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style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">Fighter</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">Vought Corsair</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>1843 Naval Air Squadron</b> (1843 NAS) was a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Fleet_Air_Arm_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons">Naval Air Squadron</a> of the Royal Navy's <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> between 1943 and 1945 and then a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve">Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve</a> Air Squadron from 1953 to 1957. It formed in the United States at RN Air Section Brunswick, in May 1944, as a <b>fighter squadron</b>. It arrived in the UK aboard HMS <i>Trouncer</i> in August. Based at HMS <i>Gannet</i>, RNAS Eglinton, Northern Ireland and training at HMS <i>Wagtail</i>, RNAS Ayr, Scotland, the squadron had deck landing training aboard HMS <i>Patroller</i> in December, before joining HMS <i>Arbiter</i> in February 1945, as part of the 10th Naval Fighter Wing. Sailing to Australia, the squadron became part of the 3rd Carrier Air Group, but saw no action before the war ended and disbanded in October 1945. It reformed as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Air Branch anti-submarine squadron, in the Scottish Air Division, from 1953 and disbanded in 1957. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1843_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Single-seat_fighter_squadron_(1944_-_1945)"><span id="Single-seat_fighter_squadron_.281944_-_1945.29"></span>Single-seat fighter squadron (1944 - 1945)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1843_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Single-seat fighter squadron (1944 - 1945)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1843 Naval Air Squadron formed on 1 June 1944 in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> at RN Air Section Brunswick, which was located at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Brunswick" title="Naval Air Station Brunswick">United States Naval Air Station (USNAS) Brunswick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, as a Single Seat Fighter Squadron,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under the command of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander" title="Lieutenant commander">Lieutenant Commander</a>(<a href="/wiki/Acting_rank" title="Acting rank">A</a>) D.K. Evans, <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve">RNZNVR</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019197_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019197-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was equipped with eighteen <a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">Vought Corsair</a> aircraft, an American <a href="/wiki/Carrier-borne" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier-borne">carrier-borne</a> <a href="/wiki/Fighter-bomber" title="Fighter-bomber">fighter-bomber</a>. These were the <a href="/wiki/Brewster_Aeronautical_Corporation" title="Brewster Aeronautical Corporation">Brewster</a> built F4U-1 variant the F3A-1 and F3A-1D, designated Corsair Mk III by the Fleet Air Arm.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThetford199181&83_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThetford199181&83-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Training consisted <a href="/wiki/Air_combat_manoeuvring" title="Air combat manoeuvring">air combat</a>, low altitude and <a href="/wiki/Formation_flying" title="Formation flying">formation flying</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_navigation" title="Air navigation">navigation</a>. On 3 July the squadron began Aerodrome Dummy Deck Landings (ADDLs) utilising the nearby <a href="/wiki/Hancock_County%E2%80%93Bar_Harbor_Airport" title="Hancock County–Bar Harbor Airport">US Naval Auxiliary Airfield</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bar_Harbor,_Maine" title="Bar Harbor, Maine">Bar Harbor, Maine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RNRA-1843_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNRA-1843-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On completion of working up in late July the Mk III Vought Corsair were replaced with the Mk II variant . This version was the Vought built F4U-1A,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThetford199181&83_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThetford199181&83-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before embarking in <a href="/wiki/HMS_Trouncer_(D85)" title="HMS Trouncer (D85)">HMS <i>Trouncer</i></a> for the UK in August 1944. The <a href="/wiki/Ruler-class_escort_carrier" title="Ruler-class escort carrier"><i>Ruler</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carrier</a> sailed from <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> on 11 August, to cross the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic">Atlantic</a> as part of convoy CU.35.<sup id="cite_ref-RNRA-1843_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNRA-1843-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The squadron disembarked to <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Eglinton_(HMS_Gannet)" title="RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet)">RNAS Eglinton (HMS <i>Gannet</i>)</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>, Northern Ireland, on 24 August. On 20 September Lieutenant Commander(A) D.F.V. Davis, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve">RCNVR</a>, was given temporary command of the squadron. On 14 October a new commanding officer, <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">Major</a> P.P. Nelson-Gracie, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">RM</a>, took command <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019197_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019197-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with <a href="/wiki/1845_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1845 Naval Air Squadron">1845 Naval Air Squadron</a>, they formed the <a href="/wiki/10th_Naval_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Naval Fighter Wing">10th Naval Fighter Wing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019201_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019201-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron flew to Scotland on 23 October to <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Ayr" class="mw-redirect" title="RNAS Ayr">RNAS Ayr (HMS <i>Wagtail</i>)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayr" title="Ayr">Ayr</a>, and remained there until returning to RNAS Eglinton on 15 December.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016294_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016294-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of November the squadron strength was increased to twenty-four aircraft when it absorbed part of <a href="/wiki/1848_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1848 Naval Air Squadron">1848 Naval Air Squadron</a> which was disbanded on 21 November.<sup id="cite_ref-RNRA-1843_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNRA-1843-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A detachment of eight aircraft undertook Deck Landing Training (DLT) on the <i>Ruler</i>-class escort carrier, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Patroller_(D07)" title="HMS Patroller (D07)">HMS <i>Patroller</i></a> between 21 and 23 December.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019197_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019197-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the start of February 1945 the squadron received new equipment again, these were the <a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Aerospace" title="Goodyear Aerospace">Goodyear</a> built FG-1D variant of the Corsair, designated as the Mk IV by the Fleet Air Arm.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThetford199180&83_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThetford199180&83-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron flew out to embark in another <i>Ruler</i>-class escort carrier, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Arbiter" title="HMS Arbiter">HMS <i>Arbiter</i></a>, on <a href="/wiki/Valentine%E2%80%99s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Valentine’s Day">Valentine’s Day</a> 1945. It sailed to Australia via a brief stop at <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a>. On 2 May it disembarked to <a href="/wiki/HMS_Nabthorpe" title="HMS Nabthorpe">RNAS Schofields (HMS <i>Nabthorpe</i>)</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Mobile_Naval_Air_Base" title="Mobile Naval Air Base">Mobile Naval Air Base</a> No. 3), which was situated at <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Schofields" title="RAAF Station Schofields">RAAF Station Schofields</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The squadron re-embarked into HMS <i>Arbiter</i> and sailed for the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Islands" title="Admiralty Islands">Admiralty Islands</a> where it disembarked all twenty-four aircraft to <a href="/wiki/HMS_Nabaron" title="HMS Nabaron">RNAS Ponum (HMS <i>Nabaron</i>)</a>, (Mobile Naval Air Base No. 4) which was situated on a former US Navy airstrip on <a href="/wiki/Ponam_Island" title="Ponam Island">Ponam Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>, on the last day of May. It remained for almost a month, re-embarked on 25 June.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The carrier returned to Australia and the squadron disembarked on 4 July to <a href="/wiki/HMS_Nabstock" title="HMS Nabstock">RNAS Maryborough (HMS <i>Nabstock</i>)</a>, (Mobile Naval Air Base No. 6), which was located at <a href="/wiki/Maryborough_Airport_(Queensland)" title="Maryborough Airport (Queensland)">RAAF Station Maryborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>. However, the stay was limited and the squadron flew to <a href="/wiki/HMS_Nabswick" title="HMS Nabswick">RNAS Jervis Bay (HMS <i>Nabswick</i>)</a>, (Mobile Naval Air Base No. 5), situated at <a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Airfield" title="Jervis Bay Airfield">Jervis Bay Airfield</a>, New South Wales, on 14 of the month.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A week later it wagon the move again, flying to <a href="/wiki/HMS_Nabbington" title="HMS Nabbington">RNAS Nowra (HMS <i>Nabbington</i>)</a> (Mobile Naval Air base No. 1), established at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> (RAAF) base <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Albatross_(air_station)" title="HMAS Albatross (air station)">RAAF Nowra</a> at <a href="/wiki/Nowra" title="Nowra">Nowra</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-RNRA-Nowra_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNRA-Nowra-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where it joined the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Carrier_Air_Group" title="3rd Carrier Air Group">3rd Carrier Air Group</a> (3rd CAG) which formed at HMS <i>Nabbington</i> on 2 August as a spare Group for an <a href="/wiki/Illustrious-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Illustrious-class aircraft carrier"><i>Illustrious</i>-class</a> fleet carrier.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019203_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019203-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron saw no action before the <a href="/wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Asia" title="End of World War II in Asia">war ended</a> and the Air Group was disbanded on 20 October. The aircraft were withdrawn in September, and the squadron personnel sailed home in <a href="/wiki/SS_Stratheden" title="SS Stratheden">SS <i>Stratheden</i></a>, to disband on arrival on 10 December 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016294_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016294-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Royal_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve_Air_Squadron">Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Air Squadron</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1843_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Air Squadron"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anti-submarine_squadron">Anti-submarine squadron</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1843_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Anti-submarine squadron"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 20 April 1953 1843 Sqn reformed at <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Abbotsinch" class="mw-redirect" title="RNAS Abbotsinch">RNAS Abbotsinch (HMS <i>Sanderling</i>)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paisley,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Paisley, Scotland">Paisley, Scotland</a>, as an <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve">Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve</a> Air Branch <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine</a> squadron in the Scottish Air Division, under the command of Lieutenant Commander(A) M. Ross, RNVR. It was essentially a renaming of <a href="/wiki/1830_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1830 Naval Air Squadron">1830A Naval Air Squadron</a>. The squadron shared a pool of aircraft with 1830 Naval Air Squadron. The RNVR squadron disbanded on 10 March 1957 under the <a href="/wiki/1957_Defence_White_Paper" title="1957 Defence White Paper">White Paper</a> defence cuts of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_operated">Aircraft operated</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1843_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Aircraft operated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Aircraft operated by No. 1843 Naval Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016294_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016294-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>From</th> <th>To</th> <th>Aircraft</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Version</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>May 1944</td> <td>August 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">Vought Corsair</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fighter-bomber" title="Fighter-bomber">fighter-bomber</a></td> <td>Mk III</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 1944</td> <td>February 1945</td> <td>Vought Corsair</td> <td>fighter-bomber</td> <td>Mk II</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1945</td> <td>September 1945</td> <td>Vought Corsair</td> <td>fighter-bomber</td> <td>Mk IV</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naval_air_stations">Naval air stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1843_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Naval air stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1843 Naval Air Squadron operated from a number of <a href="/wiki/List_of_air_stations_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of air stations of the Royal Navy">naval air stations of the Royal Navy</a>, in the United Kingdom, and overseas, and a number of Royal Navy <a href="/wiki/List_of_escort_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of escort carriers of the Royal Navy">escort carriers</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016294_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016294-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Arbiter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/HMS_Arbiter.jpg/220px-HMS_Arbiter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/HMS_Arbiter.jpg/330px-HMS_Arbiter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/HMS_Arbiter.jpg/440px-HMS_Arbiter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="591" /></a><figcaption>HMS <i>Arbiter</i></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Brunswick" title="Naval Air Station Brunswick">RN Air Section Brunswick</a> (1 May - 2 August 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Trouncer_(D85)" title="HMS Trouncer (D85)">HMS <i>Trouncer</i></a> (2 - 24 August 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Eglinton_(HMS_Gannet)" title="RNAS Eglinton (HMS Gannet)">Royal Naval Air Station Eglinton (HMS <i>Gannet</i>)</a> (24 August 1944 - 14 February 1945) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Ayr" class="mw-redirect" title="RNAS Ayr">Royal Naval Air Station Ayr (HMS <i>Wagtail</i>)</a> (Detachments 23 October - 15 December 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Acklington" title="RAF Acklington">Royal Air Force Acklington</a> (Detachment 11 - 17 December 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Patroller_(D07)" title="HMS Patroller (D07)">HMS <i>Patroller</i></a> (Detachment eight aircraft DLT 21 - 23 December 1944)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Arbiter" title="HMS Arbiter">HMS <i>Arbiter</i></a> (14 February - 4 April 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Colombo_Racecourse" class="mw-redirect" title="RNAS Colombo Racecourse">Royal Naval Air Station Colombo Racecourse (HMS <i>Bherunda</i>)</a> (4 - 13 April 1945)</li> <li>HMS <i>Arbiter</i> (13 April - 1 May 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nabthorpe" title="HMS Nabthorpe">Royal Naval Air Station Schofields (HMS <i>Nabthorpe</i>)</a> (1 May - 4 June 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nabstock" title="HMS Nabstock">Royal Naval Air Station Maryborough (HMS <i>Nabstock</i>)</a> (4 June - 14 July 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nabswick" title="HMS Nabswick">Royal Naval Air Station Jervis Bay (HMS <i>Nabswick</i>)</a> (14 - 22 July 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nabbington" title="HMS Nabbington">Royal Naval Air Station Nowra (HMS <i>Nabbington</i>)</a> (22 July - 24 October 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Stratheden" title="SS Stratheden">SS <i>Stratheden</i></a> - transit - (24 October - 10 December 1945)</li> <li>disbanded - UK (10 December 1945)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanding_officers">Commanding officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1843_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Commanding officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>List of <a href="/wiki/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer">commanding officers</a> of 1843 Naval Air Squadron with date of appointment:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWragg2019197_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWragg2019197-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016294_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBallanceHowardSturtivant2016294-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Commander" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Commander">Lieutenant Commander</a>(<a href="/wiki/Acting_rank" title="Acting rank">A</a>) D.K. Evans, <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve">RNZNVR</a>, from 1 May 1944</li> <li>Lieutenant Commander(A) D.F.V. Davis, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve">RCNVR</a>, (temp), from 20 September 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">Major</a> P.P. Nelson-Gracie, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">RM</a>, from 14 October 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(Royal_Navy)" title="Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy)">Lieutenant Commander</a>(A) P.C.S. Chilton, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">RN</a>, from 11 February 1945</li> <li>disbanded - 10 December 1945</li> <li>Lieutenant Commander(A) M. Ross, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Reserve" title="Royal Naval Reserve">RNVR</a>, from 20 April 1953</li> <li>disbanded - 10 March 1957</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1843_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Fleet_Air_Arm_groups" title="List of Fleet Air Arm groups">List of Fleet Air Arm groups</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1843_Naval_Air_Squadron&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;background-color: #eee;">Flying</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/700_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="700 Naval Air Squadron">700X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/703_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="703 Naval Air Squadron">703</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/705_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="705 Naval Air Squadron">705</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/727_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="727 Naval Air Squadron">727</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/744_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="744 Naval Air Squadron">744</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/710_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="710 Naval Air Squadron">710</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/711_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="711 Naval Air Squadron">711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/712_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="712 Naval Air Squadron">712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/713_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="713 Naval Air Squadron">713</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/714_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="714 Naval Air Squadron">714</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/715_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="715 Naval Air Squadron">715</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/716_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="716 Naval Air Squadron">716</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/717_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="717 Naval Air Squadron">717</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/718_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="718 Naval Air Squadron">718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/719_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="719 Naval Air Squadron">719</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/720_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="720 Naval Air Squadron">720</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/721_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="721 Naval Air Squadron">721</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/722_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="722 Naval Air Squadron">722</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/723_Squadron_RAN" title="723 Squadron RAN">723</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/724_Squadron_RAN" title="724 Squadron RAN">724</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/725_Squadron_RAN" title="725 Squadron RAN">725</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/726_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="726 Naval Air Squadron">726</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/728_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="728 Naval Air Squadron">728</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/728B_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="728B Naval Air Squadron">728B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/728C_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="728C Naval Air Squadron">728C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/729_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="729 Naval Air Squadron">729</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/730_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="730 Naval Air Squadron">730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/731_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="731 Naval Air Squadron">731</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/732_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="732 Naval Air Squadron">732</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/733_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="733 Naval Air Squadron">733</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/734_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="734 Naval Air Squadron">734</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/735_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="735 Naval Air Squadron">735</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/736_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="736 Naval Air Squadron">736</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/737_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="737 Naval Air Squadron">737</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/738_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="738 Naval Air Squadron">738</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/739_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="739 Naval Air Squadron">739</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/740_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="740 Naval Air Squadron">740</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/741_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="741 Naval Air Squadron">741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/742_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="742 Naval Air Squadron">742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/743_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="743 Naval Air Squadron">743</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/745_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="745 Naval Air Squadron">745</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/746_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="746 Naval Air Squadron">746</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/747_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="747 Naval Air Squadron">747</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/748_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="748 Naval Air Squadron">748</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/749_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="749 Naval Air Squadron">749</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/751_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="751 Naval Air Squadron">751</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/752_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="752 Naval Air Squadron">752</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/753_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="753 Naval Air Squadron">753</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/754_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="754 Naval Air Squadron">754</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/755_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="755 Naval Air Squadron">755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/756_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="756 Naval Air Squadron">756</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/757_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="757 Naval Air Squadron">757</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/758_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="758 Naval Air Squadron">758</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/759_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="759 Naval Air Squadron">759</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/760_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="760 Naval Air Squadron">760</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/761_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="761 Naval Air Squadron">761</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/762_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="762 Naval Air Squadron">762</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/763_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="763 Naval Air Squadron">763</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/764_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="764 Naval Air Squadron">764</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/765_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="765 Naval Air Squadron">765</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/766_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="766 Naval Air Squadron">766</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/767_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="767 Naval Air Squadron">767</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/768_Naval_Air_Squadron" 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