1851 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
1. September 1944 1851 NAS formed at NAS Brunswick ME, USA
13. August 1946 1851 NAS disbanded at RNB Devonport
 
Planes:
 

 

Sep. 1944 - Aug. 1946
Corsair IV (18)		    
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1851 NAS Deployments 
28. December 1944 -14. January 1945 HMS Thane - Corsair IV X
6. March 1945 - 7. June 1945 HMS Venerable 15th CAG Corsair IV T 110
3. July 1945 - 21. July 1945 HMS Venerable 15th CAG Corsair IV T 110
13. August 1945 - 28. October 1945 HMS Venerable 15th CAG Corsair IV T 110
13. December 1945 - 30. December 1945 HMS Venerable 15th CAG Corsair IV T 110
22. February 1946 - 26. April 1946 HMS Venerable 15th CAG Corsair IV T 110
11. June 1946 - 13. August 1946 HMS Vengance 15th CAG Corsair IV T 110
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1851 NAS Home Port Assignments
NAS Brunswick ME. USA 1. Sep. 1944 28. Dec.1944
Katukurumda 31. May 1946 11. Jun. 1946
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1851 NAS Commanding Officers 
Lt-Cdr (A) D. J. Mcdonald, RN  1. Sep. 1944 12. Feb. 1945
Lt (A) C. Malins, RNVR (temp) 12. Feb. 1945 29. Apr. 1945
Lt-Cdr (A) D. J. McDonald, RN 29. Apr. 1945 30. May 1945
Lt (A) M. B. Gerrish, RNVR (acting) 30. May 1945 29. Jun. 1945
Lt-Cdr (A) K. Stilliard, RNVR 29. Jun. 1945 6. Dec. 1945
Lt-Cdr Hargreaves, RN 6. Dec. 1945 13. Aug.1946
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History 

1851 NAS personnel assembled at NAD Townhill Camp on 25. July 1944, and after passage to the USA in HMS Queen Mary formed officially at NAS Bruswick, Maine on 1. September 1944 as a single seater fighter squadron. Equipped with 18 Corsair IVs, it embarked in HMS Thane in December for the UK. The aircraft were disembarked to Belfast on 14. January 1945, which turned out to be rather fortunate, as the ship was either torpedoed or mined the following day off the Clyde Light Vessel, though it managed to make Greenock with the aid of a tow from a frigate. 1851 NAS joined HMS Venerable with 24 aircraft in March, and then spent some weeks in the Mediterranean before continuing to southem India, where it beame part of the 15th Carrier Air Gloup.
The Pacific war ended before it could see any action, but a detachment was operational ashore during the occupatlon of Hong Kong. Reducing in December 1945 to 12 aircraft, the squadron tansferred in ,June 1946 to HMS Vengence, but the following month this sailed for the UK, where 1851 NAS disbanded on arrival at Devonport on 13. August 1946.

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last update 12. August 2017

written 1. March 2011

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