Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 - The Men

List of all Fleet Air Arm
Commanding Officers 1939-1945

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L -
M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W

- X - Y - Z

JdeF Jago RN
Born
Rank: Lt Cdr, Cdr (1945)
Honours and Awards:
Died
Other information
- took over command of 815 sqdn after the loss of the previous CO Lt Cdr Williamson, during the Taranto raid, 11.11.1940
- involved in sinking 2 Italian ships in a convoy near Sicily, 12.1940
- reformed the squadron aftrer the dive bombing attack on HMS Illustrious, 11.1.1941
- POW 14.3.41 attacking Valona harbour (POW Italy and Germany)(815 sqdn)
- seniority 6.1945 (Cdr)
- Capt (Hon.)

Commands:

815	Nov 1940	Jan 1941	HMS illustrious badly damaed by divebombing attack 1.1941
815	Jan 1941	March	Taken POW 3.1941

TGC Jameson RN
Born
Rank: Lt Cdr
Honours and Awards
Died
Other information
- involved in the Dunkirk evacuations, flying from Ford, 5.1940
- briuefly operated from Jersey, during the evacuation of France, 6.1940
- operated from HMS Furious from 6.9.1940 when it was involved in an attempted attack on the german battleship Scharnhorst
- led attack on shipping at Trondheim , 22.9.1940 when 5 of the sqdn aircraft FTR
- led a night bombing attack on fuel storage tanks at Tromso, 16.10.1940
-operated under RAF Coastal Command to carry out operations off the Dutch coast and French ports, 3.1941
- took part in Malta convoys ferrying RAF aircraft, HMS Furious, 6.1941
- survived the torpedoing of HMS Ark Royal near Gibraltar, 13.11.1941
- seniority 6.1949 (C)

Commands:

816	May 1940	Nov 1941	disbanded HMS Ark Royal sunk 13.11.1941

DM Jeram RN
Born
Rank: sub Lt (1940), Lt Cdr (A)
Honours and Awards: Battle of Britain clasp
Died
Other information
- Air ace with 5 conformed destroyed enemy aircraft, 1 shared destroyed and 1 probable
- took part in the Battle of Britain loaned to 213 sqdn RAF, 7-11.1940
- took part in operations off North Africa, HMS Formidable, where he claimed 2 victories, Nov 1942 (888 sqdn)
- took part in Sicily landings, 7.1943
- took part in Salerno landings, 9.1943
- took part in operations off Norwegian coast, 1944 (1839 sqdn)
- seniority 2.1950 (Lt Cdr)

See biographies in "Aces High" and Men of the Battle of Britain"

Commands:

1839	Nov 1943	Sept 1944

RE Jess RCNVR
Born
Rank: Lt Cdr
Honours and Awards DSC (pre June 1945)
Died
Other information
- took command of the sqdn onboard HMS Illustrious in the Far East
- involved in attacks on targets in the Sakishima Gunto islands, 3-4.1945 and finally left when the sdqn became a spare sqdn without aircraft.

Commands:

854	March 1945	June 1945	departed when sqdn became spare

S Jewers RNVR
Born
Rank: Lt Cdr (A)
Honours and Awards
Died
Other information
- provided fighter cover during operations Mascot and Goodwood against the German Battleship Tirpitz, Kaa fjord, in July and Aug 1944, hMS Furious.
- joined 30th Naval Fighter Wing 10.1944, HMS Impacable
- joined 8th Carrier Air Group, British Pacific Fleet, HMS Implacable, 5.1945
- escorted strikes on Truk and targets around the Japanese mainland, HMS Implacable, 1945

Commands:

801	July 1944	Sept 1945

RL Johnston RN
Born 1913 England
Rank: Lt (1941)
Honours and Awards
Died 12.8.1942
Other information
- POW 25.11.1941 shot down over German armed column, Sidi Haneish. Escaped next day (806 sqdn)
- CO of 806 sqdn involved in operations in the Mediterranean, HMS Indomitable, 1942
- killed whilst in command of 806 sqdn, during enemy attacks on HMS Indomitable in Operation Pedestal to Malta, 12.8.1942

Commands:

806	Aug 1942		killed 12.8.1942

M Johnstone RN
Born
Rank: Lt Cdr (1939)
Honours and Awards: DSC (1941/1942)
Died
Other information
- seniority 10.1939 (Lt Cdr)
- took command after the sqdn attacked Vichy French battleships in Oran harbour, HMS Ark Royal 7.1940 (810 sqdn)
- led bombing attacks against Cagliari, Sardinia, 9.1940
- involved in attacks on the Vichy French fleet at Dakar, including an atttack on the battleship Richelieu, 9.1940
- provided patrols during the battle against the Italian fleet off Cape Carpivento, 11.1940
- led bombing asttack on Tirso dam, Sardinia, and on Leghorn and La Spezia, 2.1941
- involved in the search for the German battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic, 5.1941
- completed command of 810 sqdn by convoy escort to Jamaica, 9.1941
- first co of 835 sqdn at Palisadoes, Jamaica
- remained with the sqdn till it joined HMS Furious in 4.1942

Commands:

810	July 1940	Sept 1941
835	Feb 1942	April 1942

FL Jones RNVR
Born
Rank: Sub Lt (1941), Lt Cdr (A)
Honours and Awards: DSC & bar (pre 1945)
Died
Other information
- took part in the strike against German forces at Petsamo, 30.7.1941 (812 sqdn)
- led the sqdn in attacks against targets in the Tokyo area on the Japanese mainland, as part of the 7th Carrier Air Group, HMS Indefatigable, 7.1945

Commands:

820	May 1945	June 1945

FV Jones, RNVR
Born
Rank: Lt Cdr (A)
Honours and Awards:
Died
Other information
- led 835 squadron when involved in Arctic convoys to Soviet Union, HMS Nairana (1944)

Commands:

835	August 1944	January 1945
737	March 1945	Nov 1945	Sqdn disbanded Nov 1945

FEC Judd RN
Born 1909 South Africa
Rank: Lt Cdr
Honours and Awards: DSC
Died 12.8.1942
Other information
- involved in providing defence of Crete, 2.1941
- formed up part of RN Fighter squadron in the Western Desert, 8.1941
- led sqdn in attacks on Madagascar, in Operation Ironclad, including attacks on French sloop D'Entrecaseaux, and on Diego Suarez airfield, 5-7.5.1942
- operated in Ceylon, 1942
- killed during enemy attacks on HMS Indomitable in Operation Pedestal to Malta, 12.8.1942

Commands:

880	Jan 1941	Aug 1942	Killed 12.8.1942

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