OCs 101 - 120 Sqns

Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

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
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr P Summer (2024)

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	Squadron reformed
20 Oct 1954	Sqn Ldr W E Martin DFC, AFC
20 Aug 1956	DB
xx Aug 1959	Squadron 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	Squadron reformed
30 Nov 1954	Sqn Ldr R C Shuster AFC
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 May 1942	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr J Blackburn DFC
4 Aug 1942	Wg Cdr D T Saville DFC
18 Dec 1942	Wg Cdr G H N Gibson DFC
1 Mar 1943	Wg Cdr C J Mount DFC
15 Sep 1943	Wg Cdr D M Crossley DFC (MIA 25 Nov 1943)
25 Nov 1943	Sqn Ldr T R Fox DFC (Temp)
2 Dec 1943	Wg Cdr H E Turner
xx Aug 1944	Wg Cdr C F Mervyn-Jones
9 Apr 1945	Wg Cdr E P W Marriott
12 Dec 1945	Sqn Ldr J C Johnson (Temp)
19 Jan 1946	Wg Cdr L W V Jennens
17 Sep 1946	Sqn Ldr K G Hubbard
1 Apr 1947	DB
15 Mar 1955	Squadron reformed
15 Mar 1955	Sqn Ldr E Stephenson
xx Aug 1956	DB
22 Jul 1959	Squadron reformed as a Thor IRBM squadron
22 Jul 1959	Sqn Ldr D H Young
20 Dec 1960	Sqn Ldr D A Mortimer
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 G eoffrey 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
12 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
5 Jan 1942	Wg Cdr L H Lynn
23 Sep 1942	Wg Cdr D H Dutton (MIA 7 Dec 1942)
11 Dec 1942	Wg Cdr A C P Carver
19 Apr 1943	Wg Cdr R G England (KIA 22 Oct 1943)
3 Nov 1943	Wg Cdr M E Pollard
28 Jul 1944	Wg Cdr W J Scott
7 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
17 Jun 1947	Wg Cdr/Sqn Ldr Banning Lover (post reduced to Sqn Ldr - Nov 1947)
29 Jan 1948	Sqn Ldr Hutcheson
4 Oct 1948	DB by being renumbered No 11 Sqn
22 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
2 Mar 1942	Sqn Ldr K F Vare
1 May 1942	Wg Cdr R H Maw AFC (POW 19 Sep 1942)
21 Sep 1942	Wg Cdr G H N Gibson DFC
18 Dec 1942	Reduced to Cadre
10 Mar 1943	Squadron reformed
19 Mar 1943	Wg Cdr J A A Read DFC
20 Dec 1943	Wg Cdr A J Banham
19 Jul 1944	Wg Cdr J R C Young AFC
1 Feb 1945	Wg Cdr H E Tappin DFC*
28 Mar 1945	DB

No 109 Squadron

1 Jan 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
26 Sep 1946	Wg Cdr Stickley OBE, DFC
xx xxx xxxx	Sqn Ldr H G D Devey
23 Mar 1948	Sqn Ldr H L Derwent AFC
xx Mar 1950	Sqn Ldr J C Thelwell DSO, DFC*
26 Oct 1950	Sqn Ldr D T Witt DSO, DFC, DFM
xx Dec 1951	Sqn Ldr J E S Hill (posted xx Nov 1953)
26 Jan 1954	Sqn Ldr D A Green DSO, DFC
xx May 1954	Sqn Ldr J M Daniel DFC
3 Apr 1956	Sqn Ldr J L Causton DFC
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	Wg Cdr Sutcliffe
16 May 1941	Wg Cdr T M Hunt DFC (KIA 18 Jul 1941)
23 Jul 1941	Wg Cdr J R Cree
xx Dec 1941	Sqn LdrWg Cdr E L A Walker DFC, AFC (posted 20 Jul 1942)
30 Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr F F Lambert DFC
5 Feb 1943	Sqn Ldr J G Gill
20 Sep 1943	Flt Lt R C Topley
10 Nov 1943	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr L F Penny DFC*
15 Sep 1944	Wg Cdr A E Saunders OBE (KIA 11 Jul 1945)
11 Jul 1945	Sqn Ldr C R Turner (Acting)
xx Aug 1945	Wg Cdr P C Joel
11 Nov 1945	Wg Cdr Binks DFC
15 Apr 1946	DB
15 Jun 1946	Wg Cdr T M Buchnan
xx Aug 1946	Sqn Ldr D W Barber
20 Oct 1946	Sqn Ldr C J McKenzie DFC, AFC
xx Feb 1947	Sqn Ldr R Lloyd DFC, AFC
21 Jul 1947	Reduced to numberplate basis
15 Sep 1947	Squadron reformed
15 Sep 1947	Sqn Ldr J S Higgins DFC, AFC
13 Mar 1948	Sqn Ldr D K Hayes
19 Nov 1948	Sqn Ldr Percy O V Green AFC; later A/Cdre
6 Jul 1949	Sqn Ldr J H Johnson DFC
9 Feb 1950	Sqn Ldr C F Craven
16 Feb 1952	Sqn Ldr J E D Tayler
18 Mar 1952	Sqn Ldr A F Peers
17 Jul 1953	Sqn Ldr B A Q Wynward-Wright
21 Nov 1955	Sqn Ldr J R Lake
31 Dec 1957	DB
3 Jun 1959	Squadron reformed from Nos 155 and 194 Squadrons
3 Jun 1959	Sqn Ldr F Barnes
11 Aug 1960	Sqn Ldr C A E Simons
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
13 Jan 1942	Sqn Ldr C R Caldwell DFC*
27 Apr 1942	Sqn Ldr P D M Down (Sick 21 May 1942)
25 May 1942	Sqn Ldr B Drake DSO, DFC*
15 Jan 1943	Sqn Ldr G W Garton
17 May 1943	Sqn Ldr G H Norton (KIA 13 Jul 1943)
15 Jul 1943	Sqn Ldr P F Illingworth (MIA 22 Mar 1944)
29 Mar 1944	Sqn Ldr W K Watts (POW 6 Apr 1944)
20 Apr 1944	Flt Lt L N Ahern DFC (Temp)
5 May 1944	Sqn Ldr L N Ahern DFC
20 Jul 1944	Sqn Ldr A P Q Bluett DFC
19 Mar 1945	Sqn Ldr L Usher (MIA 20 Mar 1945)
21 Mar 1945	Flt Lt P M Forster (Temp)
1 Apr 1945	Sqn Ldr J S Hart
23 Oct 1945	Sqn Ldr P S Blomfield
4 Dec 1945	Sqn Ldr P M Forster
3 May 1946	Sqn Ldr M J Wright DFC
29 Nov 1946	Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn
30 Dec 1946	DB
12 May 1951	Squadron reformed
12 May 1951	Sqn Ldr J D Bolton DFC
24 Nov 1953	Sqn Ldr F M Hegarty AFC
1 Sep 1956	Sqn Ldr A R Wilson DSO
7 Feb 1957	Sqn Ldr C J Homes
31 May 1957	DB
1 Aug 1960	Squadron reformed
1 Aug 1960	Sqn Ldr P W Shaw
xx xxx xxxx	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
1 Apr 1942	Wg Cdr J F Grey
25 Jul 1942	Wg Cdr E L A Walter DFC AFC
xx Dec 1942	Wg Cdr W L Jones DFC
23 Jun 1943	Maj J L B Viney SAAF
1 Sep 1943	Sqn Ldr I L B Aitkens (sick 6 Dec 1943)
6 Dec 1943	Flt Lt J S Hart (Temp)
15 Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr R N H Courtney
24 Sep 1944	Flt Lt E M Frost
6 Nov 1944	Sqn Ldr J Rose DFC
xx Jun 1945	Sqn Ldr M Paddle
15 Oct 1945	DB
1 Sep 1946	Reformed by renumbering No 113 Sqn
1 Sep 1946	Wg Cdr R I Alexander, DFC
13 Jan 1947	Wg Cdr Angell
1 Apr 1947	DB
1 May 1947	Squadron reformed
1 May 1947	Sqn Ldr R Stevenson
1 Sep 1948	DB
22 Jul 1959	Squadron reformed as a Thor IRBM squadron
22 Jul 1959	Sqn Ldr P J Hearne DFC
19 Jan 1962	Sqn Ldr P S Cockman
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 F G Jenkins (KIA 27 Mar 1942)
9 Apr 1942	Wg Cdr G L B Hull (MIA 17 Apr 1942)
18 Apr 1942	Wg Cdr H E Pollard
15 Aug 1942	Wg Cdr A A N Malan
20 Dec 1942	Wg Cdr J R Thompson DFC
16 May 1943	Wg Cdr P W L Thomas
11 Dec 1943	Wg Cdr R R Thomson DFC
11 May 1944	Wg Cdr Berlandina DFC
12 Nov 1944	Wg Cdr R R Thomson DFC (KIA 19 Feb 1945)
22 Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr Hampton (\|Temp)
31 Mar 1945	Wg Cdr D P Paton DFC*
21 Aug 1945	Wg Cdr Drummond
11 Dec 1945	Sqn Ldr Hampton
1 May 1946	Reduced to cadre
1 Sep 1946	DB
1 Aug 1947	Sqn Ldr F A Drury DFC
1 Mar 1948	Sqn Ldr F J Fenton
21 Dec 1948	Sqn Ldr G H Everitt DSO, DFC
6 Sep 1950	Sqn Ldr K V Gilling AFC
17 Dec 1952	Sqn Ldr R J Dempsey DFC
xx Jun 1954	Sqn Ldr D B Delany AFC
1 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
26 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
23 Jul 1945	Wg Cdr P D W Hackforth
4 Nov 1946	Sqn Ldr D T Moir
24 Feb 1948	Sqn Ldr W M Nixon DFC
10 Feb 1950	Flt Lt D Dacre
1 Mar 1950	DB
13 Jun 1950	Squadron reformed
13 Jun 1950	Sqn Ldr G R F Alford
xx xxx 1952	Sqn Ldr L G Holmes DFC, AFC
6 Jan 1954	Sqn Ldr B P Mugford
12 Dec 1955	Sqn Ldr G J South DSO, DFC
1 Jun 1957	DB
21 Aug 1958	Squadron reformed by renumbering No 115 Sqn
21 Aug 1958	Sqn Ldr F P Mulkeen
3 Jun 1960	Sqn Ldr D I Jeffrey
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
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/Wg Cdr E D Crundall
26 May 1945	DB
1 Aug 1952	Sqn Ldr P F T Wakeford OBE
xx Feb 1953	Sqn Ldr E N Southwell
7 Feb 1955	Sqn Ldr G Blakeman
18 Feb 1957	Sqn Ldr L A A Butler
30 May 1958	Sqn Ldr F P Mulkeen
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
28 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
6 Jun 1944	Wg Cdr W J McLean DFC, AFC
xx May 1945	Wg Cdr A J Samson DFC (KIFA 8 Sep 1945)
xx Sep 1945	Sqn Ldr D V S Evans (Temp)
1 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
8 Jan 1942	Sqn Ldr J C Carver
10 Jun 1942	Sqn Ldr Ernest W Wootten DFC*; later A/Cdre (posted 1 Jun 1943)
16 Jun 1943	Sqn Ldr J C Freeborn DFC*
16 Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr P W E Heppell DFC
2 Mar 1945	Sqn Ldr A Drew DFC
10 Mar 1946	DB
15 May 1951	Reformed
15 May 1951	Flt Lt W Barrett
29 May 1951	Sqn Ldr I D Bolton DFC (OC, No 112 Sqn)
25 Jun 1951	Flt Lt L A Thorogood DFC
30 Jul 1951	Sqn Ldr H A Asker DFC, DFM
22 Feb 1954	Sqn Ldr Charles M Gibbs DFC; later AVM
5 Dec 1956	Sqn Ldr N C P Buddin
31 Jul 1957	DB
1 Sep 1959	Flt Lt F M Taylor AFC [Temp]
2 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
2 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
28 Jul 1942	Wg Cdr S J Harrison DFC
20 Feb 1943	Wg Cdr P A Gilchrist
1 Apr 1943	Wg Cdr R M Longmore OBE
7 Oct 1943	Wg Cdr J R Bland
24 Jul 1944	Wg Cdr J Avent DFC
4 Jun 1945	DB
1 Oct 1946	Wg Cdr R D Williams
1 Aug 1948	Sqn Ldr V F Cave (posted 3 Nov 1948)
30 Jan 1949	Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross
22 Jan 1951	Sqn Ldr Peter G D Farr OBE, DFC; later AVM
8 Jan 1952	Flt Lt A W Harding
9 May 1952	Sqn Ldr H M Simmonds DFC
24 Jul 1953	Sqn Ldr R G Ravenscroft
26 Apr 1955	Wg Cdr P R Casement DSO, DFC, AFC
24 Oct 1956	Wg Cdr G Buckle
24 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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