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RAF Station Commanders - Yorkshire
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xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt H H Brookes
From 1929 - 1936, 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**
16 Feb 1936 Wg Cdr E C Emmett**
17 Jan 1938 Wg Cdr C T Anderson**
* OC, RAF Practice Camp, Catfoss
** OC, No 1 Armament Training Camp, Catfoss
1 Mar 1937 Wg Cdr F L B Hebbert
4 Apr 1938 Wg Cdr C L King
12 Dec 1938 Sqn Ldr R K Brougham
xx xxx 1940 Wg Cdr G L Carter
xx xxx xxxx
1945 Gp Capt J H Butler
xx xxx xxxx
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 xxx xxxx
22 Nov 1982 Gp Capt K Reyner
9 Jul 1984 Gp Capt M K Batt
19 Apr 1937 Wg Cdr W E Swann
4 May 1938 Wg Cdr G T Richardson
25 Nov 1940 Wg Cdr H A V Hogan*
xx xxx 1942 Wg Cdr R L R Atcherley*
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt C M Wight-Boycott
xx xxx 1945 Gp Capt J G Hawtrey
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
*OC No 54 OTU
7 Jan 1937 Gp Capt R G Parry
11 Jul 1938 Gp Capt E G Hopcroft
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1953 Gp Capt T W Piper
xx xxx 1956 Gp Capt Oxley
15 Aug 1960 Gp Capt J J McKay
xx xxx xxxx
15 Feb 1965 Wg Cdr K R Penry
xx xxx xxxx Maj ? Murray
xx xxx xxxx
19 Sep 1936 Gp Capt G W Murlis-Green
31 Jan 1938 Gp Capt A Lees
30 Sep 1939
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt 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
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt H H C Routledge RCAF
xx Aug 1936 Gp Capt A N Gallahawk
18 Jan 1937 Gp Capt H J F Hunter
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt J N Boothman
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
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
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 xxxx
14 Aug 1981 Gp Capt D MacLennen
12 Aug 1983 Gp Capt R Sweatman
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt D Galpin
xx xxx 1985 Gp Capt N J G Hodnett
xx xxx 1986 Gp Capt M Monks
xx xxx 1942 Gp Capt R S Blucke
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt D E L Wilson RAAF
xx xxx xxxx A/Cdre E M Maitland
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
xx xxx xxxx
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
xx Jun 1940 Wg Cdr K E Ward
xx Jul 1940 Gp Capt W E Staton
xx Jul 1941 ?
xx Jan 1942 Gp Capt S Graham
xx Jan 1943 Gp Capt C R Dunlap RCAF
xx Apr 1943 Gp Capt H M Carscallan RCAF
xx Jun 1943 Gp Capt J L Plant RCAF
xx Nov 1943 Gp Capt J G Bryans RCAF
xx Jun 1944 Gp Capt W F M Newson RCAF
xx 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
1 Jun 1940 Gp Capt E F Waring
xx Aug 1941 Gp Capt A P Davidson
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt S J Skarzynski
xx xxx xxxx: Gp Capt L W Dickens
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
xx xxx 1937 Flt Lt C L Cook
xx xxx 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
xx xxx 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
xx xxx 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 xxxx
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 Sep 1943 Gp Capt J R Whitley
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt G L Cheshire
xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt T C Traill
xx xxx 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 xxx 1941 Gp Capt S O Bufton
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt N Carter
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt E J Corbally
xx xxx 1953 Wg Cdr Thomas
xx Feb 1958 Wg Cdr E J Brooks
xx Jan 1959 ?
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
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)
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
*Cmdt, No 9 FTS
xx Nov 1942 Gp Capt E I Bussell
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1953 Gp Capt J G Davis
xx xxx xxxx
xx Jun 1957 Gp Capt E A Johnston
7 Aug 1959 Gp Capt R D Stubbs
24 Jan 1962 Gp Capt A M Ruston
21 Aug 1964 Gp Capt B W Parsons
27 May 1968 Gp Capt N Poole
16 Oct 1970 Gp Capt B W Plenderleith
15 Sep 1972 Gp Capt W C Milne
Officers shown in Italics either never reached Air Rank or were not in the General Duties Branch when they did so
[Breighton | Catfoss | Catterick | Church Fenton | Dishforth | Driffield | East Moor |Finningley | Full Sutton | Fylingdales | Holme on Spalding Moor | Howden | Leconfield | Leeming | Lindholme | Linton-on-Ouse | Lissett | Marston Moor | Middle St George | Patrington | Pocklington | Rufforth | Staxton Wold | Sutton on Hull | Thornaby | Topcliffe]
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