757 Naval Air Squadron
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History |
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| 24. May 1939 | 757 NAS formed at RNAS Worthy Down |
| 15. August 1939 | 757 NAS disbanded at RNAS Worthy Down (abeyance) |
| 6. March 1941 | 757 NAS reformed at RNAS Worthy Down |
| 1. December 1942 | 757 NAS disbanded at RNAS Worthy Down |
| 2. October 1943 | 757 NAS reformed at Puttalam |
| 29. January 1946 | 757 NAS disbanded at Katukurunda |
| Planes: |
Osprey
Shark II
Nimrod II
Skua II
Lysander III
Walrus
Corsair II, III, IV
Harvard IIa, IIb
Hellcat I, II
Wildcat V, VI
Seafire L.IIc, III
| 757 NAS Deployments |
| 757 Sqn was a second-line Squadron and not deployed on a carrier.- |
| 757 NAS Home Port Assignments | ||
| RNAS Worthy Down, Hampshire | 24. May 1939 | 15. Aug. 1939 |
| RNAS Worthy Down, Hampshire | 6. Mar. 1941 | 1. Dec. 1942 |
| Puttalam | 2. Oct.1943 | 15. Jul. 1945 |
| Tambaram | 15. Jul. 1945 | 12. Nov. 1945 |
| Katukurunda | 12. Nov. 1945 | 29. Jan. 1946 |
| 757 NAS Commanding Officers | ||
| 1939 | ||
| Lt-Cdr V. J. Sommerset-Thomas, RN | 24. May 1939 | 15. Aug. 1939 |
| 1941 - 1942 | ||
| Lt-Cdr (A) C. R. Hodgson, RNVR | 6. Mar. 1941 | 1. Jul 1942 |
| Lt-Cdr (A) J. J. Dykes, RNVR | 1. Jul 1942 | 1. Dec. 1942 |
| 1943 - 1946 | ||
| Lt-Cdr (A) G. W. Parrish, DSC,RNVR | 2. Oct.1943 | 5. May 1945 |
| Lt-Cdr (A) R. W. Durrant, DSC,RNZNVR | 5. May 1945 | 24. Nov. 1945 |
| Lt-Cdr (A) F. W. Barring, RNVR | 24. Nov. 1945 | 29. Jan. 1946 |
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History |
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