758 Naval Air Squadron

758 Naval Air Squadron
Active1 July 1939 - February 1941
25 May 1942 - 14 May 1946[1]
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeFleet Air Arm Second Line Squadron
Role
  • Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron
  • Naval Advanced Instrument Flying Training Unit
SizeSquadron
Part ofFleet Air Arm
Home stationSee Naval air stations section for full list.
AircraftSee Aircraft operated section for full list.
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Rear admiral Sir Donald C.E.F. Gibson, KCB, DSC[2]
Insignia
Identification MarkingsX5A+ (1939 - 1941)
U1A+, U3A+, U1AA, U1BB+, U3AA+ & U3BB+[3]
Stinson Reliant of the type used by 758 NAS

758 Naval Air Squadron (758 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It was initially formed as a Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron, from 1939 and 1941, renumbered from 759 Naval Air Squadron, operating out of RNAS Eastleigh (HMS Raven). It moved to RNAS Arbroath (HMS Condor), in 1940, disbanding there the following year. The squadron reformed at RNAS Donibristle (HMS Merlin), in 1942, as a Beam Approach School. Moving to RNAS Hinstock (HMS Godwit), it was known as the Naval Advanced Instrument Flying School. It provided instrument courses, utilising a large number of Oxford aircraft, with detachments sent to the specialised flying schools at RNAS Crail (HMS Jackdaw), RNAS East Haven (HMS Peewit), RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl) and RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron). 'X' and 'Y' Rover Flights supplemented the detachments, 'Z' Flight was on calibration work and evolving homing and landing capabilities, with the squadron disbanding in 1946, at RNAS Peplow (HMS Godwit II), into 780 Naval Air Squadron.[3]

History

Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron (1939 - 1941)

Blackburn Shark, an example of the type used by 758 NAS.

758 Naval Air Squadron formed at RNAS Eastleigh (HMS Raven), in Hampshire, on 1 July 1939, as a Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron, re-numbered from 759 Naval Air Squadron and as part of No.2 Air Gunners School. It operated with Blackburn Shark II, a carrier-borne torpedo bomber, Hawker Osprey III, a navalised carrier-borne version of the Hawker Hart, used in the fighter and reconnaissance roles and Percival Proctor Ia and IIa, a radio trainer and communications aircraft.[4]

The squadron continued Telegraphist Air Gunner training at RNAS Eastleigh throughout the following fifteen months, before moving to RNAS Arbroath (HMS Condor), East Angus, Scotland, on 14 October 1940. Here, the squadron kept its Percival Proctor and acquired Blackburn Roc, a naval turret fighter aircraft and Blackburn Skua, a British carrier-borne dive bomber and fighter aircraft, leaving the Hawker Osprey and Blackburn Shark behind and continuing the TAG training for a further four months, before disbanding on 1 February 1941.[5]

Naval Advanced Instrument Flying Training Unit (1942 - 1946)

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II, an example of the type used by 758 NAS.

758 Naval Air Squadron reformed at RNAS Donibristle (HMS Merlin), near Dunfermline, in Fife, on 25 May 1942.[6] Operating Airspeed Oxford, a twin-engine training aircraft, the squadron remained at RNAS Donibristle for around three months, moving to RNAS Hinstock (HMS Godwit), in Shropshire, on 15 August 1942.[7]

It was initially known as the Beam Approach School, then later known as the Blind Approach School. In 1943 it was titled Naval Advanced Instrument Flying School and as well as Airspeed Oxford aircraft, the squadron also operated Avro Anson, a multi-role training aircraft, Stinson Reliant, a liaison and training aircraft, de Havilland Tiger Moth, a trainer aircraft and Vickers Wellington, a twin-engined long-range medium bomber aircraft. Later in the year North American Harvard, an American advanced trainer aircraft replaced the Vickers Wellington aircraft and by 1944, 758 Naval Air Squadron had over one-hundred aircraft.[8]

Detachments went to RNAS Crail (HMS Jackdaw), RNAS East Haven (HMS Peewit), RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl) and RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron), which housed the Specialised Flying Schools, to supply instrument training courses. The detachments work was reinforced by X and Y Rover Flights, while Z Flight, a calibration flight, also worked on enhancing homing and landing assistance.[3]

The relief landing grounds, at RNAS Weston Park (HMS Godwit II),[8] situated in the grounds of Weston Park, a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, and RAF Bratton,[9] located at Bratton, Shropshire, were used by 758 Naval Air Squadron for Instrument Flying Training, until RNAS Hinstock gained RNAS Peplow as a satellite airfield and from 28 February 1945 the squadron then operated from RNAS Peplow (HMS Godwit II), situated just outside Peplow in Shropshire.

On the 18 March 1946 the squadron absorbed part of 798 Naval Air Squadron,[8] however, 758 Naval Air Squadron disbanded on 14 May 1946 at RNAS Peplow, becoming 'B' Flight of 780 Naval Air Squadron.[10]

Aircraft operated

The squadron has operated a number of different aircraft types, including:[4][11]

758 Naval Air Squadron operated from a number of naval air stations of the Royal Navy, in Scotland and England:[11]

1939 - 1941

1942 - 1946

Commanding officers

List of commanding officers of 758 Naval Air Squadron with date of appointment:[11]


1939 - 1941

  • Lieutenant Commander W.H.G. Saunt, RN, from 10 July 1939
  • Lieutenant Commander J.M. Wintour, RN, from 22 May 1940
  • Lieutenant Commander(A) F. Leach, RNVR, from 26 October 1940
  • disbanded - 1 February 1941

1942 - 1946

  • Lieutenant Commander J.B.W. Pugh, AFC, RNVR, from 25 May 1942
  • Lieutenant Commander(A) J.C.V.K. Watson, RNVR, from 15 August 1942 (KiFA - 1 January 1944)
  • separate flights, from 1 January 1944
  • disbanded - 15 May 1946

758A Flight

  • Lieutenant Commander(A) J.MacD. Scott, OBE, RN, from 13 December 1943
  • Lieutenant Commander D.C.E.F. Gibson, DSC, RN, from 4 April 1946
  • disbanded - 15 May 1946

758B Flight

  • Lieutenant Commander(A) H.R. Law, RNVR, from 13 December 1943
  • Lieutenant Commander(A) G.T. Bertholdt, RNVR, from 1 January 1945
  • Lieutenant Commander(A) F.G. Averill, RNVR, from June 1945
  • Lieutenant Commander(A) G.B. O'Flynn, RNVR, from 27 July 1945
  • Lieutenant Commander(A) R.T. Hargreaves, RNVR, from 8 February 1946
  • disbanded - 15 May 1946

758C Flight

  • Lieutenant Commander(A) G.K. Pridham, RNVR, from 13 December 1943
  • Lieutenant Commander(A) T. McVey, RN, from 28 July 1944
  • Lieutenant Commander(A) E.S. Barsham, RNVR, from 8 November 1944
  • disbanded - 17 February 1946

758D Flight

  • Lieutenant Commander(A) O.P. Bradley, RNVR, from 27 February 1945
  • disbanded - 7 February 1946

758 Rover Flight

  • Lieutenant Commander(A) R.T. Hargreaves, RNVR, from 17 July 1944
  • Lieutenant Commander(A) H.R. Law, RNVR, from 10 October 1944
  • disbanded - 6 May 1946

References

Citations

  1. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 76.
  2. ^ "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - G". unithistories.com World War II unit histories and officers. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Wragg 2019, p. 126.
  4. ^ a b "RNAS Eastleigh". www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  5. ^ "RNAS Arbroath". www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  6. ^ "758 Naval Air Squadron". www.wings-aviation.ch. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. ^ "RNAS Hinstock". www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  8. ^ a b c "RNAS Weston Park". www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  9. ^ "RNAS Bratton". www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  10. ^ "RNAS Peplow". www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  11. ^ a b c Ballance 2016, p. 59.
  12. ^ "Bratton". Royal Navy Research Archive - Fleet Air Arm Bases 1939 - present day. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

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