Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
HQ North-West African Air Forces Personnel, locations and units
Location | Command | Controlled |
La Marsa | Mediterranean Air Command |
Groups: - Unable to list other units at present |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
AVM | James M Robb | 4 Dec 1942 | Deputy Air Commander and Air Officer Commanding RAF NW Africa, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC; later ACM |
A/Cdre | Andrew MacGregor | 17 Nov 1942 | Air Officer i/c Administration, MBE, DFC; later AVM |
Personal Appointment | |||
Flt Lt | 30 Apr 1943 | Personal Assistant to AOC | |
Air Staff | |||
A/Cdre | Thomas C Traill | 8 Mar 1943 | Senior Air Staff Officer, OBE, DFC; later AVM |
Gp Capt | R C H Crostwaite | 8 Aug 1943 | |
Gp Capt | A F Britton | ||
Gp Capt | A M Rodgers | 14 Aug 1943 | |
Gp Capt | Leonard T Pankhurst | 1 Mar 1943 | later AVM |
Wg Cdr | L Mathias | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Wg Cdr | T D Craven | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Wg Cdr | W R Norton | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Wg Cdr | M W B Knight | 1 Mar 1943 | DFC |
Wg Cdr | T A H Beddington | 16 Mar 1943 | |
Wg Cdr | J B Turnbull | 16 Mar 1943 | |
Wg Cdr | W B Wilson | 1 Sep 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | H M Fisher | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | E A Dennis | 18 Apr 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | G R T Shillitoe | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | O A G Jackson | 12 Jun 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | N M Corcos | 29 Aug 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | W J E Craigen | ||
Administrative Staff | |||
Gp Capt | Douglas MacFadyen | 1 Mar 1943 | CBE; later AM |
Gp Capt | P E Berryman | 23 Jun 1943 | Senior Personnel Staff Officer |
Wg Cdr | J E Wheatley | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Wg Cdr | K S M Stock | 14 Jul 1943 | |
Wg Cdr | G E Beer | 10 Sep 1943 | |
Wg Cdr | R A C Holmes | 1 Sep 1943 | |
Wg Cdr | R D Barlas | 23 Jun 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | H N Hawker | 29 Jun 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | F H Bugge | 14 Jul 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | J H C Ward | 3 Jul 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | A D Foster | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | W H Angus | 23 Jun 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | F J Crosbie | 6 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | A E Dale | 21 May 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | S A C Bartlett | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | A W Motion | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | R G Warden | 26 Jun 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | J R Pearson | 19 Aug 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | J N White | 12 Apr 1843 | |
Sqn Ldr | M R E Swanwick | ||
Sqn Ldr | W A Cole | ||
Staffs of the Services | |||
Signals | |||
Gp Capt | S Lugg | 30 May 1943 | Command Signals Officer |
Wg Cdr | J Cherrill | ||
Wg Cdr | S P F Humphreys-Owen | 18 Jun 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | J E Fynn | 18 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | E M Hook | 15 May 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | M J Lennox | ||
Sqn Ldr | W J Reason | ||
Sqn Ldr | F J Dunlop | ||
Armament | |||
Wg Cdr | D E B Wheeler | 1 Mar 1943 | Command Armament Officer |
Sqn Ldr | W J Hadnett | ||
Equipment | |||
Gp Capt | Leonard Taylor | 16 Mar 1943 | Senior Equipment Staff Officer; later A/Cdre |
Wg Cdr | P J Mote | ||
Accountant | |||
Gp Capt | J M Adams | Command Accountant | |
Sqn Ldr | V O M'Quillin | 3 Jul 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | E S Dixon | ||
Sqn Ldr | G L Couch | ||
Photography | |||
Wg Cdr | S J Hargrave | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Legal | |||
Wg Cdr | E M Trounson | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | C J T Pensotti | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | J F Drabble | 15 Jun 1943 | |
Medical | |||
A/Cdre | T J Kelly | 13 Mar 1943 | Principal Medical Officer, MC, MD, ChD |
Gp Capt | W J G Walker | 13 Mar 1943 | Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP |
Gp Capt | F E Lipscombe | 14 Apr 1943 | MRCS, LRCP, DPH, DTM & H |
Wg Cdr | H L Wilcox | 1 Mar 1943 | MB, ChB |
Wg Cdr | E B Bright | 14 Apr 1943 | AFC, MB, ChB |
Meteorological | |||
Wg Cdr | P J meade | 7 Sep 1942 | Chief Meteorological Officer |
Sqn Ldr | T H Kirk | 3 Oct 1942 | Senior Meteorological Officer |
Sqn Ldr | G Thornton Smith | 3 Oct 1942 | Senior Meteorological Officer |
Aeronautical Inspection | |||
Sqn Ldr | P F Foss | Command Inspector of Explosives - Inspector, AID | |
Local Audit (Under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry) | |||
Mr | C W Evans | 7 Mar 1943 | Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to AOC-in-C |
RAF Regiment | |||
Col |
H M Salmon | 1 Mar 1943 |
Source - December 1943 Confidential Air Force List
It was amalgamated with HQ Mediterranean Air Command and redesignated HQ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces on 10 December 1943.
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