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1. January 1944 |
854 NAS
formed at NAS Squantum, MA, USA |
8. December 1945 |
854
NAS disbanded in the UK |
13 December
2006 |
854 NAS
formed from A Flt. 849 NAS |
2015 |
854 NAS
merged with 849 NAS |
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Jan 1944 - Sep 1944
Avenger I |
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Oct 1944
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Avenger II |
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July 1945 - 19??
Avenger III |
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Dec. 2006 - 2015
Sea King SAaC.7 |
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854 NAS Commanding Officers |
Lt-Cdr W. J. Mainprice, DSC, RN |
Jan 1944 |
Jan 1945 |
Lt-Cdr (A) F. C. Nottingham, DSC,
RNVR |
Jan 1945 |
Mar 1945 |
Lt-Cdr R. E. Jess, DSC, RCNVR |
Mar 1945 |
Jun 1945 |
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Jun 1945 |
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History
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In
January 1944, the squadron formed at NAS Squantum, USA as a torpedo
bomber reconnaissance Avenger squadron, and subsequently embarked on
HMS Indomitable in April, disembarking at Machrihanish in May 1944.
In May 1944 the squadron was attached to No 157 Wing RAF Coastal
Command at Hawkinge and subsequently Thorney Island for duties in
the English Channel leading up to D-Day activities in Normandy.
In September 1944 the squadron personnel embarked with their
aircraft on HMS Activity for the Far East, re-equipping with Avenger
Is at RNAS Katukurunda, Ceylon.
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