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746 Naval Air Squadron
746 Naval Air Squadron (746 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was active from 1942 through to 1946, formed as a Night Fighter Interception Unit at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus). It operated out of various Royal Navy and Royal Air Force air bases, along with some deployments on Royal Navy escort aircraft carriers. History of 746 NAS Night Fighter Interception Unit (1942 - 1946) 746 Naval Air Squadron formed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), situated near Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire, approximately four miles west of Portsmouth, on 23 November 1942 as a Night Fighter Interception Unit. Almost immediately, on the 1 December 1942, the squadron moved to RAF Ford, located at Ford, in West Sussex, England. The squadron was initially equipped with the Night Fighter variant of the Fairey Fulmar, the NF Mk.II and its allocation of these aircraft also included the Target Tug ability. Later on, 746 NAS operated the Fairey Firefly Night Fighter ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
746 NAS Badge
Year 746 (Roman numerals, DCCXLVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 746 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Arab–Byzantine Wars: Taking advantage of discontent among the Arab Muslims, Muslim Arabs, Emperor Constantine V invades Syria, and captures Kahramanmaraş, Germanikeia (modern Turkey). He organises the resettlement of part of the local Christians, Christian population in Thrace. * Arab–Byzantine Wars – Battle of Keramaia: The Byzantine navy scores a crushing victory over the Umayyad Egyptian fleet. Europe * Council of Cannstatt: Carloman (mayor of the palace), Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, convenes an assembly of the Alemanni nobility at Cannstatt (modern Stuttgart), and has most of the magnates, numbering in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire is one of two local authority areas in Northamptonshire, England. It is a unitary authority area forming about one half of the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire. It was created in 2021. Its notable towns are Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough, Rushden, Raunds, Desborough, Rothwell, Irthlingborough, Thrapston and Oundle. The council is based at the Corby Cube in Corby. It has a string of lakes along the Nene Valley Conservation Park, associated heritage railway, the village of Fotheringhay which has tombs of the House of York as well as a towering church supported by flying buttresses. This division has a well-preserved medieval castle in private hands next to Corby – Rockingham Castle – and about 20 other notable country houses, many of which have visitor gardens or days. History North Northamptonshire was created on 1 April 2021 by the merger of the four non-metropolitan districts of Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, and Wellingbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAF Great Massingham
Royal Air Force Great Massingham or more simply RAF Great Massingham is a former Royal Air Force station located southwest of Fakenham, Norfolk and east of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. The airfield was built as a satellite airfield of RAF West Raynham in 1940. The airfield closed in 1945, although remained in use for storage until the 1950s. History The following units were posted here at some point: * No. 18 Squadron RAF 1940 - 41 * No. 90 Squadron RAF 1941 * No. 107 Squadron RAF 1941 * No. 342 Squadron RAF 1943 * No. 169 Squadron RAF 1944 - 45 * No. 16 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section * No. 1482 (Bombing) Gunnery Flight * No. 1692 (Bomber Support Training) Unit RAF * No. 1694 (Target Towing) Flight RAF became No. 1694 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF * No. 4109 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment * No. 4303 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment * Central Fighter Establishment Current use The airfield was sold in 1958 and returned to agricultural use. Although th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Fighter Establishment
The Central Fighter Establishment was a Royal Air Force formation that dealt with the development of fighter aircraft tactics which was formed on 4 September 1944 at RAF Wittering. It also tested new fighter aircraft and equipment, and with the training of squadron and flight commanders. It was formed on 1 October 1944 as part of No. 12 Group RAF, and was disbanded on 1 February 1966 while at RAF Binbrook. Units * Air Fighting Development Squadron (1944-66) became Fighter Command Trials Unit * All-Weather Development Squadron (1956-59) * All-Weather Fighter Leaders School (1950-58) became All-Weather Fighter Combat School * All-Weather Wing (1950-56) became All-Weather Development Squadron * Day Fighter Development Wing (1944-??) * Day Fighter Leaders School (1944-58) became Day Fighter Combat Squadron * Enemy Aircraft Flight (1945) * Fighter Combat School (1958-??) ** Day Fighter Combat Squadron (1958-65) ** All-Weather Fighter Combat School (1958-62) became Javelin Operationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea, with The Wash to the north-west. The county town is the city of Norwich. With an area of and a population of 859,400, Norfolk is a largely rural county with a population density of 401 per square mile (155 per km2). Of the county's population, 40% live in four major built up areas: Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (63,000), King's Lynn (46,000) and Thetford (25,000). The Broads is a network of rivers and lakes in the east of the county, extending south into Suffolk. The area is protected by the Broads Authority and has similar status to a national park. History The area that was to become Norfolk was settled in pre-Roman times, (there were Palaeolithic settlers as early as 950,000 years ago) with camps along the highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Raynham
West Raynham is an English village in the county of Norfolk. It is located close to the A1065 road, some five miles southwest of Fakenham and is the largest village on the Raynham estate. The river Wensum flows nearby. The village can trace its origins back and before the Domesday survey of 1086 when it was known as ''Reinham''.The Raynhams Retrieved February 12, 2008 It is in the of Raynham. The villages name means 'Regna's homestead/village' or 'Regna's hemmed-in land'. The Raynhams Today, The Raynhams would cover West, |
RAF West Raynham
Royal Air Force West Raynham or more simply RAF West Raynham is a former Royal Air Force station located west of West Raynham, Norfolk and southwest of Fakenham, Norfolk, England. The airfield opened during May 1939 and was used by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War with the loss of 86 aircraft. The station closed in 1994, though the Ministry of Defence (MoD) retained it as a strategic reserve. Having lain derelict since closure, the station was deemed surplus to requirements by the MoD in 2004 and two years later was sold to the Welbeck Estate Group who resold the entire site in October 2007. It is now managed by FW Properties of Norwich, acting for administrators Moore Stephens. The technical area now operates as a business park with many buildings now reused. The former married quarter areas are now all occupied with a pub and nursery on site. Planning permission was granted for the installation of a 49.9 MW solar farm, together with plant housing and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Searcher (D40)
HMS ''Searcher'' was a ''Ruler''-class escort carrier of the Royal Navy. Built in Seattle as a ''Bogue''-class, she was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease. Launched in 1942 she served until 29 November 1945. She was sold into merchant service and renamed ''Captain Theo''. In 1966, she was renamed again to ''Oriental Banker'' and was finally scrapped in Taiwan in 1976. Design and description Ruler-class ships were larger and had a greater aircraft capacity than the preceding American-built escort carrier classes, and were laid down as escort carriers, not converted from merchant ships. They had a complement of 646 men and an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of .Cocker (2008), p.82. Propulsion was provided by one shaft, two boilers and a steam turbine giving 9,350 shaft horsepower, which could propel the ship at .Cocker (2008), p.79. Aircraft facilities were a small combined bridge–flight control on the starboard side, two aircraft lifts by , one ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Premier (D23)
The first USS ''Estero'' (CVE-42) (previously AVG-42 then later ACV-42) was an escort aircraft carrier launched 22 March 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle, Washington, and sponsored by Mrs. C. N. Ingraham. She was reclassified CVE-42 on 15 July 1943. Completed in October 1943, she was transferred to the Royal Navy on 3 November 1943 and commissioned the same day as HMS ''Premier''. She served in World War II as an ASW escort carrier in European waters and additionally as a ferry carrier. She was returned to United States custody 2 April 1946, she was stricken on 21 May 1946 and was sold into merchant service as the ''Rhodesia Star'' (later renamed ''Hong Kong Knight'') in 1947. She was scrapped in Taiwan in 1974. Design and description These ships were all larger and had a greater aircraft capacity than all the preceding American built escort carriers. They were also all laid down as escort carriers and not converted merchant ships. All the shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Ravager (D70)
HMS ''Ravager'' (D70) was an built in the United States (as part of the ) and operated by the Royal Navy during World War II. ''Ravager'' was initially constructed in the U.S. by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding in Tacoma, in 1942. She was purchased by the U.S. Navy and was converted to an escort carrier at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon. Upon completion in 1943 she was transferred to the Royal Navy and named HMS ''Ravager''. The ship initially served as a convoy escort in the Atlantic theatre. Later in the war she was used mainly as a deck-landing training carrier. In February 1946 she was returned to the US Navy and sold for civilian use in July 1947, being renamed ''Robin Trent'' and later ''Trent''. She was scrapped in 1973. Construction ''Ravager'' (AVG-24) was laid down as MC hull 240 on 11 April 1942, by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington. She was intended to be named ''Charger'', but was named ''Ravager'' when launched 16 July 1942; sponsore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attacker-class Escort Carrier
The ''Attacker'' class were a Ship class, class of escort carrier, escort aircraft carriers in service with the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. The United States Navy had acquired 22 Type C3-class ship, C3 cargo ships shortly after the Attack on Pearl Harbor to be converted into the . With an increasing need for convoy escorts in the North Atlantic eleven of these were transferred to the Royal Navy, and reclassified as ''Attacker'' class, under the terms of the Lend-Lease program. The ships were originally intended to serve as convoy escort carriers, equipped with both anti-submarine and fighter aircraft, and transport carriers, transferring new and replacement aircraft to forward bases. During successful use during the amphibious Operation Torch, invasion of North Africa to cover advancing ground units until land airbases were secured, several ships were refit as Strike fighter, strike carriers, equipped with just fighter aircraft. When used as convoy escorts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Smiter (D55)
USS ''Vermillion'' (CVE-52) (previously AVG-52 then later ACV-52) was laid down on 10 May 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation as a auxiliary aircraft carrier; redesignated an escort aircraft carrier, on 10 June 1943; assigned to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 23 June 1943; launched on 27 September 1943; and accepted by Britain on 20 January 1944. Service history Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS ''Smiter'' (D55) (pronounced "smite·er"), designated a , she served the British throughout the remainder of World War II. She returned to the United States at Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia on 20 March 1946 and was officially transferred back to the United States Navy on 6 April 1946. She was immediately determined to be surplus to the needs of the Navy and was designated for sale. Her name was struck from the Navy Registry on 6 May 1946. On 28 January 1947, she was sold to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Norfolk, Virginia, for conversion t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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