NAS reformed at RNAS Eglinton |
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5. October 1961 |
719 NAS renumbered 819 NAS |
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Jun. 1944 - Dec. 1944
Corsair IlI |
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Jun. 1944 - Dec. 1944
Seafire Ib, IIc |
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Jun. 1944 - Dec. 1944
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Mar. 1946 - May 1949
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Apr. 1947 - Nov. 1948
Harvard IIb |
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Dec. 1947 - Nov. 1949
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Jun. 1946 - Jan. 1947
Firefly FR.1 |
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Jun. 1950 - Mar. 1953
Firefly AS.5 |
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Firefly AS.6 |
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Nov. 1955 - Mar. 1959
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719 NAS
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1944 - 1945 |
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719 NAS was a second-line Squadron and not deployed on a carrier.-- |
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1946 - 1949 |
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24. October 1946 - 31. October 1946 |
HMS Implacable |
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719 NAS was a second-line Squadron and not deployed on a carrier.-- |
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1960 - 1961 |
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4. October 1960 - 14.
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719 NAS
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1944 - 1945 |
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RNAS St Merrin |
15. Jun. 1944 |
2. Jan. 1945 |
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RNAS Fearn, Scottish Highlands |
1. Mar. 1946 |
2. Jan. 1945 |
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RNAS Eglinton |
14. May 1946 |
27. Dec. 1949 |
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RNAS Eglinton |
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RNAS Eglinton |
17. May 1960 |
5. Oct. 1961 |
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719 NAS Commanding Officers |
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1944 - 1945 |
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Lt-Cdr J. L. Appleby,
RN |
15. Jun. 1944 |
2. Jan. 1945 |
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Lt-Cdr J. F. Arnold,
RN |
1. Mar. 1946 |
23. Aug. 1946 |
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Lt-Cdr (A) C. R. K. Coxon,
RN |
23. Aug. 1946 |
13. Nov. 1946 |
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Lt (A) J. M. Brown,
RN |
13. Nov. 1946 |
8. Jan. 1947 |
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Lt-Cdr F. G. B. Sheffield,
DSC, RN |
8. Jan. 1947 |
8. Dec.
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Lt-Cdr (A) R. H. W. Blake,
RN |
8. Dec.
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27. Dec. 1949 |
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Lt-Cdr S. S. Laurie,
RN |
14. Jun. 1950 |
15. Sep. 1950 |
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Lt-Cdr D. A. Berrill,
RN |
15. Sep. 1950 |
17. Apr.
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Lt-Cdr R. H. W. Blake,
RN |
17. Apr.
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15. Dec.
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Lt-Cdr J. D. Nunn,
RN |
15. Dec.
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11. Jan.
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Lt-Cdr E. R. A. Johnson,
RN |
11. Jan.
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Lt-Cdr A. W. Sabey,
DSM, RN |
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13. Dec.
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Lt-Cdr D. L. G. James,
RN |
13. Dec.
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21. Jan.
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Lt-Cdr A. A. Reid,
RN |
21. Jan.
1959 |
17. Mar. 1959 |
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17. May 1960 |
5. Oct. 1961 |
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1944
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719 NAS formed at RNAS St Merrin on 15. June 1944 as an Air Firing
Training squadron within the School of Air Combat. Equipped with 7
Wildcats, 12 hooked Spitfires and 6 Masters it ran a Naval Air
Firing course in which pupils were given air firing exercises and
weapon training. By the end of 1944 the squadron had received
some Seafires and Corsairs, but on 2. January 1945 it disbanded into
794 NAS.
1946 - 1949
On 1. March 1946, 719 NAS reformed at RNAS Fearn as a Strike
Training squadron equipped initially with Barracudas. On 14. May
1946 it moved to RNAS Eglinton to becone part of the newly forned
51st Training Air Group, Fireflies being then added to the equipment.
In October the squadron spent a week in HMS Implacable, after which
the CO and his staff were exchanged with their counterparts in 795
NAS. 719 NAS then became an Anti-submarine Training squadron, its
task being to bring together pilots, observers and TAGS and train
them as Anti-Submarine crews for 744 NAS,
which continued their training. When 744 NAS became 815 NAS on 1.
December 1947, 719 NAS continued to supply it with embryo crews,
until being disbanded on 27. December 1949.
1950 - 1959
719 NAS next reformed on 14. June 1950, again at RNAS Eglinton,
as part of the new 33rd Training Air Group. Equipped with Firefly
AS.5s it operated as the Naval Air Anti-Submarine School in
conjuction with 737 NAS. Some Firefly AS.6s
were received in 1951, but both of the earlier marks were withdrawn
on the arrival of Firefly T.7s in March 1953. These in turn were
phased out in favour of Gannets from November 1955. On 22. November
1957 the squadron absorbed the disbanding 737 NAS,
and adopted the alternative title of Naval Antl-Submarine
Operational Flying School, but was itself dlsbanded on 17. March
1959.
1960 - 1961
On 17. May
1960, 719 NAS reformed at Eglinton, as the Joint Anti-Submarine
School FIight. Equipped wlth 3 Whirlwind HAS.7s, it spent 10 days in
HMS Hermes in October 1960. It was accorded first line status on 5.
October 1961, on re-equipping with 4 Wessex, becoming
819 NAS.
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