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Squadron Commanding Officers, Nos 101 - 120 Squadrons


[101 Sqn | 102 Sqn | 103 Sqn | 104 Sqn | 105 Sqn | 106 Sqn | 107 Sqn | 108 Sqn | 109 Sqn | 110 Sqn | 111 Sqn | 112 Sqn | 113 Sqn | 114 Sqn | 115 Sqn | 116 Sqn | 117 Sqn | 118 Sqn | 119 Sqn | 120 Sqn]

Up to 1939 the dates shown are those of the officer's appointment to the squadron but there may have been a handover period before he formally assumed command.

No 101 Squadron

19 July 1917

Maj The Hon L J E Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

31 Oct 1917

Maj W B Hargrave

27 Jul 1918

Maj E L M Gower

23 Aug 1918

Maj J Sowrey

14 Jan1919

Maj S W Price, MC

28 Jan 1919

Maj W J Tempest, DSO, MC

28 Mar 1928

Sqn Ldr J C P Wood

17 Jul 1929

Sqn Ldr R S Lucy, AFC

14 Jan 1930

Sqn Ldr Francis H Coleman DSO; later A/Cdre

 8 Dec 1933

Flt Lt Walter J Seward; later A/Cdre

21 Dec 1933

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Eric B C Betts DSC, DFC; later AVM

13 Jan 1936

Wg Cdr Arthur D Pryor later AVM

 1 Apr 1937

Sqn Ldr Harold F G Southey; later A/Cdre

29 Sep 1938

Sqn Ldr E C Bates; later AVM

24 Jan 1939

Sqn Ldr W R Hartwright

10 Apr 1939

Wg Cdr J H Hargroves (KIA 5 Jul 1940)

15 Jul 1940

Wg Cdr Noel C Singer DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre

 1 Apr 1941

Wg Cdr D Addenbrooke (KIA 3 Apr 1941)

 4 Apr 1941

Wg Cdr J McDougall, DFC

16 May 1941

Wg Cdr D R Biggs, DFC

15 Jan 1942

Wg Cdr T H L Nicholls

 1 Jun 1942

Wg Cdr E C Eaton, DFC

26 Apr 1942

Wg Cdr D A Reddick, DFC, AFC

27 Jul 1943

Wg Cdr G A Carey-Foster, DFC, AFC

18 Jan 1944

Wg Cdr R I Alexander, DFC

31 Jul 1944

Wg Cdr M H De L Everest, MVO, DFC

21 Jan 1945

Wg Cdr I M Gundry-White, DFC

12 Apr 1946

Sqn Ldr I McDonald

11 Dec 1946

Sqn Ldr P D Tunstall

10 Apr 1948

Sqn Ldr P A Wimberley

12 Jun 1950

Sqn Ldr E Cassidy, DFC, AFC

30 Jun 1952

Sqn Ldr J Crampton, DFC, AFC

20 Jun 1953

Sqn Ldr William D Robertson; later A/Cdre

15 Aug 1955

Sqn Ldr B Moorcroft, DSO, DFC

15 Oct 1957

Wg Cdr Alistair C L Mackie DFC; later A/Cdre

22 Sep 1959

Wg Cdr W J H Roberts

12 Jan 1962

Wg Cdr Arthur Griffiths AFC; later AVM

31 Jan 1964

Wg Cdr J D Upton

19 Nov 1964

Wg Cdr L C Spraggs, AFC

26 Sep 1966

Wg Cdr D J Mountford, AFC

9 Aug 1968

Wg Cdr G H Burleigh, AFC

14 Dec 1970

Wg Cdr Eric H Macey; later AVM

05 Jan 1972

Wg Cdr P A Hamill

13 May 1974

Wg Cdr J D N Hopkins

10 May 1976

Wg Cdr Anthony A G Woodford; later AVM

13 Jun 1978

Wg Cdr M V P H Harrington

20 Jun 1980

Wg Cdr W M Parker

01 May 1984

Wg Cdr David A Hurrell, AFC; later AVM

20 Jun 1986

Wg Cdr James L Uprichard; later A/Cdre

21 Oct 1988

Wg Cdr/Gp Capt Geoffrey D Simpson; later A/Cdre

17 Jun 1991

Wg Cdr P D Scoffham, AFC

11 Oct 1993

Wg Cdr Peter R Ollis, BSc; later A/Cdre

27 Jun 1996

Wg Cdr Peter W Gray, BSc LLB MPhil; later A/Cdre

21 Jan 1999

Wg Cdr Robert I Elliott, OBE BSc MRIN; later A/Cdre

20 Jul 2001

Wg Cdr P A Docker BA MCGI

05 Jan 2004

Wg Cdr Jonathan N Ager MA; later A/Cdre

15 Oct 2005

Wg Cdr M Smart

27 Apr 2007

Wg Cdr T O’Brien

 9 Jan 2009

Wg Cdr Steve F Lushington; later A/Cdre

14 Feb 2011

Wg Cdr K P Brookes

xx xxx 2013

Sqn Ldr A Scott

 1 Oct 2013

Wg Cdr R Trasler

xx Sep 2015

Wg Cdr A Tano

 No 102 Squadron

 9 Aug 1917

?

11 Sep 1917

Maj H Wyllie

20 Mar 1918

Maj F C Baker AFC

15 Feb 1919

Capt Malcolm L Taylor; later AVM

 3 Jul 1919

DB

 1 Oct 1935

Sqn Ldr Charles W Attwood

12 Apr 1937

Wg Cdr Leslie M Iles AFC; later AVM

 14 Jul 1938

Sqn Ldr R R Nash

 1 Oct 1938

Wg Cdr C F Toogood (left 29 Jan 1940)

 5 Feb 1940

Wg Cdr E Burton

16 May 1940

Wg Cdr S R Groom

 1 Jan 1941

Wg Cdr F C Cole

21 Apr 1941

Wg Cdr C V Howes

 5 Oct 1941

Wg Cdr L Howard

27 Jan 1942

Wg Cdr S C Bintley AFC

26 Oct 1942

Wg Cdr G W Holden DFC

20 Apr 1943

Wg Cdr H R Coventry

15 Jul 1943

Wg Cdr F R C Fowle

21 Sep 1943

Wg Cdr Stanley J Marchbank DFC; later A/Cdre

14 Jul 1944

Wg Cdr L D Wilson DFC, AFC

14 Jan 1945

Wg Cdr E F E Barnard

27 Mar 1945

Wg Cdr Duncan F Hyland-Smith; later AVM

28 Feb 1946

DB

20 Oct 1954

Names from this point have not yet been found

20 Aug 1956

DB

xx Aug 1959

Reformed as a Thor IRBM unit

xx Nov 1959

Sqn Ldr L A Baldchin

xx Jan 1962

Sqn Ldr J Slater

27 Apr 1963

DB

No 103 Squadron

xx Sep 1917

Maj J Maxwell-Scott

xx Feb 1918

Maj W A S Rough

26 Mar 1918

Maj E N Fuller

 2 Sep 1918

Maj M H B Nethersole

xx Mar 1919

?

 1 Oct 1919

DB

10 Aug 1936

?

14 Sep 1936

Sqn Ldr D H Carey

14 Feb 1938

Sqn Ldr W J Millen

22 Aug 1938

Sqn Ldr J Coverdale

27 Jan 1939

Wg Cdr H J Gemmel

19 Dec 1939

Sqn Ldr J Coverdale (temporary)

 9 Jan 1940

Flt Lt A J Ingram (temporary)

14 Jan 1940

Sqn Ldr H G Lee (temporary)

12 Mar 1940

Wg Cdr Thomas C Dickens; later A/Cdre

23 Nov 1940

Sqn Ldr C E R Tait

 5 Dec 1940

Wg Cdr C E Littler

 4 Apr 1941

Wg Cdr B E Lowe

25 Aug 1941

Wg Cdr R S Ryan

 9 Mar 1942

Wg Cdr J F H Du Boulay

 9 Sep 1942

Wg Cdr Robert A C Carter; later A/Cdre

17 Apr 1943

Wg Cdr J A Slater

18 Oct 1943

Wg Cdr Eric D Mac K Nelson CB; later A/Cdre

 6 May 1944

Wg Cdr H R Goodman

12 May 1944

Wg Cdr J R St John

 1 Dec 1944

Wg Cdr Duncan F Macdonald later A/Cdre

26 Nov 1945

DB

30 Nov 1954

Names for this period have not yet been found

 1 Aug 1956

DB

 1 Aug 1959

Sqn Ldr J L Price

xx Aug 1961

Sqn Ldr L A Wilson

31 Jul 1963

DB

1 Aug 1963

Sqn Ldr P L Davis MC, DFC

xx Aug 1965

Sqn Ldr F D Hoskins

xx Feb 1968

Sqn Ldr Ian Horrocks; later A/Cdre

xx xxx xxxx

Sqn Ldr P R Bond

xx xxx xxxx

Names for this period have not yet been found

1 Aug 1975

DB

No 104 Squadron

 4 Sep 1917

?

 1 Jan 1918

Maj John C Quinnell; later A/Cdre

11 Nov 1918

?

30 Jun 1919

DB

 7 Jan 1936

Flt Lt A A Jones

9 Apr 1936

Sqn Ldr J E Hewitt RAAF

11 Apr 1938

Sqn Ldr D P Lascelles

15 May 1939

Wg Cdr M B Mackay

 5 Feb 1940

Wg Cdr C R J Coggle

xx Apr 1940

DB

 1 Apr 1941

Sqn Ldr D B G Tomlinson

23 Apr 1941

Sqn Ldr P R Beare

11 May 1941

Wg Cdr W S P Simonds

12 Sep 1941

Wg Cdr P R Beare (took the unit overseas)

17 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr W M Protheroe (Home echelon, redesignated No 158 Sqn)

xx Apr 1942

Sqn Ldr J Blackburn DFC

xx Aug 1942

Names for this period have not yet been found

 1 Apr 1947

DB

xx Mar 1955

Names for this period have not yet been found

xx Aug 1956

DB

22 Jul 1959

Sqn Ldr D H Young

xx Jan 1961

Sqn Ldr B A Bourne

24 May 1963

DB

No 105 Squadron

 9 Sep 1917

Capt Horace G Bowen; later A/Cdre

xx Oct 1917

?

25 Mar 1918

Maj D G Joy

15 Jan 1919

Maj Henry J F Hunter MC; later A/Cdre

 1 Feb 1920

redesignated as No 2 Sqn

12 Apr 1937

Flt Lt R H Maw

 7 Jun 1937

Sqn Ldr Geoffrey W Tuttle; later AM

29 May 1939

Wg Cdr Douglas MacFadyen; later AM (left 24 Jan 1940)

14 Feb 1940

Wg Cdr John G Hawtrey; later AVM

 3 Jun 1940

Sqn Ldr  G C O Key DFC

19 Jun 1940

Wg Cdr John G Hawtrey; later AVM

27 Aug 1940

Wg Cdr C K J Coggle

27 Dec 1940

Wg Cdr A L Christian

11 May 1941

Wg Cdr Hughie L Edwards DFC; later A/Cdre

13 Aug 1941

Wg Cdr D W Skivier

25 Oct 1941

Wg Cdr P H A Simmons DFC

 1 Aug 1942

Wg Cdr Hughie L Edwards VC, DFC; later A/Cdre

10 Feb 1943

Wg Cdr G P Longfield (KIA 26 Feb 1943)

26 Feb 1943

Vacant

17 Mar 1943

Wg Cdr J de L Wooldridge DFC, DFM

25 Jun 1943

Gp Capt H J Cundall DFC, AFC

25 Sep 1944

Gp Capt K J Somerville DSO, DFC, AFC

 1 Jun 1945

Wg Cdr T W Horton DSO, DFC

15 Oct 1945

Wg Cdr C N Collard DSO

6 Nov 1945

Sqn Ldr G O Lister

31 Dec 1945

Wg Cdr D G Stokes

 1 Feb 1946

DB

21 Feb 1962

Wg Cdr W I Harris AFC

16 Aug 1964

Wg Cdr J E W Teager AFC

 7 Jun 1966

Wg Cdr E C Rigg

20 Jan 1968

DB

No 106 Squadron

23 Sep 1917

?

xx May 1918

Maj Edward A B Rice MC; later AVM

 8 Oct 1919

DB

 1 Jun 1938

Fg Off S Hook

19 Sep 1938

Sqn Ldr Walter C Sheen; later AVM

20 Oct 1939

Wg Cdr G R Montgomerie

 9 Jul 1940

Sqn Ldr R D Stubbs DFC

28 Oct 1940

Wg Cdr W J H Lindley

29 Dec 1940

Wg Cdr P J Polglase (KIA 4 Apr 1941)

 5 Apr 1941

Sqn Ldr R F Helms (Temp)

 7 May 1941

Wg Cdr R S Allen DFC

20 Mar 1942

Wg Cdr G P Gibson DSO, DFC

14 Mar 1943

Wg Cdr John H Searby DFC; later A/Cdre

 9 May 1943

Wg Cdr R E Baxter DFC

13 Mar 1944

Wg Cdr E K Piercy DFC

25 Aug 1944

Wg Cdr M M J Stevens DFC

15 Mar 1945

Wg Cdr Leslie G Levis later A/Cdre

18 Feb 1946

DB

22 Jul 1959

Sqn Ldr R F Keatley

xx Feb 1962

Sqn Ldr T C Woods

24 May 1963

DB

No 107 Squadron

26 May 1918

Maj J R Howett

28 Sep 1918

Maj Horace Gordon-Dean; later A/Cdre

17 Mar 1918

?

30 Jun 1919

DB

 1 Sep 1936

Sgt E Johns

25 Sep 1936

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr E A Healy

29 Oct 1937

Sqn Ldr V Q Blackden

5 Jun 1939

Sqn Ldr G Bearne

24 Aug 1939

Wg Cdr E F Haylock

15 Sep 1939

Wg Cdr Basil E Embry DSO, DFC, AFC; later ACM

27 May 1940

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr L R Stokes

xx Sep 1940

Wg Cdr J W Duggan

12 Jan 1941

Wg Cdr W E Cameron (KIA 6 Apr1941)

xx Apr 1941

Wg Cdr A M A Birch (KIA 18 Apr 1941)

 4 May 1941

Wg Cdr L V E Petley (KIA 4 Jul 1941)

 8 Jul 1941

Wg Cdr A F C Booth (KIA 12 Jul 1941)

xx Jul 1941

Wg Cdr F A Harte DFC (KIA 9 Oct 1941)

xx Oct 1941

Sgt Ivor G Broom; later AM (acting)

xx Oct 1941

Wg Cdr J S Dunlevie

xx Jan 1942

Wg Cdr L H Lynn

xx Sep 1942

Wg Cdr D H Dutton

xx Dec 1942

Wg Cdr A C P Carver

xx Feb 1943

Wg Cdr Ian J Spencer DFC; later AVM

xx Apr 1943

Wg Cdr R G England (KIA 22 Oct 1943)

xx Nov 1943

Wg Cdr M E Pollard

xx Jul 1944

Wg Cdr W J Scott

xx Apr 1945

Wg Cdr W C Maher (KIFA 24 Jul 1946)

17 Aug 1946

Wg Cdr D P Hanafin

20 Dec 1946

Wg Cdr B Kemp

xx Jun 1947

Wg Cdr Banning Lover

 4 Oct 1948

DB

xx Jul 1959

Sqn Ldr R P Flood

xx Jan 1961

Sqn Ldr H G Norton

10 Jul 1963

DB

No 108 Squadron

11 Nov 1917

Capt Malcolm Henderson; later AVM

 6 Apr 1918

Maj S S Halse

27 Oct 1918

Maj B F Vernon-Harcourt

22 Nov 1918

Maj Edward A B Rice MC; later AVM

17 Mar 1919

Reduced to cadre

 3 Jul 1919

DB

 4 Jan 1937

Flt Lt N C Pleasance

15 Mar 1937

Sqn Ldr J H Powle

24 Sep 1939

Wg Cdr P J A Hume

xx Apr 1940

DB

 1 Aug 1941

Sqn Ldr B J McGinn [Temp]

 6 Sep 1941

Wg Cdr R J Wells DFC

xx xxx xxxx

Sqn Ldr P R Beare

xx Apr 1942

Wg Cdr R H Maw AFC

10 Mar 1943

Wg Cdr J A A Read DFC

xx Dec 1943

Wg Cdr A J Banham

xx Jul 1944

Wg Cdr J R C Young AFC

xx Feb 1945

Wg Cdr H E Tappin DFC*

28 Mar 1945

DB

No 109 Squadron

 1//1/1917

?

19 Aug 1918

DB

10 Dec 1940

Sqn Ldr H E Bufton DFC

28 Dec 1940

Wg Cdr W S Hebden

15 Dec 1941 Wg Cdr C C McMullen

19 Jul 1942

Wg Cdr H E Bufton DFC, AFC

 6 Mar 1944

? [Temp]

7 Mar 1944

Wg Cdr R M Cox AFC

28 May 1944

Wg Cdr G F Grant DSO, DFC*

 6 Dec 1944

Wg Cdr R C E Law DFC

28 Sep 1945

Wg Cdr C W Scott DFC

xx xxx xxxx

Names for this period have not yet been found

 1 Feb 1957

DB

No 110 Squadron

19 Nov 1917

Maj Hazelton R Nicholl; later AVM

 8 Aug 1919

?

27 Aug 1919

DB

18 May 1937

?

10 Jun 1937

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr I McL Cameron (Wg Cdr from 13 Sep 1939)

 1 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr J S Sabine (Temporary)

14 Dec 1939

Wg Cdr R M Foster DFC

16 May 1940

Sqn Ldr L F Sinclair

xx Oct 1940

Sqn Ldr ?

xx xxx xxxx

Sqn Ldr I J Spencer

16 May 1941

Wg Cdr T M Hunt DFC (KIA 18 Jul 1941)

23 Jul 1941

Wg Cdr J R Cree

xx xxx 1941

Names for this period have not yet been found

xx xxx 1942

Wg Cdr E L A Walker DFC, AFC

xx Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr F F Lambert DFC

xx Feb 1943

Sqn Ldr J G Gill

xx Sep 1943

Flt Lt R C Topley

xx Nov 1943

Wg Cdr L F Penny DFC*

xx Aug 1944

Wg Cdr A E Saunders OBE

11 Jul 1945

 Sqn Ldr Turner (Acting)

15 Apr 1946

DB

15 Jun 1946

Wg Cdr T M Buchnan

xx Aug 1946

Sqn Ldr D W Barber

xx Oct 1946

Sqn Ldr C J McKenzie DFC, AFC

xx Aug 1947

Sqn Ldr M W Ramsey DFC

xx Sep 1947

Sqn Ldr R Lloyd DFC, AFC

xx Dec 1947

Sqn Ldr J S Higgins DFC, AFC

xx Mar 1948

Sqn Ldr D K Hayes

xx Nov 1948

Sqn Ldr Percy O V Green AFC; later A/Cdre

xx Sep 1949

Sqn Ldr J H Johnson DFC

xx Feb 1950

Sqn Ldr C F Craven

xx Feb 1952

Sqn Ldr J E D Taylor

xx Mar 1952

Sqn Ldr A F Peers

xx Jun 1953

Sqn Ldr B A Q Wynward-Wright

xx Nov 1953

Sqn Ldr J R Lake

31 Dec 1957

DB

 3 Jun 1959

Sqn Ldr F Barnes

xx Aug 1960

Sqn Ldr C A E Sumons

xx Dec 1962

Sqn Ldr D L Eley

xx Nov 1964

Sqn Ldr John W Price; later AVM

xx Jul 1966

Sqn Ldr R H J Hadlow

xx Dec 1968

Sqn Ldr T M Jeffrey

15 Feb 1971

DB

No 111 Squadron

 1 Aug 1917

Maj A R Shekleton

21 Nov 1917

Maj F W Stent

 8 Jul 1918

Maj H De Havilland DSO

15 Sep 1918

Maj S H Long DSO MC

20 Feb 1919

Maj R M Drummond MC; later AM

 8 Mar 1919

Maj Charles E H Medhurst MC; later ACM

 1 Feb 1920

redesignated as No 14 Sqn

1 Dec 1923

Sqn Ldr T F Hazell DSO, MC, DFC

 6 Feb 1925

Flt Lt H W Woollett (Temporary)

 2 Mar 1925

Sqn Ldr G W Robarts MC

14 Oct 1927

Flt Lt A C Collier; later AVM

18 Nov 1927

Sqn Ldr Keith R Park MC, DFC; later ACM

 8 Mar 1929

Sqn Ldr F O Soden DFC

25 Oct 1929

Sqn Ldr Leonard H Slatter OBE, DSC, DFC; later AM

13 Nov 1930

Sqn Ldr E R Openshaw

28 Feb 1933

Flt Lt J T Paine (Temporary)

11 May 1933

Sqn Ldr Matthew B Frew DSO, MC, AFC; later AVM

 1 Aug 1934

Sqn Ldr E P Mackay

18 Oct 1935

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr Colin W Weedon; later AM

21 Dec 1935

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr Ian E Brodie; later A/Cdre

 2 Mar 1936

Sqn Ldr G V Howard DFC

18 Oct 1937

Sqn Ldr J W Gillan AFC

16 Jan 1939

Sqn Ldr Harry Broadhurst AFC; later ACM

24 Jan 1940

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr John M Thompson; later A/Cdre

 5 Oct 1940

Sqn Ldr A J Biggar

10 Feb 1941

Sqn Ldr J S Mclean

 1 Sep 1941

Sqn Ldr G F Brotchie

17 Mar 1942

Sqn Ldr P R W Wickham DFC*

31 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr A C Bartley DFC

26 Jan 1943

Sqn Ldr J J Le Roux DFC

30 Apr 1943

Sqn Ldr G A Hill DFC**, RCAF

19 Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr G P H Matthews DFC

19 Dec 1943

Sqn Ldr M S Hards DFC, DFM

 7 Apr 1944

Sqn Ldr P H Humphreys DFC

19 Nov 1944

Maj T P L Murrey DFC, SAAF

28 Feb 1945

Sqn Ldr B F G Darby

 9 Mar 1945

Sqn Ldr L W Farrow

26 Sep 1945

Sqn Ldr P Cannam

26 Jun 1946

Sqn Ldr D F Dennis DSO, DFC

28 Jan 1947

Sqn Ldr R T Llewllyn DFM

12 May 1947

DB

2 Dec 1953

Sqn Ldr H Pears DFC

23 Jan 1955

Sqn Ldr Roger L Topp AFC*; later A/Cdre

13 Oct 1958

Sqn Ldr Peter A Latham AFC; later AVM

14 Nov 1960

Sqn Ldr Kenneth A C Wirdnam; later A/Cdre

 4 Jan 1964

Sqn Ldr George P Black AFC; later AVM

 2 Aug 1966

Wg Cdr Donald P Hall AFC; later AM

27 May 1968

Wg Cdr Leslie Swart AFC; later A/Cdre

 6 Jul 1970

Wg Cdr Peter S Collins AFC, BA; later AVM

 9 Jun 1972

Wg Cdr R Horsfield BA

 1 Oct 1974

Wg Cdr Anthony J Park; later A/Cdre

 5 Jul 1976

Wg Cdr J G McCluney

20 Oct 1978

Wg Cdr D C Read

20 Mar 1981

Wg Cdr M B Elsam

 1 Nov 1983

Wg Cdr Christopher C C Coville BA; later AM

 1 Nov 1985

Wg Cdr Philip W Roser MBE; later AVM

23 Nov 1987

Wg Cdr T G Hanlon MBIM

23 Feb 1990

Wg Cdr Peter B Walker BA; later AM

10 Oct 1992

Wg Cdr W S Smyth BA

16 Apr 1995

Wg Cdr I McG G Howe

xx Aug 1997

Wg Cdr Julian Stinton; later A/Cdre

xx Mar 2000

Wg Cdr J A Jupp BA, MA  

xx Dec 2002

Wg Cdr R Birch

xx Mar 2005

Wg Cdr K Truss

xx Dec 2007

Wg Cdr P Cracroft

xx Mar 2010

Wg Cdr M Goringe

22 Mar 2011

DB

No 112 Squadron

30 Jul 1917

Maj G Allen

24 Nov 1917

Maj B F Moore

 3 Dec 1917

Capt C A Ridley DSO MC

13 Feb 1918

Maj Christopher J Q Brand DSO, MC, DFC; later AVM

 1 Jul 1918

Maj G W Murlis-Green DSO MC

 6 Oct 1918

Maj G O Usborne

13 Jun 1919

DB

16 May 1939

Sqn Ldr D M Somerville

15 Apr 1940

Flt Lt W C Williams (Temporary)

xx May 1940

Sqn Ldr A R G Bax (Temporary)

24 Jun 1940

Sqn Ldr D M Somerville

29 Sep 1940

Sqn Ldr H L I Brown

 1 Apr 1941

Sqn Ldr L G Schwab DFC

27 Jun 1941

Sqn Ldr D W Balden

13 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr H P Cochrane

28 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr F V Morello

xxJan 1942

Sqn Ldr C R Caldwell DFC*

xxApr 1942

Sqn Ldr P D M Down

xx May 1942

Sqn Ldr B Drake DSO, DFC*

xx Jan 1943

Sqn Ldr G W Garton

xxMay 1943

Sqn Ldr G H Norton

xx Jul 1943

Sqn Ldr P F Illingworth

xx Mar 1944

Sqn Ldr W K Watts

xx May 1944

Sqn Ldr L N Ahern DFC

xx Jul 1944

Sqn Ldr A P Q Bluett DFC

xx Apr 1945

Sqn Ldr J S Hart

xx Oct 1945

Sqn Ldr P S Blomfield

xx Dec 1945

Sqn Ldr P M Foster

xx Apr 1946

Sqn Ldr M J Wright DFC

xx Nov 1946

Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn

30 Dec 1946

DB

12 May 1951

Sqn Ldr J D Bolton DFC

xx Nov 1953

Sqn Ldr F M Hegarty

xx Sep 1956

Sqn Ldr A R Wilson

xx Feb 1957

Sqn Ldr C J Homes

31 May 1957

DB

 2 Nov 1964

Names for this period have not yet been found

 1 Jul 1975

DB

No 113 Squadron

 1 Aug 1917

?

10 Sep 1917

Maj J R McCrindle MC

12 Feb 1919

Maj C S Danby

12 Mar 1919

Maj William J M Guilfoyle MC; later A/Cdre

22 Jun 1919

Capt G R A Deacon

16 Oct 1919

Sqn Ldr William J M Guilfoyle MC; later A/Cdre

 6 Nov 1919

Flt Lt P W Snell

 1 Feb 1920

redesignated as No 208 Sqn

18 May 1937

Reformed

27 May 1937

Sqn Ldr Gilbert Bartholomew; later A/Cdre

 3 Jan 1938

Sqn Ldr F G Cator

 1 Mar 1939

Sqn Ldr Gerald B Keily; later A/Cdre

19 Sep 1940

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr Robert N Bateson DFC; later AVM

xx Feb 1941

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr R H Spencer

xx Mar 1941

Wg Cdr R N Stidolph

xx Apr 1942

Wg Cdr J F Grey

xx Jul 1942

Wg Cdr E L A Walter DFC AFC

xx Dec 1942

Wg Cdr W L Jones DFC

xx Jul 1943

Maj J L B Viney SAAF

xx Sep 1943

Sqn Ldr I L B Aitkens

xx Jan 1944

Sqn Ldr R N H Courtney

xx Sep 1944

Flt Lt E M Frost

xx Nov 1944

Sqn Ldr J Rose DFC

xx May 1945

Sqn Ldr M.Paddle

15 Oct 1945

DB

 1 Sep 1946

Wg Cdr Alexander

 1 Apr 1947

DB

xx May 1947

Names for this period have not yet been found

 1 Sep 1948

DB

22 Jul 1959

Names for this period have not yet been found

10 Jul 1963

DB

No 114 Squadron

22 Sep 1917

Maj S Hutcheson

xx Sep 1918

Maj D E Stodart DSO DFC

 1 Apr 1920

redesignated as No 28 Sqn

14 Dec 1936

Flt Lt A C Evans-Evans?

 5 Feb 1937

Flt Lt F J Taylor

10 Mar 1937

Sqn Ldr Hugh H Brookes; later AVM

15 Dec 1937

Sqn Ldr Wilfred L Freebody AFC, later AVM

22 Jun 1939

Wg Cdr G R C Spencer

17 Nov 1939

Sqn Ldr C M H Outram (Temporary)

16 Nov 1939

Wg Cdr J H Powle

20 Apr 1940

Sqn Ldr C M H Outram (Temporary)

11 May 1940

Wg Cdr P M W Wright

 8 Dec 1940

Wg Cdr G R A Elsmie (KIA 18 Apr 1941)

19 Apr 1941

Wg Cdr G L B Hull

 1 Aug 1941

Wg Cdr J L Nicol (KIA 19 Aug 1941)

 1 Sep 1941

Wg Cdr J A G Jenkins

xx xxx xxxx

Names for this period have not yet been found

 1 May 1946

Reduced to cadre

 1 Sep 1946

DB

 1 Aug 1947

Sqn Ldr F A Drury DFC

xx Mar 1948

Sqn Ldr F J Fenton

xx Dec 1948

Sqn Ldr G H Everitt DSO, DFC

xx Sep 1950

Sqn Ldr K V Gilling AFC

xx Dec 1952

Sqn Ldr R J Dempsey DFC

xx Apr 1954

Sqn Ldr D B Delany AFC

xx Jan 1957

Sqn Ldr F L Spencer

31 Dec 1957

DB

20 Nov 1958

Sqn Ldr J L Bayley

14 Mar 1959

DB

 5 May 1959

Sqn Ldr E K Adair

xx Aug 1959

Wg Cdr L V Craxton

30 Sep 1961

DB

  1 Oct 1961

Wg Cdr W I Harris AFC

xx Jul 1962

Wg Cdr L B Foskitt AFC

xx Aug 1964

Wg Cdr C R Evans

xx Aug 1966

Wg Cdr J A Steff-Langston MBE

xx Jul 1968

Wg Cdr J L Price AFC

xx Jun 1970

Wg Cdr S A Price

8 Oct 1971

DB

No 115 Squadron

 1 Dec 1917

?

15 Apr 1918

Capt J W James

15 Jul 1918

Maj W E Gardner DSC

xx xxx 1919

?

18 Oct 1919

DB

15 Jun 1937

Sqn Ldr-Wg Cdr Frank L Hopps AFC; later AVM

 9 Dec 1938

Sqn Ldr J E W Bowles (Temporary)

15 Mar 1939

Wg Cdr H G Rowe DFC

27 Dec 1939

Wg Cdr George H Mills DFC; later ACM

 1 Jul 1940

Wg Cdr H I Dabinett

20 Jan 1941

Wg Cdr A C Evan Evans

19 May 1941

Wg Cdr R E Sharp

14 Aug 1941

Wg Cdr T O Freeman, DSO, DFC

20 Jun 1942

Wg Cdr F.W.Dixon-Wright DFC

30 Jul 1942

Wg Cdr A G S Cousens, DFC

16 Dec 1942

Wg Cdr A F M Sisley

 1 Mar 1943

Wg Cdr J B Sims

 1 Jun 1943

Wg Cdr Frederick F Rainsford DFC; later A/Cdre

21 Dec 1943

Wg Cdr R H Annan, DSO

12 Jun 1944

Wg Cdr W G Devas, DFC, AFC

27 Nov 1944

Wg Cdr R H Shaw, DFC

27 Apr 1945

Wg Cdr H Stanton

 xxx xxxx

 Names for this period have not yet been found

 1 Mar 1950

DB

13 Jun 1950

Names for this period have not yet been found

 1 Jun 1957

DB

21 Aug 1958

Names for this period have not yet been found except: -

 xx xxx xxxx

Wg Cdr P Hawksworth (1983)

1 Oct 1993

DB

xx xxx 2008

Names for this period have not yet been found except: -

xx xxx xxxx

Sqn Ldr K Mar (2015)

No 116 Squadron

1 Dec 1917

Names for this period have not yet been found

20 Nov 1918

DB

17 Feb 1941

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr E D Crundall

xx xxx 1941

Names for this period have not yet been found

26 May 1945

DB

 1 Aug 1952

Names for this period have not yet been found

21 Aug 1958

DB

No 117 Squadron

 1 Jan 1918

?

xx Mar 1918

Maj Richard H Peck; later AM

xx Jun 1918

DB

xx Sep 1918

?

 7 Dec 1918

Capt C C Bass

 6 Oct 1919

DB

30 Apr 1941

Wg Cdr W E Rankin

xx Jul 1942

Wg Cdr R G Yaxley DSO, MC, DFC

xx Feb 1943

Wg Cdr J Goodhead

xx May 1943

Wg Cdr William E Coles DSO, DFC,; later AM

xx Jun 1944

Wg Cdr W J McLean DFC, AFC

xx May1945

Wg Cdr A J Samson DFC

xx Oct 1945

Wg Cdr L T Bryant-Fenn DFC

17 Dec 1945

DB

No 118 Squadron

 1 Jan 1918

?

xx Nov 1918

DB

20 Feb 1941

Sqn Ldr F J Howell DFC

26 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr H a'B Russell

xx Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr J C Carver

xx Jun 1942

Sqn Ldr Ernest W Wootten DFC*; later A/Cdre

xx Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr J C Freeborn DFC*

xx Jan 1944

Sqn Ldr P W E Heppell DFC

xx Mar 1945

Sqn Ldr A Drew DFC

10 Mar 1946

DB

15 May 1951

Reformed

xx xxx 1951

Sqn Ldr Sqn Ldr H A Asker DFC, DFM

xx Feb 1954

Sqn Ldr Charles M Gibbs DFC; later AVM

xx Jan 1956
Sqn Ldr N C P Buddin

31 Jul 1957

DB

 1 Sep 1959

F/L F M Taylor AFC [Temp]

xx Oct 1959

Sqn Ldr D A Toon

xx Apr 1961

Sqn Ldr P H Hart

31 Aug 1962

DB

No 119 Squadron

xx xxx 1918

Maj T M Scott

xx Nov 1918

DB

13 Mar 1941

Wg Cdr A G F Stewart

19 Oct 1941

Flt Lt G W M Bennett

14 Apr 1942

Wg Cdr D McC Gordon

xx Apr 1943

DB

19 Jul 1944

Sqn Ldr D T J Davis

xx Sep 1944

Sqn Ldr N Williamson

25 May 1945

DB

No 120 Squadron

 1 Jan 1918

Maj A R S Clark

xx xxx 1918

Maj P J V Lavarack MC*   [Died 18 Oct 1918]

21 Oct 1919

DB

 1 Jun 1941

Wg Cdr W N Cumming DFC

23 Aug 1941

Wg Cdr V H A McBratney AFC

xx Jul 1942

Wg Cdr S J Harrison DFC

xx Feb 1943

Wg Cdr P A Gilchrist

xx Apr 1943

Wg Cdr R M Longmore OBE

xx Oct 1943

Wg Cdr J R Bland

xx Jul 1944

Wg Cdr J Avent DFC

4 Jun 1945

DB

 1 Oct 1946

Wg Cdr R D Williams

xx Aug 1948

Sqn Ldr V F Cave

xx Feb 1949

Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross

xx Jan 1951

Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr OBE, DFC; later AVM

xx Jan 1952

Sqn Ldr A W Harding

xx May 1952

Sqn Ldr H M Simmonds DFC

xx Jul 1953

Sqn Ldr R G Ravenscroft

xx Apr 1955

Wg Cdr P R Casement DSO, DFC, AFC

xx Oct 1956

Wg Cdr G Buckle

xx Nov 1958

Wg Cdr L G A Reed MVO, DFC

xx Jan 1961

Wg Cdr H M Carson

xx Jan 1963

Wg Cdr K Courtnage OBE, AFC

xx Dec 1964

Wg Cdr N G Ashcroft

xx Nov 1966

Wg Cdr P J Wells

xx Apr 1969

Wg Cdr A R Amos

xx Dec 1971

Wg Cdr C J Philips

xx Jan 1974

Wg Cdr R Kidney AFC

xx Dec 1975

Wg Cdr T C Flanagan

xx Oct 1977

Wg Cdr C J Sturt

xx Nov 1979

Wg Cdr M G Peakes

xx xxx xxxx

Names for this period have not yet been found except: -

xx xxx xxxx

Wg Cdr Wilson Metcalfe; later A/Cdre (pre 1996)

26 May 2011

DB

xx xxx 2020

Wg Cdr J Hanson

xx xxx 2021

Wg Cdr B Livesey

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