794 Naval Air Squadron

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History 

1. August 1940 794 NAS formed at RNAS Yeovilton
30. June 1944 794 NAS disbanded at RNAS Charlton Horethone
2. January 1945 794 NAS reformed at RNAS St Merryn
26. March 1947 794 NAS disbanded at RNAS Eglinton
Planes:
 

 

 

Aug. 1940 - Jun. 1944 Swordfish I & II      
 

 

 

Aug. 1940 - Jan. 1943
Roc
     
 

 

 

Dec. 1941 - Jul. 1943
Skua
     
 

 

 

Jul. 1942 - Jul. 1943
Blenheim IV
     
 

 

 

Nov. 1942 - Jun. 1944
Defiant TT.I & TT.III
     
 

 

 

Apr- 1943 - 19??
Proctor Ia
     
 

 

 

1943 - Jul. 1943
Tiger Moth
     
 

 

 

Apr. 1943 - Nov. 1943
Master I & II
     
 

 

 

Jun. 1943 - Jun. 1944
Martinet TT.I
     
 

 

 

Aug 1943 - Oct. 1943
Sea Hurricene Ib
Hurricane IIb
     
 

 

 

Apr. 1943 - Nov. 1943
Spitfire I, Vb, Va
     
 

 

 

1944 - Jun. 1944
Fulmar II
     
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Jan. 1945 - Jun. 1945 Swordfish II      
 

 

 

Jan. 1945 _ Nov. 1945
Wildcat IV & VI
   
 

 

 

Jun. 1945 - Jun. 1946
Harvard IIb & III
     
 

 

 

Jun. 1945 - Apr. 1946
Martinett TT.I
     
 

 

 

Jan. 1945 - May 1945
Spitfire Vb
     
 

 

 

Dec. 1945 - Jan. 1947
Firefly NF.I
     
 

 

 

Feb. 1945 - Feb. 1946
Corsair III & IV
     
 

 

 

Jun. 1946 - Feb. 1947
Seafire III
     
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794 NAS Deployments 
21. May 1946 - 31. May 1946 HMS Theseus Seafire III A5A to A5Z
13. August 1946 - 1. October 1946 HMS Implacable Seafire III A5A to A5Z
22. October 1946 - 31. October 1946 HMS Implacable Seafire III A5A to A5Z
7. November 1946 - 15. November 1946 HMS Implacable Seafire III A5A to A5Z
13. January 1947 HMS Theseus Seafire III A5A to A5Z
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794 NAS Home Port Assignments
1940 - 1944

RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset

1. Aug. 1940

1. Jul. 1943

RNAS Angle, Pembroke

1. Jul. 1943

10. Sep. 1943

RNAS Dale, Pembroke

10. Sep. 1943

22. Nov.1943

RNAS Hennstridge, Sommerset

22. Nov.1943

1. Dec. 1943

RNAS Charlton Horethone

1. Dec. 1943

30. Jun. 1944

1945 - 1947
RNAS St. Meyrryn, Cornwall

2. Jan. 1945

20. Jun. 1944

RNAS Eglinton, Co. Londonderry

9. Aug. 1945

26. Mar. 1947

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794 NAS Commanding Officers 
1940 - 1944
Lt (A) R. W. H. Everett, RNVR

3. Aug. 1940

22. Jul. 1942

Lt-Cdr (A) F. C. Muir, RNVR

22. Jul. 1942

16. Nov. 1942

Lt (A) W. H. Stevens, RN

16. Nov. 1942

10. Apr. 1943

Lt-Cdr (A) A. I. Hill, RNVR

10. Apr. 1943

6. Jan. 1944

Lt-Cdr (A) T. L. Crooksron, RN

6. Jan. 1944

30. Jun. 1944

1945 - 1947
Lt-Cdr (A) J. L. Appleby, RN

2. Jan. 1945

3. Jul. 1945

Lt-Cdr (A) R. A. Bird DSC, RN (KIA)

3. Jul. 1945

11. Apr. 1946

Lt-Cdr (A) G. Dennison, RNVR

11. Apr. 1946

1. Aug 1946

Lt A. C. Lindsay DSC, RN

1. Aug 1946

13. Nov. 1946

Lt. R. M. Crosley DSC, RN

13. Nov. 1946

26. Mar. 1947

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