1790 SQUADRON
ROYAL NAVY FLEET AIR ARM
BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET
SCHOFIELDS 13.08.45 16.01.46 Airfield Temp Huts Quaker Road SYDNEY
SCHOFIELDS 28.03.46 29.04.46 Airfield Temp Huts Quaker Road SYDNEY
Commanding Officers SCHOFIELDS L/Cdr KNEALE J.H 13.08.45 16.01.46
SCHOFIELDS L/Cdr LYONS B.C 09.11.45 16.01.46
SCHOFIELDS L/Cdr LYONS B.C 28.03.46 29.04.46
Aircraft Fairey Firefly Mk.1NF
The following list of names of officers of 1790 Squadron at Schofields was provided to me by Walter "Iinky" Inkster:-
| Ralph Chalker | Tom Pierce | Derick Phillips | Inky Inkster |
| Tom Talbot | Owen Lobb | Bobby Ranscombe | Jock Frazer |
| Pat Toynbee | Jimmy Kneale | Ben Lyons | Arthur Pickthall |
| Lucky Lee | Johnny Miller | Duke Ducane | Bruce Hobbs |
| Griff Griffiths | John Harrison | Keith Neiderer | James Abraham |
| Loopy Dunworth | Boy Andrews | George Glover | Don Sidnell |
| Billy Rose | Woodfall | Lown | Mortimer |
| Tom Evritt | Tony Cornabe | Deep Della Porta | Ron Battie |
| Thompson | John Woodhouse | Cats Allen | Taffy Jones |
| Joe Hunt | Les Pearson | Peter Beale |
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm in Australia during WW2
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank Dennis Whiley for his assistance with the above information.
I'd like to thank Walter "Inky" Inkster for his assistance with this home page. "Inky" was was Air Radio Officer for 1790 Squadron from its formation on 1 January 1945 to 4 June 1946.
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