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RAF Station Commanders - Central England

RAF Abingdon

1 Sep 1932 Wg Cdr G W Roberts

12 Aug 1935 Wg Cdr T W Elmhirst

16 Oct 1936 Wg Cdr E R Pretyman

28 Jun 1937 Wg Cdr H S P Walmsley

xx Sep 1939 Gp Capt T W Elmhirst

xx Dec 1939 Gp Capt Hon R A Cochrane

xx Feb 1940 Gp Capt H M Massey

xx Jun 1942 Gp Capt K E Ward

xx Sep 1942 Gp Capt C D Adams (WW2)

xx Sep 1944 Gp Capt A King-Lewis

xx Oct 1946 Gp Capt G A G Johnson

xx Dec 1946 Gp Capt C E S Lockett

xx May 1947 Gp Capt P W M Wright

xx Feb 1948 Gp Capt L M E Jarman

xx Mar 1949 Gp Capt J H Chaplin

xx Jul 1949 Gp Capt R W P Collings

xx Oct 1951 Gp Capt C A Watt

xx Sep 1953 Gp Capt S P Hagger

xx Apr 1956 Gp Capt F C Griffiths

xx Jul 1958 Gp Capt P C Fletcher

24 Oct 1960 Gp Capt N Cameron

3 Dec 1962 Gp Capt F B Sowrey

18 Dec 1964 Gp Capt L G P Martin

xx Apr 1967 Gp Capt R E R Adams

12 Jan 1968 Gp Capt N E Hoad

3 Jan 1969 Gp Capt R C P Thompson

15 Oct 1970 Gp Capt W L Green

20 Oct 1972 Gp Capt R M Jenkins

1 Nov 1974 Gp Capt G M Maloney

xx Feb 1976 Wg Cdr H Baxter

6 May 1976 Gp Capt P J Goulthorpe

14 Nov 1977 Gp Capt J Marshall

xx Jul 1979 Gp Capt J M P Calnan

15 Jun 1981 Gp Capt R L Reid

10 Jan 1983 Gp Capt M G Coggins

28 Jan 1985 Gp Capt R H Elwig

xx Nov 1986 Gp Capt C G Terry

xx Dec 1988 Gp Capt S B Burdess

xx Oct 1990 Gp Capt P W Henderson

31 Jul 1992 Closed

31 Jul 1992 Sqn Ldr M J B Lawrence (C & M – 6 months)

RAF Benson

xx Mar 1939 Gp Capt R T Leather

xx Sep 1939 Gp Capt C W Mackay

xx May 1940 Gp Capt W H Dunn

xx Sep 1940 Gp Capt G F Smylie

xx Aug 1941 Gp Capt J Bussey

6 Jun 1943 A/Cdre J N Boothman

xx Jul 1943 Gp Capt W B Murray

xx Apr 1944 Gp Capt C E St J Beamish

xx May 1945 Gp Capt B J R Roberts

xx Mar 1946 Gp Capt M C Collins

xx Mar 1948 Gp Capt J W Colqhoun

xx Nov 1949 Gp Capt J E G H Thomas

xx Jul 1951 Gp Capt E D McK Nelson

xx Jun 1952 Gp Capt L J Stickley

xx xxx 1953 Gp Capt A G Dudgeon

xx Jun 1955 Gp Capt H J Dodds

xx Jul 1957 Gp Capt D H Lee

2 Nov 1959 Gp Capt I J Spencer

xx Feb 1961 Wg Cdr M R Attwater

xx Jul 1961 Gp Capt H F O'Neill

2 Sep 1963 Gp Capt P W Jamieson

1 Feb 1965 Gp Capt W E F Gray

30 Oct 1967 Gp Capt C L Godwin

25 Sep 1970 Gp Capt U L Burberry

23 Jun 1972 Gp Capt J D Payling

14 Jun 1974 Gp Capt W K Knapper

30 Jan 1976 Gp Capt J D Spottiswoode

12 Nov 1976 Gp Capt R A Miller

18 Sep 1978 Gp Capt D St J Homer

27 Feb 1980 Gp Capt A Mumford

14 Jan 1983 Gp Capt R B Duckett

xx Feb 1985 Gp Capt A M Wills

xx Oct 1987 Gp Capt P G Penney

xx Nov 1989 Gp Capt D H A Greenway

xx Nov 1991 Gp Capt A N Wise

xx xxx 1993 Gp Capt J A King

xx xxx 1998 Gp Capt R H Lacey

xx xxx 1999 Gp Capt J K Wheeler

xx xxx 2000 Gp Capt N Brewerton

23 Feb 2001 Gp Capt M G Lloyd

20 Dec 2002 Gp Capt C W Dixon

18 Dec 2004 Gp Capt A R D Welham

RAF Bicester

30 Nov 1927 Flt Lt H S Scroggs

No SHQ listed in 1930

21 Dec 1936 Wg Cdr A D Pryor

xx Apr 1938 Sqn Ldr E Burton

12 May 1938 Wg Cdr C J S Dearlove

xx xxx xxxx

9 Mar 1959 Wg Cdr A S Mann

xx xxx xxxx

8 Sep 1967 Gp Capt W Beringer

29 Aug 1969 Gp Capt V S H Duclos

3 Dec 1971 Gp Capt W J Laidler

19 Oct 1973 Gp Capt J S Goodwin

RAF Brize Norton

9 Aug 1937 Gp Capt F L Robinson*

xx May 1939 Gp Capt C R Carr

xx Aug 1939 Gp Capt S Smith

xx Jan 1940 Gp Capt E B Rice

xx May 1941 Gp Capt R H Kershaw

xx Mar 1943 Gp Capt J E M MacCullum

xx Oct 1943 Gp Capt C A Horn

xx Apr 1944 Gp Capt T M Abraham

xx Sep 1944 Gp Capt C A Horn

xx Jun 1945 Gp Capt F G Argyle-Robinson

xx Dec 1945 Gp Capt D J Alvey

xx Oct 1947 Gp Capt J M Cohu

xx Jul 1949 Gp Capt D W F Bonham-Carter

xx xxx 1950 Lt Col H O Hamilton USAF

xx xxx 1951 Col C B Steely USAF

xx xxx 1952 Col T G Corbin USAF

xx xxx 1953 Col W M Van Sickle USAF

xx xxx 1955 Col F M Hardison USAF

xx xxx 1956 Col E A Loberg USAF

xx xxx 1958 Col O O Schurter USAF

xx xxx 1959 Col E D Edwards USAF

xx xxx 1961 Col E F Arnold USAF

xx xxx 1962 Col E A Van Dyke USAF

xx xxx 1964 Col H C Bayne USAF

xx Mar 1965 Gp Capt R G Wilson

19 Jan 1968 Gp Capt D L Attlee

xx Jan 1970 Gp Capt T L Kennedy

2 Apr 1971 Gp Capt J Richardson

14 Jan 1974 Gp Capt P A Ward

28 Nov 1975 Gp Capt R D Bates

23 Jun 1978 Gp Capt W H Croydon

7 Nov 1980 Gp Capt P Walker

7 Dec 1984 Gp Capt P G Beer

9 Dec 1988 Gp Capt D A Hurrell

xx Dec 1990 Gp Capt K D Filbey

xx xxx 1992? Gp Capt B J Poulton

xx xxx 1995 Gp Capt A J Kearney

xx xxx 1996 Gp Capt D C Vass

xx xxx 1999 Gp Capt P R Ollis

xx xxx 2000 Gp Capt N R Jagger

xx xxx 2002 Gp Capt J Lamonte

5 Nov 2004 Gp Capt - A/Cdre I Elliott (A/Cdre from Jan/Feb 2006)

25 Aug 2006 Gp Capt M A B Brecht

*OC, No 2 FTS

RAF Broadwell

xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt P D Holder

RAF Cardington

1 Jul 1924 Gp Capt P F M Fellowes (Sup, Royal Airship Works)

25 Nov 1936 Gp Capt A A B Thomson

7 Feb 1938 Gp Capt G W Murlis-Green

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr D L Amlot (1942?)

xx xxx 1949 Gp Capt J L F Fuller-Good

xx xxx 1951

10 Jul 1959 Gp Capt J N Kentish

22 Feb 1960 Gp Capt G M Robinson

6 Mar 1961 Wg Cdr P H Waterkeyn

28 Oct 1963 Wg Cdr A R Scott

21 Feb 1966 Wg Cdr A J Douch

xx xxx xxxx

23 Feb 1980 Wg Cdr D C Deeble

RAF Church Lawford

xx Jan 1954 Gp Capt N C Walker

xx Jun 1954 Wg Cdr H Simmons

xx Feb 1959

RAF Cranfield

1 Jun 1937 Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr F R Wynne

RAF Edgehill

xx xxx 1942 Wg Cdr D W Lane

xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt C H Howes

xx xxx 1945 Gp Capt W S Gardner

RAF Fairford

xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt A H Wheeler

xx xxx xxxxx

15 Jan 1968 Gp Capt R E R Adams

17 Sep 1969 Gp Capt J E Cockfield

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 2004 Gp Capt W K D Morrow

RAF Gaydon

xx May 1954 Gp Capt B K Burnett

xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt B P Young

xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt F R Bird

22 Feb 1960 Gp Capt G H Everitt

3 Aug 1962 Gp Capt R L Wade

27 Nov 1964 Gp Capt A H Chamberlain

19 Sep 1966 Gp Capt H King

14 Mar 1969 Gp Capt E H Dawson

RAF Halton

1920 - 1939 - See AOC, No 1 SoTT

31 Oct 1977 Gp Capt J P Downes

19 Nov 1979 Gp Capt O J Truelove

xx xxx xxxx

24 Sep 1984 Gp Capt R H Kyle

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 1995 Gp Capt O D L Delany

xx xxx 1998 Gp Capt A Harris

xx xxx 1999 Gp Capt S J L Lilley

11 Dec 2001 Gp Capt F F Amroliwala

8 Jul 2003 Gp Capt D P Murray

18 May 2005 Gp Capt J Harrison

RAF Harwell

14 Apr 1937 Wg Cdr I G Maxton

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 1945 Gp Capt G J C Paul

RAF Henlow

xx Aug 1918 Lt Col R F Stapleton-Green

xx xxx 1918 Lt Col Kennedy

xx xxx 1919 Lt Col Measures

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr A V Bettington*

2 Dec 1920 Gp Capt A B Burdett*

10 Apr 1922 Gp Capt U J D Bourke*

21 Jul 1925 Gp Capt C R S Bradley*

22 Feb 1928 Gp Capt A V Bettington*

9 Nov 1931 Gp Capt W C Hicks

15 Mar 1932 Gp Capt V O Rees*

15 Mar 1935 Gp Capt J McCrae*

xx xxx 1939 Gp Capt T C Thomson

xx xxx 1940 Gp Capt A Corbett-Wilson

xx xxx 1940 Gp Capt C E H Allen

xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt J H Powle

xx xxx 1943 Air Cdre E J D Townsend

xx xxx 1946 Air Cdre H E Forrow

xx xxx 1947 Gp Capt W H Husbands

xx xxx 1948 Gp Capt R F Fletcher

xx xxx 1950 Gp Capt W R Worstall

xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt A A F Hickman

xx xxx 1954 Gp Capt W S Reed

xx Apr 1957 Gp Capt D W Smythe

xx xxx 1959 Gp Capt W K Le May

18 Sep 1961 Gp Capt C A Ball

7 Nov 1962 Gp Capt J A R M Reid

10 Jun 1963 Gp Capt W A Griffiths

25 Nov 1963 Gp Capt E Cook

xx xxx 1965 Wg Cdr J B Lewis

xx xxx 1966 Gp Capt R F Harman **

7 Sep 1966 Gp Capt N F Curtis

xx xxx 1969 Gp Capt R F Hitchcock **

12 Feb 1971 Gp Capt A W Ringer**

23 Mar 1973 Gp Capt R G Churcher**

6 Dec 1974 Gp Capt A G L Hutchison**

21 Jul 1977 Gp Capt R J Hutchings**

xx xxx 1979 Gp Capt M J Rayson ** [OCTU left Henlow on 24 Apr 1980]

xx xxx 1980 Gp Capt A S Goodwin

xx xxx 1983 Gp Capt B J Hunter

xx xxx 1985 Gp Capt R A Gill

xx xxx 1987 Gp Capt B C McCandless

xx xxx 1989 Gp Capt P C Ayee

xx xxx 1991 Air Cdre P J Miller

xx xxx 1994 Air Cdre P C Ayee

xx xxx 1996 Air Cdre G Jones

xx xxx 1999 Air Cdre G E P Pattenden

xx xxx 2000 Gp Capt M T Doel

xx xxx 2003 Gp Capt R Patterson

*Cmdt, Inland Area/Home A/C Depot

**Cmdt, OCTU

RAF Kidlington

xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt L M E Jarman

RAF Little Rissington

xx xxx 1939 Gp Capt A ap Ellis*

xx xxx 1940 Gp Capt C E Barraclough

xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt M H Kelly

xx xxx 1945 Gp Capt E P McKay

xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt E A C Britton

xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt W M L MacDonald

xx xxx 1948 Gp Capt G D Stephenson

xx xxx 1950 Gp Capt G T Jarman

xx xxx 1951 Wg Cdr A J Ttumble

xx xxx 1953 Gp Capt P W D Heal

xx xxx 1954 Wg Cdr D D Rogers

xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt C Scragg

xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt R K Cassels

xx xxx 1956 Wg Cdr R O Buskell

xx xxx 1957 Wg Cdr J B A Fleming

xx xxx 1960 Wg Cdr C K Gray

xx xxx 1962 Gp Capt R U P Burgh

xx xxx 1963 Gp Capt H M Chinnery

4 Dec 1964 Gp Capt J F J Dewhurst

18 Mar 1967 Gp Capt D A Trotman

8 Dec 1967 Gp Capt B P Mugford

27 Feb 1970 Gp Capt M Adams

14 Apr 1972 Gp Capt R J Barnden

21 Dec 1973 Gp Capt M R Williams

xx xxx 1976 Wg Cdr M C D Felton

*Cmdt, No 6 FTS

RAF Little Staughton

6 Mar 1944 Gp Capt R W P Collings

xx Nov 1944 Gp Capt P H Cribb

RAF Lyneham

xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt J R Hallings-Pott

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt B R Macnamara

xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt I D N Lawson

xx xxx 1959 Gp Capt R E Craven

3 Apr 1961 Gp Capt I D N Lawson

29 Oct 1962 Gp Capt A McK S Steedman

1 Jan 1965 Gp Capt F S Hazlewood

2 Jun 1967 Gp Capt N E Hoad

12 Jan 1968 Gp Capt D E Hawkins

xx xxx 1969 Gp Capt G C Lamb

20 Jul 1973 Gp Capt D G Slade

1 Aug 1975 Gp Capt A K Amos

7 Oct 1977 Gp Capt I D Brimson

xx xxx 1979

20 Nov 1981 Gp Capt C E Evans

18 Nov 1983 Gp Capt J A Cheshire

15 Nov 1985 Gp Capt D F L Edwards

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 1993 Gp Capt D B Symes

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt C Morris

xx xxx 1998 Gp Capt J D Bullen

xx Apr 2000 Gp Capt S Duffill

28 Mar 2002 Gp Capt R Lock

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt P Atherton (2006)

RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh

xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt H E Nowell

RAF Peterborough (Westwood)

16 Dec 1935 Gp Capt A Shekleton*

xx xxx xxxx

xx Mar 1944 Wg Cdr C N Foxley-Norris

*OC, No 7 FTS

RAF Polebrook

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt C E Horrox

24 Jun 1942

RAF South Cerney

15 Jul 1937 Gp Capt D Iron*

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt N Carter

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 1948 Gp Capt R C Mead

xx Dec 1958 Gp Capt A R D MacDonell

1 Feb 1960 Gp Capt T C Musgrave

6 Jul 1962 Gp Capt P G Ottewill

29 Oct 1965 Gp Capt J V Marshall

*OC, No 3 FTS

RAF Tempsford

xx Oct 1942 Gp Capt E B Fielden

RAF Upper Heyford

25 Oct 1927 Wg Cdr C E H Rathborne

15 Sep 1930 Gp Capt G I Carmichael

1 Apr 1932 Gp Capt W C Hicks

25 Feb 1935 Gp Capt R B Maycock

1 Jul 1935 Gp Capt R Collishaw

3 Oct 1935 Gp Capt G R M Reid

4 Sep 1936 Wg Cdr J S T Fall

26 Sep 1938 Wg Cdr W A C Morgan

xx xxx xxxx

2 Mar 1964 Wg Cdr W A Harrison

RAF Wellesbourne Mountford

xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt N de Boult

xx xxx 1954

xx Mar 1957 Gp Capt E Earnshaw

RAF Wittering

24 Jan 1927 Gp Capt C S Burnett*

17 Dec 1928 Wg Cdr J E A Baldwin*

19 Jan 1932 Gp Capt P C Maltby*

21 Feb 1935 Wg Cdr H G Smart*

CFS departed 1925/6

1 Oct 1935 Gp Capt H P Lale**

21 Apr 1938 Wg Cdr D V Carnegie

29 May 1940 Gp Capt H Broadhurst

xx Dec 1941 Gp Capt B E Embry

xx Oct 1941

xx Mar 1942 Gp Capt B E Embry

xx xxx 1948 Gp Capt R S Radford

xx xxx 1958 Gp Capt A H C Boxer

18 Sep 1959 Gp Capt L H Trent VC

4 May 1962 Gp Capt C P N Newman

7 Aug 1964 Gp Capt J T Lawrence

xx xxx 1967 Gp Capt P R Mallorie

1 Jan 1969 Gp Capt P G K Williamson

30 Apr 1970 Gp Capt H A Merriman

xx xxx xxxx

28 Mar 1975 Gp Capt L A Jones

3 Dec 1976 Gp Capt D C G Brook

xx xxx xxxx

1 Mar 1983 Gp Capt P Dodworth

1 Mar 1985 Gp Capt P Millar

xx xxx 1986 Gp Capt J D L Feesey

xx xxx 1988 Gp Capt J H Thompson

xx xxx 1995 Gp Capt J Connolly

xx xxx 1997 Gp Capt C H Moran

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt A F P Dezonie

xx xxx 2001 Gp Capt A Kirkpatrick

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt M Jenkins

28 Jan 2005 Gp Capt A D Stevenson

*Cmdt, CFS

**OC, No 11 FTS

Officers shown in Italics either never reached Air Rank or were not in the General Duties Branch when they did so

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