852 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, RNZNVR = Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve, Tpy = Temporary, Mid = Midshipman, KIA = Killed in Action, MPK = Missing Presumed Killed.

November 1943 - October 1944

Rank	Name	Appointed	Notes

Lieut. Conn. (A) (P)	R. E. Bradshaw DSC, RN	01 Nov 43	In command

Lieut. (A) (P)	A.W. R.Tumey	15 Sep 43	Senior Pilot

Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)	R. E. Parkinson	01 Nov 43	Senior Observer

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	E.E.Ames	- Oct 44	Wildcat pilot
	W. L. Black	01 Oct 43
	D. Cash	01 Nov 43
	P. R. Cave	22 Jun 44?
	R. E. Lord	01 Nov 43	Killed, air crash 28.05.44
	H. J. H. Roberts	01 Nov 43
	E. A. E. Roberts	01 Feb 44
	E.C.Spreadbury	01 Oct 43
	P. Westover	01 Nov 43

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)	C. B. Armstrong	01 Nov 43
	Barnard	01 Jul 44?
	E. Bromilow	01 Nov 43
	R. L. Battison	01 Nov 43
	L. Dunbar	01 Nov 43
	A. Laing	01 Nov 43
	D. S. Lawrence	01 Oct 43
	W. A. Reeks	01 Nov 43
	E. A. Scholey	01 Nov 43
	R. T. J. Thwaites	01 Nov 43	Killed, air crash 28.05.44
	C. D. Wheeler	01 Nov 43	Killed, air crash 29.07.44


Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)	F. M. Batten	01 Nov 43
	M. R Browne	01 Nov 43
	I. P. Davis	01 Nov 43
	W. P. Hughes	01 Jun 44	Wildcat pilot
	W. J. Kurney	01 Jun 44	Wildcat pilot
	K. R. Stevens	01 Nov 43
	L. S. Watson	01 Nov 43

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (O)	L. O. Howard	01 Oct 43

Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)	M. E. R. Keates	01 Jun 44	Wildcat pilot


Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O)	D. Whitford	01 Nov 43


Telegraphist Air Gunners		Joined Sqn
Petty Officer T.A.G.	W. Aitken	?
	B. K. Blissett	?	Killed, air crash 29.07.44
	Galloway	01 Nov 43
	Wheatly

Leading T.A.G.	Aitken	01 Nov 43
	Blissett	01 Nov 43
	Donovan	01 Nov 43
	Hall	01 Nov 43
	Harris
	Lces	01 Nov 43
	Mitchell	01 Nov 43
	Rees	01 Nov 43
	Richards	01 Nov 43
	Stocker	01 Nov 43
	Struthers	22 Jun 44
	Winder	01 Nov 43	Killed, air crash 28.05.44
	Wrigley	01 Nov 43

S.N.C.O.s		Joined Sqn
-		-

Junior Rates		Joined Sqn
Leading Air Fitter (O)	J. A. Beach		Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44
Air Mechanic (A)	J. Frohock		-
Leading Air Mechanic (O)	O. R. Goudie		-
Air Mechanic (E)	G. R. Lyner		-
Air Mechanic (E)	C. A. Stanton		-
Ty/Act/Air Mechanic 4c	P. T. Rothwell		-




Air Mechanic (Electrical)	E. W. Gallant	-	Killed, air crash 28.05.44

Information drawn from the Navy list Jan 944 through October 1944

List last modified 28 January 2021

In Memoriam

Name	Record	Cemetery/Memorial
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Reginald Eric LORD, RNVR	CWGC entry	SOUTHPORT (DUKE STREET) CEMETERY Sec. 11. Grave 254.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (O) Ronald Thomas John THWAITES, RNVR	CWGC entry	GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT Sec. A. Grave 989.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (O) Cecil Desmond WHEELER, RNVR	CWGC entry	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 7.
Petty Officer Airman BERNARD KEITH BLISSETT	CWGC entry	LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Bay 5, Panel 1.
FX/86931 Leading Airman Alan Glenister WINDER	CWGC entry	MORTLAKE CREMATORIUM Panel 13.
FX.98157 Air Mechanic (L) Edgar William GALLANT	CWGC entry	IPSWICH NEW CEMETERY Sec. X.H. Div 6. Grave 117.

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