788 Naval Air Squadron

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History 
16. February 1942 788 NAS formed at RAF China Bay, Ceylon
11. June 1945 788 NAS disbanded at Mombassa, Kenya
Planes:
 

 

 

 Feb. 1942 - Mar. 1944
Alcacore I		      
 

 

 

 Feb. 1942 - Jun. 1944
Swordfisch I, II		      
 

 

 

 May 1942 - Jul. 1943
Fulmar II		      
 

 

 

 May 1942 - Jul. 1945
Walrus		      
 

 

 

 Jun. 1942 - Jan 1944
Skua II		      
 

 

 

 Aug. 1942 - Nov. 1942
Sea Hurricane Ib
Hurican IIb		      
 

 

 

 Feb. 1944 - Jul. 1945
Defiant TTI		      
 

 

 

 Apr. 1944 - Jan 1945
Beaufort I		      
 

 

 

 1944 - Jun. 1945
Beaufighter II		      
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788 NAS Home Port Assignments
RAF China Bay, Ceylon 16. Feb. 1942 8. May 1942
- Transit - 8. May 1942 20. May 1942
RNAS Tanga, Tanganyika 20. May 1942 24. Jun. 1942
Mombassa, Kenya 24. Jun. 1942 11. Jun. 1945
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788 NAS Commanding Officers 
Lt-Cdr C. A. Kingsley-Howe, RN 16. Feb. 1942 1. May 1942
Mjr V. B. G. Chessmann, RM 1. May 1942 7. Aug. 1942
Lt E. M. Britton, RN 7. Aug. 1942 25. Aug. 1942
Lt W. N. Waller, RN 25. Aug. 1942 12. Aug. 1943
Lt-Cdr E. H. Horn, RNVR 12. Aug. 1943 25. Oct. 1943
Lt-Cdr J. A. Ansell, RNVR 25. Oct. 1943 15. Aug. 1944
Lt-Cdr F. G. Hood, SANF(V) 15. Aug. 1944 11. Jun. 1945
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History 

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last update 14. September 2016

written 14. September 2016

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