1792 Naval Air Squadron

Inactive flying squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm February 2018 February 2018 1792 Naval Air Squadron 1792 Naval Air Squadron Badge.png 200px Squadron badge 1945–1946 17 April 1946 UK Two-seat fighter squadron Night fighter Squadron Fleet Air Arm See Naval air stations section for full list. Home station la Nocte vincimus We conquer by night yesBallance Howard Sturtivant 2016 280 Lieutenant commander(A) S Dixon-Child, RNVR Per fess black and barry wavy of six white and block a dagger in pale white pommel and hilt gold winged white (1946)Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 280 Squadron Badge Description single letters4A+ (HMS Ocean)Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 280 Identification Markings Fairey Firefly NF.Mk I 1792 Naval Air Squadron (1792 NAS), sometimes referred to as 1792 Squadron, is an inactive Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It was formed in May 1945 at RNAS Lee-on-Solent, HMS Daedalus, Hampshire, as a Night Fighter squadron. It was equipped with the Fairey Firefly NF.Mk I night fighter. The squadron joined the Colossus aircraft carrier 0 light fleet carrier Ocean R68 6 in December for service in the Mediterranean. On return to the UK the squadron was disbanded in April 1946.Sturtivant Ray The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm 1994 Air-Britain 0-85130-223-8 341 History Night Fighter Squadron (1945-1946) 1792 Naval Air Squadron formed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), on 15 May 1945, as a night fighter squadron. It was equipped with Fairey Firefly NF.Mk I, a night fighter variant of the carrier-borne fighter, anti-submarine and reconnaissance aircraft,Wragg 2019 190 which was fitted with radar in a centre-line container.Thetford 1991 173 Around one month later the squadron moved north to Lancashire, relocating to RNAS Inskip (HMS Nightjar) on 15 June.Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 280 During August it moved to RNAS Drem (HMS Nighthawk), East Lothian, Scotland, where the Naval Night Fighter School and Night Fighter Direction Centre were based. The squadron spent almost three months at RNAS Drem working up before moving to RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail), Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on 27 NovemberDrem https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/FAA-Bases/Drem.htm Royal Navy Research Archive - Fleet Air Arm Bases 1939 - present day 6 May 2024 and two weeks later embarked in the Colossus aircraft carrier Ocean R68 6 for the Mediterranean.Wragg 2019 190 Aboard the aircraft carrier it worked with 892 Naval Air Squadron, which operated Grumman Hellcat N.F. Mk II, the night fighter variant of the American carrier-based fighter aircraft, as a Night Fighter Air Group. Six weeks between 4 January and 8 February 1946 were spent at RNAS Hal Far (HMS Falcon), Malta, before returning to the UK in HMS Ocean, where the squadron disbanded on 17 April 1946.Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 280 Aircraft flown 1792 Naval Air Squadron flew only one aircraft type:Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 280 Fairey Firefly NF.Mk I night fighter (May 1945 - April 1946) Naval air stations 1792 Naval Air Squadron operated from a number of naval air stations of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom, one overseas in Malta, and a Royal Navy light fleet carrier:Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 280 Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire, (15 May - 15 June 1945) Royal Naval Air Station Inskip (HMS Nightjar), Lancashire, (15 June - 29 August 1945) Royal Naval Air Station Drem (HMS Nighthawk), East Lothian, (29 August - 27 November 1945) Royal Naval Air Station Machrihanish (HMS Landrail), Argyll and Bute, (27 November - 11 December 1945) Ocean R68 6, Colossus aircraft carrier 0 light fleet carrier (11 December 1945 - 4 January 1946) Royal Naval Air Station Hal Far (HMS Falcon), Malta, (4 January - 18 February 1946) HMS Ocean (18 February - 17 April 1946) disbanded - 17 April 1946 Commanding officers List of commanding officers of 1792 Naval Air Squadron with date of appointment:Wragg 2019 190 Lieutenant Commander(A) S. Dixon-Child, RNVR, from 15 May 1945 disbanded - 17 April 1946 Note: Abbreviation (A) signifies Air Branch of the RN or RNVR.Wragg 2019 257 References Citations Bibliography Ballance Theo Howard Lee Sturtivant Ray The Squadrons and Units of the Fleet Air Arm 2016 Air Britain Historians Limited 978-0-85130-489-2 en Thetford Owen British Naval Aircraft since 1912 1991 Putnam Aeronautical Books, an imprint of Conway Maritime Press Ltd London, UK 0-85177-849-6 Wragg David The Fleet Air Arm Handbook 1939-1945 2019 The History Press Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK 978-0-7509-9303-6 en Category:Military units and formations established in 1945 Category:1700 series Fleet Air Arm squadrons Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1946 Category:Night fighter units