The list below is complied from various sources: Commissioned officers are as they appear in the relevant editions of the Navy List [note, because of a time lag between appointments and the publication of the lists some officers are not included]. Names of Telegraphist Air Gunners are primarily drawn from incident reports. Maintenance and other squadron personnel from Admiralty Fleet Orders.  

 

Abbreviations: A = Air Branch, P = Pilot, O = Observer, TAG = Telegraphist Air Gunner, RM = Royal Nay, RM = Royal Marines, RNVR = Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, RCNVR = Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, RNZNVR = Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve, Tpy = Temporary, Mid = Midshipman, KIA = Killed in Action, MPK = Missing Presumed Killed.

 

March 1944 - October 1945

 

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

       

Lieut. Conn. (A) (P)

R. L. Bigg-Wither DSC & Bar RN

1 Mar 44

In command

       
Lieutenant (A) (P)

R. E. Dubber

1 Mar 44

 
 

E.G. Beechinor

— Apr 46?

 
       

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.C.N.V.R. (P)

R. H. Gray

6 Aug 44

 

       

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) 

 

27 Nov 44

 
       
Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) P. Abbott _- Sep 45  

 

J. H. Bennett

9 Jun 45

 
  J. Blade - Sep 45  
 

J. W. Blaikie

1 Apr 44

 

 

B. Brown

1 Mar 44

 
  M. J. ConnoUy 1 Mar 44  
  W. K. Capeling 1 Mar 44 Killed, Air Crash 29.4.44
  J. F. Crosskill

1 Mar 44

 
  P. D. G. Duke 9 Jun 45  
  J. R. Crosland

1 Mar 44

 
  VV. A. M. Ferguson 1 Mar 44  
  R. H. Glading 1 Mar 44  
  R. Harrison 1 Apr 44  
  E. de A. Hewetson 1 Mar 44 Killed. Air Crash 11.7.44
  A. Hughes 28 Juk 45  
  E. H. Humphries

1 Mar 44

 
  L. Makinnon 6 Aug 44  
  L. A. Maitland

1 Mar 44

KIA, 10.8.45
  S. R. Lennan 5 Jun 45  
  H. S. Mattholie

1 Mar 44

 
  L. M. Reeve

1 Mar 44

 
  D. Wood

1 Apr 44

 
   

 

 

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)

J. Bastions

1 Mar 44

 
 

R. H. Glading

1 Mar 44

 
  C. G. Hartshorn

1 Ma 44

 
  D. H. P. McLisky 1 Ma 44  
  D. Morten DSC

1 Marl 44

 
  C. E. Woodward 1 Apr 44 KIA, 24.8.44
       
       

S.N.C.O.s

Joined Sqn

 

-

  -  
       

Junior Rates

 

Joined Sqn

 

-

  -  
       

Information drawn from the Navy list July 1944 through October 1945 (final edition before squadron disbanded)

 


List last modified 05 June 2021


 

In Memoriam
 

 

Name

Record

Cemetery/Memorial

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) William Keith CAPELING, RNVR

CWGC entry

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD CEMETERY, U.S.A.

 Lot 162.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Edward De Aulton HEWETSON, RNZNVR

CWGC entry LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY Plot H. North Border. Grave 6.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Leslie Alan MAITLAN, RNVR CWGC entry YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY, Japan Brit. Sec. R. A. 6.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Clive Eustace WOODWARD, RNZNVR

CWGC entry TROMSO CEMETERY, Norway
Nn. B. 7.

 

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