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HQ No 203 Group Personnel, locations and units
[Dec 1939 | Sep 1940 | Jun 1941 | Jul 1942 | Dec 1943 | Jun 1944 | Jun 1945]
This Group was formed on 17 August 1940 from AHQ Sudan.
Location | Command | Controlled |
Khartoum | Middle East Command |
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Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
A/Cdre | Leonard H Slatter | 17 Aug 1940 | Air Officer Commanding, OBE, DSC, DFC; later AM |
Personal Appointment | |||
Plt Off | C W Allen | 26 Dec 1940 | Personal Assistant to AOC |
Air Staff | |||
Gp Capt | George O Venn | 9 Dec 1940 | Senior Air Staff Officer; later A/Cdre |
Wg Cdr | Anthony D Selway | 6 Oct 1940 | DFC; later AM |
Wg Cdr | C P Villiers | 26 Jun 1940 | |
Wg Cdr | F S Wakeman | 10 Sep 1940 | |
Sqn Ldr | F M Mackenzie | 10 Sep 1940 | |
Flt Lt | P de C Festing | 10 Sep 1940 | |
Flt Lt | W W L Jones | 25 Nov 1940 | |
Flt Lt | B C Mason | 29 Dec1940 | |
Plt Off | B J Lynch | 17 Aug 1940 | |
Plt Off | J L Shand | 17 Nov 1940 | |
Plt Off | P V M White | 23 Dec 1940 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Wg Cdr | J V Yonge | 17 Oct 1940 | Senior Administrative Staff Officer |
Flt Lt | Sir K A Lister-Kaye | 10 Sep 1940 | |
Plt Off | H K Wilson | 21 Sep 1940 | |
Staffs of the Services | |||
Signals | |||
Sqn Ldr | James D Melvin | 22 Feb 1941 | Chief Signals Officer; later A/Cdre |
Photography | |||
Fg Off | D J Munro | 23 Mar 1941 | |
Equipment | |||
Sqn Ldr | C E Lindsell | 12 Oct 1940 | |
Sqn Ldr | H R Clowes | 30 Nov 1940 | |
Plt Off | S W Geer | 17 Aug 1940 | MM |
Accountant | |||
Sqn Ldr | W G Thorn | 21 Sep 1940 | |
Medical | |||
Sqn Ldr | C R Palfreyman | 15 Jan 1941 | Senior Medical Officer, MB, BS, FRCS, DOMS |
Miscellaneous Appointments | |||
Fg Off | H E Browne | 6 Nov 1940 | |
Plt Off | G T Johns | 21 Aug 1940 | |
Plt Off | L C Horsler | 21 Sep 1940 | |
Plt Off | A D Steele-Perkins | 27 Sep 1940 | |
Plt Off | C W Sargison | 16 Oct 1940 | |
Plt Off | E L Hartman | 16 Oct 1940 |
Source - June 1941 Confidential Air Force List
Location | Command | Controlled |
Khartoum | Middle East Command |
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Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
A/Cdre | Rey G Parry | 11 Feb 1942 | Air Officer Commanding, CB, DSO; later AVM |
Personal Appointment | |||
Plt Off | C W Allen | 26 Dec 1940 | Personal Assistant to AOC |
Air Staff | |||
Sqn Ldr | F M Mackenzie | 10 Sep 1940 | |
Flt Lt | P de C Festing | 10 Sep 1940 | |
Flt Lt | B C Mason | 29 Dec1940 | |
Plt Off | P V M White | 23 Dec 1940 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Flt Lt | Sir K A Lister-Kaye | 10 Sep 1940 | |
Plt Off | H K Wilson | 21 Sep 1940 | |
Plt Off | A G Leuchars | 2 May 1941 | |
Staffs of the Services | |||
Signals | |||
Fg Off | T C Pratley | 22 Mar 1941 | |
Equipment | |||
Sqn Ldr | C E Lindsell | 12 Oct 1940 | |
Plt Off | S W Geer | 17 Aug 1940 | MM |
Accountants | |||
Wg Cdr | G N Simon | 29 Mar 1941 | |
Sqn Ldr | W G Thorn | 21 Sep 1940 | |
Plt Off | T AcAllister | 1 Jun 1941 | |
Medical | |||
Wg Cdr | T V O'Brien | 4 Dec 1941 | Senior Medical Officer, MB, ChB |
Miscellaneous Appointments | |||
Fg Off | H E Browne | 6 Nov 1940 | |
Plt Off | G T Johns | 21 Aug 1940 | |
Plt Off | A D Steele-Perkins | 27 Sep 1940 |
Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List
The Group was disbanded on 10 May 1943 but it reformed as No 203 (Training) Group on the same day at Heliopolis under the control of HQ Middle East Command.
Location | Command | Controlled |
Khartoum | Middle East Command |
|
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
A/Cdre | Malcolm L Taylor | 10 May 1943 | Air Officer Commanding, CBE, AFC; later AVM |
Personal Appointment | |||
Plt Off | R Jessop | 11 Apr 1942 | Personal Assistant to AOC |
Maintenance Staff | |||
Gp Capt | H P G Leigh | 25 Feb 1942 | Senior Maintenance Staff Officer |
Air Staff | |||
Sqn Ldr | R Benham | 3 Dec 1941 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Gp Capt | D J Alvey | 10 May 1943 | Senior Administrative Staff Officer |
Sqn Ldr | G B Doudney | 2 Apr 1941 | |
Sqn Ldr | S Hulme | 2 Apr 1941 | Senior Personnel Staff Officer |
Sqn Ldr | HH L R Morgan | 26 Feb 1943 | |
Staffs of the Services | |||
Engineer | |||
Sqn Ldr | C Payne | 17 Sep 1942 | |
Signals | |||
Sqn Ldr | W H York | 23 Dec 1942 | Chief Signals Officer |
Equipment | |||
Wg Cdr | R M Thomas | 4 Mar 1943 | Senior Equipment Staff Officer |
Medical | |||
Wg Cdr | R Hill | 13 Jan 1943 | Senior Medical Officer, GM, MB, ChB |
Educational | |||
Mr | R Hewitt | 19 Dec 1942 | Senior Education Officer, BSc, RAFVR |
Source - December 1943 Confidential Air Force List
Location | Command | Controlled |
Khartoum | Middle East Command |
Other units: -
|
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
AVM | Malcolm L Taylor | 10 May 1943 | Air Officer Commanding, CBE, AFC |
Personal Appointment | |||
Flt Lt | E J Dimmock | 10 Dec 1943 | Personal Assistant to AOC |
Air Staff | |||
Gp Capt | Herbert W Mermagen | 19 May 1943 | Senior Air Staff Officer, OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre |
Wg Cdr | Stanley B Grant | 19 May 1943 | later AVM |
Wg Cdr | G H Wherry | 16 Dec 1943 | |
Wg Cdr | J E S Morton | 19 Jul 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | E J Robinson | 8 Oct 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | R W Robinson | 11 Sep 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | J B Levien | 7 Sep 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | H E Pearce | 29 May 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | F L Bailey | 10 May 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | R D Whyatt | 3 Dec 1943 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Gp Capt | R H Carter | 20 Dec 1943 | Senior Officer i/c Administration |
Wg Cdr | A T Atkins | 13 May 1943 | |
Wg Cdr | R A Barnett | 17 May 1943 | Senior Personnel Staff Officer |
Sqn Ldr | J S Lord | 28 Oct 1943 | |
Staffs of the Services | |||
Engineer | |||
Wg Cdr | H B Collins | 9 Nov 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | E J C Wyllie | 6 May 1943 | |
Armament | |||
Wg Cdr | R St H Clarke | 28 Jul 1943 | |
Signals | |||
Wg Cdr | J H Irwin | 9 Jul 943 | |
Sqn Ldr | T O Smith | 10 May 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | J A Ross | 18 Mar 1944 | |
Equipment | |||
Wg Cdr | R M Thomas | 4 Mar 1943 | Senior Equipment Staff Officer |
Sqn Ldr | P M G Ridsdale | 28 May 1943 | |
Accountant | |||
Wg Cdr | P N Isaac | 19 May 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | R Grimshaw | 24 Apr 1944 | |
Medical | |||
Sqn Ldr | J H P Gauvin | 28 Apr 1944 | MB, BCh, MRCS, LRCP |
Educational | |||
Mr | R Hewitt | 19 Dec 1942 | Senior Education Officer, BSc, RAFVR |
Source - June 1944 Confidential Air Force List
It disbanded on 28 February 1945.
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