| 1792 Naval Air Squadron | |
|---|---|
 Squadron badge | |
| Active | 1945–1946 |
| Disbanded | 17 April 1946 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Navy |
| Type | Two-seat fighter squadron |
| Role | Night fighter |
| Size | Squadron |
| Part of | Fleet Air Arm |
| Home station | SeeNaval air stations section for full list. |
| Mottos | Nocte vincimus (Latin for 'We conquer by night')[1] |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Lieutenant commander(A) S Dixon-Child,RNVR |
| Insignia | |
| Squadron Badge Description | Per fess black and barry wavy of six white and block a dagger in pale white pommel and hilt gold winged white (1946)[1] |
| Identification Markings | single letters 4A+ (HMSOcean)[1] |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Fighter | Fairey Firefly NF.Mk I |
1792 Naval Air Squadron (1792 NAS) was aFleet Air Arm (FAA)naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’sRoyal Navy (RN). It was formed in May 1945 at HMSDaedalus, RNAS Lee-on-Solent as aNight Fighter squadron. It was equipped with the Fairey Firefly NF.Mk I night fighter. The squadron joined HMSOcean in December for service in the Mediterranean. On return to the UK the squadron was disbanded in April 1946.[2]
1792 Naval Air Squadron formed atRNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMSDaedalus), on 15 May 1945, as a night fighter squadron. It was equipped withFairey Firefly NF.Mk I, anight fighter variant of thecarrier-bornefighter,anti-submarine andreconnaissance aircraft,[3] which was fitted with radar in a centre-line container.[4] Around one month later the squadron moved north toLancashire, relocating toRNAS Inskip (HMSNightjar) on 15 June.[1]
During August it moved toRNAS Drem (HMSNighthawk),East Lothian, Scotland, where the Naval Night Fighter School and Night Fighter Direction Centre were based. The squadron spent almost three months at RNAS Drem working up before moving toRNAS Machrihanish (HMSLandrail),Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on 27 November[5] and two weeks later embarked in theColossus-classaircraft carrierHMS Ocean for theMediterranean.[3]
Aboard the aircraft carrier it worked with892 Naval Air Squadron, which operatedGrumman Hellcat N.F. Mk II, the night fighter variant of the American carrier-based fighter aircraft, as a Night Fighter Air Group. Six weeks between 4 January and 8 February 1946 were spent atRNAS Hal Far (HMSFalcon),Malta, before returning to the UK in HMSOcean, where the squadron disbanded on 17 April 1946.[1]
1792 Naval Air Squadron flew only one aircraft type:[1]
1792 Naval Air Squadron operated from a number ofnaval air stations of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom, one overseas in Malta, and aRoyal Navy aircraft carrier:[1]
List ofcommanding officers of 1792 Naval Air Squadron with date of appointment:[3]
Note: Abbreviation (A) signifies Air Branch of the RN or RNVR.[6]