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887 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.

May 1942 - March 1946

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

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

G. R. Callingham

01 May 42

In command

  D W. Kirke 29 Aug 42 In command
Lieut.-Corn.(P) from 29 Aug 43
       
Lieut. Conn. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) B. F. Wiggington, DSC 22 Nov 44

In command

  A. J. Thompson, DSC 14 Jan 44 as Sub- Lieut.

In command

  G. Dennison 27 Sep 45 In command
       
Lieut.- Com. (A), (P) N.G. Hallett DSC & Bar   In command
       
Lieut. ((P) F.L. Haynes ? MPK 19.9.44
       
Lieutenant (A), R.A.N. (P) A.H. Brydon ?  
  D. T. Keene ?  
  J. O. Briggs 23 Nov 43  
       
Lieut. (E),  (P) P. F. Clayton     11 Nov 43  
       

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

W. L. M. Daubrey 03 Mar 43  
  J. D. Alexander 12 Feb 45 KIA 30.7.45
  M. L de C. Stretton ? KIA 14.8.45
       
Tpy. Sub-Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)  E. A. S. Chipperfield 01 May 42   
  J. T. Basley 01 May 42  
  P. H. Knowler 03 June 42  
  R. D. Viney 07 Dec 42  
  A. D. Hawkins-King 22 Mar 43 MPK 22.5.44
  W. L. M. Daubney 03 Mar 43  
  W. J. F. Beever 03 Mar 43  
  J. E. Fordham 04 Oct 43  
  J. W. Saunders 13 Dec 43  
  M. Tolstoy 15 Jan 44  
  H. W. Ostergaard   24 Jan 44 Killed 20.12.44
  D. J. Demus 14 Jan 44  
  I. Sargent 14 Mar 44 POW 22.8.44
  J. H. Kernahan 04 Apr 44  
  R. D. Lygo.  1 Jul 44  
  J. H. Halliwell 22 Oct 44  
  I. G. Hepworth 23 Oct 44    
  A. G. G. Knight 24 Oct 44  
  D.T. Challick ?  
       
Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) J. R. Mathers 13 May 42 Killed 24.12.42
  J. Birtle 22 Oct 44  
  E. W. Cowle 22 Oct 44  
  A. E. Turner d 22 Oct 44  
  M. J. Brown 23 Oct 44  
  S. F. A. Gambles 26 Oct 44  
  M. P. Sutton 24 Oct 44  
  G. W. Hartlan 24 Oct 44  
  F. G. Hurlock 24 Oct 44  
  C. Miseldine 24 Oct 44  
  L. A. Bradbury 24 Oct 44  
  T. G. Innes 12 Feb 45  
  A. S. Macleod D.S.C. 12 Feb 45  
  G. J. Murphy 27 Apr 45  
  E. O Owen 28 Apr 45   
  J. V. Brooke ? Killed 20.11.44
  P. D. Norman ? KMPK 21.11.44
  O. W. Draper ?  
  R. F. M. Darlington ?  
  L I.G . Hatton 27 Apr 45 Killed 18.2.46
  E. O. Atkin ?  
  J. H. Miller ?    
  T. P. Hawker 09 June 45  
  R. A.H. Beaton ?  
   D. Pywell ?  
  J. Birtle ?  
  V. S. Lowden 27 Apr 45  
  W. I. Williams  27 Apr 45  
  A. Marriott ?  
  F. Hockley ?  
  R.A. Beaty ?  
  R. W. Lewis ?  
  R G.F.H. Humev ?  
  C. R. Thomas ?  
  J. W. Hayes ?  
  R. C. Kay ?  
  T. D. Lucey ?  
  W. T. Russell 09 June 45  
  B. R. Taylor 09 June 45  
  A. R. McEvoy  27 Apr 45  
  J. M. Sturrock 27 Apr 45  
  C. O. Atkins 27 Apr 45  
       
Sub- Lieut. (A), R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P) H. A. Foote 15 June 42  
  W. G. Coleman 18 Aug 42  
  D. L. Olds 23 Mar 43  
  F. G. Reid 29 Nov 43  KIA 12.30.44
  J. E. Sheeran 07 May 44 Killed 08.02.46
  J. J. Urlich ? KIA 09.09.43
       
Mid. (A), R.N.V.R. (P) J. D. Pnell  10 Sept 44 Sub-Lieut 9 Jan 45}
  J. E. Jones 10 Sept 44 {Sub-Lieut 10 Sept 44}
  E. Kverndal 10 Sept 44 {Sub-Lieut 10 Oct 44}
  W. A. Armstrong 09 June 45 {Sub-Lieut 10 Oct 44}
       
Chief Petty Officer Airman I.B. Bird  ?  
  M.A.C. Levett   ?  
  W. Daniel ?  
       
Petty Officer Airman F.J Shaw ? KIA 2.8.42
       

Information drawn from the Navy list August 1942 through October 1945

 


List last modified 26 March 2023


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

Petty Officer Airman Frederick James SHAW, FAA/FX 79970 CWGC Record 02 August 1942

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 3, Panel 2.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P)  William FOSTER, RNVR

CWGC Record

24 November 1942

BELFAST CITY CEMETERY
Glenalina Extn. Sec. D. Joint grave 22

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) John Richeard MATHERS, RNVR

CWGC Record

25 November 1942

BELFAST CITY CEMETERY
Glenalina Extn. D. Joint grave 22

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Joseph John URLICH, RNZNVR

CWGC Record

 

09 September 1943

NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL,
DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND Panel 9.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Francis Graham REID, RNZNVR

CWGC Record

 

12 March 1944

NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL,
DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND Panel 9.

Lieutenant (A) (P) Anthony Dennis HAWKINS-KING, RNVR

CWGC Record

12 May 1944

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 5, Panel 4.

Lieutenant (A) (P) Frank Lankester HAYNES, RN

CWGC Record

19 September 1944

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 5, Panel 1.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) John Vincent BROOKE, RNVR

CWGC Record

20 November 1944

ARNOLD CEMETERY

Class A. Cons. Grave 4211.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Peter Derek NORMAN, RNVR

CWGC Record

21 November 1944 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 5, Panel 7.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Horace Winston OSTERGAARD, RNVR

CWGC Record

20 December 1944

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

8. F. 11

Lieutenant (A) (P) James Douglas ALEXANDER, RNVR

CWGC Record

30 July 1945

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 6, Panel 4.

Lieutenant. (A) (P) Michael Lynam de Courcy STRETTON, RNVR

CWGC Record

14 August 1945 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 3, Panel 6.
Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Ian Garbutt HATTON, RNVR

CWGC Record

18 February 1946

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 6, Panel 6.

 

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