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723 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.

February 1945 - May 1946

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

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

 H. A. P. Bullivant

28 Feb 45

In command

       

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

 L. A. Darby

28 Feb 45

 
 

 C. R. T. Pemberton Bartlett

28 Feb 45

Killed, air crash 27 Mar 1945.

 

G.H. Horne

11 Feb 46

n command

       

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

 J. C. Fairclough

28 Feb 45

 
 

 J. J. Corkery

-May 45

 

 

 

 

 

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

 I. E. Sweney

28 Feb 45

 

 

 

 

 

Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P)  

 W. J. Bailey

28 Feb 45

 
 

 C. H. Birch

28 Feb 45

 
 

 D. Bogle

28 Feb 45

 
 

 H. G. Foster.

28 Feb 45

 
 

 J. E. Jones

28 Feb 45

 
 

 R. H. Moore

28 Feb 45

 

 

 D. Parrack

28 Feb 45

 

 

 J. W. H. Pritchard

-May 45

 

 

 C. A. West

28 Feb 45

 

 

 H.C. Stokes

? 46

 

 

 

 

 

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

 D. C. Drew

28 Feb 45

 

 

 P. J. Hyde

28 Feb 45

 

 

 W. L. Howell

- Jul 45

 

 

 D. A. Southom

- Jul 45

 

 

 

 

 

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

 H. G. Huckle

28 Feb 45

 

 

  J. Louden

28 Feb 45

 

 

 D. R. Simpson

28 Feb 45

 

 

 

 

 

 

S.N.C.O.s

Name

Joined Sqn

 
Pety Officer Airman R. McDougall    

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

 


List last modified 25 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

Lieut. (A) (P) Christopher Richard PEMBERTON-BARTLETT

CWGC Record

27 March 1945

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 6, Panel 5.

Air Mechanic (Electrical) 1st Class Donald William RUTTY

CWGC Record

27 March 1945

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 6, Panel 2.



 

 

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