Tracing Fleet Air Arm squadron lineages

Ray Sturtivant's Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm organizes the history by squadron and traces each unit back to the flights from which it developed. No. 750 Naval Air Squadron formed at Ford on 24 May 1939 from the Royal Navy Observer School, initially with Blackburn Sharks and a few Blackburn Ospreys. Ford's bombing in August 1940 forced the school first to Yeovilton and then overseas to Piarco, Trinidad, where it reopened on 5 November. The Ospreys stayed in Britain while the Sharks went to Trinidad. Swordfish could not be spared, so the school received Albacores instead: about 40 Sharks served at their peak, more than 70 Albacores were eventually used, and a few Barracudas arrived late in 1944. The Albacores retired around VE Day, and 750 Squadron disbanded at Piarco on 10 October 1945. The chronology connects squadron lineage with base movements, training needs, and aircraft allocation.