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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, 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.

852 November 1943 - October 1944

Rank

Name

Appointed

Notes

Lieut. Conn. (A) (P)

R. E. Bradshaw DSC, RN

- Sep 43

In command

       

Lieut. (A)  (P)

A.W. R.Tumey

15 Sep 43

Senior Pilot

       
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 Barnard

01 Nov 43

 
 

E. Bromilow

01 Jul 44?

 
 

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. Act. 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

     
       
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. Donovan 01 Nov 43  
  Hall

01 Nov 43

 
  Harris

Aug 44?

 
  Lees

01 Nov 43

 
  Mitchell

01 Nov 43

 
  Rees

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

 
   

 

 

Maintenance Personnel *listed as on the books of NABOB for pay and victualling

       

Leading Air Fitter (O) FAA/FX 114884

J. A. Beach

 

Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44

Leading Air Mechanic (O) FAA/SFX 563

O. R. Goudie

 

Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44

Leading Radio Mechanic FAA/FX 587821

G. H. Stephens

 

Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44

Air Mechanic (A) FAA/FX 11023

J. Frohock

 

Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44

Air Mechanic (L) FAA/FX 98157

E. W. Gallant

 

Killed, air crash28.05.44

Air Mechanic (E) FAA/FX 105316

G. R. W. Lyner

 

Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44

Ty/Act/Air Mechanic 4c FAA/FX 76721

P. T. Rothwell

 

Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44

Air Mechanic (E) FAA/FX 572194

C. A. W. Stanton

 

Killed, torpedo attack 22.08.44

Air Mechanic (O) FAA/FX 109695

G. Tullett

 

To 846 Sqn

Information drawn from the Navy list October 1943 through October 1944 (final edition before squadron disbanded)
 

 


List last modified 13 November 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

Sub-Lieut. (A) (P) Andrew Alexander DICKSON, RNVR

CWGC Record

28 May1944

SOUTHPORT (DUKE STREET) CEMETERY

Sec. 11. Grave 254.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (O) Ronald Thomas John THWAITES, RNVR

CWGC Record

28 May 1944

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT

Sec. A. Grave 989.

FX/86931 Leading Airman Alan Glenister WINDER

CWGC Recor

28 May 1944

MORTLAKE CREMATORIUM

Panel 13.

FAA/FX 98157 Air Mechanic (L) Edgar William GALLANT

CWGC Recor

28 May 1944

IPSWICH NEW CEMETERY

Sec. X.H. Div 6. Grave 117.

Sub-Lieut. (A) (O) Cecil Desmond WHEELER, RNVR

CWGC Record

29 July 1944

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 5, Panel 7.

FAA/FX 95691 Petty Officer Airman Bernard Keith BLISSETT

CWGC Record

29 July 1944

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 5, Panel 1.

FAA/FX 114884 Leading Air Fitter (O) John Alan BEACH

CWGC Record

22 August 1944

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Bay 5, Panel 3.

FAA/SFX 563 Leading Air Mechanic (O) Owen Reynolds GOUDIE

CWGC Record

22 August 1944

 

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 5, Panel 3.

FAA/FX 587821 Leading Radio Mechanic Gordon HenrySTEPHENS

CWGC Record 

22 August 1944

DUNFERMLINE (DOUGLAS BANK) CEMETERY

Sec. A. Grave 298.

FAA/FX 110232 Air Mechanic (A) John FROHOCK

CWGC Record 

22 August 1944

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 5, Panel 3.

FAA/FX 105316 Air Mechanic (E) George Roy Walter LYNER

CWGC Record 

22 August 1944

LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

Bay 5, Panel 3.

FAA/FX 76721 Air Mechanic 4c Peter Thomas ROTHWELL

CWGC Record 

22 August 1944

LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

Plot P. Row 2. Grave 58.

 

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