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, FTR = Failed To Return.
December 1943 - November 1945
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Rank |
Name |
Appointed |
Notes |
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Lieut. Conn. (A) (P) |
T.W. Harrington |
15 Dec 43 |
In
command |
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M.S. Godson |
9 Sep 44 |
In
command. KIA hit by flak Sakishima Junto, 12
May 45 |
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P.J.P. Leckie |
12 May 45 |
In
command |
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Lieutenant (A) (P) R.N.R. |
S. F. F. Shotton |
15 Dec 43 |
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Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) |
G. M. Torrance |
15 Dec 43 |
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R.
C. Westfieldr |
15 Dec 43 |
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L. V. Godfrey |
15 Dec 43 |
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I. Black |
29 Nov 44 |
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W. F. Smith |
11 Jan 45 |
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R. F. Mackie |
26 Apr 45 |
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R. Haley |
26 Apr 45 |
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D.W. Langdon * |
? |
KIA hit by flak Sakishima Junto, 16 Apr 45 |
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Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.C.N.V.R. (P) |
C. R. Thurston |
- Apr 45 |
Ex 1840 Sqn†, KIA, Shot down by friendly gunfire over BPF 13
April 1945. |
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Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)
|
G. A. Danby |
15 Dec 43 |
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E. J. Hawkins |
15 Dec 43 |
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C. J. Lavender |
15 Dec 43 |
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R. C. Ruffin |
15 Dec 43 |
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A. R. Andrew |
15 Dec 43 |
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K. A. McLennan |
15 Dec 43 |
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J. D. S. Smithwick |
24 Jul 44 |
MPK, 12 Apr 44 Returning after combat,
hit by Flak guns, ditched, burst into flames, sank. |
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S. C. Farquhar |
25 Aug 44 |
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J. R. Northeast |
6 Nov 44 |
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J. Walden |
6 Nov 44 |
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W. M. C. Foster |
7 Dec 44 |
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A. H. Smith |
27 Dec 44 |
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P. H. Mogridge, DSC |
26 Feb 45 |
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W. A. Woodfield |
26 Apr 45 |
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R. E. Thomas |
26 Apr 45 |
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G. H. Horne |
26 Apr 45 |
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W. G. Batham |
26 Apr 45 |
Ex 885 Sqn |
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K. D. Coulthurst |
27 July 45 |
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C. 0. Knight |
27 July 45 |
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P.G. Cornabe |
? |
Killed, ditched after landing accident 28 Aug 1945 |
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Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R.
(P)
|
M. F. Stringfield |
- Apr 45 |
Ex 1840 Sqn |
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Tpy. act. Sub-Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R.
(P) |
D. S. Creabo |
- Apr 45 |
Ex 1840 Sqn |
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Tpy. act. Sub-Lieut. (A)
S.A.NF..(V). (P) |
E. T. Wilson, DSC |
15 Dec 43 |
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Tpy. act. Sub-Lieut. (A) R.C.N.V.R.
(P) |
W.H. I. Atkinson, DFC |
11 Jan 45 |
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Tpy. act. Sub-Lieut. (A)
R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P) |
D. F. Grinham |
15 Dec 43 |
KIA during dog fight, 19 Oct 44 |
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J . R. Nairn |
26 Feb 45 |
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W. R. Queree |
26 Feb 45 |
Ex 1840 Sqn |
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R. A. Clews |
2 Aug 45 |
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A- R. ThomSOn |
- Apr 45 |
Ex 1840 Sqn |
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S.N.C.O.s |
Joined Sqn |
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- |
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- |
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Junior Rates |
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Joined Sqn |
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- |
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Information drawn from the Navy list
October 1944 through July 1946 (final edition before squadron
disbanded)
* Pilot appears in Navy List as being appointed to both 1839 and
1844 squadrons; both operated together as the 5th Naval Fighter
Wing, and later 11th Carrier Air Group, Pilots regularly flew
machines from each squadron.
† 1840 squadron was disbanded on April 26th 1945 and many of its
personnel and aircraft were transferred to 5 Naval Fighter Wing-
however the Navy List continued to report these officers as being on
1840 in both the July and October 1945 editions.
List last modified
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