Fighter Command/ADGB Wing Leaders

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Fighter Command/ADGB Wing Leaders

Following the Battle of Britain it was decided to group squadrons of Fighter Command into Wings, each Wing being centred on a Sector station, with each Wing's squadrons being based at the Sector station and its allocated satellite stations. The CO of each Wing was effectively the station commander of the relevant Sector station but each was allocated a Wing Leader of Wing Commander rank to lead the Wings in action. Many of these Sector Wings were transferred to the 2nd Tactical Air Force in 1943 and redesignated as numbered Airfields (later still reverting to the title Wing)

RAF Biggin Hill

xx Mar 1941 Wg Cdr A G Malan

xx Aug 1941 Wg Cdr M L Robinson

xx Sep 1941 Wg Cdr J Rankin

xx Dec 1941 Wg Cdr R R S Tuck

xx Jan 1942 Wg Cdr C A Masterman

xx Apr 1942 Wg Cdr J Rankin

xx Jul 1942 Wg Cdr E H Thomas

xx Sep 1942 Wg Cdr M L Robinson

xx Jan 1943 Wg Cdr R M Milne

xx Mar 1943 Wg Cdr A C Deere

xx Sep 1943 Wg Cdr B Duperier

RAF Coltishall

xx xxx 1942 Wg Cdr P P Hanks

1 Mar 1943 Wg Cdr E W Wootton

5 Feb 1943 Wg Cdr H P Blatchford (killed in action 3 May 1943)

11 May 1943 Wg Cdr A C Rabagliati (killed in action 6 Jul 1943)

11 Jul 1944 Wg Cdr T B Fitzgerald

xx xxx 1943 Wg Cdr P B Lucas

RAF Culmhead

xx xxx 1944 Wg Cdr P M Brothers

RAF Detling

26 Apr 1944 Wg Cdr E P Wells

RAF Digby

8 Sep 1941 Wg Cdr H P Blatchford

30 Apr 1942

RAF Duxford

xx Mar 1941 Wg Cdr M N Crossley

xx Jul 1941 Wg Cdr R R S Tuck

xx Jan 1942 Wg Cdr P P Hanks

xx Apr 1942 Wg Cdr D E Gillam

RAF Exeter

25 Apr 1944 Wg Cdr P M Brothers

RAF Fairwood Common

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr E W Wootton

RAF Hornchurch

xx Mar 1941 Wg Cdr A D Farquhar

xx Jun 1941 Wg Cdr J R Kayll

27 Jul 1941 Wg Cdr F S Stapleton

xx Jan 1942 Wg Cdr R P R Powell

xx Jun 1942 Wg Cdr B E F Finucane

15 Jul 1942 Wg Cdr P H Hugo

13 Aug 1942 ?

xx Nov 1942 Wg Cdr E H Thomas

xx Mar 1943 Wg Cdr J R I Kilmartin

xx May 1943 Wg Cdr J A Ratten

30 Jul 1943 Wg Cdr W V Crawford-Crompton

RAF Ibsley

xx Nov 1941 Wg Cdr I R Gleed

xx Jun 1942

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr C F Currant

xx xxx 1943 Wg Cdr T F D Morgan

RAF Kenley

xx Mar 1941 Wg Cdr J R A Peel

xx Jul 1941 Wg Cdr J A Kent

6 Oct 1941 Wg Cdr E N Ryder (POW - 31 Oct 1941)

3 Nov 1941 Wg Cdr J R A Peel

xx Jan 1942 Wg Cdr R F Boyd

6 May 1942 Wg Cdr E P Wells

10 Jul 1942 Wg Cdr C B F Kingcombe

27 Nov 1942 Wg Cdr C J Fee RCAF (killed in action 17 Jan 1943)

17 Jan 1943 Wg Cdr K L B Hodson

16 Mar 1943 Wg Cdr J E Johnson

30 Aug 1943 Wg Cdr E P Wells

15 Nov 1943 Wg Cdr H C Godefroy RCAF

RAF Middle Wallop

xx xxx 1942 Wg Cdr T F D Morgan

RAF North Weald

xx Mar 1941 Wg Cdr R G Kellett

xx Jul 1941 Wg Cdr J W Gillan

xx Aug 1941 Wg Cdr F V Beamish

xx Mar 1942 Wg Cdr A Eyre

xx Mar 1942 Wg Cdr F D S Scott-Malden

2 Sep 1942 Wg Cdr W G G Duncan-Smith

xx Dec 1942 Wg Cdr P G Jameson

xx May 1943 Wg Cdr (Col) H O Mehre RNAF

RAF Northolt

xx Mar 1941 Wg Cdr G A L Manton

xx Apr 1941 Wg Cdr J A Kent

xx Apr 1941 Wg Cdr Urbanowicz

xx Jun 1941 Wg Cdr P Laguna

xx Jul 1941 Wg Cdr T H Rolski

xx Apr 1942 Wg Cdr M Pisarek

xx May 1942 Wg Cdr S Janus

xx Jan 1943 Wg Cdr W Kolaczkowski

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr A K Gabszewicz

xx Dec 1943 Wg Cdr S Skalski

RAF Redhill

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr B D Russell

RAF Tangmere

xx Mar 1941 Wg Cdr D R S Bader

14 Aug 1941 Wg Cdr H deC A Woodhouse

xx Jan 1942 Wg Cdr M L Robinson

xx May 1942 Wg Cdr P R Walker

27 Jun 1942 Wg Cdr P H Hugo

15 Jul 1942: ?

xx Oct 1942 Wg Cdr P M Brothers

20 Aug 1943 Wg Cdr R H Harries

xx Sep/Oct 1943 Wg Cdr D J Scott

20 Mar 1944 Wg Cdr E P Wells

RAF West Malling

xx xxx 1944 Wg Cdr E P Wells?

RAF Wittering

xx Jun 1941 Wg Cdr P G Jameson

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