1846 Naval Air Squadron

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History 

1. July 1944 1846 NAS formed at NAS Brunswick ME, USA
23. July 1946 1846 NAS disbanded at RNAS Gosport
Planes:
  Jul 1944 - Feb 1945
Corsair III
(18)
   
  Feb 1945 - 19??
Corsair IV
(24)
   
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1846 NAS Deployments 
18. October 1944 - 3. November 1944 HMS Ranee - Corsair III V4
20. February 1945 - 10. June 1945 HMS Colossus 14th CAG Corsair IV -
5. July 1945 - 21. July 1945 HMS Colossus 14th CAG Corsair IV -
13. August 1945 - 26. October 1945 HMS Colossus 14th CAG Corsair IV -
30. December 1945 - 17. January 1945 HMS Colossus 14th CAG Corsair IV -
8. April 1946 - 27. April 1946 HMS Colossus 14th CAG Corsair IV -
17. May 1946 - 23. July 1946 HMS Colossus 14th CAG Corsair IV -
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1846 NAS Home Port Assignments
NAS Brunswick ME, USA 1. Jul. 1944 18. Oct. 1944
RNAS Eglington, Co. Londonderry 3. Nov. 1944 20. Feb 1945
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1846 NAS Commanding Officers 
Lt-Cdr (A) D. G. Brooker, RNVR 1. Jul. 1944 4. Apr. 1945
Lt-Cdr (A) S. L. Devonald, DFC, RN 4. Apr. 1945 26. Feb. 1946
Lt-Cdr (A)  D. A, Dick, DFC, RNVR 26. Feb. 1946 23. Jul. 1946
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History 

1846 NAS personnel assembled at RNAS Donibristle and Tomhill Camp in June 1944, and sailed for the USA where it officially formed on 1. July 1944 at NAS Brunswick, Maine as a single seater fighter squadron. Equipped with 18 Corsair IIIs, these took passage in HMS Ranee for the uUK in October 1944, being expanded to 24 Aircraft on taking over part of the disbanded 1848 NAS in November. Re-equipping with 24 Corsair IVs, it embarked in HMS Colossus for the Far East in February 1945, joining the 14th Carrier Air Group when it fomed in Jrme 1945. the squadron saw no action, eventually returlng home to disband on arrival at NAS Gosport on 23. July 1946.

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last update 18. September 2016

written 1. March 2011

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