796 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
25. July 1942 796 NAS formed at RAF Port Reitz
28. April 1944 796 NAS disbanded at RNAS Tanga
13. November 1947 796 NAS reformed at RNAS St. Merryn
1. October 1958 796 NAS disbanded at RNAS Culdrose
Planes:
 

 

 

 Jul. 1942 - Mar. 1944
Swordfish I & II		  
 

 

 

 Jul. 1942 - Jul. 1943
Albacore I		    
 

 

 
Mar. 1943 - Feb. 1944
Walrus I		    
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 Nov. 1947 - Dec. 1957
Firefly FR-3, T.3
AS.5, AS.6, T.7		  
 

 

 

 Nov. 1949 - Feb. 1952
Barracuda III		    
 

 

 

 Feb. 1957 - Jun. 1958
Gannet AS.1, T.2		  
 

 

 

 Mar. 1957 - Jun. 1958
Sea Balliol T.21		    
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796 NAS Deployments 
29. August 1942 - 10. September 1942 HMS Illustrious Swordfish I A to Z
13. November 1942 - 17. November 1942 HMS Albatross Swordfish I A to Z
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796 NAS Home Port Assignments
1942 - 1944
RAF Port Reitz, Kenya 25. Jul. 1942 29. Aug. 1942
Majunga 10. Sep. 1942 13. Nov. 1942
RNAS Tanga, Tanganyika 17. Nov. 1942 28. April 1944
1947 - 1958
St. Merryn,  Cornwall 13. Nov. 1947 30. Nov. 1953
RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall 30. Nov. 1953 1. Oct.1958
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796 NAS Commanding Officers 
1942 - 1944
Lt (A) H. E. Sillbach, RNVR 25. Jul. 1942 19. Aug 1942
Lt N. T. O'Neil, RN 19. Aug 1942 10. Oct. 1942
Lt N. Matthews, RN 10. Oct. 1942 12. Jan 1943
Lt. (A) A. J. I. Temple-West, RN 12. Jan 1943 14. Jul. 1943
Lt-Cdr (A) M. W. Rudorf DSC, RN 14. Jul. 1943 10. Oct. 1943
Lt T. G. V. Percy, RN 10. Oct. 1943 28. April 1944
1947 - 1958
Lt P. J. Hutton DSC, RN 13. Nov. 1947 25. Oct. 1949
Lt-Cdr R. D. Henderson, RN 25. Oct. 1949 1. May. 1950
Lt-Cdr T. J. Harris, RN 1. May. 1950 7. Dec. 1951
Lt (E) S. E. Adams, RN 7. Dec. 1951 16. Jan. 1952
Lt-Cdr J. S. Barnes, RN 16. Jan. 1952 12. Aug. 1952
Lt-Cdr L. R. Tivy, RN 12. Aug. 1952 17. Jan 1955
Lt-Cdr P. Cane, RN 17. Jan 1955 22. Feb. 1955
Lt-Cdr A. M. Dennis, RN 22. Feb. 1955 30. Nov. 1956
Lt-Cdr N. J. Ovenden, RN 30. Nov. 1956 14. Mar. 1957
Lt-Cdr W. L. Hughes., RN 14. Mar. 1957 6. Jan. 1958
Lt-Cdr A. H. Smith, RN 6. Jan. 1958 10. Jan. 1958
Lt-Cdr L. D. M. Searson, RN 10. Jan. 1958 1. Oct.1958
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last update 11. April 2021

written 14. September 2016

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