Two-seater Fighter Squadron (1944–1946) 1772 Naval Air Squadron formed at
RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail),
Lancashire, England, on 1 May 1944, as a two-seater fighter squadron. It was equipped with twelve
Fairey Firefly I, a
carrier-borne fighter,
anti-submarine and
reconnaissance aircraft. During November the squadron undertook deck landing training (DLT) using the . On completion of the training the squadron received new aircraft fitted with long-range
fuel tanks (the original aircraft being re-allocated to
766 Naval Air Squadron. The squadron travelled to RNAS
Belfast (HMS Gadwall),
Belfast, Northern Ireland in January 1945 where it prepared for embarking on the
name ship of
her class, , for passage to the
Pacific, for operations with the
British Pacific Fleet, and departed on 20 January. disembarking for
RNAS Schofields (HMS Nabstock),
New South Wales, on 18 March 1945. It embarked in the on 7 July, becoming part of the
7th Carrier Air Group, for attacks against the
Japanese home islands. After
V-J Day the squadron dropped supplies on
PoW camps in Japan and HMS
Indefatigable spent four days anchored in
Tokyo Bay for the
Japanese surrender in September. The aircraft carrier with its air group sailed for the United Kingdom at the end of January 1946. 1772 Naval Air Squadron disbanded on arrival at
Portsmouth on 10 March. == Aircraft flown ==