780 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
2. October 1939 780 NAS formed at RNAS Eastleigh
2. January 1945 780 NAS disbanded at RNAS Lee-on-Solent
28. March 1946 780 NAS formed at RNAS Hintstock
16. November 1949 780 NAS disbanded at RNAS Culdrose
Planes:
 

 

 

 Oct. 1939 - Aug. 1942
Hart		      
 

 

 

 May 1940 - Jun. 1940
Nimrod II		      
 

 

 

 May 1940 - Feb. 1942
Osprey 		     
 

 

 

 May 1940 - Nov. 141
Shark II		      
 

 

 

 Jun. 1940 - Jul. 1940

Vega Gull

      
 

 

 

 Jun. 1940 - Aug. 1940
Gipsy Moth		      
 

 

 

 Mar. 1941 - Apr. 1941
Horneth Moth		      
 

 

 

 May 1940 - Aug. 1941
Tutor		      
 

 

 

 May 1940 - Apr. 1941
Magister		      
 

 

 

 Jun. 1940 - Jan. 1945
Tiger Moth II		  
 

 

 

 Jun. 1940 - Aug. 1943
Proctor Ia		      
 

 

 

 Jun. 1940 - 1944
Swordfisch I, II		      
 

 

 

 Sep. 1940 - Oct. 1944
Master I, II		      
 

 

 

 Dec. 1941 - Aug. 1944
Audax		      
 

 

 

 Apr. 1943 - May 1943
Skua II		      
 

 

 

 Sep. 1943 - Jan. 1945
Harvard I, III		    
 

 

 

 Jun. 1943 - Dec. 1943
Blenheim I		      
 

 

 

 Aug. 1943 - Oct. 1943
Barracuda II		      
 

 

 

 Jun. 1943 - Jul. 1943
Fulmar I		      
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 Mar. 1946 - Dec. 1946
Firefly F.1		      
 

 

 

 Jul. 1946 - Oct. 1948
Seafire XV, F.45		      
 

 

 

 Oct 1946 - Dec. 1946
Mosquito T.III, FB.IV		      
 

 

 

 Mar. 1946 - Nov. 1949
Oxford T.I		  
 

 

 

 Mar. 1946 - Nov. 1949
Harvard T.2b & T.3		  
 

 

 

 Mar 1946 - Jan. 1947
Lancaster		      
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780 NAS Home Port Assignments
1939 - 1945
RNAS Eastleigh 2. Oct. 1939 9. Oct. 1943
RNAS Charlton Horethorne, Somerset 9. Oct. 1943 28. Nov. 1944
RNAS Lee-on-Solent 28. Nov. 1944 2. Jan. 1945
1946 - 1949
RNAS Hintstock 28. Mar. 1946 27. Mar. 1947
RNAS Donibristle 27. Mar. 1947 27. May 1947
RNAS Culdrose 27. May 1947 16. Nov. 1949
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780 NAS Commanding Officers 
1939 - 1945
Lt-Cdr(E) H. S. Cooper, RN 2. Oct. 1939 7. Oct. 1940
Lt-Cdr(A) J. Goodyear, RNVR 7. Oct. 1940 17. Aug. 1942
Lt-Cdr(A) T. G. Stubley, RNVR 17. Aug. 1942 2. Jan. 1945
1946 -1949
Lt D. C. E. F Gibson, RN 28. Mar. 1946 17. Dec. 1946
Lt(A) W. E. Cotton, RN 17. Dec. 1946 2. Oct. 1947
Lt S. P. Luke, RN 2. Oct. 1947 5. Jan. 1948
Lt-Cdr G. R. Humphries, RN 5. Jan. 1948 16. Nov. 1948
Lt(A) R. B. Lunberg, RN 16. Nov. 1948 31. Mar. 1949
Lt(A) M. A. Birell, RN 31. Mar. 1949 16. Nov. 1949
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History 

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last update 1. November 2022

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