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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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RAF Station Commanders - Yorkshire
[Bawtry | Bircotes | Blyton | Breighton | Burn | Catfoss | Catterick | Church Fenton | Croft | Dishforth | Driffield | Doncaster | East Moor | Elvington | Finningley | Full Sutton | Fylingdales | Holme on Spalding Moor | Howden | Hutton Cranswick | Leconfield | Leeming | Lindholme | Linton-on-Ouse | Lissett | Marston Moor | Melbourne | Middle St George | Patrington | Pocklington | Riccall Rufforth | Sandtoft | Skipton on Swale | Snaith |Staxton Wold | Sutton on Hull | Tholthorpe | Thornaby | Topcliffe | Wombleton | Yeadon]
xx xxx 1941 Flt Lt H P White*
17 Apr 1942 Flt Lt W Wilson*
xx xxx 1942 Gp Capt B A J Crummy
xx Oct 1942 Gp Capt L W Dickens?
6 Jun 1943 Gp Capt A H Seymour Lucas
17 Jul 1943 Gp Capt H H Brookes
xx xxx 1943: Gp Capt I C Bird
*Camp Commandant
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt N W D Marwood-Elliot (captured 22 Mar 1944)
From 1929 - 1935, was only open for about six months each year
8 May 1929 Sqn Ldr A McR Moffatt*
8 Mar 1930 Wg Cdr J K Wells*
12 Mar 1931 Wg Cdr E L Tomkinson*
1 Mar 1932 Wg Cdr G H Bowman**
28 Feb 1933 Wg Cdr P C Sherren**
27 Feb 1934 Wg Cdr P C Sherren**
25 Feb 1935 Wg Cdr E B Rice**
It became a full time station station from October 1935
16 Feb 1936 Wg Cdr E C Emmett**
31 Jan 1938 Wg Cdr C T Anderson**
11 Sep 1939 Sqn Ldr T W S Brown
31 Jul 1940 Sqn Ldr J H Tanner
17 Aug 1940 Sqn Ldr J M Clarke
27 Oct 1940 Wg Cdr/Gp Capt E F Haylock***
27 Apr 1942 Gp Capt N V Moreton***
8 Jul 1943 Gp Capt C W Busk***
27 Aug 1943 Gp Capt C P Gabriel***
26 Jan 1944 Wg Cdr ?***
24 Feb 1944 Gp Capt M H Dwyer****
1 Aug 1945 Gp Capt E S Butler****
xx Nov 1945 Flt Lt Lund (OC, C & M Party)
* OC, RAF Practice Camp, Catfoss
** OC, No 1 Armament Training Camp, Catfoss
***OC, No 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit
****OC, Central Gunnery School
11 Oct 1927 Sqn Ldr R L Stevenson (OC, No 26 Sqn)
31 Jan 1931 Sqn Ldr P B Hunter (OC, No 26 Sqn)
22 Aug 1932 Sqn Ldr G R A Deacon (OC, No 26 Sqn)
14 Feb 1934 Sqn Ldr C H Stilwell (OC, No 26 Sqn)
2 Oct 1935 Sqn Ldr C P Brown (OC, No 26 Sqn)
1 Mar 1937 Wg Cdr F L B Hebbert
30 Aug 1937 Sqn Ldr C P Brown
11 Apr 1938 Wg Cdr C L King
21 Nov 1938 Sqn Ldr J S L Adams
15 Dec 1938 Wg Cdr G L Carter
16 Dec 1940 Wg Cdr T L E B Guinness
5 Mar 1941 Gp Capt R Y Eccles
5 May 1941 Wg Cdr G F Wood
xx xxx xxxx ?
1945 Gp Capt J H Butler
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt A B Riall
1 Apr 1959 Gp Capt A G Douglas
18 Oct 1961 Gp Capt H Sullivan
21 Oct 1963 Gp Capt J T O’Sullivan
xx xxx xxxx
22 Jul 1968 Gp Capt D A Pocock
27 Apr 1970 Gp Capt G E S Bumstead
4 Dec 1972 Gp Capt P Hutchins
11 Nov 1974 Gp Capt K M Oliver
21 Nov 1977 Gp Capt D Bolton
xx Jan 1980 Gp Capt M Witherow
22 Nov 1982 Gp Capt K Reyner
9 Jul 1984 Gp Capt M K Batt
19 Apr 1937 Wg Cdr W E Swann
5 May 1938 Wg Cdr G T Richardson
1 - 16 Nov 1939
Sqn Ldr J Heber-Percy
29 Apr 1940 Gp Capt C F Horsley
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt C M Wight-Boycott
22 Jan 1945 Gp Capt J G Hawtrey
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt G T Tomlinson
xx Jun 1945 Gp Capt E W Whitley
xx Nov 1945 Gp Capt E Plumtree
xx xxx 1960 Gp Capt G D Sise
8 Mar 1961 Wg Cdr J E J Sing
12 Mar 1962 Gp Capt D R Stubbs
18 Sep 1964 Gp Capt C C M Baker
27 Feb 1967 Gp Capt G J South
6 Jun 1969 Gp Capt J W Foster
16 Jul 1971 Gp Capt W G Abel
24 Aug 1973 Gp Capt G F Palmer
xx xxx xxxx
xx Apr 1979 Gp Capt J A Bell
24 Dec 1980 Gp Capt D R Briggs
10 Jun 1983 Gp Capt R Humphrey
19 Jul 1985 Gp Capt C J Sturt
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt N S MacGregor
7 Jan 1937 Gp Capt R G Parry
18 Jul 1938 Gp Capt E G Hopcraft
4 Apr - Jul 1940 Wg Cdr W E Staton (Temporary)
xx Jul 1940 Gp Capt K E Ward
3 Sep 1941 Gp Capt V B Bennett (Temporary)
xx Jan 1942 Gp Capt R Grice
xx May 1943 Gp Capt J L Plant
xx Dec 1943 Gp Capt R E Burney RCAF
xx Apr 1944 Gp Capt E L Wurtele
xx Nov 1944 Gp Capt A J Lewington RCAF
xx Jan 945 Gp Capt G A McKenna RCAF
xx Jul 1945 Gp Capt M G Doyle RCAF
xx Oct 1945 Gp Capt K W Niblett
xx Nov 1945 Gp Capt D J Scott
xx Jun 1946 Gp Capt E A Hodgson
xx Apr 1950 Gp Capt R R Nash
xx Jul 1953 Gp Capt T W Piper
xx Oct 1955 Gp Capt R J Oxley
xx Feb 1958 Gp Capt F M Osborn
15 Aug 1960 Gp Capt J J McKay
xx Feb 1962 Wg Cdr R J Sage
xx Nov 1962 Wg Cdr H T Brown
15 Feb 1965 Wg Cdr K R Penry
23 Oct 1939 Plt Off O Gradon (OC, C & M Party)
20 Dec 1939 Flt Lt Wynyard Wright
28 Mar 1940 Wg Cdr W J Millen (also OC, No 271 Sqn)
1 Jan 1941 Wg Cdr C F Le Poer Trench
xx xxx xxxx Maj ? Murray
xx xxx xxxx
1 Sep 1936 Sqn Ldr J Potter
19 Sep 1936 Gp Capt G W Murlis-Green
5 Feb 1938 Gp Capt A Lees
30 Sep 1939 Gp Capt H J F Hunter
20 Apr - 7 May 1940 Wg Cdr E Burton (Temporary)
4 Sep 1940 Sqn Ldr P H Wilcox (Care & Maintenance)
4 Oct 1940 Sqn Ldr H C House
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt Wilson
20 Jul 1941 Wg Cdr W S P Simonds
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1946 Wg Cdr D M Strong
xx xxx 1949 Gp Capt R S Ryan
xx xxx 1951 Gp Capt E A Warfield
xx Jul 1954 Gp Capt G N Amison
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt A F Shelfoon
xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt W G Moseby
xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt R D Elliott
xx xxx 1958 Wg Cdr T W C Fazan (during re-construction )
6 May 1959 Gp Capt R T Frogley
8 Jan 1962 Gp Capt K W T Pugh
21 Jun 1943 Gp Capt H M Carscallan RCAF
xx May 1944 Gp Capt H H C Rutledge RCAF
xx Apr 1945
18 Dec 1942 Wg Cdr A E Lowe
21 Aug 1936 Gp Capt A N Gallahawk
27 Jan 1937 Gp Capt H J F Hunter
15 Jun 1939 Wg Cdr D S Allan (Temporary)
7 Aug 1939 Gp Capt F O Foden
23 Sep 1939 Placed on Care and Maintenance
20 Oct 1939 Wg Cdr G R Montgomery (OC No 106 Sqn and C & M Party)
26 Oct 1939 Ceased to be on Care and Maintenance
26 Oct 1939 Wg Cdr G R Montgomery (OC No 106 Sqn)
1 Feb 1940 Gp Capt R B Maycock
28 Jul 1940 Gp Capt J C Foden
30 Dec 1941 Gp Capt J N Boothman
10 Jun 1942 Gp Capt R G Harman
19 Jan 1943 Sqn Ldr R C van der Ben
1 Apr 1943 Gp Capt H M K Brown
29 Nov 1944 Gp Capt R H Young
26 Sep 1945 Gp Capt D I Eayrs
xx Nov 1946 Gp Capt H E Nowell*
2 Apr 1947 Gp Capt D N Roberts
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1951 Gp Capt J Cox
xx xxx xxxx
28 Sep 1959 Gp Capt A W Heward
29 Dec 1961 Gp Capt J Miller
4 Nov 1963 Gp Capt J A C Aiken
30 Nov 1964 Gp Capt J A G Jackson
xx xxx xxxx
6 May 1970 Gp Capt M E H Dawson
18 Jun 1971 Gp Capt J F W Pembridge
14 Dec 1973 Gp Capt D F Miller
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr M J-C Burton (acting)
9 Jan 1976 Gp Capt R G Ashford
16 Dec 1977 Gp Capt L W F Wheeler
xx xxx 1979 Gp Capt B Higgs
16 Oct 1981 Gp Capt A J McCreery
14 Oct 1983 Gp Capt A C Tolhurst
xx xxx 1985 Gp Capt W McC Rae
2 Oct 1987 Gp Capt G R Pitchfork
19 Aug 1989 Gp Capt D J Phillips
xx xxx 1993 Gp Capt D J G Wilby
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1994 Gp Capt J D Kennedy
*Also OC , No 21 OTU
xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr D B Smith (1945)
12 Dec 1945 Gp Capt Shannon
9 May 1946 Wg Cdr C E S Lockett
xx xxx 1951 Gp Capt L M E Jarman
30 Dec 1964 Gp Capt A R Wright
xx xxx xxxx
4 Jul 1969 Gp Capt M P Stanton
18 Jun 1971 Gp Capt J S W Bell
13 Jul 1973 Gp Capt R D Hillary
1 Aug 1975 Gp Capt R Neil/Nell
27 May 1977 Gp Capt D N Galpin
xx xxx 1979 Gp Capt Dalton
14 Aug 1981 Gp Capt D MacLennen
12 Aug 1983 Gp Capt R Sweatman
xx xxx 1985 Gp Capt N J G Hodnett
xx xxx 1986 Gp Capt M Monks
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr Todd
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr Cox
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr Knapman
xx xxx xxxx (2007) Wg Cdr N Loveday
xx xxx 2011 Wg Cdr R Owen
2 Jul 1941 Gp Capt F E Nuttall
13 Jan 1942 Gp Capt A R Combe
3 Jun 1942 Gp Capt R S Blucke
15 Jun 1943 Gp Capt D E L Wilson RAAF (shot down 22 Jun 1943 and made PoW)
24 Jun 1943 Gp Capt-A/Cdre G S Hodson (A/Cdre from 1 Dec 1943)
15 Apr 1944 Gp Capt J E Pelly-Fry
16 Aug 1945 Gp Capt R H Harris
25 Oct 1945 Placed on Care & Maintenance
28 Oct 1945 Sqn Ldr R Vollum
xx xxx xxxx A/Cdre E M Maitland
xx xxx xxxx (1942) Wg Cdr K Holden
xx xxx xxxx (1943) Wg Cdr C Pritchard
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr/Gp Capt White
xx xxx 1944 Wg Cdr H D U Dennison
3 Jan 1937 Wg Cdr J L Vachell
26 Jul 1937 Gp Capt P Huskinson
7 Mar 1938 Gp Capt A W Mylne
xx xxx 1939 Gp Capt T W Elmhirst
10 Nov 1939 Wg Cdr C Bayley
11 Dec 1939 Wg Cdr S E Toomer
xx May 1940 Wg Cdr F J Nixon
11 Feb 1942 Sqn Ldr J M Wells (SAO, No 15 (P) AFU)
22 Feb 1942 Gp Capt W V Strugnell
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt Waterhouse
12 Nov 1945 Gp Capt E S Butler
xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt H W Mermagen
xx Mar 1954 Gp Capt C E S Lockett
xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt C T Weir
xx Jul 1956 Gp Capt R D Elliott
29 Jun 1959 Gp Capt G D Sise
23 May 1960 Gp Capt R H N Courtney
3 Dec 1962 Gp Capt D Crowley-Milling
6 Apr 1964 Gp Capt E W Wootten
14 Jan 1966 Gp Capt J A Hemingway
23 Sep 1968 Gp Capt G A Crabb
1 Mar 1971 Gp Capt E S Baddeley
12 Feb 1973 Gp Capt G B Tyler
29 Sep 1975 Gp Capt P J Goulthorpe
7 May 1976 Gp Capt K F Sanderson
3 Jun 1940 Wg Cdr K E Ward
10 Jul 1940 Wg Cdr-Gp Capt W E Staton
13 Mar-19 Apr 1941 Wg Cdr S O Bufton (Also OC, No 10 Sqn - until 12 Apr and OC, No 76 Sqn - 12 Apr -xx xxx)
19-24 Apr 1941 Wg Cdr V B Bennett (Temp)
24 Apr 1941 Gp Capt W E Staton
5 Jan 1942 Wg Cdr J N H Whitworth (Temp)
19 Jan 1942 Gp Capt S Graham
2 Jan 1943 Gp Capt C R Dunlap RCAF
7 May 1943 Gp Capt H M Carscallan RCAF
21 Jun 1943 Gp Capt J L Plant RCAF
23 Nov 1943 Gp Capt J G Bryans RCAF
5 Jun 1944 Gp Capt W F M Newson RCAF (arrived 20 Jun 1944)
9 Oct 1944 Gp Capt J B Millward RCAF
xx Apr 1945 Gp Capt A C Hull
xx May 1945 Gp Capt E C Evans
xx Jul 1946 Gp Capt R S Ryan
xx Jan 1948 Gp Capt M Lowe
xx Feb 1950 Gp Capt A E Clouston
xx Jul 1950 Gp Capt R V McIntyre
xx Jan 1953 Gp Capt P J Saunders
xx May 1955 Gp Capt J E Innes-Crump
xx Mar 1957 Gp Capt J M Thompson
xx Nov 1958 Gp Capt K P Smales
1 May 1961 Gp Capt E James
24 Sep 1962 Gp Capt D F Hyland-Smith
xx Mar 1964 Gp Capt R S Radley
16 Sep 1966 Gp Capt J W Allen
xx Jul 1967 Gp Capt S J Rawlins
xx Jan 1970 Gp Capt G W W Waddington
12 Mar 1971 Gp Capt R J Carson
xx Jun 1973 Gp Capt J M A Parker
xx May 1975 Gp Capt M J Hardy
xx Nov 1976 Gp Capt P C Vangucci
xx Nov 1978 Gp Capt J M Curry
xx Nov 1980 Gp Capt G C Batt
12 Aug 1983 Gp Capt R G Curry
xx Oct 1984 Wg Cdr D L Bates
xx Dec 1987 Wg Cdr D C Smith
xx Apr 1988 Gp Capt J E Rooum
xx Jun 1990 Gp Capt R S Peacock-Edwards
xx Jun 1992 Gp Capt P W Roser
xx Aug 1994 Gp Capt E J Black
xx Feb 1997 Gp Capt B P Doggett
xx Mar 1999 Gp Capt J A Cliffe
xx xxx 2001 Gp Capt A G Walton
20 Sep 2002 Gp Capt B L Bates
6 Sep 2004 Gp Capt I C Morrison
xx xxx xxxx(2007) Gp Capt E J Stringer
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr P Wilkins
xx xxx 2008 Gp Capt W R Gibson
15 Sep 2010 Gp Capt A J Innes
xx Dec 2012 Gp Capt S E Reeves
xx Dec 2014 Gp Capt D G Bradshaw
xx Dec 2016: Gp Capt D S Arthurton
xx Nov 2018 Gp Capt J B Crawford
xx Nov 2021 Gp Capt G Prendergast
xx Sep 2023 Gp Capt P T Hamilton
1 Jun 1940 Gp Capt E F Waring
xx Aug 1941 Gp Capt A P Davidson
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt Garland (1942)
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt S J Skarzynski
xx xxx xxxx: Gp Capt L W Dickens
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt B A J Crummy
9 Sep 1945 Gp Capt R V McIntrye
1 Dec 1945 Gp Capt R Cleland
xx xxx 1947
xx Mar 1957 Gp Capt S W B Menaul
xx xxx 1959 Gp Capt L D Mavor
7 Jun 1961 Gp Capt D Bower
14 Sep 1964 Gp Capt R C Haine
30 Sep 1966 Gp Capt L G Holmes
7 Mar 1969 Gp Capt A C Hollingsworth
7 May 1971 Gp Capt R B Phillips
13 May 1937 Flt Lt C L Dook
29 Jul 1937 Flt Lt G F M Warner
20 Apr 1938 Wg Cdr A D Pryor
xx Jun 1940 Gp Capt R Ivelaw-Chapman
xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt F M F Garraway (killed in bombing raid 10 May 1941)
xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt J R Whitley (shot down and evaded)
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt D E L Wilson RAAF
15 Jun 1943 Gp Capt D M Edwards RCAF
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt W A Jones RCAF
xx xxx 1944 Gp Capt A L Annis RCAF
xx xxx 1945 Gp Capt W P Pleasance
xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt H J Maguire
xx xxx 1947 Wg Cdr H B Johnson
xx xxx 1948 Gp Capt F L White
xx xxx 1948 Gp Capt A C P Carver
xx xxx 1949 Gp Capt F S Stapleton
xx xxx 1950 Gp Capt A F Anderson
xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt M G F Pedley
xx xxx 1954 Gp Capt D F Spotswood
xx xxx 1956 Gp Capt W Pitt-Brown
xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt W C J Brain
xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt L W G Gill
23 May 1960 Gp Capt J L W Ellacombe
xx xxx 1962 Gp Capt R L Fuller
28 Feb 1965 Gp Capt R H Compton
xx xxx 1967 Gp Capt J H Lewis
1 May 1970 Gp Capt R G Price
28 Apr 1972 Gp Capt J L W Towler
xx xxx 1974 Gp Capt R J Bannard
xx xxx 1976 Gp Capt R B Gubbins
xx xxx 1977 Gp Capt B J Westoby
xx xxx 1979 Gp Capt R H Wood
xx xxx 1981 Gp Capt D I Oakden
xx xxx 1983 Gp Capt P J Kemp
xx xxx 1985 Gp Capt G H Rolfe
xx xxx 1988 Gp Capt J A Prideaux
xx xxx 1990 Gp Capt P J Gooding
xx xxx 1992 Gp Capt T Eeles
xx xxx 1994 Gp Capt D H Milne Smith
xx xxx 1996: Gp Capt R M Thomas
xx Jul 1998 Gp Capt G H Edge
xx xxx 2000 Gp Capt K L Cornfield
6 Dec 2002 Gp Capt D I Harrison
xx xxx 2005 Gp Capt A Sudlow
1 Dec 2006 Gp Capt M W G Hopkins
xx xxx 2009 Gp Capt M Longstaff
xx Aug 2010 Gp Capt T W Jones
22 Jun 2012 Gp Capt D G Cooper
xx Dec 2014 Gp Capt I Laing
xx Dec 2016: Gp Capt K D Taylor
1 Nov 2019: Wg Cdr H C Newbould
xx xxx 1943 Wg Cdr T R Hope
5 Aug 1943 Gp Capt A H Seymour Lucas
15 Sep 1943 Gp Capt J R Whitley
10 Apr 1944 Gp Capt A V Sawyer
15 Mar 1945 Gp Capt R J Gosnell
28 Aug 1945 Sqn Ldr Vollum
1 Sep 1945 Placed on Care & Maintenance
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt J Bradbury
xx Dec 1942
xx Mar 1943 Gp Capt G L Cheshire
xx Nov 1943 Gp Capt M V Delap
xx xxx 1942 Sqn Ldr W T Young*
xx Oct 1945 Gp Capt R H Harris
*Camp Commandant
xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt T C Traill
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt Ross
xx Jul 1945 Gp Capt G J C Paul
xx xxx xxxxx
xx xxx 1950 Gp Capt W E Coles
xx May 1954 Gp Capt H S Darley
xx Feb 1957 Gp Capt J Barraclough
1 Oct 1958 Gp Capt A V R Johnstone
28 Nov 1960 Gp Capt F Rothwell
20 May 1963 Gp Capt E W Wootten
xx xxx 1947 Sqn Ldr Neilson
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr W J Rye
xx Feb 1958 Wg Cdr A C Rawlinson
xx Sep 1958 Gp Capt P P Hanks
8 Aug 1961 Gp Capt T Balmforth
xx xxx xxxx
8 Jul 1966 Gp Capt J D Ford
1 Jan 1969 Gp Capt J H Walton
12 Feb 1971 Gp Capt G S Cooper
23 Nov 1972 Gp Capt P G Peacock
xx Jun 1941 Gp Capt S O Bufton
1 Nov 1941 Gp Capt W A D Brook
18 May 1942 Gp Capt E J Corbally
22 Mar 1943 Gp Capt N Carter
8 Aug 1944 Gp Capt R H Russell
7 Feb 1945 Gp Capt D O Young
2 Sep 1945 Gp Capt J Bradbury
30 Nov 1945 Gp Capt A C Brown
15 Jan 1946 Wg Cdr C E S Lockett
9 May 1946 Sqn Ldr R Baron
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt K E Ward (1943)
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt D O Young (1943)
xx xxx 1953 Wg Cdr Thomas
xx xxx 1956 Wg Cdr Randell
xx Feb 1958 Wg Cdr E J Brooks
xx Jan 1959 ?
12 Feb 1944 Gp Capt P Haynes (posted in from 9 Feb 1944)
23 Mar 1944 Gp Capt B A J Crummy
2 Sep 1944 Gp Capt J D Nelson
3 Dec 1945 Flt Lt R C J Waters
23 Aug 1943 Gp Capt J G Bryans RCAF
7 Dec 1943 Gp Capt L E Wray RCAF (in hospital at Leeming until 12 Dec, MIA - 19 Mar 1944)
xx Apr1944 Gp Capt F R Miller RCAF
xx Jul 1941 Gp Capt A Hesketh
23 Sep 1941 Gp Capt E B Webb (KIA 2 Apr 1942)
xx Apr 1942
17 Jul 1943 Gp Capt R B Jordan
29 Aug 1969 Wg Cdr D Salkeld*
28 Jun 1971 Wg Cdr M W S Grigson*
2 Apr 1973 Wg Cdr N N Thomas*
14 Apr 1975 Wg Cdr B Coggan
6 Dec 1976 Wg Cdr P C Phillips
2 Jan 1979: Wg Cdr J M Brown
3 Aug 1981 Wg Cdr I H Campbell
17 Oct 1983 Wg Cdr P T West
*subordinate to RAF Patrington
17 May 1939 Wg Cdr J M Brickman*
28 May 1940 Wg Cdr K D F McCaskill*
1 Dec 1941 Wg Cdr H F Luck*
9 Oct 1942 Wg Cdr S J Palmer*
17 Jul 1944 Sqn Ldr J Hardy
xx Aug 1944 Sqn Ldr J A Booker
20 Oct 1945 Sqn Ldr R W Flegg
1 Sep 1947 Sqn Ldr J E G Hancock
8 Nov 1947 Wg Cdr G F Milne
9 Feb 1951 Wg Cdr H F Bishop
7 Jan 1953 Wg Cdr W R Beaman
9 Feb 1953 Wg Cdr D I Eyres
xx Sep 1954 Wg Cdr F I Ratcliffe
xx Mar 1956 Wg Cdr W B Flemming
xx Feb 1958 Wg Cdr G Packe
*OC, No 17 Balloon Centre (until 15 Oct 1942)
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt Gordon RCAF
2 Mar 1936 Gp Capt C H Elliott-Smith*
1 Jun 1937 Wg Cdr J Leacroft
12 May 1938 Gp Capt E O Grenfell
28 Jul 1938 Gp Capt S P Simpson
xx Apr 1942 Gp Capt E F Haylock
*Cmdt, No 9 FTS
xx xxx 1940 Sqn Ldr P H Wilcox
5 Sep 1940 Gp Capt H J F Hunter
xx Feb 1942 Gp Capt R Grice
xx Sep 1942 Gp Capt E I Bussell
xx Jun 1943 Gp Capt F A Sampson RCAF
xx Jun 1944 Gp Capt J G Kerr RCAF
xx Oct 1944 Gp Capt A F Avant RCAF
xx Apr 1945 Gp Capt A V McKenna RCAF
xx Aug 1945 Gp Capt N W Timmerman RCAF
xx Sep 1946 Gp Capt A V Hammond
xx Aug 1947 Gp Capt K S Brake
xx Aug 1950 Gp Capt J A C Stratton
xx Oct 1953 Gp Capt J G Davis
xx Dec 1954 Gp Capt K V Garside
xx Jan 1957 Wg Cdr J J K Fleetwood
xx May 1957 Gp Capt E A Johnston
7 Aug 1959 Gp Capt R D Stubbs
24 Jan 1962 Gp Capt A M Ruston
24 Aug 1964 Gp Capt B W Parsons
11 Aug 1966 Gp Capt P R Casement
27 May 1968 Gp Capt N Poole
16 Oct 1970 Gp Capt B W Plenderleith
15 Sep 1972 Gp Capt W C Milne
From October 1973 the Station HQ closed but the airfield became a Relief Landing Ground administered by No 3 FTS and then No 1 FTS with the station coming under the command of the following: -
xx Oct 1973 Gp Capt J M A Parker (OC, No 3 FTS, RAF Leeming)
xx May 1975 Gp Capt M J Hardy (OC, No 3 FTS, RAF Leeming)
xx Nov 1976 Gp Capt P C Vangucci (OC, No 3 FTS, RAF Leeming)
xx Dec 1978 Gp Capt J M Curry (OC, No 3 FTS, RAF Leeming)
xx Dec 1980 Gp Capt B B Batt (OC, No 3 FTS, RAF Leeming)
12 Aug 1983 Gp Capt R G Curry (OC, No 3 FTS, RAF Leeming)
xx Apr 1984 Gp Capt P J Kemp (OC, No 1 FTS, RAF Linton-on-Ouse)
xx May 1985 Gp Capt G H Rolfe (OC, No 1 FTS, RAF Linton-on-Ouse)
xx Jun 1988 Gp Capt J A Prideaux (OC, No 1 FTS, RAF Linton-on-Ouse)
xx Jan 1990 Gp Capt P J Gooding (OC, No 1 FTS, RAF Linton-on-Ouse)
xx Jan 1992 Gp Capt T Eeles (OC, No 1 FTS, RAF Linton-on-Ouse)
xx Jun 1994 Gp Capt D H Milne-Smith (OC, No 1 FTS, RAF Linton-on-Ouse)
xx Nov 1997 Gp Capt R M Thomas (OC, No 1 FTS, RAF Linton-on-Ouse)
xx Jul 1998 Gp Capt G H Edge (OC, No 1 FTS, RAF Linton-on-Ouse)
31 Oct 1943 Wg Cdr P T Langdon (Acting)
19 Nov 1943 Gp Capt N S MacGregor
27 Aug 1939 Flt Lt R Burges
28 Dec 1939 Fg Off J H Smith
9 Mar 1940 Plt Off R W Hemsley
23 Aug 1940: Flt Lt A J Sayers
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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