3rd Carrier Air Group

The 3rd Carrier Air Group (3rd CAG) was an aircraft carrier air group of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was formed in August 1945, based at HMS Nabbington, a Royal Navy, Mobile Naval Operating Air Base (MONAB), established at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base RAAF Nowra at Nowra, New South Wales, in Australia.[1]

3rd Carrier Air Group
Active2 August 1945 to 20 October 1945[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeCarrier Air Group
SizeOne Illustrious-class aircraft carrier plus support ships
Part ofFleet Air Arm
See also: List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons

The 3rd Carrier Air Group consisted of a number of squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm.[2]

SquadronFromToAircraft
854 Naval Air SquadronAug 1945Oct 1945Grumman TBF Avenger
1843 Naval Air SquadronAug 1945Oct 1945Vought F4U Corsair
1845 Naval Air SquadronAug 1946Oct 1945Vought F4U Corsair

History

1945

The 3rd Carrier Air Group was formed on the 2 August 1945, at HMS Nabbington, situated at Nowra, in Australia, as a spare carrier air group for the British Pacific Fleet. It was formed too late for service in World War II. The 3rd CAG contained 854 Naval Air Squadron, which operated the Avenger torpedo bomber aircraft, 1843 Naval Air Squadron and 1845 Naval Air Squadron, which were both equipped with the Corsair fighter aircraft. The 3rd CAG was disbanded on 20 October 1945, at Nowra, and its personnel returned to the United Kingdom on board a merchant ship.[1]

Air Group Commanders

List of commanding officers of 3rd Carrier Air Group with date of appointment:[1]

  • Cdr N. S. Luaard (temp), 2 August 1945
  • Cdr J. C. N. Shrubsole, RN, 8 September 1945

See also

References

Citations
  1. Wragg 2019, p. 203.
  2. Ballance 2016, p. 306.

Bibliography
  • Ballance, Theo (2016). The Squadrons and Units of the Fleet Air Arm. Air-Britain. ISBN 978 0 85130 489 2.
  • Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
  • Wragg, David (2019). The Fleet Air Arm Handbook 1939-1945. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978 0 7509 9303 6.


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