1842 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
1. April 1944 1842 NAS formed at NAS Brunswick ME, USA
31. October 1945 1842 NAS disbanded in the UK
1. October 1952 1840 NAS A flight formed at RNAS Ford
28. March 1953 1842 NAS reformed at RNAS Ford
10. March 1957 1843 NAS disbanded at RNAS Ford
 
Planes:
 

 

 

 Apr. 1944 - Jun. 1944
Corsair III (18)		    
 

 

 

 Jul. 1944 - May 1945
Corsair II		    
 

 

 

 Mar. 1945 - Oct. 1945
Corsair IV (18)		  
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 Mar. 1953 - Mar. 1957
Firefly AS.6, T.1		    
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1842 NAS Deployments 
29. June 1944 - 13. July 1944 HMS Rajah - Corsair III (18) -
7. August 1944 - 14. August 1944 HMS Formidable - Corsair II (18) -
18. August 1944 - 2. September 1944 HMS Formidable - Corsair II (18) -
16. September 1944 - 21. September 1944 HMS Formidable - Corsair II (18) -
15. January 1945 - 8. February 1945 HMS Formidable 2nd CAG Corsair II (18) 130 X
22. February 1945 - 1. June 1945 HMS Formidable 2nd CAG Corsair IV (18) 130 X
22. June 1945 - 23. August 1945 HMS Formidable 2nd CAG Corsair IV (18) 130 X
25. September 1945 - 27. October 1945 HMS Victorious - - none - 130 X
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1842 NAS Home Port Assignments
NAS Brunswick ME, USA 1. Apr. 1944 29. Jun. 1944
RNAS Stretton 13. Jul. 1944 7. Aug. 1944
North Front 21. Sep. 1944 14. Jan. 1945
Puttalam, Ceylon 8. Feb. 1945 22. Feb. 1945
Jervis Bay 1. Jun. 1945 22. Jun 1945
RANAS Nowra, Australia 24. Aug. 1945 25. Sep. 1945
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1842 NAS Commanding Officers 
1944 - 1945
L/C(A) A. McD Garland, RNVR 1. Apr. 1944 27. Apr. 1945
L/C(A) D.G. Parker, DSC, RNVR 27. Apr. 1945 31. Oct. 1945
1953 - 1957
L/C(A) R. A. Jameson , RNVR 28. Mar. 1953 10. Mar. 1957
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History 

1944 - 1945
1842 NAS assembled at NAD Townhill Canp in Februry 1944, and after taking passage to the USA fflcially formed at NAS Bruswick, Maine on 1. April 1944 as a single seater fighter squadron. Equipped with 18 Corsirs IIIs, these gave way to Corsair IIs after arrival in the United Kingdom in HMS Rajah in June 1944. In September, 1842 NAS joined the 6th Naval Fighter Wing in HMS Formidable, and during August lost several aircraft during attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz, then lying in an Norwegian Fjord. The HMS Formidable then sailed for the Far East, but was delayed in the Mediterranean, and the squadron spent a period ashore, being split between Gibraltar and Dekheila.
Continuing east in January 1945, it re-equipped in March 1945 with 18 Corsair IVs, with which it participated in operations against the Sakishima Gunto group of islands in the Fast China Seas during April and May. The Wing was merged into the 2nd CAG in June. During the last few weeks of the war strikes were carried out in the Tokyo area, two pilots being fortunate to be picked up by a U.S. submarine when on 28. July they had to ditch inside a Japanese harbour. The carrier then withdrew to Australia, where 1841 NAS left its aircraft, and the pilots retuned ln HMS Victorious to the UK, where the squadron disbanded on arrival on 31. October 1945.
1952 - 1957
On 1 October 1952, 1840A NAS formed at RNAS Ford as an Anti-Subnarine squadron in the Channel Air Division of the RN Volunteer Reserve, becoming 1842 NAS on 28. March 1953. Aircraft were pooled with 1840 NAS. The squadron disbanded at RNAS Ford on 10. March 1957 in the defence cuts of that vear.
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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. March 2011

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