Station OCs - South West

Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

RAF Station Commanders - South West England

RAF Aston Down

23 Aug 1939 Sqn Ldr J L F Fuller-Good

4 Oct 1939 Wg Cdr B B Caswell

15 Nov 1939 Gp Capt G W Murlis-Green

xx xxx 1940 Wg Cdr P J H Halahan (Temp)

5 Dec 1940 Gp Capt R Grice

xx Mar 1943 Gp Capt F E Rosier

11 Jun 1944 Gp Capt A D Selway

xx xxx xxxx

27 May 1953 Wg Cdr E J Davidge

20 Jun 1955 Wg Cdr L T Bryant-Fenn

xx Jan 1958 Wg Cdr H D Clark (OC, 20 MU)

RAF Beaulieu

xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt C W Dicken

RAF/MOD Boscombe Down

11 Sep 1930 Wg Cdr W R Read

20 Mar 1931 Gp Capt A Corbett-Wilson

26 Jan 1933 Gp Capt S Smith

26 Jan 1935 Gp Capt A Corbett-Wilson

22 Apr 1936 Wg Cdr M B Frew (Temporary)

29 May 1936 Gp Capt R M Field

19 Sep 1936 Wg Cdr M B Frew (Temporary)

2 Nov 1936 Gp Capt R M Field

20 Jan 1938 Wg Cdr J Potter (Temporary)

29 Apr 1938 Wg Cdr G S Oddie

9 Oct 1938 Sqn Ldr L B Duggan (Temporary)

5 Dec 1938 Sqn Ldr E J D Routh (Temporary)

29 Dec 1938 Gp Capt A H Wann

20 Sep 1939 Gp Capt B McEntegart

xx xxx 1940 A/Cdre R S Sorley

xx xxx 1942 A/Cdre R B Mansell

xx xxx 1943

xx Jul 1944 A/Cdre J N Boothman

xx xxx 1945 A/Cdre H P Fraser

xx xxx 1946 A/Cdre C B R Pelly

xx Jul 1948 A/Cdre H L Patch

xx xxx 1950 A/Cdre A W B McDonald

xx xxx 1953? A/Cdre A H Wheeler

xx xxx 1955 A/Cdre R A R Rae

xx xxx 1957 A/Cdre A E Clouston

xx xxx 1960 A/Cdre J F Roulston

xx xxx 1964 A/Cdre F R Bird

xx xxx 1968

xx xxx 1970 A/Cdre R L Topp

12 Aug 1972 A/Cdre G C Cairns

12 Oct 1974 A/Cdre A D Dick

6 Sep 1975 A/Cdre H A Merriman

26 Mar 1977 A/Cdre B Brownlow

22 Dec 1979 A/Cdre R J Spiers

10 Sep 1983 A/Cdre G C Williams

20 Dec 1985 A/Cdre P D L Gover

xx xxx 1988 A/Cdre D L Bywater

xx xxx 1992

xx xxx 1994 A/Cdre C J Cruickshanks?

23 Sep 1996 A/Cdre N R Wood

28 Nov 2006 Gp Capt G A Borland

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt R W Humpries

xx Dec 2014 Gp Capt T P Lyons

xx Dec 2016 Gp Capt G E Littlejohns

xx Feb 2019 Gp Capt S J Austin

RAF Calshot (RAF Base Calshot up to 1934/5)

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr E D M Robertson*

27 Jul 1921 Wg Cdr G R Bromet

6 Apr 1923 Wg Cdr R J Bone

7 Sep 1925 Wg Cdr F E T Hewlett

1 Sep 1928 Gp Capt E R C Nanson

26 Apr 1932 Gp Capt H R Nicholl

1 Sep 1933 Gp Capt W B Callaway

xx xxx 1935 Wg Cdr E A B Rice (Temp)

31 Jul 1936 Gp Capt R E Saul

11 Jun 1937 Gp Capt A Coningham

5 Jul 1939 Gp Capt L G LeB Croke

*Cmdt, School of Naval Co-op & Aerial Navigation

RAF Chivenor

xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt P D Cracroft

xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt C E Chilton?

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt B V Reynolds

1 Jan 1951 Gp Capt P L Donkin

xx xxx 1953 Gp Capt A A Case

xx xxx xxxx

28 Dec 1959 Gp Capt P O V Green

27 Jun 1962 Gp Capt B Drake

1 Apr 1963 Gp Capt D W B Farrar

27 Aug 1965 Gp Capt H L Calder-Jones

24 Nov 1967 Gp Capt G A Mason

22 May 1970 Gp Capt G M Hermitage

20 Mar 1972 Gp Capt I M Pedder

1 Apr 1974 Gp Capt P H Champniss

xx xxx xxxx

1 Jul 1980 Gp Capt R M Austin

xx xxx xxxx

23 Jul 1984 Gp Capt A J Chaplin

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 1992 Gp Capt D K Norriss

xx xxx 1995

RAF Church Stanton

xx Jun 1942 Gp Capt J A Kent

RAF Cleave

xx xxx 1944 Wg Cdr A Gawith RNZAF

RAF Colerne

16 Sep 1940 Wg Cdr C E St J Beamish

xx May 1942 Gp Capt H M Pearson

23 Dec 1944 Gp Capt E M Donaldson

xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt C M Wight-Boycott

xx Mar 1954 Gp Capt L Fox

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 1959 Gp Capt Bretherton

xx xxx 1961

13 Jul 1964 Gp Capt A C L Mackie

16 May 1966 Gp Capt F O Barratt

8 Jan 1968 Gp Capt C J Turner

10 Feb 1969 Gp Capt G Young

6 Sep 1971 Gp Capt D W Richardson

RAF Exeter

xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr R H E Emson

6 Jul 1940 Wg Cdr J S Dewar (killed 12 Sep 1940)

13 Sep 1940 Sqn Ldr R S Mills (Temporary - OC, No 87 Sqn)

5 Oct 1940 Wg Cdr H S Darley

9 Aug 1941 Gp Capt C Walters

RAF Filton

4 May 1936 Sqn Ldr M V M Clube

7 May 1939 Wg Cdr H D O'Neill

21 Dec 1939 Sqn Ldr A E Pratt (Temporary)

1 Jan 1940 Wg Cdr T B Prickman

11 Feb 1940 Sqn Ldr A E Pratt (Temporary)

15 Feb 1940 Wg Cdr T B Prickman

18 Apr 1940 Gp Capt F Fernihough

14 Jun 1940 Gp Capt R H Hanmer

RAF Dunkeswell

1 Aug 1945 Gp Capt J C A Johnson

RAF Harrowbeer

15 Sep 1941 Wg Cdr Hon E F Ward

RAF Holmsley South

xx Sep 1943 Gp Capt R C Mead

RAF Hullavington

1 Jun 1937 Gp Capt C H Elliott-Smith*

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt F R Drew (1951)

8 Jun 1959 Gp Capt G B Blacklock

xx xxx 1961 Gp Capt R D Max

10 Jan 1964 Gp Capt T Knight

xx xxx xxxx

29 Mar 1971 Wg Cdr P T Hall

29 Jan 1974 Wg Cdr E J Strangeway

30 Aug 1975 Wg Cdr R W Watson

12 Sep 1977 Wg Cdr E W Helsley

21 Jul 1980 Wg Cdr J A B Mutsaars

26 Nov 1982 Gp Capt W A Mears

30 Nov 1984 Gp Capt P S E Tootal

*Cmdt, No 9 FTS

RAF Ibsley

xx Feb 1941 Wg Cdr A N Benge

xx Jun 1942 Wg Cdr C F Durrant

xx Aug 1942 Sqn Ldr S C Willis

xx Jan 1943 Wg Cdr A Donaldson

xx Sep 1943 Wg Cdr D Blackwood

xx Mar 1944 Wg Cdr Folkard

xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr Lovell

xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr Selsdon

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr Ford

RAF Innsworth

xx Nov 1957 Gp Capt S E D Mills

xx Sep 1958 Wg Cdr H Bamforth

17 Oct 1960 Gp Capt J W Taylor

8 Jan 1964 Gp Capt E J Brice

1 Jan 1968 Gp Capt H J Hillyard

1 Feb 1971 Wg Cdr A A Cartwright

26 Mar 1973 Wg Cdr C G H Pierce

13 Oct 1975 Wg Cdr J F Edgington

15 Aug 1977 Wg Cdr T F Dole

xx xxx xxxx

26 Oct 1981 Wg Cdr D J Malpass

23 Aug 1982 Wg Cdr J Rennie

4 Feb 1985 Wg Cdr P C Squire

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 1997 Wg Cdr A Spearpoint?

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr C Hopkirk (until 31 Mar 2008)

RAF Keevil

22 June 1945 Gp Capt J D Miller*

23 Jul 1945 Gp Capt D M Fleming* (posted out on 31 May 1946)

17 Jun 1946 Gp Capt J D'A Keary*

*OC, No 61 OTU

RAF Kemble

26 Oct 1940 Gp Capt C D Adams

RAF Locking

8 Jan 1939 Gp Capt J McCrae

xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt D N Kington-Blair-Oliphant

xx Apr 1958 Gp Capt A P Chamberlain

23 May 1959 A/Cdre H G Leonard Williams

xx xxx 1962 A/Cdre W D Disbrey

13 Dec 1971 Gp Capt W Ormrod*

1 Apr 1974 Gp Capt F M Holroyd*

25 Feb 1976 Gp Capt J M Walker*

21 Nov 1977 Gp Capt P J Hector*

7 Jan 1979 Gp Capt D G Harrington*

11 Jan 1982 Gp Capt K G Lewis*

xx xxx 1984 Gp Capt M Heyes*

xx xxx 1987 Gp Capt R C R Johnston*

xx xxx 1989 Gp Capt R J Holt*

xx xxx 1991 Gp Capt C M Davison*

xx xxx 1993 Gp Capt I Sloss*

*Cmdt, No 1 Radio School

RAF Melksham

xx Sep 1941 Wg Cdr J B Lynch

xx Aug 1954 Gp Capt D W Williams

xx Aug 1956

20 Apr 1959 Gp Capt J L Davey

22 Sep 1960 Gp Capt T L Davies

RAF Merryfield

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt L M E Jarman

xx Mar 1954 Gp Capt J C Larking

xx Dec 1955: Wg Cdr B Everton -Jones

RAF Middle Wallop

1 May 1939 Gp Capt P E Maitland (OC, No 15 FTS)

11 Jun 1940 Wg Cdr D N Roberts

xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt W Elliott

20 Jul 1941 Wg Cdr/Gp Capt D N Roberts

xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt S H Hardy

xx Jul 1943 Gp Capt C H Appleton

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 1949 Gp Capt Macpherson

xx Aug 1952 Gp Capt C M M Grece (shown below, killed in a flying accident 13 Jul 1954)

xx Jul 1954 Gp Capt A D Messenger

RAF Mount Batten (Cattewater until 1930)

31 Oct 1928 Gp Capt H R Busteed

31 Jan 1929 Wg Cdr S W Smith

1 Oct 1931 Wg Cdr E J P Burling

31 Dec 1932 Wg Cdr J O Andrews

7 Feb 1934 Wg Cdr I T Lloyd

25 Jan 1937 Wg Cdr K B Lloyd

12 Oct 1937 Gp Capt E D Johnson

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr K B Lloyd

1 Dec 1939 Gp Capt H W Evens

xx xxx xxxx

23 Mar 1964 Wg Cdr D T Beamish

xx xxx xxxx

31 Mar 1969 Wg Cdr P Wevill

28 Sep 1970 Wg Cdr K P Lucas

27 Aug 1974 Wg Cdr A Redfern

18 Oct 1976 Wg Cdr J E F Williams

xx xxx xxxx

23 Aug 1982 Wg Cdr B J Main

RAF Netheravon

23 Dec 1919 Wg Cdr P H L Playfair*

15 Nov 1922 Wg Cdr J N Fletcher*

1 Jan 1925 Wg Cdr R F S Morton*

19 Dec 1927 Wg Cdr R G D Small*

31 Aug 1929 Wg Cdr R J F Barton*

No 1 FTS closed 1930-31

1 Jun 1931 Wg Cdr H P Lale

10 Jul 1933 Wg Cdr L F Forbes

1 Apr 1935 Gp Capt A ap Ellis**

2 Mar 1936 Gp Capt L F Forbes*

16 Nov 1938 Gp Capt W B Farrington*

xx xxx 1949 Gp Capt H Day

xx xxx 1951

*Cmdt, No 1 FTS

**Cmdt, No 6 FTS

RAF Old Sarum

xx xxx xxxx ?

24 Jan 1921 Wg Cdr E L Gossage*

15 Feb 1923 Wg Cdr O T Boyd*

14 Jan 1926 Wg Cdr A S Barratt*

10 Apr 1927 Wg Cdr T L Leigh-Mallory*

1 Jan 1930 Wg Cdr R E Saul*

3 Apr 1933 Gp Capt C H B Blount*

29 Jul 1936 Gp Capt A J Capel*

xx xxx 1937 Gp Capt A J Capel**

xx xxx 1939 Gp Capt J B Cole-Hamilton**

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt Saward (1943)

xx xxx 1949 Wg Cdr E J Morris

xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr Gill

xx xxx 1956 Wg Cdr J N Kentish

23 Mar 1959 Wg Cdr C F Bradley

16 Jul 1959 Wg Cdr N Briggs

xx Dec 1961 Wg Cdr D Shepherd

xx Nov 1964

16 Mar 196? Wg Cdr C J Samouell

2 Jul 1969 Wg Cdr A T Powell

5 Jan 1970 Wg Cdr D C G Brook

*Cmdt, Sch of Army Co-op

**OC, Old Sarum & Cmdt, Sch of Army Co-op

RAF Pembrey

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr Hutchinson (1940)

RAF Portreath

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr Heber Percy

2 May 1941 Gp Capt J Boret

RAF Pucklechurch

xx xxx 1955 Wg Cdr D Davies

xx Jan 1958 Wg Cdr C D Connerton

RAF St Eval

xx xxx 1939 ?

1 Apr 1940 Gp Capt C L Scott

1 Sep 1940 ?

25 Sep 1940 Gp Capt L G LeB Croke

xx xxx 1942 Gp Capt R N Waite

xx Aug 1942? Gp Capt W L Dawson

xx xxx 1944 Gp Capt R C Mead

xx xxx 1945: Gp Capt J G Davis

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 1951 Gp Capt D M Somerville

xx xxx 1954 Gp Capt R Faville

xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt W I C Inness

xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt J R Whelan

RAF St Mawgan

20 Aug 1944 Gp Capt J C A Johnson

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt A M Rodgers

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 1951: Gp Capt G G Barrett

xx xxx 1953: Gp Capt Parnaby

xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt J M N Pike

xx xxx 1958 Gp Capt W D Hodgkinson

15 Feb 1961 Gp Capt E F J Odaire

29 Apr 1963 Gp Capt D S Lindsay

11 Jun 1965 Gp Capt J R Saunders

6 Dec 1967 Gp Capt K J Barratt

26 May 1970 Gp Capt P M Harvey

9 Jun 1972 Gp Capt D A Arnott

14 Jun 1974 Gp Capt H M Archer

4 Jun 1976 Gp Capt J B Duxbury

16 Dec 1977 Gp Capt D W Hann

14 Dec 1979 Gp Capt C J Phillips

13 Mar 1982 Gp Capt A A G Woodford

16 Dec 1983 Gp Capt R G Peters

6 Dec 1985 Gp Capt P M Stean

xx xxx 1987 Gp Capt B C Laite

xx xxx 1989 Gp Capt C Moore

xx xxx 1991

xx xxx 1995 Gp Capt M R Trace

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx 1999 Gp Capt M W Leaming

11 Jan 2002 Gp Capt S O Falla

xx xxx 2004 Gp Capt J A Goodboum

9 Dec 2005 Gp Capt S N Garden

xx xxx 2008 Wg Cdr J Lawson

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr P Loader

xx xxx 2010 Wg Cdr G House

xx xxx 2012 Wg Cdr P Lamb

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr A Mason

xx xxx 2018 Wg Cdr H Madden

xx xxx 2020 Wg Cdr M Kinnear

RAF Staverton

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt G H Harrison

RAF Tarrant Rushton

24 Jul 1943 Gp Capt T B Cooper

25 Nov 1945

xx Nov 1953 Gp Capt J C Larking

xx Mar 1954 ?

RAF Trerew

xx xxxx 1958 Plt Off/Fg Off I P Morgan

RAF Upavon

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr P K Wise (OC, FIS)

3 May 1920 Gp Capt N D K MacEwen*

1 Jan 1923 Gp Capt F V Holt*

22 Apr 1925 Gp Capt W R Freeman*

6 Sep 1926 Wg Cdr V S Brown

19 Jan 1928 Wg Cdr W R Reid

18 Aug 1930 Wg Cdr E W Norton

23 Jul 1932 Wg Cdr G S M Insall

8 May 1934 Wg Cdr A D Pryor

14 Dec 1936 Wg Cdr J M Robb*

*Cmdt, CFS

RAF Warmwell

24 May 1937 Sqn Ldr M Thomas*

22 Apr 1938 Sqn Ldr-Gp Capt W H Poole?*

17 May 1940 ?

14 Jul 1940 Gp Capt G V Howard

xx xxx 1943 Wg Cdr S P Richards

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt Morrison

*OC, No 6 Armament Training Camp

RAF Weston Zoyland

1 Jan 1941 Sqn Ldr Cooper

xx xxx xxxx

xx Apr 1954 Gp Capt H E Hopkins

xx May 1958

RAF Whitchurch

20 Jan 1943 Gp Capt R G Harman*

*OC, No 81 OTU

RAF Winkleigh

29 Mar 1944 Wg Cdr Lord M Douglas-Hamilton

RAF Yatesbury (No 2 Radio School)

xx May 1954 Gp Capt N F Simpson

30 Sep 1959 Gp Capt C H Press

2 Jan 1961 Gp Capt D W Densham

12 Aug 1963 Gp Capt K W T Pugh

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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