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1700 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.

November 1944 - June 1946

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

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

A. B. Edgar

1 Nov 44

In command

 

J. Weaver

1 Nov 44

 
       
       

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

P. H. Woodham, DSC

1 Nov 44

 
 

J. A. Gossett

1 Nov 44

In command 25 Jan 1946

       

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

R. Mander

1 Nov 44

 
       

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)  

L. Crawshay-Jones

27 Oct 44

 
 

G. Kiddie

1 Nov 44

 
 

N. R. Hamilton

1 Nov 44

 
 

J.A.Robinson

1 Nov 44

 
 

C. R. Hawkswell

16 Nov 44

 
 

F. Lawrence

18 Nov 44

 
 

A. R. McEvoy

16 Dec 44

 
 

A. F. Voak

 ?

 
 

W. M. B. Peebles

08 Nov 45

 
 

D. J. Parsons

08 Nov 45

 
  J.T. Dixon 11 Nov 45  
 

N. B. Lister

29 Nov 45

 
 

D. Antrobus

07 Feb 46

 
 

E. Benson

07 Feb 46

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

W. N. Brovna

- Nov 44

 
 

P. M. W. Ellis

1 Nov 44

 
 

J. E. Felice

- Nov 44

 
 

E.C. Hall

1 Nov 44

 
 

P. Lown

1 Nov 44

 
 

A. W. Moore

1 Nov 44

 
 

R. L. Trelease

30 Dec 44

 
 

P.E. Hayward

30 Aug 45

 

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

 


List last modified 29 August 2022


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