1770 Naval Air Squadron

It took part in several attacks on the German Battleship Tirpitzand other operations in Norwegian waters before sailing for the Far East.

Cheesman, DSO, MBE, DSC, RM took command and it then moved the short distance to RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), in the middle of February 1944.

[4] The squadron embarked in the newly completed Implacable-class aircraft carrier, HMS Indefatigable, in May 1944.

[3] More sorties were later conducted off Norway, along with another attack on the Tirpitz, before Indefatigable sailed along with the squadron for the Far East, and subsequently joined the British Pacific Fleet.

[4] During April 1945, the squadron was part of the attacks on the Japanese-held oil refineries situated at Palembang on the Dutch East Indies island of Sumatra.

A Fairey Firefly of 1770 Naval Air Squadron awaiting the signal to take off from the flight deck of HMS Indefatigable
A Fairey Firefly of 1770 Naval Air Squadron, on board HMS Indefatigable , on the aircraft's return from an air strike on a Japanese oil refinery, on Sumatra