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706 Naval Air Squadron

Aircrew and squadron personnel

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, RNVR = Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, RANVR = Royal Australian 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.

Dates: Dates for commanding officers are taken from Sturtivant, R & Balance, T., (1994)'Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm'  All other dates are taken from the Navy Lists and may not accurately reflect the exact date of appointment. Date of death is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records.

April 1945- May 1946

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

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

 F. C. Nottingham, DSC

- Feb 45

In command

       

Lieut. Com (A)

R.E. Bradshaw DSC** RN

06 Mar45

In command

 

D. M. R. Wynne-Roberts RN

31 Aug 45

In command
 

. A. Fraser RN

22 Oct  45

In command
       

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

J. A. Barrier

- Feb 45

 

 

J. H. L. Evans

- Feb 45

 
 

G. I. Harris

- Feb 45

 
       

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)

A. F. Clayton

— Apr 45

 
 

J. C. Clemett

   
       

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

H.G. Thorn

- Mar 45

 
       

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)

G. N. Covington

- Jan 46

 
 

W. Jones

- Feb 45

 

       

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

R. Bartman

- Sep 45

 
 

E. A. Benson

- Sep 45

 
 

J. Johnson

- Sep 45

 
 

E. W. Pepper

- Sep 45

 
       
       

Officers attached for crew pool and refresher flying training

Names taken from accident reports

       

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)

D. R. Crabtree

Aug 45

ex 880 Sqn

 

P. F. McClintock

Jul 45

ex 848 Sqn

 

H. H. Salisbury

 

ex 899 Sqn

       

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

C. B. H. Barford

- Sep 45

 
 

D. N. Bayne

- Apr 45

ex 854 Sqn, to 723 Sqn Nowra

 

G. R. Harrison

- Aug 45?

ex 766 Sqn

 

D. J. Holmes

- Apr 45

ex 736 Sqn

 

J. D. Pywell

- Jun 45

ex 887 Sqn

 

R. Roberts

 

ex 784 Sqn

 

G. R. Rodd ?

   
 

L. Sharples

-- Nov 45

ex 737 Sqn
Killed, Air Crash 3.12.45

 

N. Williamson

- Aug 45

ex 828 Sqn

       

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)

M. G. Henry

 

ex 816 Sqn

       

Information drawn from the Navy list April 945 through April 1946 (final edition which mentions the squadron)

 


List last modified 23 August 2022


In Memoriam

The Fleet Air Arm memorial at Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. Located outside the former Naval Air Station and Fleet Air Arm Barracks this records the names of almost 2,000 men of that service who died during the Second World War and who have no known grave.

Details taken from the records of the Commonwealth War Grave Commission

Name & Rank

CWGC details

Date of death

Cemetery/Memorial

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Leslie SHARPLES, RNVR

CWGC Record

03 December 1945

NOWRA WAR CEMETERY

Plot C. Row A. Grave 1.



 

 

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