OCs 41 - 60 Sqns

Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Squadron Commanding Officers, Nos 41 - 60 Squadrons

[41 Sqn | 42 Sqn | 43 Sqn | 44 Sqn | 45 Sqn | 46 Sqn | 47 Sqn | 48 Sqn | 49 Sqn | 50 Sqn | 51 Sqn | 52 Sqn | 53 Sqn | 54 Sqn | 55 Sqn | 56 Sqn | 57 Sqn | 58 Sqn | 59 Sqn | 60 Sqn]

No 41 Squadron

20 Jul 1916	Maj J H A Landon DSO OBE
7 Aug 1917	Maj F J Powell OBE (Captured 2 Feb 1918)
2 Feb 1918	Maj G H Bowman DSO DFC MC*
31 Dec 1919	DB
1 Apr 1923	Sqn Ldr B E Smythies DFC
1 Oct 1923	Sqn Ldr Raymond Collishaw DSO, DSC, DFC; later AVM
15 Apr 1924	Sqn Ldr G W Murlis-Green DSO, MC*
2 Feb 1926	Sqn Ldr F Sowrey DSO MC AFC
1 Sep 1928	Sqn Ldr R S Aitken MC AFC
6 Feb 1930	Sqn Ldr Patrick Huskinson MC*; later A/Cdre
24 Oct 1931	Sqn Ldr Stanley F Vincent DFC, AFC; later AVM
1 May 1933	Sqn Ldr John A Boret MC, AFC; later AVM
3 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr J S L Adams
28 Aug 1939	Sqn Ldr G A G Johnston
22 Apr 1940	Sqn Ldr H R L Hood DFC (KIA - 5 Sep 1940)
8 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr R C F Lister
14 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr D O Finlay DFC, AFC
9 Aug 1941	Sqn Ldr L M Gaunce DFC
21 Sep 1941	Sqn Ldr Abrahams
27 Sep 1941	Sqn Ldr L M Gaunce DFC (KIA - 19 Nov 1941)
24 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr P H Hugo DSO, DFC**
12 Apr 1942	Sqn Ldr J C Fee
28 Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr G C Hyde
3 Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr T F Neil DFC*, AFC
25 Jul 1943	Sqn Ldr B Ingham DFC
20 Nov 1943	Sqn Ldr I G S Matthew DFC
26 Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr G A Glen DFC*
28 May 1944	Sqn Ldr R H Chapman
28 Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr D I Benham DFC AFC
8 Apr 1945	Sqn Ldr J B Shepherd DFC**
28 Jan 1946	Sqn Ldr H Ambrose DFC*
1 Apr 1946	Sqn Ldr P W Lovell
20 Jan 1948	Sqn Ldr W Hoy DFC, AFC
13 Oct 1948	Sqn Ldr H H Moon
xx Nov 1949	Sqn Ldr James Wallace DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
19 Mar 1951	Sqn Ldr R B Hesselyn MBE, DFC, DFM*
30 Apr 1951	Sqn Ldr A F Osborne DFC
xx Jul 1951	Sqn Ldr John Miller DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Jun 1953	Sqn Ldr Maxwell Scannell DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Sep 1955	Sqn Ldr J Castagnola DSO, DFC*
1 Feb 1958	Wg Cdr J W J Leggett QCVSA
xx Oct 1959	Wg Cdr D W Hutchinson-Smith AFC
24 Nov 1961	Wg Cdr J F Pinnington
31 Dec 1963	DB (until 1 Sep 1965)
25 Sep 1965	Wg Cdr W Kent AFC
6 Dec 1965	Wg Cdr H E Angell DFC
xx Aug 1968	Wg Cdr G H Dodd
1 Jul 1970	DB
1 Apr 1972	Wg Cdr Brian J Lemon MBE, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1974	Wg Cdr Peter D L Gover MBE, AFC, BSc; later A/Cdre
xx Oct 1976	Wg Cdr Charles J Thomson AFC; later ACM
4 Dec 1978	Wg Cdr C Granville-White
8 Mar 1982	Wg Cdr H H Moses
xx Nov 1984	Wg Cdr David K Norriss QCVSA; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1987	Wg Cdr D H Milne-Smith
xx Sep 1989	Wg Cdr G W Pixton DFC, AFC
xx Mar 1992	Wg Cdr D S Griggs AFC, BA
xx Oct 1994	Wg Cdr Christopher N Harper; later AM
xx Jan 1997	Wg Cdr J P Maloney
23 Aug 1999	Wg Cdr Graham A Wright BSc; later A/Cdre
11 Mar 2002	Wg Cdr Mark W G Hopkins MBE, MA, MSc; later A/Cdre
xx Sep 2004	Wg Cdr R M J MacCormac MA
1 Apr 2006	Wg Cdr Gary M Waterfall; later AVM
8 Jun 2007	Wg Cdr A M Myers MBE, MA
xx Nov 2009	Wg Cdr R A Davies MA
6 Jun 2012	Wg Cdr M O Rodden
5 Dec 2014	Wg Cdr S A Berry MBE, MEng
15 Sep 2017	Wg Cdr J J McMeeking
1 Apr 2020	Wg Cdr L Gordon

No 42 Squadron

1 Jun 1916	Maj J K Kinnear MC
16 Nov 1917	Maj K T Dowding
18 Jan 1918	Maj R G Gould MC
17 Apr 1918	Maj Henry J F Hunter MC; later A/Cdre
xx Nov 1918	Capt W Ledlie
xx Dec 1918	Maj G H B McCall
xx Feb 1919	Capt W Ledlie
26 Jun 1919	DB
14 Dec 1936	Flt Lt W G Campbell
9 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr Graham C Bladon; later A/Cdre
13 Dec 1938	Sqn Ldr Horace Waring; later A/Cdre
19 Dec 1940	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Roy Faville; later AVM
11 Oct 1941	Wg Cdr Gibson
xx Jan 1942	Wg Cdr M F D Williams
xx Apr 1942	Sqn Ldr W H Cliff DSO
xx May 1942	Wg Cdr M McLoughlin
xx Feb 1943	Wg Cdr R L Carr
xx Jun 1943	Wg Cdr C A Webster
8 Oct 1943	Sqn Ldr G May DFC
xx Sep 1944	Sqn Ldr J G Fogg DFC
xx Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr R E Stout
xx Jul 1945	Sqn Ldr W M Souter
30 Dec1945	DB
1 Oct 1946	Sqn Ldr D T M Lumsden
xx Feb 1947	Wg Cdr A Gadd DFC
xx Sep 1947	Sqn Ldr R S Hyland DFC, AFC
xx Jun 1952	Sqn Ldr Denys H Sutton later A/Cdre
xx Jul 1954	Sqn Ldr N H Wilson
xx Jun 1955	Wg Cdr E Donovan DFC
xx Aug 1957	Wg Cdr Thomas P Seymour: later A/Cdre
xx Oct 1957	Wg Cdr Basil W Parsons DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Nov 1959	Wg Cdr J R Ramsden AFC
xx Nov 1961	Wg Cdr H Mansell
xx Feb 1964	Wg Cdr R A Carson MC, AFC
xx Nov 1965	Wg Cdr D O Parry Davies
xx Nov 1967	Wg Cdr J A Ryan
xx Dec 1969	Wg Cdr B W Lofthouse
xx Aug 1972	Wg Cdr Derek W Hann; later AVM
xx Sep 1974	Wg Cdr T H Watson
xx Jul 1976	Wg Cdr Alan G Hicks; later A/Cdre
xx Jan 1978	Wg Cdr D R Green
xx Jan 1980	Wg Cdr G F McMellin
xx Jan 1982	Wg Cdr D L Baugh
xx Apr 1984	Wg Cdr D J Lindsey-Halls
xx Jun 1986	Wg Cdr J A Stewart
xx Feb 1989	Wg Cdr R J Colver OBE
xx Nov 1991	Wg Cdr Robert W Joseph; later A/Cdre
xx Oct 1982	Wg Cdr P Roberts BSc
xx Jul 1994	Wg Cdr C J Lawrence
xx Feb 1997	Wg Cdr E S Brown
xx Oct 1999	Wg Cdr P J Whitaker
xx Jul 2002	Wg Cdr J B Kessell
xx Oct 2004	Wg Cdr T Bennington
xx Apr 2007	Wg Cdr R C Wigham
xx Apr 2010	Wg Cdr S Walsh

No 43 Squadron

15 Apr 1916	Maj W Sholto Douglas MC; later MRAF
7 May 1917	Maj A S W Dore DSO MC
24 Nov 1917	Maj C C Miles MC
xx Jan 1919	Maj R S Lucy
xx Jun 1919	Maj A W C Parr
xx Aug 1919	Maj Arthur J Capel; later AVM
31 Dec 1919	DB
1 Jul 1925	Sqn Ldr Arthur F Brooks
10 Jan 1928	Sqn Ldr Cyril N Lowe MC, DFC
13 Nov 1930	Sqn Ldr Leonard H Slatter OBE, DSC, DFC; later AM
3 Jan 1932	Flt Lt E T Carpenter (Temp)
14 Jan 1932	Sqn Ldr Robert H Hanmer
22 Oct 1934	Sqn Ldr F Wright
29 Apr 1935	Sqn Ldr Arthur M Wray MC, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
27 Jan 1936	Flt Lt R I G Macdougall?
24 Feb 1936	Flt Lt Bryan V Reynolds; later AM
18 May 1936	Flt Lt R I G Macdougall
15 Dec 1936	Sqn Ldr R E Bain
23 Oct 1939	Sqn Ldr Charles G Lott DSO; later AVM
9 Jul 1940	Sqn Ldr J V C Badger DFC (Temporary)
1 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr C B Hull
16 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr T F Dalton Morgan
xx Jan 1942	Sqn Ldr Le Roy du Vivier DFC
7 Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr M Rook
xx Aug 1943	Sqn Ldr E Horbaczewski
xx Oct 1943	Sqn Ldr P Parrott
xx Mar 1944	Sqn Ldr P B Laing-Meason
xx Jun 1944	Sqn Ldr A H Jupp DFC
xx Mar 1945	Sqn Ldr J A Hemmingway DFC
xx Dec 1945	Sqn Ldr L W Seal
xx Mar 1946	Sqn Ldr C F Ambrose
xx Feb 1949	Sqn Ldr D L Harvey
xx Feb 1949	Sqn Ldr P R W Wickham
x Dec 1949	Sqn Ldr H R Allen
xx Feb 1952	Sqn Ldr E M Higson
xx Jan 1953	Sqn Ldr R Lelong
xx Aug 1955	Maj R O Roberts USAF
xx Jun 1957	Sqn Ldr John F Langer; later A/Cdre
xx Jul 1959	Sqn Ldr David McL Scrimgeour; later A/Cdre
xx Jul 1961	Sqn Ldr Peter G Peacock; later A/Cdre
xx Oct 1963	Sqn Ldr P H Champniss
xx Oct 1965	Sqn Ldr Harry Davidson; later A/Cdre
xx Jul 1967	Sqn Ldr T Thornton
xx Jul 1969	Wg Cdr I R Martin AFC
xx Jul 1971	Wg Cdr J J R Cohu
xx Dec 1973	Wg Cdr K F Beck
xx Dec 1975	Wg Cdr Roger H Palin; later ACM
xx May 1978	Wg Cdr Ian A D McBride; later A/Cdre
xx Dec 1980	Wg Cdr H A W Drew AFC
xx Aug 1983	Wg Cdr Anthony J C Bagnall OBE; later ACM
xx Mar 1985	Wg Cdr A R C Winkles
xx Aug 1987	Wg Cdr J P Brady
xx Aug 1989	Wg Cdr A D Moir OBE
xx May 1992	Wg Cdr M Godfrey
xx Aug 1994	Wg Cdr P D Legg
xx Jan 1997	Gp Capt Simon Bryant; later ACM
xx Sep 1999	Gp Capt Michael P Colley; later AVM
xx Dec 2001	Wg Cdr Richard J C Powell; later A/Cdre
xx Jun 2004	Wg Cdr P J Beach MBE
xx Aug 2006	Wg Cdr S R Notman
xx Apr 2008	Wg Cdr D J Hazell
xx Jul 2009	DB

No 44 Squadron

15 Apr 1916	?
22 May 1916	DB
24 Jul 1917	Maj T O’B Hubbard MC
29 Aug 1917	Maj G W Murlis-Green DSO MC
11 Jun 1918	Maj Arthur T Harris AFC; later MRAF
19 Dec 1918	Maj T F N Gerrard
xx Mar 1919	Maj Christopher J Q Brand DSO, MC; later AVM
31 Dec 1919	DB
8 Mar 1937	Flt Lt I M Cameron
26 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr J A Tindall
24 Apr 1939	Wg Cdr John N Boothman AFC; later ACM
15 Dec 1939	Wg Cdr Walter J M Akerman; later AVM
12 Mar 1940	Wg Cdr D W Reid
12 Mar 1941	Sqn Ldr W B Fleming (Temporary)
13 Mar 1941	Sqn Ldr K P Smales (Temporary)
20 Mar 1941	Wg Cdr S T Misselbrook DSO (MIA - 13 Dec 1941)
13 Dec 1941	Sqn Ldr J D D Collier DFC (Temporary until 22 Dec 1941)
19 Dec 1941	Wg Cdr R A B Learoyd VC (Lancaster conversion until 22 Dec 1941)
8 May 1942	Wg Cdr P W Lynch-Blosse DFC (MIA - 8 May 1942)
9 May 1942	Sqn Ldr G F Weston DFC (Temporary)
10 May 1942	Wg Cdr K P Smales DSO, DFC (Admitted to Hospital - 31 Jan 1943)
2 Mar 1943	Wg Cdr J D Nettleton VC (KIA - 12 Jul 1943)
12 Jul 1943	Sqn Ldr R G Watson (Temporary)
15 Jul 1943	Wg Cdr E A Williamson
30 Jul 1943	Sqn Ldr R G Watson (Temporary)
3 Aug 1943	Wg Cdr R L Bowes
3 Feb 1944	Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
9 Nov 1944	Wg Cdr R A Newmarch
1 Apr 1945	Wg Cdr S E Flett
12 Jun 1945	Wg Cdr S G Birch
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
16 Jul 1957	DB
10 Aug 1960	Wg Cdr L F Banks DFC, AFC
25 Oct 1960	Wg Cdr John A G Jackson DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
1 Aug 1962	Wg Cdr F R Lockyer
21 Oct 1964	Wg Cdr Michael A D'Arcy; later A/Cdre
27 Jun 1966	Wg Cdr V McNabney GM
19 Jul 1968	Wg Cdr W E Bliss
7 Jul 1970	Wg Cdr M D Fenner
16 Jun 1972	Wg Cdr C M King
29 May 1974	Wg Cdr D Haller [Temp]
6 Sep 1974	Wg Cdr D J Dawes
20 Sep 1976	Wg Cdr W A Mears
xx Aug 1978	Wg Cdr A C R Ingoldby
12 Jul 1980	Wg Cdr Simon A Baldwin MBE; later A/Cdre
21 Dec 1982	DB

No 45 Squadron

20 Mar 1916	Capt C E Ryan
27 Mar 1916	Maj L A Strange
24 Apr 1916	Maj W R Read MC
24 Apr 1917	Maj H A Van Ryneveld MC
18 Aug 1917	Capt Arthur T Harris; later MRAF
24 Aug 1917	Maj A M Vaucour MC* DFC (Killed in action on 16 Jul 1918)
16 Jul 1918	Capt R J Dawes DFC
23 Jul 1918	Capt N C Jones
28 Jul 1918	Capt J A Crook MC
21 Oct 1918	Maj A M Miller DSO
3 Feb 1919	Capt J W Pinder DFC*
26 Sep 1919	?
31 Dec 1919	DB
2 Apr 1921	Sqn Ldr E M Murray DSO, MC
20 Nov 1922	Sqn Ldr Arthur T Harris AFC; later MRAF
14 Oct 1924	Sqn Ldr Roderic M Hill MC, AFC; later ACM
25 Apr 1927	Sqn Ldr J K Summers MC
15 Nov 1928	Sqn Ldr Francis J Vincent DFC; later A/Cdre
13 Feb 1932	Sqn Ldr Hugh W L Saunders MC, DFC, MM; later ACM
14 Sep 1935	Sqn Ldr Allan R Churchman DFC; later A/Cdre
14 May 1937	Sqn Ldr N V Moreton
1 Mar 1939	Sqn Ldr E B Webb
20 Apr 1940	Sqn Ldr J W Dallamore (killed in action)
2 Oct 1940	Flt Lt P P Troughton-Smith
5 Nov 1940	Sqn Ldr V Ray
21 Mar 1941	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr J O Willis DFC
22 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr F J Austin
26 Nov 1941	Wg Cdr C B B Wallis DFC
1 Apr 1942	Wg Cdr A Hughes DFC
5 Aug 1942	Fg Off D G Eve RAAF [Temp]
3 Oct 1942	Fg Off N W Bayley RAAF [Temp]
1 Nov 1942	Sqn Ldr A Traill
29 Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr D S Edwards
10 Feb 1944	Wg Cdr H C Stumm DFC, RAAF
13 May 1944	Sqn Ldr D S Edwards
28 May 1944	Wg Cdr R J Walker
25 Mar 1945	Sqn Ldr V S H Duclos
24 May 1945	Flt Lt H A Aykroyd
3 Jul 1945	Wg Cdr J H Etherton DFC*
6 Mar 1946	Sqn Ldr G O L Dyke DFC
25 Apr 1946	Wg Cdr F W Snell DFC*
13 May 1946	Sqn Ldr G O L Dyke DFC
4 Jun 1946	Sqn Ldr E Springthorpe
28 Jun 1946	Sqn Ldr A J P Marvin
22 Nov 1946	Sqn Ldr G C O Key OBE, DFC
22 Sep 1947	Sqn Ldr B H D Foster DSO, DFC*
24 Nov 1947	Sqn Ldr Frank L Dodd DSO, DFC, AFC**; later AVM
26 Jun 1948	Flt Lt K W Dalton-Golding
23 Jul 1948	Sqn Ldr Edward D Crew DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
13 Feb 1950	Sqn Ldr A C Blythe DFC
27 Aug 1951	Sqn Ldr Ian S Stockwell DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
15 Dec 1953	Sqn Ldr V K Jacobs
6 Jan 1956	Flt Lt R L Maslan
1 Feb 1956	Sqn Ldr Geoffrey S Cooper; later A/Cdre
18 Nov 1957	Sqn Ldr C C Blount MVO
26 May 1960	Sqn Ldr J W Valentine
27 Nov 1961	Sqn Ldr M J Dawson
17 Dec 1962	Sqn Ldr J B Carruthers
22 Apr 1965	Sqn Ldr Anthony G Skingsley; later ACM
7 Nov 1967	Sqn Ldr W J A Innes
18 Feb 1970	DB
1 Aug 1972	Sqn Ldr W T Willman
11 Aug 1972	Sqn Ldr M E Kerr
16 Oct 1972	Wg Cdr T A Hastings
24 Aug 1974	Sqn Ldr Michael J Gibson BSc; later AVM
26 Jul 1976	DB
1 Jan 1984	Wg Cdr D A Griffiths AFC
9 Nov 1984	Wg Cdr Gordon L McRobbie; later A/Cdre
28 Nov 1986	Wg Cdr A V B Hawken AFC
19 Jul 1989	Wg Cdr Malcolm Prissick; later A/Cdre
31 Jan 1992	Wg Cdr Alan T Hudson OBE, BSc; later A/Cdre
31 Mar 1992	DB
1 Jul 1992	Sqn Ldr D Piper
8 May 1996	Sqn Ldr G Griffin
8 May 1998	Sqn Ldr R C Wigham BSc
19 Jul 2000	Sqn Ldr A Mullen
4 Nov 2002	Sqn Ldr R S Price
31 Jan 2005	Sqn Ldr J D R Bowland BSc
23 Apr 2007	Sqn Ldr J Reece MEng
1 Nov 2009	Sqn Ldr T Avery BEng
16 Dec 2011	Wg Cdr R I Berry BSc
3 Mar 2014	Wg Cdr D W J Catlow
xx xxx 2014	Wg Cdr R Tomala
xx xxx 2020	Wg Cdr J Radley
xx Dec 2022	Wg Cdr S Lockyer

No 46 Squadron

19 Apr 1916	Maj G E Todd
16 May 1916	Maj E L Conran
26 May 1916	Maj L Dawes
14 Jul 1916	Maj Phillip Babington MC; later AM
5 Dec 1917	Maj R H S Mealing
25 Jul 1918	Maj A H O’Hara-Wood
5 Oct 1918	Maj G Allen
xx Feb 1919	?
31 Dec 1919	DB
3 Sep 1936	Flt Lt C F Calder
3 Jan 1937	Sqn Ldr P R Barwell DFC
30 Oct 1939	Sqn Ldr Kenneth B B Cross DFC; later ACM
xx Jun 1940	Sqn Ldr J R Maclachlan
6 Oct 1940	Sqn Ldr A R Collins
31 Oct 1940	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr L M Gaunce DFC
1 Dec 1940	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr A C Rabagliati DFC
20 May 1941	Flt Lt T W Rossiter
xx May 1942	Sqn Ldr J A A Reid
xx Jul 1942	Wg Cdr G A Reid
xx Oct 1943	Wg Cdr T P K Scade
xx Jun 1944	Wg Cdr R W Dennison
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr G E Robertson [Temp]
xx Nov 1944	Wg Cdr R W Dennison
xx Jan 1945	Wg Cdr B A Coventry
xx Dec 1945	Wg Cdr S G Baggott
xx Mar 1946	Wg Cdr G Dutton
xx Jul 1946	Wg Cdr G Burges
xx Oct 1947	Sqn Ldr E Moody
xx Apr 1948	Sqn Ldr A G Salter
xx Aug 1949	Sqn Ldr A Reece
20 Feb 1950	DB
xx Aug 1954	Sqn Ldr D F C Ross
xx Mar 1955	Wg Cdr F E W Birchfield OBE, DFC
xx Jun 1956	Wg Cdr Harold E White DFC**, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx May 1958	Wg Cdr Frederick B Sowrey AFC; later AM
xx Jun 1960	Wg Cdr D B Wills DFC
Xx Jun 1961	DB
xx Sep 1966	Sqn Ldr Michael J Rayson later A/Cdre
xx Dec 1967	Sqn Ldr J B Gratton
xx Jan 1970	Sqn Ldr David O Crwys-Williams; later A/Cdre
xx Feb 1971	Wg Cdr F A Mallett
xx Apr 1973	Wg Cdr J A Scambler
xx Mar 1975	Wg Cdr S Hitchen

No 47 Squadron

13 Mar 1916	Maj F G Small
11 Aug 1916	Maj C C Wigram
20 Dec 1916	Maj F F Minchin DSO MC
13 Mar 1918	Maj G D Gardner MC
6 Jun 1918	Capt B E Berrington
1 Aug 1918	Maj F A Bates MC
5 Jan 1919	Capt F W Hudson
11 Jul 1919	Maj Raymond Collishaw DSO, OBE, DSC, DFC; later AVM
20 Oct 1919	to Russian administration
1 Feb 1920	Sqn Ldr George R M Reid DSO, MC; later AVM
16 Dec 1920	Sqn Ldr Kenneth C Buss; later A/Cdre
13 Mar 1922	Sqn Ldr Malcolm Henderson DSO; later AVM
22 Sep 1925	Sqn Ldr Reginald S Maxwell MC, DFC
12 Oct 1927	Sqn Ldr Claude R Cox AFC; later A/Cdre
19 Jan 1929	Flt Lt Oswald R Gayford DFC*; later A/Cdre (Temp)
1 Apr 1929	Sqn Ldr Claude R Cox AFC; later A/Cdre
8 Feb 1930	Sqn Ldr Ernest L Howard-Williams MC; later A/Cdre
17 Jan 1932	Sqn Ldr Andrew MacGregor MBE, DFC; later AVM
27 Oct 1934	Sqn Ldr Gerald E Gibbs MC, later AM
15 Sep 1935	Sqn Ldr Alan P Ritchie AFC; later AVM
16 Aug 1937	Sqn Ldr Geoffrey R C Spencer; later AVM
11 Jan 1939	Sqn Ldr J D A Keary
23 Oct 1939	Sqn Ldr John G Elton AFC; later AVM
16 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr J E Pelly-Fry
27 Dec 1940	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr Graham R Magill; later AVM
12 Apr 1941	Sqn Ldr Cooke
11 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr D M Illsley DFC (KIFA 14 Nov 1941)
22 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr E B Grace
xx Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr R L B Carr
xx Oct 1942	Wg Cdr R A Sprague DFC
xx Dec 1942	Wg Cdr D E Bennett
xx May 1943	Wg Cdr A M Taylor DFC
xx Jul 1943	Wg Cdr J A Lee-Evans DFC
xx Nov 1943	Wg Cdr W D L Filson-Young DFC
xx May 1945	Flt Lt J H Etherington DFC
xx Jun 1945	Wg Cdr V S H Duclos
xx Oct 1945	Wg Cdr G H Melville-Jackson DFC
21 Mar 1946	DB (Flt Lt S R Parker DFC during winding down period)
1 Sep 1946	Wg Cdr W H Ingle DFC
xx Jun 1947	Sqn Ldr W P Peters DFC, AFC
xx Oct 1948	Sqn Ldr P J S Finlayson AFC
xx Nov 1949	Sqn Ldr W J McLean DSO, DFC, AFC
xx Mar 1951	Sqn Ldr R C Wood
xx Oct 1952	Sqn Ldr E W Merrington MBE, DFM
xx Oct 1954	Sqn Ldr D P Boulnois
xx Aug 1956	Sqn Ldr A St J Price
xx Sep 1957	Sqn Ldr G S Taylor
xx Jul 1959	Wg Cdr V H Hemming MBE
xx Aug 1961	Wg Cdr J J Barr
xx Jul 1963	Wg Cdr E W Cropper
xx Oct 1964	Wg Cdr D H Chandler OBE
xx Feb 1968	Wg Cdr ?
xx May 1970	Wg Cdr J E Hannah
29 Nov 1974	Wg Cdr Joseph Hardstaff; later A/Cdre
xx Apr 1978	Wg Cdr R L Fitzpatrick
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found except: -
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr G Cook (2006)
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr J Sjoberg (2023)
30 Jun 2023	DB

No 48 Squadron

15 Apr 1916	Maj L Parker
10 Nov 1916	Maj R A Bradley
25 Dec 1916	Maj A C Wright
17 Mar 1917	Maj A V Bettington
18 Aug 1917	Maj H S Shield MC
10 Apr 1918	Maj Keith R Park MC; later ACM
16 Nov 1918	Maj F W Stent
xx Mar 1919	?
27 Nov 1919	Sqn Ldr Paul C Maltby DSO, AFC later AVM?
1 Apr 1920	redesignated No 5 Sqn
25 Nov 1935	Flt Lt A H Love
27 Jan 1936	Sqn Ldr Thomas A Langford-Sainsbury DFC, AFC; later AVM
1 Sep 1938	Wg Cdr J L Findlay RNZAF
5 Nov 1940	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr R H Harris
21 May 1941	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Charles Broughton; later AM
xx Mar 1942	Wg Cdr A de V Leach
xx Jul 1942	Wg Cdr D J Devitt
xx Sep 1943	Wg Cdr T F U Lang AFc
xx Jul 1944	Wg Cdr J A Sproule
xx Sep 1944	Wg Cdr M Hallam DFC
xx Feb 1945	Wg Cdr P D Squires DFC
xx Feb 1946	Wg Cdr T M Buchanan
xx Oct 1947	Sqn Ldr T R N Wheatley-Smith
xx Feb 1948	Sqn Ldr R C Wood
xx Feb 1949	Sqn Ldr J R St John DSO, DFC
xx Feb 1950	Sqn Ldr T H T Forshaw
xx Apr 1953	Sqn Ldr B V Kerwin
xx Sep 1955	Sqn Ldr L Hague
xx Feb 1958	Sqn Ldr K H Miles AFC
xx Sep 1960	Sqn Ldr J L Gilbert DFC
xx Oct 1962	Sqn Ldr W J P Straker AFC
xx Jun 1965	Sqn Ldr J M Crowley AFC
31 Mar 1967	DB
2 Oct 1967	Wg Cdr F M Taplin
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
7 Jan 1976	DB

No 49 Squadron

15 Apr 1917	Maj Arthur S Barratt MC; later ACM
9 Nov 1917	Maj B H Turner
25 Feb 1918	Maj J R Gould
30 May 1918	Maj B S Benning
7 Feb 1919	Maj John C Quinnell; later A/Cdre
18 Jul 1919	DB
10 Feb 1936	Flt Lt J R Cunningham
6 Jul 1936	Sqn Ldr W E Dipple
15 Nov 1937	Sqn Ldr P McG Watt
12 Dec 1938	Wg Cdr W A B Bowen-Buscarlet DFC; later AVM (left 13 Feb 1939)
27 Feb 1939	Wg Cdr John S Chick MC, AFC; later A/Cdre
2 Dec 1939	Wg Cdr Walter C Sheen; later AVM
8 Apr 1940	Wg Cdr J W Gillan DFC, AFC
1 Jan 1941	Wg Cdr J N Jefferson
17 Jul 1941	Wg Cdr R D Stubbs DFC
14 May 1942	Wg Cdr L C Slee DSO, AFC
5 Apr 1943	Wg Cdr P W Johnson DFC, AFC
15 Sep 1943	Sqn Ldr J G Day? (Temporary)
1 Oct 1943	Wg Cdr Alexander A Adams; later AVM
1 May 1944	Wg Cdr M Crocker DFC (MIA - 21 Jun 1944)
23 Jun 1944	Wg Cdr L E Botting
15 Jun 1945	Wg Cdr Humphreys
16 Jun 1945	Wg Cdr D Balme
3 Oct 1945	Sqn Ldr A Sandison DFC
16 Nov 1945	Wg Cdr J H Irwin
4 Dec 1945	Sqn Ldr A Sandison DFC
5 Feb 1946	Names for this period have not yet been found
1 Aug 1955	DB
1 May 1956	Sqn Ldr D Roberts DFC, AFc
xx Sep 1956	Wg Cdr K G Hubbard OBE, DFC
xx xxx 1958	Wg Cdr R W Payne AFC
xx xxx 1961	Wg Cdr Alan H Chamberlain AFC; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 1962	Wg Cdr John Langston later A/Cdre
xx xxx 1964	Wg Cdr D J Corbet
xx Mar 1965	Flt Lt B D Pettit
1 May 1965	DB

No 50 Squadron

15 May 1916	Maj M G Christie DSO
23 Feb 1917	Maj A T Watson
16 Oct 1917	Maj A de B Brandon DSO MC
17 Aug 1918	Maj William Sowrey AFC; later A/Cdre
19 Dec 1918	Maj Arthur T Harris AFC; later MRAF
13 Jun 1919	DB
3 May 1937	Reformed
11 Jun 1937	Sqn Ldr R B Sutherland
12 Jul 1938	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr L Young (Wg Cdr from 1 Apr 1939)
13 Feb 1940	Wg Cdr D W Reid
10 Apr 1940	Wg Cdr R T Taaffe OBE
12 Jun 1940	Wg Cdr N D Crockart
27 Jun 1940	Wg Cdr G W Golledge
16 Dec 1940	Wg Cdr George A Walker DSO, DFC; later ACM
20 Oct 1941	Wg Cdr R J Oxley DSO, DFC
20 Oct 1942	Wg Cdr W M Russell DFC
11 Aug 1943	Wg Cdr R Mcfarlane DSO, DFC
6 Dec 1943	Wg Cdr F Pullen DFC (KIA 21 Dec 1943)
2 Jan 1944	Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward DFC*, AFC; later ACM
14 Jun 1944	Sqn Ldr F W Chadwick (Temporary)
22 Jun 1944	Wg Cdr R T Frogley
11 Mar 1945	Wg Cdr J Flint DFC, GM, DFM
25 Jan 1946	Wg Cdr R M Coad AFC
xx May 1946	Wg Cdr G A V Kuyvett
xx May 1947	Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale DSO DFC
xx May 1949	Sqn Ldr A C Peach
31 Jan 1951	DB
15 Aug 1952	Reformed
xx Oct 1952	Sqn Ldr J S Owen
xx Jul 1954	Sqn Ldr G Hampton DFC
xx May 1956	Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge
xx Dec 56	Wg Cdr E P Landon DFC
1 Oct 1959	DB
1 Aug 1961	Wg Cdr B A Prmavesi
1 Jul 1963	Wg Cdr William J Stacey later ACM
14 Jun 1965	Wg Cdr J F W Pembridge AFC
22 Jun 1967	Wg Cdr M G Bradley AFC
28 Jul 1969	Wg Cdr Graham T Smeaton; later A/Cdre
18 Dec 1970	Wg Cdr D W Loew
9 Apr 1973	Wg Cdr A Parkes
4 Jul 1975	Wg Cdr W Ward
1 Jul 1977	Wg Cdr Nigel B Baldwin; later AVM
9 Jul 1979	Wg Cdr Timothy Garden; later AM
25 Jun 1981	Wg Cdr Christopher P Lumb; later A/Cdre
30 Jun 1982	DB

No 51 Squadron

18 Jul 1916	Maj H Wyllie
11 Sep 1917	Maj F C Baker
23 Mar 1918	Maj H Wyllie
21 Aug 1918	Maj H L H Owen
13 Jun 1919	DB
29 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr R C Wilson
23 Aug 1937	Wg Cdr K H R Elliot DSO
6 Mar 1939	Wg Cdr James Silvester; later A/Cdre
5 Mar 1940	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr A H Owen (Wg Cdr from 8 Mar 1940)
2 Oct 1940	Wg Cdr Noel H Fresson
16 Dec 1940	Wg Cdr J B Tait
13 Jan 1941	Wg Cdr R C Wilson
9 May 1951	Wg Cdr Brian K Burnett; later ACM
15 Nov 1941	Wg Cdr P C Pickard DSO, DFC
18 May 1942	Wg Cdr J A H Tuck DSO
8 Oct 1942	Wg Cdr A V Sawyer DFC
28 Apr 1943	Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC; later AVM
14 Nov 1943	Wg Cdr D S S Wilkerson DFC
1 Feb 1944	Wg Cdr Richard C Ayling; later AVM
1 Apr 1944	Wg Cdr C W M Ling
8 Nov 1944	Wg Cdr H A R Holford
30 Apr 1945	Wg Cdr E F E Barnard
3 Dec 1945	Wg Cdr D Iveson DSO, DFC
xx Sep 1946	Sqn Ldr G F A Skelton
xx Dec 1947	Sqn Ldr J Hurry DSO, DFC
xx Nov 1948	Sqn Ldr D R S Bevan-John
xx Nov 1949	Sqn Ldr W J A White
30 Oct 1950	DB
21 Aug 1958	Wg Cdr D S V Rake OBE, AFC
xx Sep 1960	Wg Cdr E M Sparrow SDFC
xx Aug 1962	Wg Cdr C K Cooke
xx Oct 1964	Wg Cdr G R Baxter
xx Jul 1966	Wg Cdr Peter D G Terry; later ACM
18 Oct 1968	Wg Cdr Richard C F Pierse; later AVM
xx Sep 1969	Wg Cdr B E Taylor AFC
xx Mar 1971	Wg Cdr Geoffrey J B Claridge; later A/Cdre
xx Dec 1972	Wg Cdr W H Bonner
20 Dec 1974	Wg Cdr Robert H Wood; later AVM
xx Mar 1977	Wg Cdr M Arnold
xx Sep 1979	Wg Cdr D H Barnes OBE
xx Oct 1981	Wg Cdr Brian N J Speed OBE; later A/Cdre
xx Sep 1983	Wg Cdr Ernest W Tyack MRAeS; later A/Cdre
xx Dec 1985	Wg Cdr Peter R Jeffers; later A/Cdre
xx Dec 1988	Wg Cdr Michael L Feenan MA; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1991	Wg Cdr P M Blee
xx Sep 1993	Wg Cdr P J J Haines
xx May 1996	Wg Cdr B A Smith BA
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found except: -
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr D Paton
xx xxx 2001	Wg Cdr K Havelock
xx xxx 2004	Wg Cdr N Sharpe
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr G Crosby
xx xxx 2014?	Wg Cdr T Talbot
xx xxx xxxx	-
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr K Bissett (2024)

No 52 Squadron

15 May 1916	Maj R A Bradley
8 Nov 1916	Maj L Parker
7 Jan 1917	Maj Andre A Walser MC; later A/Cdre
10 Oct 1917	Maj A M Morison
xx Feb 1919	Reduced to Cadre
23 Oct 1919	DB
18 Jan 1937	Fg Off G J I Clennell
6 Apr 1937	Flt Lt W N Ash
3 May 1937	Sqn Ldr L C Bennett
31 May 1939	Wg Cdr G Combe; later AVM
28 Nov 1939	Wg Cdr L G Nixon
8 Apr 1940	DB - absorbed into No 12 OTU
1 Jul 1941	Plt Off F Kerr
2 Sep 1941	Flt Lt P Gearey
xx Nov 1941	Flt Lt R B Whittington
25 Dec 1941	Sqn Ldr F L Newall
xx Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr K H O Young DFC
xx Feb 1943	Wg Cdr C D R McDonald
xx Feb 1944	Wg Cdr H S Grimsey
xx Jul 1944	Wg Cdr R E La F Wyatt
xx Feb 1945	Wg Cdr W H Barbery DFC, AFC
xx Mar 1945	Wg Cdr J T S Horsfall
xx Sep 1945	Wg Cdr K R Slater AFC
xx Jan 1947	Wg Cdr A R L Griffiths
xx Sep 1947	Wg Cdr P D Squires
xx Mar 1948	Wg Cdr B Smith DFC
xx Feb 1949	Wg Cdr V C Owen-Jones
xx Jun 1950	Wg Cdr E Baldwin DSO, DFC, DFM
xx Oct 1952	Wg Cdr S J Rawlins DFC
xx Apr 1955	Wg Cdr H D Archer DFC
xx Sep 1955	Wg Cdr E W Forwell DFC
xx Feb 1957	Wg Cdr D G F Palmer
xx Jul 1959	Wg Cdr S R Dixon
xx Mar 1960	Wg Cdr G Moss AFC
xx Jul 1962	Wg Cdr J H Elliott
xx Apr 1965	Wg Cdr D S White
xx Apr 1966	DB
xx Dec 1966	Wg Cdr B C Northwood
xx Jan 1969	Wg Cdr D M Higgs
31 Dec 1969	DB

No 53 Squadron

12 Jun 1916	Capt A Claude-Wright
14 Oct 1916	Maj C S Wynne-Eyton
20 Nov 1917	Maj G Henderson
19 Jan 1919	Capt George B A Baker MC; later AVM
3 Feb 1919	Capt F H Davies
12 Feb 1919	Maj G B H McCall
xx Mar 1919	Capt John L Vachell MC; later A/Cdre
25 Oct 1919	DB
28 Jun 1937	Sqn Ldr A P C Hannay MC (Major, The Cameron Highlanders)
21 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr W B Murray
16 May 1940	Wg Cdr E C T Edwards
7 Sep 1940	Wg Cdr W B Murray DFC
26 Mar 1941	Wg Cdr George W P Grant later A/Cdre
23 Feb 1942	Wg Cdr J R Leggate
4 Feb 1943	Wg Cdr H R A Edwards AFC
30 Nov 1943	Wg Cdr R T F Gates AFC
21 Aug 1944	Wg Cdr N B Littlejohn
8 Nov 1944	Wg Cdr A R Holmes RCAF
24 Jun 1945	Wg Cdr D MacKenzie
17 Dec 1945	Wg Cdr A Frame
1 Mar 1946	Wg Cdr Duncan F Hyland-Smith DFC, AFC; later AVM
3 Jun 1946	Sqn Ldr S A Sharpe
13 Jun 1946	Flt Lt D H Phillips
15 Jun 1946	DB
1 Dec 1946	Wg Cdr P Fleming
8 Jul 1947	Wg Cdr G H Gatheral
11 Dec 1947	Sqn Ldr M B Cooper
1 Jun 1948	Sqn Ldr P C Lemon DSO, DFC
xx Jul 1949	DB
2 Aug 1949	Sqn Ldr J P Trant
12 May 1952	Sqn Ldr B H Worts
1 Jun 1954	Sqn Ldr A B J Pearson AFC
1 Jul 1956	Sqn Ldr A Brown AFC
3 Mar 1958	Sqn Ldr B W Taylor DFC
10 Aug 1960	Wg Cdr A A J Sanders SFC, AFC
16 Jul 1962	Wg Cdr E W Cropper
28 Jun 1963	DB
1 Nov 1965	Wg Cdr Albert D A Honley AFC; later A/Cdre
8 Jan 1968	Sqn Ldr M J Middlemist
27 May 1968	Wg Cdr James D Spottiswood later AVM
1 May 1970	Wg Cdr N A D Nugent
12 Jun 1972	Wg Cdr M J Middlemist
30 Sep 1974	Wg Cdr C A Simpson AFC
14 Sep 1976	DB

No 54 Squadron

21 May 1916	Capt E E Clark
15 Jul 1916	Capt Arthur A B Thomson MC; later A/Cdre
15 Aug 1916	Capt K K Horn
29 Nov 1917	Maj R S Maxwell MC
xx Feb 1919	Capt V S Bennett
25 Oct 1919	DB
15 Jan 1930	Sqn Ldr Walter E G Bryant MBE; later A/Cdre
8 Feb1932	Flt Lt C M D Chambers (Temp)
7 Mar 1932	Sqn Ldr Sydney L G Pope DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
21 Jan 1933	Sqn Ldr Ivor M Rodney
4 Jan 1934	Sqn Ldr George D Daly DFC; later AVM
1 Oct 1935	Plt Off/Fg Off C R G Lewis (Fg Off from 30 Nov 1935)
5 Feb 1936	Flt Lt John R Jones later A/Cdre
23 Aug 1936	Sqn Ldr Cecil A Bouchier OBE, DFC; later AVM
2 Apr 1938	Sqn Ldr Herbert M Pearson; later A/Cdre
5 May 1940	Sqn Ldr E A Douglas-Jones
26 May 1940	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr James A Leathart; later A/Cdre
27 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr D O Finlay (shot down and wounded on 28 Aug 1940)
28 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr James A Leathart; later A/Cdre
18 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr T P R Dunworth
25 Dec 1940	Sqn Ldr R F Boyd DFC*
19 Jul 1941	Sqn Ldr N Orton DFC
19 Sep 1941	Sqn Ldr Francis D S Scott-Malden; later AVM
31 Dec 1941	Sqn Ldr P W Hartley
xx Apr 1942	Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs
xx Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr R B Newton DFC
xx Jul 1944	Sqn Ldr S Linnard DFC
xx Jul 1945	Sqn Ldr J B H Nicholas
31 Oct 1945	DB
15 Nov 1945	Sqn Ldr F W M Jenson
xx Oct 1946	Sqn Ldr Michael D Lyne AFC; later AVM
12 May 1948	Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring DFC**
29 Nov 1948	Sqn Ldr Eric W Wright DFC, DFM; later A/Cdre
xx Jun 1949	Sqn Ldr A C Rawlinson DFC*
xx Oct 1949	Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree DFC; later AVM
xx Sep 1951	Sqn Ldr P J Kelly DFC
xx Nov 1953	Sqn Ldr W M Sizer DFC*
xx Jan 1956	Sqn Ldr William J Stacey later ACM
xx Feb 1958	Sqn Ldr I A N Worby
xx Jun 1960	Sqn Ldr W D Dickinson
xx Apr 1962	Sqn Ldr C P Francis
xx Aug 1963	Sqn Ldr David Harcourt-Smith DFC; later ACM
xx Aug 1965	Sqn Ldr A Neale
xx Aug 1967	?
xx Sep 1969	Wg Cdr R G Bannard
xx Aug 1971	Wg Cdr Harry Davidson; later A/Cdre
xx Dec 1973	Wg Cdr Anthony J Park; later A/Cdre
29 Mar 1974	Wg Cdr Terence W G Carlton; later A/Cdre
11 Feb 1977	Wg Cdr Richard J Kemball; later AM
11 Aug 1978	Wg Cdr Peter J 'Sam' Goddard; later AVM
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found
11 Mar 2005	DB
xx Oct 2005	Wg Cdr D Lord
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found

No 55 Squadron

8 Jun 1916	Capt B P Greenwood
15 Jun 1916	Maj B C McEwan
31 Oct 1916	Maj John E A Baldwin; later AM
28 Dec 1917	Maj Alexander Gray MC, later AVM
20 Sep 1918	Maj Benjamin J Silly MC, DFC; later A/Cdre
27 Mar 1919	Capt Roy W Chappell MC; later A/Cdre
14 Apr 1919	?
22 Jan 1920	DB
3 Aug 1919	Flt Lt Charles H Elliott-Smith [Acting?]
26 Jan 1921	Sqn Ldr Vivian Gaskell-Blackburn DSC, AFC
15 Jan 1923	Sqn Ldr Tom F Hazell DSO, MC, DFC
12 Jul 1923	Sqn Ldr Arthur Coningham DSO, MC, DFC; later AM
18 Jan 1924	Sqn Ldr Edward R L Corballis DSO
27 Oct 1925	Sqn Ldr Eric D Johnson AFC; later A/Cdre
19 Jul 1927	Sqn Ldr Harold A Whistler
25 Apr 1928	Sqn Ldr Arthur H Peck DSO, MC
21 Mar 1929	Sqn Ldr John W B Grigson DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
13 Nov 1929	Sqn Ldr Charles H Elliott-Smith
7 Feb 1930	Sqn Ldr John W Woodhouse DSO, MC
1 May 1930	Flt Lt M M Freehill
2 Sep 1930	Sqn Ldr John W Woodhouse DSO, MC
31 Jan 1931	Sqn Ldr George C Gardiner DSO, MC
31 Mar 1933	Sqn Ldr Geoffrey A H Pidcock
8 Apr 1933	Flt Lt J Marsden; later A/Cdre
18 Apr 1933	Flt Lt H J Gemmel
10 Jul 1933	Sqn Ldr Aubrey R M Rickards OBE, AFC
15 Nov 1935	Sqn Ldr John A McDonald OBE, AFC
24 Feb 1937	Sqn Ldr Guy W Hayes; later A/Cdre
23 Mar 1938	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr R A T Stowell
25 Sep 1940	Flt Lt Cox (Temporary)
7 Oct 1940	Sqn Ldr A G Dudgeon; later AVM
3 Mar 1941	Flt Lt Smyth (Temporary)
2 Apr 1941	Sqn Ldr Darbishire
19 Apr 1941	Sqn Ldr Marlow
25 Jun 1941	Sqn Ldr C J K Hutchins
19 Aug 1941	Wg Cdr R D Welland
13 Sep 1941	Wg Cdr C J K Hutchins
9 Nov 1941	Wg Cdr A Foord-Kelcey; later AVM
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found
1 Nov 1946	DB
1 Sep 1960	Wg Cdr R G Wilson DFC, AFC
xx Jun 1963	Wg Cdr A J Houston AFC
xx May 1965	Wg Cdr P B McCorkindale
xx Jun 1967	Wg Cdr H A Harvey
xx May 1969	Wg Cdr J B Carruthers
xx Mar 1971	Wg Cdr C A Herbert
xx Jul 1973	Wg Cdr Anthony J McCreery later A/Cdre
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found
xx xxx xxxx (1990)	Wg Cdr David R Williams later A/Cdre
xx xxx 1991	Names from this point have not yet been found
15 Oct 1993	DB as Victor unit and reformed from No 241 OCU
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found
31 Mar 1996	DB
1 Nov 1996	Names from this point have not yet been found except: -
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr S Richards (2006)
20 Jan 2011	DB

No 56 Squadron

8 Jun 1916	Maj Ernest Leslie Gossage DSO, MC; later AM
17 Aug 1916	Maj Arthur A B Thomson MC; later A/Cdre
3 Nov 1916	Maj R M Vaughan
21 Dec 1916	Maj H D Harvey-Kelly
31 Jan 1917	Capt C Gallop
6 Feb 1917	Maj R G Blomfield DSO
29 Oct 1917	Maj R Balcombe-Brown DSO MC
5 May 1918	Maj E J L W Gilchrist MC DFC
17 Dec 1918	Capt D W Grinnell-Milne DFC
22 Jan 1920	DB
1 Feb 1920	Sqn Ldr Phillip Babington MC, AFC; later AM
1 Nov 1921	Sqn Ldr G G A Williams
25 Nov 1922	Sqn Ldr Ivor T Lloyd; later A/Cdre
24 Sep 1923	Sqn Ldr Sir Christopher J Q Brand KBE, DSO, MC, DFC; later AVM
22 Sep 1925	Sqn Ldr Francis J Vincent DFC; later A/Cdre
9 Sep 1926	Sqn Ldr Charles H Elliott-Smith AFC; later A/Cdre
7 Feb 1928	Sqn Ldr Alan Lees; later AM
1 Jan 1931	Sqn Ldr Herbert V Rowley; later A/Cdre (left 18 Jan 1932)
18 Jan 1932	Flt Lt George E Wilson; later A/Cdre (Temporary)
1 Feb 1932	Sqn Ldr George E Wilson; later A/Cdre
11 Mar 1935	Flt Lt J W Colqhoun (Temporary)
19 Aug 1936	Flt Lt C L Lea-Cox (Temporary)
1 Oct 1936	Sqn Ldr C L Lea-Cox
10 Aug 1938	Sqn Ldr A E J Pratt
10 Jun 1939	Sqn Ldr E V Knowles
1 Jul 1940	Sqn Ldr G A L Manton
30 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr H M Pinfold
18 Jan 1941	Sqn Ldr E N Ryder DFC
18 Jun 1941	Sqn Ldr P P Hanks DFC
20 Dec 1941	Sqn Ldr H S L Dundas DFC
23 Nov 1942	Sqn Ldr A C Johnston DFC
17 Jan 1943	Sqn Ldr T H V Pheloung DFC
28 Jun 1943	Sqn Ldr C J Donovan
16 Sep 1943	Sqn Ldr G L Sinclair DFC
19 May 1944	Sqn Ldr A R Hall DFC
15 Sep 1944	Sqn Ldr D V C Cotes-Preedy GM, DFC
20 Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr R W A MacKichan DFC
13 May 1945	Sqn Ldr M P Kilburn DFC
1 Apr 1946	Sqn Ldr H W Harrison DFC
4 Sep 1946	Sqn Ldr R H Holland DFC
7 Feb 1948	Sqn Ldr T C Wood DFC
18 Jan 1950	Sqn Ldr I S Smith DFC
18 Sep 1950	Sqn Ldr J H W Yeats DFC
30 Jul 1951	Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner AFC
23 May 1953	Sqn Ldr C S Vos DFC
26 Oct 1953	Sqn Ldr G J Storey AFC
19 Dec 1955	Maj J E H Kaisin Belgian Air Force
2 Dec 1957	Sqn Ldr R J F Dickinson AFC
1 Jan 1960	Sqn Ldr J R Rogers
11 Dec 1961	Sqn Ldr D J Seward
23 Sep 1963	Sqn Ldr I R Martin
4 Jan 1966	Wg Cdr C H Bidie AFC
28 Oct 1968	Wg Cdr W E Kelly
9 Jan 1971	Wg Cdr Brian C Farrer MBE; later A/Cdre
7 Nov 1972	Wg Cdr M E Bee AFC
1 Sep 1974	Wg Cdr Allan B Blackley; later AVM
30 Jun 1976	Wg Cdr Michael J D Stear; later ACM
29 Oct 1976	Wg Cdr Robert D Arnott; later A/Cdre
9 Mar 1979	Wg Cdr B C Johnson OBE
17 Dec 1981	Wg Cdr G Brindle
9 Mar 1984	Wg Cdr A McKay
21 Feb 1986	Wg Cdr M J Bruce
29 Apr 1988	Wg Cdr B J Titchen
29 Nov 1990	Wg Cdr Barry P Doggett; later A/Cdre
31 Jul 1992	Wg Cdr Peter A Coker; later A/Cdre
19 Dec 1994	Wg Cdr S P Ayres
11 Jul 1997	Wg Cdr D M Wood
7 Apr 2000	Wg Cdr Ian R W Stewart; later A/Cdre
4 Oct 2002	Wg Cdr P A Storey
21 Apr 2005	Wg Cdr A P Bowen
22 Jun 2007	Wg Cdr D J Hazell
22 Apr 2008	Wg Cdr R M O’Dell
1 Sep 2009	Wg Cdr S Larry
3 Aug 2011	Wg Cdr A J Lyle
5 Aug 2013	Wg Cdr I Middleton MBE

No 57 Squadron

8 Jun 1916	Lt A M Lower
14 Jun 1916	Maj L A Pattinson MC
4 Nov 1917	Maj C A A Hiatt MC
12 Jun 1918	Maj L A Pattinson ?
9 Sep 1918	Maj G C Bailey DSO
xx xxx 1919	?
31 Dec 1919	DB
20 Oct 1931	Sqn Ldr Horace G Bowen MBE; later A/Cdre
19 Jan 1933	Sqn Ldr Francis W Trott OBE, MC
26 Feb 1934	Sqn Ldr Frederick W Walker DSC, AFC; later A/Cdre
15 Jul 1935	Sqn Ldr Francis H E Reeve; later A/Cdre
28 Sep 1936	Flt Lt K Lea-Cox
14 Dec 1936	Sqn Ldr W L Payne
21 Aug 1939	Wg Cdr H M A Day (MIA - 13 Oct 1939)
14 Oct 1939	Act Wg Cdr A H Garland
5 Dec 1939	Wg Cdr R H Haworth-Booth
7 Feb 1940	Sqn Ldr A H Garland
2 Mar 1939	Wg Cdr R H Haworth-Booth
10 Mar 1940	Wg Cdr A H Garland
24 Feb 1941	Wg Cdr S S Bertram, DFC
8 May 1941	Wg Cdr J M Southwell, DFC
16 Mar 1942	Wg Cdr M V Peters-Smith, DFC
30 Jul 1942	Wg Cdr E J Laine, DFC
23 Sep 1942	Wg Cdr F C Hopcroft
28 Jul 1943	Wg Cdr W R Haskell
19 Aug 1943	Wg Cdr H W H Fisher DFC
15 Apr 1944	Wg Cdr H Y Humphreys DFC
8 Jan 1945	Wg Cdr John N Tomes; later A/Cdre
12 Jun 1945	Names from this point have not yet been found
27 Jan 1950	Wg Cdr Peter M Brothers
xx xxx 1952	Names from this point have not yet been found
9 Dec 1957	DB
13 Jan 1959	Wg Cdr Kenneth C M Giddings OBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
19 May 1960	Wg Cdr Dudley G Bailey; later AVM
8 Jun 1962	Wg Cdr J R Mason
24 Jul 1964	Wg Cdr Roy D A Smith DFC; later AM
10 Jan 1966	Wg Cdr Hubert D Hall AFC; later AVM
28 May 1968	Wg Cdr Gerald C D Goodyer MVO; later A/Cdre
15 Apr 1970	Wg Cdr H T C Farmer
2 Jun 1972	Wg Cdr T J Newman
20 May 1974	Wg Cdr M A Sutherland MBE
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found
30 Jun 1986	DB
1 Jun 1992	Names from this point have not yet been found except: -
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr J Wilson
xx xxx 1997	Wg Cdr R Jenkins
xx xxx 1999	Wg Cdr P O'Meeghan
1 Mar 2002	DB
1 Oct 2008	Names from this point have not yet been found

No 58 Squadron

8 Jun 1916	Capt/Maj E D Horsfall
5 Jan 1918	Maj John H S Tyssen MC; later AVM
25 Jun 1918	Maj D Gilley DFC
6 May 1919	Capt E D Fanshaw
xx May 1919	Capt J Henderson
7 Jul 1919	Maj Ivor T Lloyd; later A/Cdre
1 Feb 1920	renumbered as No 70 Sqn
1 Apr 1924	Flt Lt E G Hilton
15 Jul 1924	Sqn Ldr W H Longton DFC, AFC
25 May 1925	Sqn Ldr A rthur T Harris AFC; later MRAF
28 Jul 1927	Sqn Ldr Ernest W Norton DSC; later A/Cdre
18 Aug 1930	Wg Cdr Charles C Miles MC
7 Nov 1931	Wg Cdr Lachlan L MacLean; later A/Cdre
30 Oct 1933	Wg Cdr Charles O F Modin DSC; later A/Cdre
1 Jul 1935	Wg Cdr F O Soden
xx Dec 1935	Sqn Ldr V ictor E Groom DFC; later AM
14 Jul 1936	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr J Potter
26 Feb 1940	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr J J A Sutton
7 Nov 1940	Wg Cdr K B F Smith
15 Jun 1941	Wg Cdr R W M Clark
xx Mar1942	Wg Cdr R B Harvey
xx May 1942	Wg Cdr R W M Clark OBE, DFC
xx Aug 1942	Wg Cdr A G F Stewart
xx Mar 1942	Wg Cdr Wilfred E Oulton DFC; later AVM
xx Sep 1943	Wg Cdr John M D Ker; later A/Cdre
xx Apr 1944	Wg Cdr J B Grant
xx Mar 1945	Wg Cdr W H Ingle
25 May 1945	DB
1 Oct 1946	Wg Cdr Alastair D Panton DFC; later A/Cdre
xx Sep 1947	Wg Cdr A Gadd
xx Nov 1947	Sqn Ldr J M Rumsey
xx Feb 1947	Sqn Ldr M M Mair
xx May 1951	Sqn Ldr A D Maclaren
xx Jun 1951	Sqn Ldr J G Bishop
xx Apr 1952	Sqn Ldr R A Hosking
xx Jun 1954	Sqn Ldr E J Holloway
xx Jul 1957	Wg Cdr Colin M Fell AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Oct 1959	Wg Cdr N C Thorne
xx Nov 1962	Wg Cdr P D Thompson
xx Mar 1964	Wg Cdr R H D Dixon
xx Oct 1967	Wg Cdr R L Easterbrook
30 Sep 1970	DB
1 Aug 1973	Wg Cdr D C Whitman
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found
26 Jul 1976	DB

No 59 Squadron

1 Aug 1916	Capt A C Horsbrugh
14 Aug 1916	Maj R Egerton MC
27 Dec 1917	Maj C J Mackay MC DFC
27 Aug 1918	Maj A P D Hill
29 Jan 1919	Capt H F Nicholls
19 Feb 1919	Maj C C Durston
4 Aug 1919	DB
28 Jun 1937	Sqn Ldr James Warburton; later A/Cdre
28 Dec 1937	Sqn Ldr J B Fyfe DFC
11 Jun 1940	Flt Lt N B Hallmark (Temporary)
29 Jun 1940	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr R G S Morgan Weld-Smith (KIA 1 Aug 1940)
xx Aug 1940	Wg Cdr J A C Stratton
27 Sep 1941	Wg Cdr C M M Grece DFC
xx Apr 1942	Wg Cdr R H Niven DFC
xx Jun 1942	Wg Cdr G C C Bartlett
xx Jul 1943	Wg Cdr P A Gilchrist DFC
xx Jul 1944	Wg Cdr A A de Gruyther DFC
xx Mar 1945	Wg Cdr N B Littlejohn CBE
xx Jun 1945	Wg Cdr S R Hinks AFC
15 Jun 1946	DB
1 Dec 1947	Sqn Ldr E V Best AFC
xx Oct 1949	Sqn Ldr A H Middleton DSO, AFC
31 Oct 1950	DB
20 Aug 1956	Names from this point have not yet been found
4 Jan 1961	DB

No 60 Squadron

15 May 1916	Maj F F Waldron [Died as PoW]
3 Jul 1916	Maj R R Smith-Barry
22 Dec 1916	Maj E P Graves
10 Mar 1917	Maj A J L Scott MC
22 Jul 1917	Maj W J C Kennedy-Cochrane-Patrick DSO, MC
29 Dec 1917	Maj B F Moore
xx xxx 1918	Maj J T B McCudden VC, DSO, MC, MM (killed in an accident on his way to take command on 9 Jul 1918)
13 Jul 1918	Maj C M Crowe MC
4 Aug 1918	Maj A C Clarke
xx Jun 1919	?
22 Jan 1920	DB
1 Apr 1920	Sqn Ldr John C Quinnell
20 Aug 1920	Sqn Ldr Percy C Sherren MC
27 Mar 1922	Sqn Ldr Hugh V Champion de Crespigny MC, DFC; later AVM
14 Sep 1924	Sqn Ldr Archibald W H James, MC
27 Feb 1925	Sqn Ldr Tom F Hazell , DSO, MC, DFC
2 Sep 1927	Sqn Ldr Roger H Neville MC
12 Feb 1932	Sqn Ldr Kenneth M St C G Leask MC, later AVM
8 Jan 1933	Sqn Ldr Arthur D Pryor; later AVM
25 Nov 1933	Sqn Ldr Reginald T B Houghton AFC
14 May 1936	Sqn Ldr James Silvester; later A/Cdre
20 Oct 1936	Sqn Ldr R H Carter
20 Oct 1937	Sqn Ldr John H T Simpson; later A/Cdre
15 Apr 1938	Sqn Ldr C B Hughes
7 Mar 1939	Sqn Ldr Sydney R Ubee; later AVM
16 Aug 1939	Sqn Ldr A F McKenna
19 Sep 1939	Sqn Ldr Sydney R Ubee; later AVM
12 Mar 1940	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr R L Vivian (Wg Cdr from 1 Sep 1941)
26 Mar 1942	Wg Cdr S J Monroe DFC
7 Jul 1942	Wg Cdr C B Wallis DSO (died on 24 Jul 1942)
24 Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr E F Cawdrey (OC 'A' Flight)
3 Sep 1942	Wg Cdr D K Banks AFC
12 Nov 1943	Sqn Ldr R C Lindsell DFC, RCAF
8 Sep 1944	Sqn Ldr M S J Wilton
6 Dec 1944	Sqn Ldr J S Humphreys
23 May 1945	Sqn Ldr J B Wales DFC
4 Feb 1946	Sqn Ldr D M Finn DFC
9 Dec 1946	Sqn Ldr M H Constable Maxwell DSO, DFC
12 Dec 1947	Sqn Ldr J H S Broughton DFC, AFC
14 Jul 1949	Sqn Ldr W C G Duncan-Smith DSO, AFC
6 Mar 1952	Sqn Ldr W H Mills DFC
24 Sep 1954	Sqn Ldr H D C Webbe
17 May 1955	Sqn Ldr P W Lovell DFC, AFC
15 Mar 1956	Sqn Ldr Alan F Jenkins later A/Cdre
26 Sep 1958	Sqn Ldr M C N Smart
1 Nov 1959	Sqn Ldr R Knight
1 May 1961	Wg Cdr P Smith MBE
10 May 1965	Wg Cdr J Fraser AFC
15 Nov 1965	Wg Cdr Michael H Miller AFC; later A/Cdre
30 Apr 1968	DB
3 Feb 1969	Names from this point have not yet been found
1 Apr 1992	DB
xx Jun 1992	Names from this point have not yet been found

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