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Non-Commissioned Officers &
Naval Aviation Ratings
Salute to the air and ground crews of the FAA and
Commonwealth
Aircraft handlers at work on the Canadian
manned HMS Nabob, 1944
 
By
the end of the World War 2 the strength of the Fleet Air Arm was: 59 aircraft
carriers, 3,700 aircraft, 72,000 officers and men and 56 air stations all
over the world. These pages commemorate those men and women who served with
the Fleet Air Arm in 1939-1945.
 Service Records:FAA non-commissioned officers & ratings [to
be added and coming soon]
Alphabetical Who's Who
Directory of notable NCO and rating ground (including armourers, fitters,
etc) and air crew, focusing on CPO and TAGs, and leading ground crew
personnel. Includes RAF personnel serving with FAA squadrons.
FAA Ranks and
responsibilities
Ranks and responsibilities
for Naval aviation NCO air and ground crew in the Royal Navy and
Commonwealth.
NCO and Ratings Trades and Branches
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Duties of the air and ground crews assuring the success of
the Fleet Air Arm.
Airborne Electronic Sensor Operators (AES Ops)
o
See
history of AES Ops
(Canada). Also see Airborne
Electronic Sensor Operators AES OP
FAA Aircrewmans Branch
successors to the TAG
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See the FAA Aircrewmans Association website
Fleet Air Arm Aircraft Handlers "Chockheads"
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See also the Aircraft Handlers Association
website
Fleet Air Arm Armourers
"Bombheads"
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See also Fleet
Air Arm Armourers Association website
Fleet Air Arm
Fitters and Riggers
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See also the Aircraft Handlers Association
website
Fleet Air Arm Naval Air Mechanics
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See also Fleet
Air Arm Armourers Association website
FAA Telegraphist Air Gunners
(TAGs)
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See also the TAG
Association webpage
Personnel Gallery
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A gallery of photographs and squadron profiles.
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Armourers
Photo Album
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FLEET AIR ARM
MEMORIES: From the photograph collection of the late C.S.Snoxell,
TAG
Website Directories and Databases with FAA Personnel information
Service Records
For details of all service records for Royal Navy personnel. Centurion. Naval
Pay & Pensions (Accounts), MoD. Ministry of
Defence, CS(RM)2A. In both of the above archives,
only written enquiries from next-of-kin are accepted, and a search fee is
charged. For
further details see this summary sheet.
All service records of the officers and men of
the Royal Air Force are maintained and stored by the Ministry of Defence.
Copies of these records are available only to relatives and may obtained by
contacting: PMA (CS) 2a (2) (RAF), Building
248a, Personnel Management Agency, RAF Innsworth,
Gloucester, GL3 1EZ, UK
The Royal Navy website
Royal Navy and the Fleet Air Arm squadrons of
today with historic profiles.
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk
The Navy Lists
The 1999 Navy List has 9 sections and an
index. Section one covers the Royal Family, the Defence Council and the
Admiralty Board. Section two lists alphabetically all officers of the RN,
Royal Marines, QARNNS, and RFA officers. Section three gives the seniority
lists of officers on the Active List for RN, RM and QARNNS. Section four
gives key RN personnel, Attaches, and Advisers, including Interpreters.
Section five lists ships and units of the Fleet and establishments, plus RFA
ships. Section six an alphabetical list of key addresses. Section seven
Honorary officers in
the Reserve's in alphabetical listing, again
covering RN, RM, but including the Sea Cadet Corps and Combined Cadet Force.
Section eight gives obituaries and section nine identifies all abbreviations
in use in the Navy List.
http://www.mariners-l.freeserve.co.uk/NavyList.htm
For information
relating to former members of the Armed Forces of Canada (deceased), the
Personal Records Unit (formerly the Personnel Records Centre) may be reached
at:
Personnel Records Unit, RSD, The National
Archives, 395
Wellington St, Ottawa, ON, K1A ON3, Canada
Created: 3-04-2001, Last Modified 3-04-2005
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