1849 Naval Air Squadron

Inactive flying squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm May 2017 May 2017 1849 Naval Air Squadron 300px Vought Corsair; an example of the type used by 1849 NAS 1944 6 December 1944Sturtivant Ballance 1994 358 UK Single-seat fighter squadron Fighter squadron Eighteen aircraft Fleet Air Arm See Naval air stations section for full list. Home station 1+ V11 individual letters Identification Markings Vought Corsair 1849 Naval Air Squadron (1849 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN). It formed in the United States at RN Air Section Brunswick as a fighter squadron at the start of 1944, equipped with Vought Corsair fighter aircraft. It embarked in HMS Reaper for transport to the UK in November. The squadron suffered from a high accident rate and disbanded on arrival in the UK, in December, with its aircraft and personnel dispersed between 1845 and 1850 Naval Air Squadrons. History Single-seat fighter squadron (1944) 1849 Naval Air Squadron formed on 1 August 1944 in the United States at RN Air Section Brunswick, which was located at United States Naval Air Station (USNAS) Brunswick, Maine, as a Single Seat Fighter Squadron, Brunswick https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/FAA-Bases/Brunswick.htm Royal Navy Research Archive - Fleet Air Arm Bases 1939 - present day 19 September 2024 under the command of Lieutenant Commander(A) P.C.S. Chilton, RN.Wragg 2019 198 It was equipped with eighteen Vought Corsair aircraft, an American carrier-borne fighter-bomber. These were the Brewster built F4U-1 variant, designated Corsair Mk III by the Fleet Air Arm.Thetford 1991 81&83 Training involved formation flying, air combat and navigation. Aerodrome Dummy Deck Landings (ADDLs) were undertaken at the nearby Bar Harbor Naval Auxiliary Air Facility (NAAF), Bar Harbor, Maine. 1849 Naval Air Squadron was the last Fleet Air Arm squadron to be equipped with the Mk III variant of Vought Corsair, but these were replaced on 24 OctoberA history of 1849 Naval Air Squadron https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/SQUADRONS/1849_Squadron.htm Royal Navy Research Archive - Royal Naval Air Squadrons 1938 - present day 20 September 2024 with the Goodyear built FG-1D variant, designated Vought Corsair Mk IV by the Fleet Air Arm.Thetford 1991 81&83 With working up completed the squadron left RN Air Section Brunswick and flew to RN Air Section Floyd Bennett Field, located at USNAS Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York City, on 15 November. Floyd Bennett Field https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/FAA-Bases/Floyd_Bennett.htm Royal Navy Research Archive - Fleet Air Arm Bases 1939 - present day 21 September 2024 Leaving the aircraft behind the aircrew travelled to Naval Station Norfolk to embarked in the ruler escort carrier, Reaper D82 6. She sailed to New York City, where she embarked the squadron aircraft and joined Convoy CU.48 for the Atlantic crossing to the United Kingdom on 24 November. On 6 December the squadron disembarked to Royal Naval Air Maintenance Yard Belfast (HMS Gadwall).A history of HMS Reaper https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/ESCORT/REAPER.htm Royal Navy Research Archive 29 March 2025Convoy CU.48 https://convoyweb.org.uk/ports/convoy2.php?suffix=CU.48&prefix=CU convoyweb.org.uk 29 March 2025 With the large amount of losses from air accidents it was decided 1849 Naval Air Squadron would be disbanded on arrival in the United Kingdom. The aircraft and personnel were distributed between 1845 and 1850 Naval Air Squadrons. 1849 Naval Air Squadron disbanded on 6 December 1944.Wragg 2019 198 Aircraft flown 1849 Naval Air Squadron flew two variants of only one aircraft type:Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 297 Vought Corsair Mk III fighter bomber (August - October 1944) Vought Corsair Mk IV fighter bomber (October - December 1944) Naval air stations 1849 Naval Air Squadron operated from a number of naval air stations of the Royal Navy overseas, and a Royal Navy escort carrier:Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 297 thumb|HMS Reaper RN Air Section Brunswick, Maine, (1 August - 7 October 1944) RN Air Section Norfolk, Virginia, (Detachment Deck Landing Training (DLT) Charger 2 October 1944) RN Air Section Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, (7 - 10 October 1944) RN Air Section Brunswick, Maine, (10 - 23 October 1944) RN Air Section Norfolk, Virginia, (23 - 24 October 1944) RN Air Section Brunswick, Maine, (24 October - 15 November 1944) RN Air Section Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, (15 - 17 November 1944) RN Air Section Norfolk, Virginia, (17 - 22 November 1944) Reaper D82 6 (22 November - 6 December 1944) disbanded - UK (6 December 1944) Commanding officers List of commanding officers of 1849 Naval Air Squadron with date of appointment:Wragg 2019 199Ballance Howard Sturtivant 2016 297 Lieutenant Commander(A) P.C.S. Chilton, RN, from 1 August 1944 disbanded - 12 December 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 Sturtivant R Ballance T The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm 1994 Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd Tonbridge, Kent, UK 0-85130-223-8 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 External links http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/SQUADRONS/1849_Squadron.htm A History of 1849 Naval Air Squadron 26 September 2021 The Royal Navy Research Archive Category:1800 series Fleet Air Arm squadrons Category:Military units and formations established in 1944 Category:Air squadrons of the Royal Navy in World War II Category:Military units and formations of the Royal Navy in World War II Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1944