- 1790 Naval Air Squadron
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1790 Naval Air Squadron Active 1 January 1945 - 3 June 1946 Country UK Branch Royal Navy Type Carrier-based fighter squadron Role Night fighter Commanders Notable
commandersLt Cdr(A) J H Kneale RNVR 1790 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy was formed on 1 January 1945 at RNAS Burscough as a night fighter squadron.[1] It was initially equipped with the Fairey Firefly I, replaced in May 1945 by the Firefly INF, which was fitted with a US-derived ASV radar. The squadron joined HMS Vindex on 24 June, bound for Australia, with the ship arriving at HMS Nabthorpe (the Mobile Naval Air Base at RAAF Station Schofields) 2 days before the war in the Far East ended. The squadron was disbanded on 3 June 1946 at Devonport.[1]
References
- ^ a b "1790 NAS at the Fleet Air Arm Archive website". http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/squadrons/1790.html. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
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