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RAF Station Commanders - Lincolnshire and East Midlands
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xx Jul 1940 Gp Capt H S Kirby
xx Sep 1940 Wg Cdr A Leach
xx Apr 1942 Gp Capt C D C Boyce
xx Feb 1943 Gp Capt H I Edwards
xx Dec 1944 Gp Capt K R J Parsons RAAF
xx Sep 1945 Gp Capt W R Sadler
xx Dec 1946 Gp Capt W P J Thompson
xx May 1948 Gp Capt A A Adams
xx Jun 1950 Gp Capt W C Sheen
xx Dec 1951 Gp Capt N C Hyde
xx Sep 1953 Gp Capt J N Tomes
xx May 1955 Gp Capt F O S Dobell
xx Mar 1957 Gp Capt J D Warne
xx Nov 1959 Wg Cdr B H Worts
xx Feb 1960 Sqn Ldr J L Farr
xx Apr 1962 Wg Cdr L J Ward
xx Jul 1962 Gp Capt I N McDougall
xx Oct 1964 Gp Capt J O Dalley
xx May 1967 Gp Capt A D Boyle
xx Nov 1969 Gp Capt M C S Shepherd
xx Dec 1971 Gp Capt D McClen
4 Jan 1974 Gp Capt K W Hayr
9 Jul 1976 Gp Capt P J Cabourne
xx Aug 1978 Gp Capt P Carter
22 Aug 1980 Gp Capt D A Cowley
17 Sep 1982 Gp Capt R L Barcilon
xx Dec 1984 Gp Capt J A G May
xx Dec 1986 Gp Capt J H Spencer
xx Jul 1988 Wg Cdr M Easby
xx Jun 1941 Gp Capt A P Davidson
xx xxx xxxx
1943 Gp Capt ? Frost
xx xxx 1944 Gp Capt A C Evans-Evans (KIA 22 Feb 1945)
xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt D M Strong
26 Aug 1959 Gp Capt M H LeBas
xx xxx 1961 Gp Capt F L Dodd
9 Dec 1963 Gp Capt E W Wright
28 Sep 1966 Wg Cdr P D Thompson
xx Apr 1967 Wg Cdr D S Fowler
12 Feb 1968 Gp Capt J R Rogers
24 Jul 1970 Gp Capt C R G Neville
3Aug 1972 Gp Capt D R K Blucke
19 Aug 1974 Gp Capt D Allison
30 Jul 1976 Gp Capt D T Bryant
28 Jul 1978 Gp Capt J C Sprent
5 Sep 1980 Gp Capt W J Wratten
xx xxx 1982
8 Jun 1984 Gp Capt M B Elsam
xx xxx 1986 Gp Capt C C C Coville
xx xxx 1988? Gp Capt M K Widdowson
xx Dec 1990 Gp Capt C R Spink
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 2000 Gp Capt P C Goodman
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr P Willis
xx xxx 2003 Gp Capt M Swan
26 Nov 2004 Gp Capt R Judson
11 Dec 2006 Gp Capt S D Atha
11 Mar 1938 Wg Cdr H V Drew
1 May 1939 Wg Cdr/Gp Capt E B Grenfell
7 May 1940 Wg Cdr E D Barnes
21 May 1940 Wg Cdr F H Laurence
10 Sep 1941 Gp Capt A P Ritchie
6 Apr 1942 Gp Capt A Leach
8 Jan 1943 Gp Capt S Graham
10 Aug 1943 Sqn Ldr G D F Keddie (RAF OC until 30 Jun 1945)
16 Feb 1944 Lt Col B R Fleet USAAF
14 May 1944 Lt Col H A Berger USAAF
3 Apr 1945 Lt Col W R Washbum USAAF
1 Jul 1945 Flt Lt E B Smith
27 Aug 1945 Fg Off T C Currie
7 Sep 1945 Sqn Ldr R W Holden
15 Sep 1945 Gp Capt J H T Simpson
19 Dec 1945 Gp Capt H McC White
22 Mar 1946 Gp Capt R A A Cole
13 May 1946 Gp Capt N W F Mason
17 Feb 1947 Gp Capt A H S Lucas
7 Feb 1950 Gp Capt D J Airey
3 Oct 1952 Gp Capt R Sorel-Cameron
29 Mar 1954 Wg Cdr G T Wynne-Powell
14 Apr 1954 Gp Capt G T B Clayton
15 Feb 1955 Sqn Ldr A Webster
15 Jul 1957 Wg Cdr M H Le Bas
28 Oct 1957 Gp Capt J E Johnson
18 Dec 1959 Gp Capt A D Mitchell
8 Feb 1962 Gp Capt R H G Weighill
16 Oct 1964 Gp Capt E W Wright
3 Dec 1965 Gp Capt J Garden
2 Jun 1967 Gp Capt W J H Roberts
30 May 1969 Gp Capt L G A Bastard
2 Jul 1971 Gp Capt K Kingshott
14 Jul 1973 Gp Capt A F Jenkins
27 Jun 1975 Gp Capt R B Gubbins
Apr 1976 - Mar 1978 Care and Maintenance
1 Apr 1978 Wg Cdr B N Wansall
1 Jul 1981 Gp Capt/A/Cdre M G Simmonds
25 Jan 1982 Gp Capt T W G Carlton
30 Nov 1984 Gp Capt P J Goddard
28 Nov 1986 Gp Capt P T Squire
10 Nov 1988 Gp Capt R D Elder
22 Sep 1990 Gp Capt T W Rimmer
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1999 Gp Capt D Walker
xx xxx 2001 Gp Capt M Harwood
8 Aug 2003 Gp Capt A Golledge
26 Aug 2005 Gp Capt S M Bell
10 Jul 1936 Wg Cdr J H O Jones
12 Jul 1937 Wg Cdr A R Churchman
1 Dec 1938 ?
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr H M Probyn
xx xxx 1945 A/Cdre W E G Bryant
xx xxx xxxx
xx Aug 1954 Gp Capt D J Eayrs
17 Jun 1957 Gp Capt A D Panton
21 Aug 1961 Gp Capt G F Reid?
16 Nov 1963 Gp Capt D C Lowe
30 Dec 1965 Gp Capt B A Primavesl
8 Mar 1968 Gp Capt D B Craig
28 Aug 1970 Gp Capt G L Pendred
9 Feb 1973 Gp Capt S E King
13 Dec 1974 Gp Capt G McA Bacon
31 Dec 1976 Gp Capt J A Scrambler
15 Dec 1978 Gp Capt R H Wood
xx xxx 1979
xx xxx xxxx
7 Sep 1987 Gp Capt T G Thorn
20 May 1988 Gp Capt T E L Jarron
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1994 Gp Capt J C Jarron
8 Aug 1996 Gp Capt P A Robinson
xx xxx 1998 Gp Capt N E Threapleton
xx May 2000 Gp Capt G P Dixon
xx xxx 2002 Gp Capt R B Cunningham
4 Jan 2004 Gp Capt M P Colley
19 Dec 2005 Gp Capt S Townsend
28 Mar 1918 Maj J H D’Albiac
21 Apr 1920 Sqn Ldr A T Harris**
25 Nov 1920 Sqn Ldr F W Stent**
1 Apr 1921 Sqn Ldr J C Quinnell**
28 Jan 1922 Sqn Ldr B E Smythies**
1 Jun 1924 Wg Cdr S Smith
3 Sep 1924 Wg Cdr A W Tedder*
1 Dec 1926 Wg Cdr J H Herring*
2 Aug 1929 Wg Cdr/Gp Capt S Smith*
16 Jan 1932 Gp Capt A C Maund*
No 2 FTS closed 1933-34
1 Oct 1934 Sqn Ldr G H Cook
19 Dec 1934 Gp Capt T L Leigh-Mallory*
6 Nov 1935 Gp Capt F L Robinson*
9 Aug 1937 Wg Cdr C Crawford
3 Oct 1938 Sqn Ldr H L Rough (Temp)
29 Dec 1938 Wg Cdr J B H Rogers
9 Oct 1939 Wg Cdr A W H James
8 Jan 1940 Wg Cdr I R Parker
22 Mar 1941 Gp Capt W G Murlis-Green
10 Aug 1941 Gp Capt A P Campbell RCAF
16 Sep 1942 Gp Capt A E McNab RCAF
16 Apr 1945 Gp Capt F B Bristow
23 Jul 1945 Gp Capt J H Dand
8 Aug 1945 Gp Capt T C Dickens
13 Sep 1945 A/Cdre T G Pike
7 Sep 1946 A/Cdre D Macfadyen
23 Jun 1947 Gp Capt R G Seymour
22 Aug 1949 Gp Capt D Lumgair
7 Aug 1952 Gp Capt W H Hibbert
24 Aug 1954 Wg Cdr R G Seymour
xx xxx xxxx
5 Mar 1962 Wg Cdr J R Davies
xx xxx xxxx
10 Jun 1974 Wg Cdr M R S Wismark
5 Sep 1977 Wg Cdr D B Main
*Cmdt, No 2 FTS
**Cmdt, No 3 FTS
1 Aug 1943 Gp Capt E S Butler
xx xxx 1944 Gp Capt B A Casey
xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt H A Constantine
xx xxx 1944 Gp Capt W C Sheen
xx Jul 1944 Gp Capt C T Weir
xx Nov 1944 Gp Capt C T Weir (POW - 22 Nov 1944)
xx Jun 1945 Gp Capt F F Rainsford
RAF
Grantham (later renamed Spittlegate)
7 Apr 1920 Sqn Ldr T V Lister**
1 Mar 1928 Wg Cdr A H Jackson*
15 Jul 1930 Gp Capt J B Bowen*
11 Jan 1932 Gp Capt R H Peck*
19 Dec 1932 Gp Capt C W Nutting*
1 Mar 1937 Gp Capt D Iron*
15 Jul 1937 Wg Cdr W J Daddo-Langiols
21 Nov 1938 Wg Cdr C L King***
*Cmdt, No 3 FTS
**Cmdt, No 6 FTS
***OC, No 12 FTS
28 Apr 1943 Gp Capt R A C Carter?
22 Feb 1937 Wg Cdr A O Lewis-Roberts
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1948 Gp Capt T A B Parselle
xx xxx 1953 Gp Capt J H Searby
xx May 1954 Gp Capt D H Burnside
1 Jun 1959 ?
30 Jan 1961 Gp Capt R S Boast
8 Sep 1936 Wg Cdr C T Anderson
3 Jan 1938 Wg Cdr S B Harris
11 Aug 1938 Wg Cdr J L M de C Hughes-Chamberlain
9 Jun 1919 Sqn Ldr E V S Wilberforce
28 Apr 1943 Gp Capt R A C Carter?
xx Oct 1946: Gp Capt W S Gardner
xx Jan 1959 Wg Cdr R Martin
9 Aug 1962 Wg Cdr W G Welch
15 Feb 1965
1 Aug 1938 Gp Capt F W Trott*
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt ? Love
28 Mar 1960 Gp Capt H H Eccles
18 Feb 1963 Gp Capt R N G Allen
17 Sep 1965 Gp Capt R W Jordan
xx xxx xxxx
27 Feb 1970 Gp Capt R H Arscott
29 Oct 1971 Gp Capt P T Bayley
*Cmdt, No 1 AAS
xx Dec 1956 Wg Cdr R J E Boulding
xx xxx xxxx
24 May 1961 Gp Capt R C K Smith
xx xxx xxxx
22 Nov 1965 Gp Capt E H Jenkins*
17 Jun 1968 Gp Capt A Fry*
8 Feb 1971 Gp Capt W K McTaggart*
19 Feb 1973 Gp Capt T D Ward*
xx Jul 1975 Gp Capt L A Ferguson
5 May 1978 Gp Capt R G Bowyer
9 May 1980 Gp Capt J Delafield
7 May 1982 Gp Capt S W T Holding
19 Nov 1984 Gp Capt D H Wardill
xx xxx xxxx
xx Dec 1993 Gp Capt W M N Cross
*OC, No 9 SoTT
RAF
North Coates Fitties/North Coates
From 1929 - 1935, was only open for about six months each year
xx xxx xxxx
20 Mar 1929 Sqn Ldr C F Gordon*
8 Mar 1930 Wg Cdr E Osmond*
12 Mar 1931 Wg Cdr R S Maxwell*
1 Mar 1932 Wg Cdr S R Watkins**
28 Feb 1933 Wg Cdr J W Woodhouse**
26 Feb 1934 Wg Cdr F W Trott**
16 Feb 1935 Wg Cdr L M Bailey**
13 Jan 1936 Wg Cdr P Huskinson
19 Jul 1937 Wg Cdr G A H Pidcock***
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1944 Gp Capt F J St G Braithwaite
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt J A Leathart
xx xxx 1958 Gp Capt E W Wright
30 Nov 1959 Gp Capt D G Smallwood
20 Mar 1961 Gp Capt C F Bradley
xx xxx xxxx
5 May 1969 Wg Cdr F R Davidson
* OC, RAF Practice Camp, North Coates Fitties
** OC, No 2 Armament Training Camp, North Coates Fitties
***Cmdt, No 1 AOS
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt R A R Rae
xx xxx xxxx
xx Nov 1955 Gp Capt M W B Knight
xx xxx xxxx
29 Dec 1960 Gp Capt J A Sowrey
25 May 1964 Wg Cdr R P Breen
5 Aug 1964 Gp Capt J E Frith
4 Apr 1966 Gp Capt K E Christensen
24 Feb 1968 Gp Capt J A Parker
29 Jun 1970 Gp Capt J D Jones
11 Sep 1972 Gp Capt T P White
20 Dec 1974 Gp Capt G V Lobley
4 Jan 1977 Gp Capt J B Quiton
20 Nov 1978 Gp Capt M J D Brown
8 Dec 1980 Gp Capt A W Jones
15 Nov 1982 Gp Capt K E J Monkhouse
13 Aug 1984 Gp Capt R M S Fitzgerald-Lombard
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1995 Gp Capt G Jones
xx xxx 1997 Gp Capt N E Taylor
16 Nov 1936 Gp Capt J C Russell
15 Mar 1938 Wg Cdr W A B Bowen-Buscarlet (Temp)
30 Nov 1938 ?
xx xxx 1940 Gp Capt R H S Spaight
xx xxx 1940 Gp Capt H S P Walmsley
xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt W J M Akerman
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt J N H Whitworth
xx xxx 1944 Gp Capt J W F Merer
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1953 Gp Capt D J P Lee
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1958 Gp Capt S P Coulson
xx xxx 1960 Gp Capt H Burton
22 Oct 1962 Gp Capt P W Helmore
6 Nov 1962 Gp Capt J Garden
25 Mar 1963 Gp Capt K G Hubbard
5 Jun 1964 Gp Capt R G Wakeford
11 Oct 1965 Gp Capt A H Mawer
5 Jan 1968 Gp Capt D J Furner
17 Jan 1969 Gp Capt T M Fennell
8 Jan 1971 Gp Capt L E H Scotchmer
30 Mar 1973 Gp Capt F R Lockyer
xx xxx 1974 Gp Capt J B Fitzpatrick
30 Dec 1975 Gp Capt G H Burleigh
20 Jan 1978 Gp Capt C A Herbert
31 Dec 1979 Gp Capt V L Warrington
1 Jul 1982 Wg Cdr A P Singleton
5 Feb 1983 Gp Capt I Thomson
22 Feb 1985 Gp Capt R G Curry
xx xxx xxxx
xx Sep 1994 Gp Capt C C N Burwell
xx xxx xxxx
1 Apr 2005 Gp Capt T L J Bishop
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt Jefferson
8 Jun 1925 Flt Lt F Petch
15 Sep 1925 Wg Cdr G R M Reid
1928 Renamed Grantham
xxxx Renamed Spitalgate
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt J Cox
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1947 Gp Capt D S Radford
xx xxx xxxx
xx Mar 1954 Wg Cdr G P Harger
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1968 Gp Capt M Tudor WRAF
20 Jul 1970 Gp Capt R C Tuties WRAF
1 Nov 1971 Gp Capt P J Tumblin WRAF
From 1929 - ?, was only open for about six months each year
25 Mar 1929 Sqn Ldr C B Cooke*
8 Mar 1930 Wg Cdr D L Allen*
12 Mar 1931 Wg Cdr K C Buss*
1 Mar 1932 Wg Cdr W Sowrey**
28 Feb 1933 Wg Cdr W Sowrey**
19 Mar 1934 Wg Cdr F Sowrey**
18 Feb 1935 Wg Cdr C L King**
19 Aug 1935 Wg Cdr H A Smith**
5 Feb 1938 Wg Cdr F O Soden**
xx xxx xxxx
xx Jun 1940 Gp Capt H D O’Neill
* OC, RAF Practice Camp
** OC, No 3 Armament Training Camp
xx xxx 1948 Gp Capt H H Brookes
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt J N H Whitworth
xx Aug 1954 Gp Capt P W Bale
xx Mar 1957 Gp Capt K S Batchelor
xx xxx xxxx
19 Feb 1962 Gp Capt D B Bretherton
22 Jun 1964 Gp Capt B Hamilton
21 Oct 1966 Gp Capt J A Bush
16 Jun 1969 Gp Capt I Thomas
14 May 1971 Gp Capt J E Kilduff
3 Aug 1973 Gp Capt D W Grocock
3 May 1974 Gp Capt D J Green
30 Jul 1976 Gp Capt D E B Dowling
28 Jul 1978 Gp Capt J C Parker
5 Sep 1980 Gp Capt J S Preston
25 Jun 1982 Gp Capt M C A Davis
27 Jul 1984 Gp Capt M V P H Harrington
20 Apr 1942 Gp Capt G A Walker
xx Mar 1943 Gp Capt E I Bussell
xx xxx 1944 Gp Capt J W F Merer
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1950 Gp Capt G F W Heycock
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1958 Gp Capt J H L Blount
xx xxx 1960 Gp Capt Warner
1 Aug 1962 Gp Capt J W Louw
10 Mar 1965 Gp Capt H G Slade
xx xxx 1967 Gp Capt R D Roe
18 Feb 1969 Gp Capt G W W Waddington
xx xxx 1917 Lt Col L A E Edwards
xx xxx xxxx Lt Col H LeM Brock
xx xxx xxxx Lt Col J R W Smyth-Piggott
xx xxx 1918 Maj J R Herring
xx Sep 1926 Sqn Ldr R D Oxland
xx Mar 1927 Wg Cdr Hon L J E Twistle-Wykeham-Fiennes
xx Apr 1930 Wg Cdr H P Lale
xx May 1931 Wg Cdr H I Hanmer
xx Jan 1934 Wg Cdr A P V Daly
xx Jan 1936 Wg Cdr J L M de C Hughes Chamberlain
xx Jun 1936 Flt Lt H E Power
xx Mar 1937 Flt Lt J R H Pott
xx Apr 1937 Wg Cdr P H Cummins
xx Jul 1938 Wg Cdr W J Daddo-Langlois
xx Jan 1939 Gp Capt L H Cockey
xx Mar 1940 Gp Capt C T Anderson
xx Oct 1940 Gp Capt J L Kirby
xx Mar 1941 Gp Capt J N Boothman
xx Jul 1942 Gp Capt K P Lewis
xx Apr 1943 Gp Capt S C Elworthy
xx Aug 1944 Gp Capt D W F Bonham-Carter
xx Apr 1945 Gp Capt E D McK Nelson
xx Aug 1945 Gp Capt D D Christie
xx Aug 1945 Gp Capt A E Taylor
xx Dec 1945 Gp Capt G H Russell
xx Oct 1946 Gp Capt H McC White
xx Jan 1947 Gp Capt M B Mackay
xx Apr 1950 Gp Capt J M Warfield
xx Feb 1951 Wg Cdr R E Sharp
xx Jun 1951 Wg Cdr A D Groom
xx Aug 1953 Sqn Ldr J E Close
xx Jun 1955 Gp Capt H P Connolly
xx Jan 1957 Gp Capt S L Ring
xx Oct 1958 Gp Capt D Iveson
xx Dec 1960 Gp Capt J Finch
xx Aug 1963 Gp Capt C B Brown
xx Dec 1965 Gp Capt C G Maughan
xx Apr 1967 Gp Capt A Griffiths
25 Jul 1969 Gp Capt M D'Arcy
xx Jul 1971 Gp Capt H D Hall
xx Sep 1973 Gp Capt R C F Peirse
xx Oct 1975 Gp Capt E H Macey
xx Sep 1977 Gp Capt B T Sills
xx Sep 1979 Gp Capt M J Pilkington
xx Nov 1981 Gp Capt J Laycock
xx Dec 1983 Gp Capt M J Bettell
xx Dec 1985 Gp Capt N Bonnor
xx Nov 1987 Wg Cdr R E Nickson
xx Oct 1989 Gp Capt P N O Plunkett
xx Jan 1992 Gp Capt J L Uprichard
xx Nov 1993 Gp Capt G D Simpson
xx Dec 1995 Gp Capt M J Remlinger
xx xxx 1998 Gp Capt R Cook
xx Jul 2000 Gp Capt D L Whittingham
xx Aug 2002 Gp Capt J N Fradgley
12 Aug 2004 Gp Capt C J Coulls
14 Aug 2006 Gp Capt A D Fryer
1 Aug 1952 Wg Cdr T S Kennedy (OC, No 92 Maintenance Unit)
11 Jan 1953
1 Feb 1943? Gp Capt E S Butler
17 Dec 1943 Gp Capt E L S Ward
xx Dec 1956 Gp Capt L E Botting
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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