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RAF Station Commanders - Wales and North West England
[Aberporth | Brawdy | Bridgnorth | Burtonwood | Carlisle | Cosford | Cranage | Defford | Fairwood Common | Fauld | Hack Green | Harpur Hill | Harwarden | Hednesford | Hereford | Jurby | Lichfield | Llanbedr | Pembrey | Pembroke Dock | Penrhos | Pershore | Sealand | Shawbury | Silloth | Spadeadam | Stafford | St Athan | Talbenny | Ternhill | Tilstock | Towyn | Valley | Warton | Wilmslow | RAF Hospital Wilmslow | Woodford | Woodvale]
21 Oct 1960 Gp Capt D R Griffiths (OC, GWRU)
27 Apr 1964 Wg Cdr R S Sanders
3 Oct 1966 Wg Cdr A C Richards
21 Mar 1969 Wg Cdr M Kaye
31 Aug 1971 Wg Cdr H D Carver
xx xxx xxxx
20 Jun 1975 Wg Cdr A C Richards
29 Mar 1976 Wg Cdr J R Davies
17 Nov 1978 Wg Cdr B L Wood
xx xxx 1974 Gp Capt P Champniss
15 Oct 1976 Gp Capt B J Lemon
22 Sep 1978 Gp Capt N D MacEwen
26 Sep 1980 Gp Capt A Neale
22 Oct 1982 Gp Capt M J Gibson
19 Oct 1984 Gp Capt D R H MacGregor
xx xxx 1947 Gp Capt R Coats
xx xxx xxxx
xx Dec 1955 Gp Capt A J Trumble
xx Jun 1958 Gp Capt C B E Burt-Andrews
30 Jan 1961 Gp Capt L F Bryant-Fenn
RAF Burtonwood was for much of its life commanded by USAAF/USAF Officers but the RAF maintained an officer holding the appointment of nominal RAF Officer Commanding/Commander
1 Apr 1940 Sqn Ldr Stibbs
xx xxx 1940 Wg Cdr Burt
5 Jan 1942 Wg Cdr W G Wolliams
18 Jan 1946 Wg Cdr W F M McDonagh (also OC, No 276 MU)
27 Sep 1946 Wg Cdr G P Mote (also OC, No 276 MU)
11 Apr 1947 Gp Capt M S Shapcott (also OC, No 276 MU)
15 Dec 1948 Wg Cdr S E Hearnden (also OC, No 276 MU)
xx Mar 1949 Wg Cdr L F Oldridge (also OC, No 276 MU)
30 Jan 1950 Gp Capt R Bayne-Brown (also OC, No 276 MU)
xx Aug 1950 Wg Cdr A E Harbot
xx xxx xxxx
xx May 1955 Wg Cdr G L Lister
xx Aug 1959 Wg Cdr A W G Stuart
xx Mar 1960 Sqn Ldr H G Bruce
xx Sep 1961 Flt Lt J McLaughlan
xx Apr 1963 Flt Lt J Wilson
xx Nov 1963 Flt Lt W J Burnett-Smith
xx Jan 1966 Fg Off B W Southwold
xx Jan 1967 Sqn Ldr G C Taylor
xx Feb 1967 Sqn Ldr R P du Pleiss
xx Jun 1969 Sqn Ldr A A Francis
xx Jul 1972 Sqn Ldr R A Stubings
xx Feb 1976 Sqn Ldr B Lamb
xx Oct 1977 Sqn Ldr P J E Tyson-Woodcock
xx Mar 1980 Sqn Ldr C F Hopper
xx Jul 1982 Sqn Ldr A H Howard
xx May 1985 Sqn Ldr J M Young
xx Nov 1953 Gp Capt A Selby
xx xxx xxxx
10 Jul 1961 Gp Capt J A D Sturges
20 Apr 1964 Gp Capt H C D Blasbery
22 Aug 1966 Gp Capt E G F Hill
25 Nov 1969 Gp Capt S Baillie
28 Feb 1972 Gp Capt G W Bennington
8 Jan 1973 Gp Capt L C Price
xx Jul 1975 Gp Capt I D Wilkinson
5 Sep 1977 Gp Capt G R Pengelly
8 Feb 1982 Gp Capt G W Cargill
16 Jan 1984 Gp Capt V B Howells
16 Dec 1985 Gp Capt E T I King
21 Jul 1938 Gp Capt W J Y Guilfoyle*
xx xxx xxxx
16 Mar 1959 Gp Capt A W Caswell*
30 Oct 1961 Gp Capt L H Moulton*
20 May 1963 Gp Capt C S Thomas*
22 Nov 1965 Gp Capt H Durkin*
xx xxx xxxx
6 Apr 1970 Gp Capt W M Smedley*
xx xxx xxxx
xx Jan 1975 Gp Capt A Thirkettle*
23 Aug 1976 Gp Capt R L Smith*
7 Aug 1978 Gp Capt D G Campbell*
13 Oct 1980 Gp Capt W F Mullen*
27 Sep 1982 Gp Capt T J Morgan*
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 2000 Gp Capt L J Burrell**
*OC, No 2 SoTT
**OC, No 1 SoTT
5 Apr 1941 Gp Capt O A Morris
6 Jul 1942
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt A M Rodgers (1946+)
25 May 1941 Wg Cdr J S L Adams
29 Sep 1941 Wg Cdr/Gp Capt R L R Atcherley
5 Apr 1942 Gp Capt D F W Atcherley
3 Oct 1942 Gp Capt A B Woodhall
24 Mar 1943 Gp Capt J Herby-Percy
13 Nov 1943 Wg Cdr A V R Johnstone
19 Jun 1944 Wg Cdr C D L Griffiths
18 Aug 1945 Wg Cdr A Eyre (killed in flying accident 16 Feb 1946)
28 Mar 1946 Wg Cdr H J L Hallowes
xx May 1954 Wg Cdr R V B Franklyn
xx Dec 1957 Wg Cdr T R F Handcock
9 Nov 1959 Wg Cdr T J da C Andrade
26 Sep 1962 Wg Cdr R B Thomas
21 Jun 1965 Wg Cdr J H Cook
13 Nov 1961 Wg Cdr G A L Elliott
24 Aug 1964 Wg Cdr D P J Smith
xx Dec 1958 Wg Cdr A L Cornford
1 Jun 1940 Wg Cdr J R Hallings-Pott*
*OC, No 7 OTU
RAF Hednesford (OC, No 6 SoTT)
14 Mar 1939 Gp Capt C B Cooke
3 Jan 1962 Gp Capt A Gollan
18 Jun 1962 Gp Capt G G Robinson
4 May 1964 Gp Capt J T Shaw
14 Mar 1966 Gp Capt D S Cartwright-Terry
28 Oct 1968 Gp Capt D B Ross
1 Jun 1971 Gp Capt K J Hitchcock
11 Feb 1974 Gp Capt D G Gregory
2 Feb 1976 Gp Capt J L Clayson
25 Jan 1978 Gp Capt E Kinder
14 Feb 1980 Gp Capt R S Beecham
21 Dec 1981 Gp Capt M J C W Dicken
12 Dec 1983 Gp Capt T B Sherington
xx xxx 1946 Wg Cdr D M Strong
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt F R Worthington (killed on 23 Sep 1953 in flying accident)
xx Sep 1953 ?
xx Jun 1954 Gp Capt P Burnett
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1960 Gp Capt W T Brooks
26 Apr 1961 Gp Capt A P Dart
xx xxx xxxx Flt Lt J Conning (1965)
16 May 1941 Gp Capt O R Gayford
12 Sep 1941 Gp Capt L M E Jarman
24 Jun 1942 Gp Capt C E Horrex
17 Jun 1943 Gp Capt P G Heffernan RAAF (injured in collision of X3924 and LN295 on 6 Nov 1943)
9 Nov 1943 Gp Capt E Burton (injured in a car accident 17 Dec 1944)
17 Dec 1944 Wg Cdr A W Doubleday RAAF (Temp OC- CFI)
1 Jan 1945 Gp Capt H I Dabinett
xx Aug 1951 Gp Capt F F Rainsford
Many thanks to Chris Pointon for providing the info to update this entry.
xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr ? Prior
29 Mar 1942 Sqn Ldr C R Bullimore
18 Aug 1943 Sqn Ldr
xx Aug 1954 Gp Capt W T F Wrightman
xx Nov 1956 Gp Capt W A Toyne
xx Nov 1959
21 Mar 1933 Wg Cdr A T Harris*
20 May 1934 Wg Cdr R H Kershaw
4 Nov 1936 Gp Capt I T Lloyd
19 Oct 1938 Gp Capt B J Silly
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1946 Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr? D E Hawkins
*OC No 210 Sqn
1 Feb 1937 Wg Cdr T V Lister*
*OC, No 5 Armament Training Camp
24 Feb 1941 Sqn Ldr R F A Williams
26 Mar 1941 Wg Cdr L E Jarman
1 Apr 1941 Gp Capt J R W Smyth-Piggot
3 Jun 1942 Wg Cdr J A Roncaroni
9 Jun 1942 Gp Capt A R Combe
xx Nov 43 Gp Capt G V Lane
xx May 1944 Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie
28 Dec 1944 Gp Capt R S Ryan
xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt A A Newbury
xx xxx 1948 Sqn Ldr Bond (OC, RAF Police Training School)
xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt G R Howie
1 Sep 1957 Gp Capt J E Innes-Crump
4 Jul 1960 Gp Capt H D Newman
10 Jun 1966 Gp Capt R Colbeck
13 Jun 1969 Gp Capt E W F Hare
20 Jul 1973 Gp Capt R Hampton
RAF
Sealand (RAF Shotwick until 17 Mar 1925)
1 Apr 1920 Sqn Ldr L F Forbes*
19 Jul 1920 Sqn Ldr F K Haskins*
17 Mar 1923 Wg Cdr C T Maclean*
25 Sep 1925 Wg Cdr P Babington*
25 Sep 1928 Gp Capt A D Cunningham*
22 Jan 1931 Gp Capt A ap Ellis*
23 Jul 1932 Gp Capt E W Norton*
1 Feb 1937 Gp Capt A N Gallehawk*
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt F K Haskins?*
12 Jun 1961 Gp Capt F W Morgan**
19 Feb 1962 Gp Capt T C Imrie**
10 Jun 1963 Gp Capt E Burchmore**
24 Oct 1966 Gp Capt P Cadman**
28 Apr 1969 Gp Capt G E Thirlwell**
26 Mar 1973 Gp Capt J J Burke**
xx Apr 1975 Gp Capt H R Simpson**
22 Aug 1977 Gp Capt D G J Breadner**
19 Oct 1979 Gp Capt D F Lawrence**
18 Sep 1981 Gp Capt P D Clark**
9 Dec 1983 Gp Capt D J Saunders**
11 Jul 1986 Gp Capt A J Bentley**
16 Dec 1988 Gp Capt K J Procter**
xx Dec 1990 Gp Capt P Liddell**
xx Dec 92 Gp Capt B C Dickens
xx xxx 1995 Gp Capt J E Chandler**
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt D R G Rennison**
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt N A Bairsto**
*Cmdt, No 5 FTS/S SFTS
**OC, No 30 MU
xx May 1938 Gp Capt H P Lale
xx Mar 1941 Gp Capt C H Flinn
xx Mar 1942 Gp Capt R J Divers
xx Jun 1944 Gp Capt G I L Saye
xx Sep 1944 A/Cdre P H Mackworth
xx Jun 1945 A/Cdre N H D’Aeth
xx Jan 1948 A/Cdre L K Barnes
xx Apr 1949 Gp Capt B J R Roberts
xx Feb 1952 Gp Capt D Mitchell
xx Jul 1954 Gp Capt A H Garland
xx Oct 1956 Gp Capt R K Cassels
xx Sep 1958 Gp Capt R D Williams
xx Jun 1961 Gp Capt W T H Howell
xx Oct 1963 Gp Capt A F Wallace
xx Apr 1966 Gp Capt M C Bunting
xx Dec 1968 Gp Capt T H Blackham
xx Jul 1971 Gp Capt R B Sillars
xx Jul 1973 Gp Capt D L Hughes
xx Oct 1975 Gp Capt A B Stinchcombe
xx Dec 1976 Gp Capt P G C Wilson
15 Dec 1978 Gp Capt I Horrocks
xx Dec 1980 Gp Capt R R Bond
4 Jan 1983 Gp Capt D O Crwys-Williams
xx Dec 1984 Gp Capt R P Skelley
xx Jan 1987 Gp Capt T I Jenner
xx Dec 1998 Gp Capt A A Nicholson
xx Dec 1990 Gp Capt M D Pledger
xx Dec 1992 Gp Capt A G Hopper
xx Dec 1994 Gp Capt A P Waldron
xx Jul 1997 Gp Capt R Utley
xx Jul 1999 Gp Capt R J Allen
xx Mar 2002 Gp Capt M R Wordley
xx Dec 2003 Gp Capt M S McGeown
9 Dec 2005 Gp Capt P A Cunningham
xx Dec 2007 Gp Capt D Prowse
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt W A W James
18 Nov 2011 Gp Capt C J Luck
xx Jun 1940 Gp Capt C G Wigglesworth
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1944 Gp Capt J G Elton
xx xxx 1996 Wg Cdr B R Collins
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr G Robertson
xx xxx 2004 Wg Cdr R Goodall
xx xxx 1958 Gp Capt W M King
5 Aug 1959 Gp Capt J S McLean
15 Aug 1960 Gp Capt E J C Smither
xx xxx 1965 Gp Capt D I O'Hara
xx Apr 1965 Gp Capt E D Hills
18 Dec 1967 Gp Capt C H Clarke
23 Feb 1970 Gp Capt D I Ohata
17 Apr 1972 Gp Capt P J Probyn
4 Mar 1974 Gp Capt R D Brittain
15 Mar 1976 Gp Capt B H Plaskett
3 Jul 1978 Gp Capt J G De’Ath
28 Jul 1980 Gp Capt R C Allerton
6 Dec 1982 Gp Capt D M Waller
21 May 1984 Gp Capt J P Crotty
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt R Dixon
xx xxx 1995 Gp Capt C J Blencowe
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt P Whalley
xx Dec 1998 Gp Capt N Morris
xx Jan 2000 Gp Capt N W Cromarty
13 Dec 2002 Gp Capt G H Harris
3 Aug 2004 Gp Capt G J Howard
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx xxxx
Gp Capt C Luck
1 Sep 1938 Gp Capt E B Rice*
xx Sep 1939 A/Cdre Hon J D Boyle*
xx Oct 1940 A/Cdre E A B Rice*
xx Sep 1941 A/Cdre J C Quinnell*
xx Dec 1942 A/Cdre C B Cooke*
xx May 1944 A/Cdre D W Clappen*
xx Dec 1946 A/Cdre H J Roach*
xx Oct 1947 A/Cdre W A Opie*
xx Oct 1948 A/Cdre H E Forrow*
xx Feb 1951 A/Cdre J Mutch*
xx Mar 1953 A/Cdre J D Baker-Carr*
xx Oct 1956 A/Cdre M E M Perkins*
xx Oct 1958 A/Cdre V D Morshead*
xx Jun 1960 A/Cdre M K D Porter*
xx Oct 1961 Gp Capt E T McCabe
xx Jan 1962 A/Cdre J W Bayley
xx xxx 1964: A/Cdre C N S Pringle*
xx Jul 1966 A/Cdre J E McKelvey*
xx Jul 1969 A/Cdre I J de la Plain**
xx Jan 1972 A/Cdre S M Davidson**
19 Oct 1974 A/Cdre J B Wellingham**
16 Dec 1976 A/Cdre E C Dunn**
12 Nov 1977 A/Cdre K A Campbell**
5 Jan 1980 A/Cdre G B Tyler**
xx Apr 1982: A/Cdre P J Goulthorpe**
14 Jan 1984 A/Cdre J Marshall**
xx Jan 1986 A/Cdre P L Read**
xx Jan 1988 A/Cdre D R French**
xx Apr 1990 A/Cdre R H Kyle**
xx Jan 1992 A/Cdre P R O'Reilly**
xx Mar1994 A/Cdre M van der Veen**
xx Dec 1995 A/Cdre P J Scott**
xx Oct 1997 A/Cdre A C Lang**
xx Mar 1999 Gp Capt D Pollington***
xx Sep 2001 Wg Cdr Z Ulhaq***
xx Aug 2003 Wg Cdr R C Read***
xx Jun 2006 Wg Cdr A J Taylor****
xx Aug 2007 Wg Cdr R A Woods****
20 Apr 2009 Cdre A King RN (OC, MoD St Athan)
20 Sep 2011 Wg Cdr P Regan (OC, MoD St Athan/No 4 SoTT)
*Cmdt/OC, No 4 SoTT
**also OC, RAF St Athan/Air Officer Wales
***OC, RAF St Athan
****OC, MoD St Athan (RAF)
7 Oct 1944 Gp Capt J C A Johnson
1 Jan 1936 Gp Capt C C Darley*
16 Nov 1937 Gp Capt G E Livock*
xx xxx xxxx
xx Dec 1955 Gp Capt W Carter
xx May 1958 Gp Capt P R Beare
28 Nov 1960 Gp Capt F W M Jensen
12 Jan 1962 Wg Cdr W Kent
19 Dec 1962 Gp Capt A D Panton
9 Nov 1964 Gp Capt E W Deacon
20 Oct 1967 Gp Capt H G Davies
xx xxx xxxx
2 Jun 1972 Gp Capt P J Murch
2 Aug 1974 Gp Capt D A Toon
*Cmdt, No 10 FTS
6 Nov 1945 Gp Capt J C A Johnson
xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr Tideman (1942)
3 Mar 1941 Sqn Ldr F H Tyson
15 Mar 1941 Wg Cdr H W Mermagen
5 Jun 1941 Wg Cdr J O W Oliver
30 Nov 1941 Wg Cdr P S Gomez
1 May 1942 Wg Cdr W M Churchill
29 Jul 1942 Wg Cdr H N G Ramsbottom-Isherwood
13 Feb 1943 Wg Cdr M H Dwyer
29 Mar 1943 Wg Cdr/Gp Capt H N G Ramsbottom-Isherwood
10 Sep 1944 Gp Capt H M Groves
15 Oct 1945 Wg Cdr C R Stewart
12 Dec 1945 Wg Cdr B J McGinn
30 Apr 1946 Sqn Ldr G H F Sayers
15 Sep 1946 Sqn Ldr F B Young
25 Oct 1946 Sqn Ldr E V Asplin
11 Mar 1947 Sqn Ldr B Coopman
12 Apr 1947 Sqn Ldr W S Chubb
23 Jul 1947 Wg Cdr G R Magill
10 Mar 1948 Sqn Ldr W S Chubb
19 Jul 1949 Wg Cdr J E T Haile
1 Apr 1951 Gp Capt E G Jones
3 Oct 1953 Gp Capt G D Garvin
28 Sep 1955 Gp Capt T S Rivett-Carnac
26 Nov 1957 Gp Capt J T Shaw
4 May 1960 Gp Capt E L McMillan
16 Jan 1963 Gp Capt R K Orrock
23 Jul 1965 Gp Capt R P Harding
2 Feb 1968 Gp Capt W E Colahan
16 Jan 1970 Gp Capt J F Langer
3 Dec 1971 Gp Capt B Huxley
30 Jul 1973 Gp Capt D J Edwards
18 Jun 1976 Gp Capt D L F Thornton
11 Aug 1978 Gp Capt B L Robinson
7 Mar 1980 Gp Capt A B Blackley
xx xxx 1994 Gp Capt D A Ray
xx xxx xxxx: Gp Capt B W Newby
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt L Garside-Beattie
26 Mar 2004 Gp Capt M C Green
xx xxx 2006 Gp Capt A Barmby
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt N M Connell
xx xxx 2009 Gp Capt B H Hedley
17 Dec 2011: Gp Capt A P Hill
xx Jan 1957 Wg Cdr R Martin
xx Dec 1957 Wg Cdr H A F Summers
xx xxx 1951 Wg Cdr ? Crump
xx xxx 1953
xx Dec 1956 Gp Capt F F Rainsford
xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt ? Kentish
xx xxx 1957 Wg Cdr ? Robertson
24 May 1937 Wg Cdr M Thomas*
*OC, No 6 Armament Training Camp
25 Oct 1942 Gp Capt V S Bowling
16 Feb 1943
6 Apr 1943 Gp Capt V S Bowling
26 Aug 1943 Gp Capt T B Prickman
xx xxx xxxx
29 Sep 1963 Sqn Ldr F D G Clark
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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