Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
HQ No 31 Group Personnel, units and locations
Reformed as No 31 (Barrage Balloon) Group on 1 March 1939 within Balloon Command
Location | Command | Controlled |
176 Broad Street, Birmingham | Balloon Command |
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Source - May 1939 Confidential Air Force List
It moved to Forhill House, King's Norton, Warwickshire on 1 September 1939.
Location | Command | Controlled |
Forhill House, King's Norton, Warwickshire | Balloon Command |
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Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
A/Cdre | Rowland F S Morton | 23 Aug 1939 | Air Officer Commanding, |
Air Staff | |||
Wg Cdr | H G Laird | Senior Air Staff Officer, RAFO | |
Flt Lt | W R Collins | RAFO | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Wg Cdr | C R Strudwick | Senior Administrative Staff Officer | |
Services | |||
Signals | |||
Flt Lt | F W Wrench | RAFO | |
Armament | |||
Flt Lt | F Marshall | TD, RAFO | |
Medical | |||
Flt Lt | E Donovan | ||
Miscellaneous | |||
Lt | P F W Picton Waynerie | Code and Cypher Duties |
Source - December 1939 Confidential Air Force List
Location | Command | Controlled |
Forhill House, King's Norton, Warwickshire | Balloon Command |
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Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
A/Cdre | John C Quinnell | xx Jan 1940 | Air Officer Commanding, DFC; later A/Cdre |
Air Staff | |||
Wg Cdr | H G Laird | 12 May 1939 | Senior Air Staff Officer, RAFO |
Flt Lt | J L Padmore | 14 Jun 1940 | MC |
Flt Lt | N B Thomson | 10 Jul 1940 | |
Flt Lt | P L W Morton | 24 Jul 1940 | |
Fg Off | R W Kerr | 10 Aug 1940 | |
Plt Off | H P Bazeley | 29 Sep 1940 | |
Plt Off | J G Taylor | 10 Feb 1941 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Wg Cdr | C R Strudwick | Senior Administrative Staff Officer | |
Flt Lt | W P Lewis | 25 Sep 1939 | Personnel Duties |
Flt Lt | E Errington | 10 Jul 1940 | Personnel Duties |
Flt Lt | C K Horne | 2 Apr 1941 | |
Plt Off | R L Rogers | 10 Mar 1940 | |
Plt Off | S David-Parkes | 8 Mar 1941 | |
Plt Off | E F Cooper | 18 Apr 1941 | |
Services | |||
Equipment | |||
Sqn Ldr | L Kemp | 28 Oct 1940 | |
Flt Lt | E H Hereford | 15 May 1940 | |
Fg Off | W J Farquharson | 29 Mar 1940 | |
Fg Off | C Metcalf | 1 Apr 1941 | |
Signals | |||
Flt Lt | W A M Whyte | ||
Armament | |||
Flt Lt | F Marshall | TD | |
Equipment | |||
Flt Lt | R C Kitchin | 16 Feb 1941 | |
Physical Training | |||
Fg Off | A E Bakewell | 27 Sep 1940 | |
Medical | |||
Flt Lt | C R Mayou | MRCS, LRCP |
Source - June 1941 Confidential Air Force List
It disbanded into No 32 Group on 13 November 1941.
[May 1939 | Dec 1939 | Jun 1941]
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