At the end of December, HMS Flycatcher was officially decommissioned at Kai Tak, although the Royal Navy retained lodger rights.

715 Naval Air Squadron represented the sole Royal Navy presence at the station at the onset of the Second World War in September 1939.

[4] HMS Nabcatcher was a Royal Navy (RN), Mobile Operational Naval Air Base (MONAB) at Kai Tak airfield.

[5] Personnel and equipment for Mobile Naval Air Base VIII had assembled in May 1945, at RNAS Middle Wallop (HMS Flycatcher) in Hampshire.

[5] MONAB VIII was commissioned as HMS Nabcatcher on 1 July 1945, with Captain V. N. Surtees, DSO, RN, serving as the commanding officer.

The MONAB was scheduled for transfer to Hong Kong, where it would be established at Kai Tak airport to assist in the reopening of the airfield and to offer shore-based support to the British Pacific Fleet units stationed in the region.

[5] The advance contingent of MONAB VIII was transported aboard the escort carrier HMS Slinger, which set sail from Australia for Hong Kong on 5 September.

[6] The same day MONAB VIII was no longer recognised as an independent command, being downgraded to the status of RN Air Section Kai Tak.

[7] The RN Air Section at Kai Tak marked the conclusion of its operations with the arrival of its final disembarked squadron on 20 October 1947.

On this date, Seafire F Mk XV fighters from 804 Naval Air Squadron flew ashore from the aircraft carrier HMS Theseus, subsequently re-embarking on 4 November.

[10] Following these events, the facilities of the RN Air Section at Kai Tak were downgraded to a 'care and maintenance', with an 18-month notice period established for potential reopening but this was never pursued, although the rights to disembark Royal Navy squadrons at the airfield were preserved.

[7] List of commanding officers of HMS Nabcatcher / Flycatcher with date of appointment: List of units associated with MONAB VIII, in support of disembarked fighter squadrons: The initial deployment of a Royal Navy squadron ashore following the transfer of the airfield to the Royal Air Force occurred during the Malayan Emergency.

On 5 November 1949, 800 Naval Air Squadron, with Seafire FR Mk.47 fighters, disembarked from the Colossus class HMS Triumph and re-embarked on 3 December.

[11] Sea Venom FAW.22 jet fighters of 891 Naval Air Squadron disembarked from the Centaur-class aircraft carrier HMS Bulwark on 17 May 1958.

HMS Albion returned in July 1960, during which a detachment of four Sea Venom FAW.22 jets from 894 Naval Air Squadron was disembarked for a week-long stay.

On 22 December, HMS Albion landed a detachment of three Whirlwind HAS.7 anti-submarine helicopters from 846 Naval Air Squadron, which departed on 12 January 1964.

[14] In March of the same year, the Fairey Gannet AEW.3 aircraft from ‘B’ flight of 849 Naval Air Squadron were disembarked from the lead ship of her class HMS Centaur on the 28 and re-embarked on the 13 of the following month.

[2] From 1993 the civilian Government Flying Service replaced the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force at Kai Tak.