7 Jan 1917

?

xx Jan 1917

Maj E M Pollard

 4 Jul 1918

DB

25 Nov 1918

Maj A E McKeever DSO MC

20 Jun 1920

DB

25 Aug 1939

Unknown

25 Aug 1939

Sqn Ldr G R Ashton. AFC

 5 Mar 1940

Sqn Ldr J H Hill

15 Jun 1940

DB

29 Jul 1941

Sqn Ldr A H Rook

xx Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr Ronald Berry DFC; later A/Cdre

xx Feb 1943

Sqn Ldr C P Gray DFC

xx Jan 1943

Sqn Ldr W H Whitamore DFC

xx Mar 1944

Sqn Ldr J V Marshall

xx Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr Tofield

xx Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr C B Sylvester

xx Jun 1945

Sqn Ldr A J McGregor. DSO

xx Jul 1945

Sqn Ldr Patrick A Kennedy DSO, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre

30 Jun 1946

DB

 1 Sep 1946

Wg Cdr J R H Merifield, DFC

xx Jun 1947

Sqn Ldr Fairhurst, DFC

xx Jan 1949

Sqn Ldr P D Thompson, DFC DFM

xx Sept 1951

Sqn Ldr J Morgan, DSO

xx Feb 1953

Sqn Ldr Swaby

xx Aug 1955

Sqn Ldr S McCreith AFC

xx Dec 1957

Sqn Ldr R J Linford

xx Feb 1961

Sqn Ldr S J West

xx Aug 1963

Sqn Ldr G N Gilbert, AFC

xx xxx xxxx

Sqn Ldr John B Fitzpatrick; later AM

 7 Jan 1917

Capt G D Hill

 6 Feb 1917

Maj J A Cunningham

 5 Jul 1917

Maj A H Jackson

 9 Apr 1918

Maj J B Solomon MC

15 Feb 1919

?

 4 Jul 1919

DB

14 Jun 1937

Sqn Ldr N C Pleasance

23 Jan 1939

Sqn Ldr S R Groom

18 Aug 1939

Wg Cdr Sidney H Ware

 5 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr G F Whistondale (Temporary)

22 Oct 1939

Wg Cdr Sidney H Ware

 2 Dec 1939

Wg Cdr The Earl of Bandon; later ACM

xx xxx 1940

xx Aug 1940

14 Dec 1940

 6 May 1941

Wg Cdr G S King (KIA 13 May 1941)

14 May 1941

Wg Cdr L V E Atkinson

24 Jul 1941

Wg Cdr K O Burt (KIA 2 Aug 1941)

30 Aug 1941

Wg Cdr Roe

xx xxx xxxx

Wg Cdr J H McMichael

xx Nov 1942

Sqn Ldr D R Gibbs

xx Jul 1944

Wg Cdr L V Hudson

xx Jan 1945

Wg Cdr F W Snell DFC

15 Mar 1946

DB

 1 Oct 1946

Wg Cdr R J S Edwards

xx Mar 1947

Wg Cdr R J Abrahams OBE

xx Jun 1949

Wg Cdr D C Torrens OBE

xx Jun 1951

Wg Cdr S G Wise CBE, DFC

xx Nov 1952

Sqn Ldr H Grant

xx Dec 1952

Flt Lt D E Thompson DFC

xx Feb 1953

Sqn Ldr K Richey

xx Jan 1955

Sqn Ldr J A Bush DFC

xx Jan 1956

Sqn Ldr Dudley G Bailey; later AVM

xx Apr 1956

Sqn Ldr D A Hammatt

 1 Sep 1956

DB

xx Jul 1959

Sqn Ldr B J S Knight

xx Jan 1961

Sqn Ldr R Lingard

xx Oct 1961

Sqn Ldr W A Young

 7 Jan 1917

?

 6 Feb 1917

Maj John C Quinnell; later A/Cdre

16 May 1917

Maj V A Albrecht MC

 1 Mar 1918

Maj E L M L Gower

28 Jul 1918

Maj S W Price MC

14 Jan 1919

Capt C S Stonehouse

31 Dec 1919

DB

27 Aug 1936

Flt Lt A W Vincent

 3 Jan 1937

Sqn Ldr Dermot A Boyle; later MRAF

16 Jul 1937

Sqn Ldr L S Snaith AFC

21 Aug 1939

Wg Cdr Richard B Jordan; later AM

 3 Oct 1939

Wg Cdr L S Snaith AFC

 9 Jun 1940

Wg Cdr J C Sisson

 3 Dec 1940

Wg Cdr Dermot A Boyle AFC; later MRAF

16 Feb 1941

Wg Cdr W W Stainthorpe

28 Feb 1941

Wg Cdr R A B Learoyd VC

20 Jun 1941

Wg Cdr Harold V Satterly; later AVM

 6 Sep 1941

Wg Cdr S O Tudor DFC

14 Apr 1942

Wg Cdr M D Crighton-Biggie

10 Feb 1943

Wg Cdr J R Gillman

 9 May 1943

Gp Capt John H Searby DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre

 2 Nov 1943

Wg Cdr R Hilton DSO, DFC

 4 Dec 1943

Wg Cdr W Abercromby DFC

 3 Jan 1944

Gp Capt L C Deane DSO, DFC

28 Aug 1944

Gp Capt J A Ingham DSO, DFC

10 Jun 1945

Wg Cdr F Osborne DFC, AFC

xx xxx xxxx

Names from this point have not yet been found

 1 Jan 1956

Renamed Antler Sqn

21 May 1957

Wg Cdr Alan D Frank DSO, DFC; later AVM

xx Dec 1957

Sqn Ldr D R Howard DFC, AFC

xx Feb 1958

Wg Cdr L F Banks DFC, AFC

15 Aug 1960

Wg Cdr Raymond J Davenport; later A/Cdre

17 Dec 1962

Wg Cdr J A G Slessor

xx Jun 1965

Wg Cdr G L Bonny

15 Aug 1967

Wg Cdr John M Pack; later A/Cdre

25 Jul 1969

Sqn Ldr W A Mears

31 Aug 1969

DB

16 Feb 1917

Maj Hazelton R Nicholl; later AVM

 8 Aug 1917

Maj W Sholto Douglas MC, DFC; later MRAF

 4 Nov 1918

Maj G E M Pickthorne MC 

13 Jul 1919

Capt C M Crowe MC DFC

30 Jan 1920

DB

 2 May 1920

Sqn Ldr Bertrand L Huskisson DSC, DSM

 1 Oct 1921

Sqn Ldr William Sowrey; later A/Cdre

 6 May 1923

Sqn Ldr Vernon S Brown; later A/Cdre

18 Feb 1924

Sqn Ldr E D Atkinson, DFC, AFC

10 May 1924

Sqn Ldr Richard H Peck; later AM

18 Sep 1924

Sqn Ldr David E Stodart DSO, DFC

 2 Jun 1925

Sqn Ldr W B Farrington

15 Dec 1925

Sqn Ldr David E Stodart DSO, DFC

11 Feb 1927

Sqn Ldr Francis J Vincent DFC; later A/Cdre

22 Oct 1928

Sqn Ldr John J Breen; later AM

 7 Nov 1929

Sqn Ldr Harry Stewart

12 Jan 1931

Sqn Ldr Richard C Hardstaff

12 Apr 1932

Flt Lt J F T Barrett DSO, DFC (Temporary)

 3 Sep 1932

Sqn Ldr P L Plant

 3 Feb 1933

Flt Lt E E Arnold (Temporary)

 9 Mar 1933

Flt Lt R J Rodwell (Temporary)

29 Apr 1933

Sqn Ldr Stanley F Vincent AFC; later AVM

30 Jan 1935

Flt Lt A C Evans-Evans

19 Feb 1935

Sqn Ldr Francis J Fogarty DFC; later ACM

12 Mar 1937

Sqn Ldr C H A Stevens

14 Apr 1938

Sqn Ldr Denis H F Barnett; later ACM

15 Nov 1938

Sqn Ldr Donald L Thomson; later A/Cdre

25 Jan 1940

Sqn Ldr Dudley G Lewis; later A/Cdre

 1 Mar 1941

Sqn Ldr H D Jones

19 Apr 1941

Sqn Ldr W T Russell

31 Aug 1941

Wg Cdr Clayton D C Boyce; later AVM

31 Dec 1941

Wg Cdr J R Jeudwine

30 Oct 1942

Flt Lt A M Gill

20 Sep 1944

Flt Lt G R Plumb

28 Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr I L B Aitkens

12 Nov 1944

Wg Cdr R E Jay

 8 Jun 1945

Sqn Ldr M B Constable-Maxwell DSO, DFC, MA

 9 Dec 1946

Wg Cdr F Gomersall OBE

15 Sep 1947

Sqn Ldr M J Gloster DFC

15 Nov 1947

Sqn Ldr D R Turley-George DFC

10 Feb 1948

Sqn Ldr G T Dodgshun

11 Oct 1948

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr S G Nunn OBE, DFC, AE

10 Sep 1949

Sqn Ldr G C Unwin DFM

 4 Aug 1951

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr A P Norman DFC

15 Jul 1952

Sqn Ldr L L Johnston DSO

20 Feb 1953

Sqn Ldr H H Jenkins

31 Oct 1954

Sqn Ldr J H Dunn

26 Sep 1956

Sqn Ldr F L Spencer

28 Dec 1956

Sqn Ldr K R Bowhill OBE, BA

28 Apr 1957

Sqn Ldr E W Talbot DFC*

18 Jun 1958

Sqn Ldr H W Guile

 9 Sep 1960

Sqn Ldr K H Perry DSO, AFC

21 Sep 1962

Sqn Ldr K J Parfit

17 Oct 1964

Sqn Ldr R J Barnden

24 Oct 1966

Sqn Ldr S Hitchen AFC

31 Aug 1967

Sqn Ldr A E Radnor

 4 Sep 1968

Sqn Ldr D S Gates

24 Oct 1969

Sqn Ldr  I G C Chalmers

12 Nov 1970

Sqn Ldr A B Stephens BA

20 Dec 1970

Sqn Ldr D R Ikin

17 Jun 1972

Sqn Ldr G S Puddy AFC

29 Apr 1974

Sqn Ldr L Banham MBE

16 Dec 1976

Sqn Ldr S M St C Collins MBE

18 Jan 1979

Sqn Ldr M W P Chapple AFC

26 Aug 1980

Sqn Ldr  N R W Hibberd

26 Feb 1983

Sqn Ldr R F King

15 Aug 1985

Sqn Ldr P G Critchley

 5 May 1988

Sqn Ldr M W Leaming BSc

16 Jan 1991

Sqn Ldr H R Pierce BA

10 Dec 1991

Sqn Ldr M Faulkner BA

10 Mar 1994

Sqn Ldr P D Lees

24 Jun 1997

Sqn Ldr J M Dixon

11 Feb 2000

Sqn Ldr C J Mace

15 Mar 2002

Sqn Ldr N E Smith

 3 Sep 2004

Sqn Ldr G J Dann

 7 Dec 2007

Sqn Ldr A Peebles

xx xxx xxxx

Sqn Ldr R Simpson

xx xxx 2017

Sqn Ldr A Ross

xx xxx xxxx

Sqn Ldr J-M David

xx Aug 1917

Maj R A Archer

xx Mar 1918

Maj W A Bishop VC DSO MC

19 Jun 1918

Maj E Mannock VC DSO kia 26 Jul 1918

16 Aug 1918

Maj C M Crowe MC DFC

15 Jan 1919

Maj J O Leach

22 Apr 1919

?

 3 Jul 1919

DB

 1 Jun 1938

Flt Lt D E Turner

13 Aug 1938

Flt Lt. A C P Carver

 1 Nov 1938

Sqn Ldr David F W Atcherley; later AVM

 8 Jan 1940

Sqn Ldr J O W Oliver, DSO, DFC

20 May 1940

Sqn Ldr M Peacock

23 May 1940

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr P Townsend, DSO, DFC*

15 Jun 1941

Wg Cdr A T D Saunders (KIA 31 Oct 1941)

 3 Nov 1941

Wg Cdr Richard K Hamblin; later A/Cdre

xx May 1942

Wg Cdr G L Raphael, DFC

xx Jan 1943

Wg Cdr J Cunningham, DSO, DFC

xx Feb 1944

Wg Cdr C M Miller, DFC

xx Oct 1944

Wg Cdr F S Gonsalves, DFC

xx Jan 1945

Wg Cdr W K Davison DSO DFC

xx Jan 1946

Sqn Ldr R J Farrell DFC

xx Jan 1946

Sqn Ldr A J Owen DFC AFC DFM

xx May 1946

Sqn Ldr D C Furse DFC

xx Jan 1947

Sqn Ldr P F Allen DFC

xx Mar 1948

Sqn Ldr Leonard W G Gill DSO; later AVM

xx Aug 1948

Sqn Ldr J R Gardner

xx Jul 1950

Flt Lt A Hollingworth

xx Sep 1950

Sqn Ldr W A Griffiths DFC

xx Jan 1952

Sqn Ldr J D Hawkins AFC

xx May 1954

Sqn Ldr B Scandrett AFC

xx Dec 1955

Wg Cdr A F Binks DFC

xx Jan 1958

Wg Cdr Leslie G P Martin; later A/Cdre

xx Nov 1958

Wg Cdr G A Martin, DFC, AFC

xx Mar 1960

Wg Cdr S J Perkins, AFC

xx Dec 1961

Wg Cdr D A P Saunders-Davies

xx Apr 1963

Sqn Ldr A C Warren

xx Dec 1963

Sqn Ldr A French OBE

xx Apr 1966

Sqn Ldr J B Mountain MBE

xx Jan 1968

Sqn Ldr A G Topham

xx Jan 1969

Wg Cdr J B Cowton

xx Jan 1971

Wg Cdr I H Panton

xx Jan 1973

Wg Cdr M G King

xx Jan 1975

Wg Cdr J D Harvey

xx Dec 1975

Wg Cdr G C Gayton

xx Jan 1978

Wg Cdr P G Masterman

xx Jun 1980

Wg Cdr A C Reed

xx Jul 1983

Wg Cdr J B Thornton

xx Nov 1985

Wg Cdr J Sewell

xx xxx 1988

Wg Cdr R R Wood

xx xxx 1990

Wg Cdr R D Clements

10 Jul 1991

DB

xx xxx 2008

Sqn Ldr A Paul

xx Aug 2011

DB

 1 Sep 1917

?

xx Apr 1918

Maj D O Mulholland

 4 Jul 1918

DB

20 Oct 1918

?

11 Nov 1918

Formation suspended

 6 Dec 1940

Wg Cdr C J P Flood

xx Apr 1942

Wg Cdr R C Gaskell

xx Jul 1942

Wg Cdr V C Darling

xx Sep 1942

Wg Cdr R D Williams

xx Nov 1943

Wg Cdr C E Drapper

xx Aug 1944

Wg Cdr J J K Fleetwood

xx Aug 1945

Sqn Ldr  J G Wilkinson

16 Apr 1945

DB

 1 Sep 1917

Maj C J W Darwin  DSO

12 Feb 1918

Maj J C Callaghan MC

xx Jul 1918

Maj C J W Darwin  DSO

xx Feb 1919

?

24 Jun 1919

DB

15 Mar 1937

Sqn Ldr John R Jones; later A/Cdre

 1 Dec 1938

Flt Lt Frederick S Stapleton

17 Apr 1939

Sqn Ldr W E Coope (Interned 14 Nov 1939)

14 Nov 1939

Flt Lt C L F Colmore (Temporary)

17 Nov 1939

Sqn Ldr J H Hill

 2 Dec 1939

Sqn Ldr J S Dewar

12 Jul 1940

Sqn Ldr Lovatt-Gregg

18 Aug 1940

Sqn Ldr R S Mills DFC

24 Dec 1940

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr I R Gleed DFC

19 Nov 1941

Sqn Ldr Denis G Smallwood; later ACM

xx Sep 1942

Sqn Ldr W E G Measures

xx Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr A H Thom DFC

xx Sep 1943

Sqn Ldr C Stevens

xx Jul 1944

Sqn Ldr A W G Le Hardy

xx Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr G W Garton DFC

xx Apr 1945

Sqn Ldr G R S McKay DFC

xx Aug 1945

Sqn Ldr Saunders DFC

xx Apr 1946

Sqn Ldr G King DFC

xx Jul 1946

Sqn Ldr Llewelyn DFM

xx Sep 1946

Sqn Ldr H K Mitchell

30 Dec 1946

DB

 1 Jun 1952

Names from this point have not yet been found, except

xx Jan 1961

DB

24 Jul 1918

Maj R T Leather

28 Sep 1918

Maj R N Montague-Stuart-Wortley

28 May 1919

Maj C C Darley

 7 Aug 1919

DB

25 Jul 1937

Sqn Ldr E C Lewis

 6 Mar 1939

Wg Cdr K H R Elliott DSO (Non-effective from 23 Feb 1940)

29 Feb 1940

Wg Cdr C S Ellison

12 Nov 1941

Wg Cdr C E Harris

1942

Wg Cdr J E Pelly-Fry DSO

xx xxx xxxx

Names from this point have not yet been found

xx xxx xxxx

Wg Cdr W C Maher AFM

xx Aug 1943

Wg Cdr Ian J Spencer DFC; later AVM

 1 Feb 1944

Wg Cdr A B Wheeler DFC

16 Feb 1944

Wg Cdr W C Maher AFM

20 Aug 1944

Wg Cdr D J Evans DFC

xx Dec 1944

Wg Cdr W N Sykes

18 Mar 1945

Wg Cdr D J Evans DFC

 6 Apr 1945

DB

 1 Sep 1946

Names from this point have not yet been found, except: -

19 Dec 1946

Wg Cdr R E G Van der Kist DSO

 4 Feb 1947

?

xx Oct 1954

DB

15 Jan 1956

Names from this point have not yet been found

17 Dec 1962

DB

24 Jul 1917

?

26 Dec 1917

Maj A C Clarke

29 Jul 1918

DB

 6 Oct 1941

Wg Cdr G H Stainforth, AFC

xx Sep 1942

Wg Cdr James A Leathart DSO; later A/Cdre

xx Jun 1943

Wg Cdr W D David, DFC, AFC

xx Mar 1944

Wg Cdr A F McGhie

xx Nov 1944

Wg Cdr F Collingridge

xx Jul 1945

Sqn Ldr A E Browne

xx Sep 1945

Sqn Ldr R J A Good

15 Dec 1955

Names from this point have not yet been found except: -

xx xxx 1957

Wg Cdr G A Martin, DFC, AFC

30 Nov 1958

DB

 8 Oct 1917

Maj J Blackwood

25 May 1918

Capt E E Burdett

29 Jul 1918

DB

14 Aug 1918

Capt E E Burdett

23 Aug 1918

Maj W B Hargrave

24 Oct 1918

Capt E E Burdett

xx xxx 1919

?

13 Jun 1919

DB

15 Mar 1937

Fl Lt P G Heffernan

19 Apr 1937

Sqn Ldr E Burton

 9 May 1938

Sqn Ldr Gerrard J C Paul; later A/Cdre

 9 Jan 1939

Sqn Ldr D Addenbrooke

13 Feb 1939

Wg Cdr A Leach MC

 8 Apr 1940

Absorbed into No 17 OTU

 7 May 1941

Wg Cdr J McDougall DFC

26 Jul 1941

Wg Cdr P F Webster DSO, DFC

21 Nov 1941

Wg Cdr J G W Swain

12 Feb 1942

DB

 7 Nov 1942

Wg Cdr J C Claydon DFC

xx Jun 1943

Wg Cdr John H Giles DFC; later A/Cdre

xx Dec 1943

Wg Cdr G T Wynne-Powell, DFC

 9 Jan 1944

Wg Cdr Frederick M Milligan; later A/Cdre

24 Jun 1944

Wg Cdr A J Ogilvie DFC AFC

10 Nov 1944

Wg Cdr W G Bannister, DFC

 3 Dec 1945

Wg Cdr P F Dunham, DFC

26 Feb 1945

Wg Cdr E G Scott DFC

xx Oct 1945

Wg Cdr K J MacDonald DFC

xx  Feb 1946

Wg Cdr J D Nelson

xx Apr 1946

Sqn Ldr B R W Forster DFC

xx Jan 1947

Wg Cdr W P Harvey

xx Dec 1947

Sqn Ldr A J G Hamilton

xx Jun 1948

Sqn Ldr Thomas J Hanlon; later AVM

xx Nov 1948

Sqn Ldr P H Hugo DSO, DFC**

xx Feb 1950

Sqn Ldr W R Sloane

 1 Sep 1950

DB

4 Oct 1950

Sqn Ldr W R Sloane

xx Jan 1953

Sqn Ldr R G Wilson DFC

xx Jan 1955

Sqn Ldr K L Hughes DFC

xx Jan 1956

Sqn Ldr J R Cox

 1 May 1956

DB

 1 Jan 1957

Sqn Ldr C P Norfolk

 25 Feb 1957

Wg Cdr C B Owen DSO, DFC, AFC

 2 Sep 1957

Wg Cdr Frederick S Hazlewood AFC*; later AVM

29 Jul 1963

Wg Cdr Edwin J Smith; later A/Cdre

 1 Mar 1965

DB

 1 Sep 1917

?

 3 Jul 1919

DB

16 Jan 1941

Sqn Ldr Hopcroft

18 Jan 1941

Sqn Ldr C P Green DFC

11 Jun 1941

Sqn Ldr Watts Farmer DFC

 5 Sep 1941

Sqn Ldr H D Cooke

xx Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring

xx Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr J E F Demozay FFAF

xx Dec 1942

Sqn Ldr R R Harries DFC

xx Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr N A Kynaston

xx Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr P M Bond

xx Mar 1945

Sqn Ldr I J P Marshall

xx xxx xxxx

Sqn Ldr Hall DFC

xx Apr 1946

Sqn Ldr C K Gray DFC

xx Nov 1946

Sqn Ldr Eric W Wright DFC, DFM; later A/Cdre

3 Jan 1947

DB

 1 Sep 1917

Maj P A O Leask

26 Mar 1918

Maj Arthur Coningham DSO, MC; later AM

28 Feb 1919

Maj Arthur J Capel; later AVM

 7 Aug 1919

DB

15 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr R J Bushell (MIA 23 May 1940)

27 May 1940

Sqn Ldr Philip J Sanders DFC; later A/Cdre

 2 Oct 1940

Sqn Ldr A M Maclachlan

26 Oct 1940

Sqn Ldr J A Kent DFC, AFC

27 Feb 1941

Sqn Ldr James Rankin DFC*; later A/Cdre

 7 Sep 1941

Sqn Ldr R M Milne, DFC*

28 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr G A L Cheadle (Temp)

20 Nov 1941

Sqn Ldr R M Milne, DFC*

 6 Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr F J Birchfield

21 Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr J H Wedgewood DFC

 2 Dec 1942

Sqn Ldr J M Morgan DFC

20 Jan 1943

Sqn Ldr W J Harper

 6 May 1943

Sqd Ldr P H Humphreys DFC

 6 Nov 1943

Sqn Ldr E D Mackie DFC*

20 Feb 1944

Sqn Ldr G J Cox DFC

24 Aug 1944

Major P W Venter SAAF

10 Oct 1944

Major J E Gasson (SAAF) DSO, DFC*

25 Jul 1945

Sqn Ldr C T Bell DFC

 1 Jan 1946

Sqn Ldr D P Sampson DFC

 1 Mar 1946

Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee DFC

31 Jan 1947

Sqn Ldr Eric W Wright DFC, DFM; later A/Cdre

xx Nov 1947

Sqn Ldr F A Robinson DFC

xx Sep 1948

Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle DFC*; later A/Cdre

9 Oct 1949

Sqn Ldr R H Harries DSO*, DFC**

 1 Jun 1950

Sqn Ldr A G Conway DFC

 6 May 1952

Sqn Ldr J Jagger

25 Aug 1952

Sqn Ldr G R Turner

28 Jan 1955

Sqn Ldr Robert W G Freer; later ACM

 8 Apr 1957

Sqn Ldr M E Hobson AFC

13 Oct 1958

Sqn Ldr R H B Dixon

10 Oct 1960

Sqn Ldr B P W Mercer AFC*

 3 Oct 1962

Sqn Ldr Patrick B Hine; later ACM

19 Oct 1964

Sqn Ldr L J Hargreaves

 6 Sept 1965

Wg Cdr Joseph A Gilbert BA; later ACM

22 Nov1967

Wg Cdr R R Robinson AFC

24 Nov 1969

Wg Cdr Ronald I Stuart-Paul MBE; later AM

 3 Aug 1971

Wg Cdr J B Mitchell AFC

27 Aug 1973

Wg Cdr Christopher W Bruce; later A/Cdre

17 Nov 1975

Wg Cdr E Durham

 1 Apr 1977

Wg Cdr D Ferguson

xx xxx 1978

Wg Cdr J Graham

xx Aug 1980

Wg Cdr J Rooum

xx xxx 1982

Wg Cdr B Robertson

xx xxx 1984

Wg Cdr H Lether

xx xxx 1987

Wg Cdr D Pollington

xx xxx 1989

Wg Cdr K Claxton

xx xxx 1991

DB

23 Sep 1992

Reformed as No 92 (Reserve) Sqn

23 Sep 1992

Sqn Ldr A K Caincross

19 Oct 1992

Sqn Ldr A Murphy

15 Apr 1994 

Sqn Ldr A Wyatt

30 Sep 1994

DB

30 Jun 2009

Wg Cdr J Sullivan

 7 Aug 2009

Wg Cdr S A Marshal

13 Aug 2010

Wg Cdr A Dickens

23 Sep 1917

Maj D J Joy

25 Mar 1918

?

4 May 1918

Maj R E Saul

17 Aug 1918

DB

14 Oct 1918

?

21 Nov 1918

DB

7 Dec 1940

Wg Cdr J W Homer

23 Apr 1941 

Wg Cdr M B Hamilton

 6 Dec 1941

DB

 1 Jun 1942

Sqn Ldr G H Nelson-Edwards, DFC

13 Feb 1943

Sqn Ldr W M Sizer, DFC

20 Aug 1943 

Sqn Ldr K F MacDonald (killed 11 Sep 1943)

14 Sep 1943

Sqn Ldr D F Westenra, DFC, RNZAF

 8 Feb 1944

Sqn Ldr J H Cleote

19 Sep 1944

Sqn Ldr L E Trenorden

28 Sep 1944

Maj A Sachs, DFC SAAF

16 Feb 1945

Maj T R J Taylor, DFC SAAF

 5 Sep 1945

DB

 1 Jan 1946

Sqn Ldr P F Steib

14 Aug 1946

Sqn Ldr R F H Pughe, DFC

30 Dec 1946

DB

15 Nov 1950

Sqn Ldr S M McGregor

21 May 1953

Sqn Ldr R N G Allen, DFC

18 Sep 1954

Sqn Ldr Desmond F M Browne AFC*; later A/Cdre

12 Dec 1956

Sqn Ldr H Minnis, AFC

17 Jun 1959

Sqn Ldr D White

22 Mar 1960

Sqn Ldr M O Bergh

31 Dec 1960

DB

30 Jul 1917

Maj Arthur J Capel; later AVM

27 Feb 1919

?

30 Jun 1919

DB

26 Mar 1939

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr W T F Wightman

 1 Jul 1941

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr H C Mayers DFC

xx Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr E M Mason

xx Feb 1942

Sqn Ldr Ian N MacDougall; later A/Cdre

xx May 1942

Sqn Ldr D S Scott

xx Oct 1942

Sqn Ldr J H Cloete

xx Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr A V Clowes DFC, DFM

xx Oct 1943

Sqn Ldr R G Foskett DFC

xx Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr H McLechlan

xx Nov 1944

Sqn Ldr J W Slade

26 Apr 1945

DB

 1 Dec 1950

Names from this point have not yet been found

15 Sep 1957

DB

 1 Oct 1960

Names from this point have not yet been found

30 Jun 1963

DB

 8 Oct 1917

?

 4 Jul 1918

DB

 1 Oct 1918

?

20 Nov 1918

DB

16 Jan 1941

Wg Cdr Francis J Fressanges; later AM

14 Mar 1941

Sqn Ldr Leggate (Temp)

 5 Apr 1941

Wg Cdr Fergus A Pearce; later Act AVM

14 Dec 1941

Wg Cdr J J Zwarenstein

xx Sep 1942

Wg Cdr V H Furlong

xx Mar 1943

Wg Cdr P R Hatfield DFC

xx May 1944

Wg Cdr D Michell

xx Apr 1945

Wg Cdr M O Scott

30 Jun 1945

DB

 8 Oct 1917

?

 4 Jul 1918

DB

28 Sep 1918

?

xx xxx 1918

Maj E P Plenty  [Died of Pneumonia 22 Nov 1918]

 9 Dec 1918

DB

18 Dec 1940

Sqn Ldr R G Kellett DSO, DFC

 8 Mar 1941

Sqn Ldr Robert J B Burns; later A/Cdre

30 Dec 1941

Sqn Ldr R C Haine

xx May 1942

Wg Cdr Robert J B Burns; later A/Cdre

xx Jun 1943

Wg Cdr Edward D Crew DSO*, DFC; later A/Cdre

12 Dec 1944

DB

xx Mar 1945

?

xx May 1945

Wg Cdr T W Gillen

15 Jun 1946

DB

1 Oct 1952

xx Dec 1952

Sqn Ldr Vic H Linthune

xx Jun 1953

Flt Lt J Croshaw

xx Sep 1953

Sqn Ldr G H Melville-Jackson

xx Jun 1954

Flt Lt J Croshaw

1 Oct 1954

Wg Cdr H B Verity

21 Jan 1959

DB

 1 Dec 1917

?

10 Dec 1917

Capt L W Hall

xx Mar 1918

Capt F W Ward

 1 Apr 1918

Capt S G Gilmour

 4 Apr 1918

Maj V A Albrecht MC

 4 Feb 1920

Sqn Ldr John C Quinnell DFC; later A/Cdre

 1 Apr 1920

renumbered No 60 Sqn

16 Sep 1935

Sqn Ldr Kenneth E Ward

15 Apr 1937

Wg Cdr G T Richardson

26 May 1938

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr E Burton

29 Jan 1940

Wg Cdr C F Toogood

 6 Apr 1940

DB

 1 May 1940

Reformed

20 May 1940

DB

25 Feb 1941

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr D F Balsdon

23 Dec 1941

Wg Cdr J H Kynoch DFC

31 Mar 1942

Wg Cdr J D D Collier DFC*

26 Oct 1942

Wg Cdr G D Jones DFC*

 1 Jul 1943

Gp Capt Noel H Fresson DFC; later A/Cdre

 1 Jan 1944

Wg Cdr E J Carter

25 Jun 1944

Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward DFC*, AFC; later ACM

 3 Oct 1944

Gp Capt P W Johnson DFC, AFC

 5 Jun 1945

Wg Cdr E J Sinclair DFC

xx Sep 1945

Wg Cdr J Freeman

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Names from this point have not yet been found

 1 Jan 1956

Renamed Arrow Sqn

xx Jul 1959

Sqn Ldr R Tate

xx Mar 1961

Sqn Ldr R K F Collyer

xx Jul 1963

DB

25 May 1963

Names from this point have not yet been found

 2 Jan 1967

DB

30 Aug 1917

Lt D V D Marshall

21 Sep 1917

Maj E L M L Gower

14 Dec 1917

Capt Edward A B Rice; later AVM

19 Dec 1917

Capt R G Gould

18 Jan 1918

Capt Edward A B Rice; later AVM

 3 Feb 1918

Capt A C Hagon

19 Feb 1918

Maj H MacD O’Malley

 5 Jun 1918

Maj E T Newton Clare

26 Aug 1918

Maj P C Sherren MC

24 Jun 1919

DB

17 Feb 1936

Flt Lt J E M MacCallum

21 Sep 1936

Sqn Ldr P J A Hume-Wright

 1 May 1937

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr M L Cameron (Sqn Ldr from 1 Jun 1937)

10 Jun 1937

Sqn Ldr P J A Hume-Wright (left 14 Jun 1937)

14 Jun 1937

?

 5 Aug 1937

Sqn Ldr R H Donkin

12 Aug 1939

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr F W Dixon-Wright

11 Oct 1939

Wg Cdr D F Anderson, DFC, AFC

25 Mar 1940

Wg Cdr/Gp Capt G R Ashton, AFC

31 Mar 1941

Flt Lt H C G Wilcox

13 May 1941

Fg Off A K Round

28 May 1941

Plt Off J M O Dyer

 6 Jun 1941

Flt Lt H C G Wilcox

31 Jul 1941

Disbanded

12 Sep 1942

Wg Cdr L A Lewer

23 Aug 1943

Wg Cdr A M K Phillips

 9 Mar 1944

Wg Cdr R Bell-Irving

18 May  1944

Wg Cdr Gerrard J C Paul DFC; later A/Cdre

16 Sep 1944

Wg Cdr L G Hamer

16 Jan 1944

Wg Cdr K Gray

28 Feb 1945

Wg Cdr V E Marshall

 9 Feb 1946

Wg Cdr E W Thornewill

12 Feb 1947

Wg Cdr D B Gericke

 5 Nov 1947

Sqn Ldr P W Cook

25 Jul 1949

Sqn Ldr D R M Frostick

29 Aug 1950

Sqn Ldr J M Rumsey DFC

15 Mar 1951

Sqn Ldr Arthur S R Strudwick DFC; later  A/Cdre

31 Aug 1953

Sqn Ldr J H Smith-Carington AFC

10 Dec 1955

Sqn Ldr D Adamson

29 Jun 1957

Disbanded

xx Sep 1959

Sqn Ldr P G Coulson MBE, AFC

xx May 1961

Sqn Ldr S Hudson

19 Apr 1963

Sqn Ldr Alan Musker; later A/Cdre (renumbered from No 245 Sqn)

17 Aug 1964

Sqn Ldr P W Shaw

10 Oct 1966

Sqn Ldr L J Wright

16 Jan 1967

Sqn Ldr A E Sadler

xx xxx xxxx

Names from this point have not yet been found

27 Feb 1976

DB

15 Aug 1917

Capt A M Swyny

11 Mar 1918

Maj Laurence A Pattinson  MC, DFC; later AM

23 Sep 1918

Capt P E Welchman MC DFC

27 Sep 1918

Capt H Sanders

28 Sep 1918

Capt W D Thom DFC

 5 Nov 1918

Maj C R Cox AFC

 1 Apr 1920

renumbered as No 27 Sqn

23 Apr 1924

Sqn Ldr George R M Reid DSO, MC*; later AVM

4 Sept 1925

Sqn Ldr L T N Gould, MC, DFC

1 Oct 1925

Sqn Ldr W J Ryan CBE

30 Apr 1927

Wg Cdr Bernard E Smythies DFC

26 Jul 1929

Wg Cdr W B Hargreaves, OBE

19 Nov 1929

Sqn Ldr G H Cock

 5 Feb 1930

Wg Cdr Harry G Smart OBE, DFC, AFC; later AVM

16 Jul 1932

Wg Cdr Eric D Johnson AFC; later A/Cdre

23 Dec 1933

Wg Cdr Francis J Linnell OBE; later AM

20 May 1935

Wg Cdr Hedley V Drew OBE, AFC

21 Jun 1937

Wg Cdr Henry E Walker MC, DFC; later A/Cdre

26 Sep 1939

Sqn Ldr J F Griffiths, DFC

29 Jun 1940

Wg Cdr R J A Ford

16 Jan 1941

Wg Cdr F W Dixon-Wright, DFC

12 Dec 1941

Wg Cdr P Heath

14 Jun 1942

Wg Cdr J B Black, OBE, DFC

25 Apr 1943

Sqn Ldr C L M Schräder

11 Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr R G Maddox, AFC

15 Mar 1944

Sqn Ldr A S R Ennis, DSO, AFC

24 May 1944

Sqn Ldr P R O'Connor, DFC

 3 Sep 1944

Wg Cdr L B Ercolani, DSO, DFC

23 Apr 1945

Wg Cdr A Webster, DSO, DFC

15 Nov 1945

DB

17 Nov 1947

Sqn Ldr G V Ridpath, DFC

 6 May 1949

Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson, DFC

10 Jun 1950

Sqn Ldr W G James

 3 May 1951

Wg Cdr Brian C Bennett AFC; later A/Cdre

14 Sep 1952

Sqn Ldr K B Orr

17 Jul 1954

Sqn Ldr R F B Powell

27 Apr 1956

Sqn Ldr D R Ware, DFC, AFC

27 May 1957

Sqn Ldr T M Stafford

 9 Jan 1959

Wg Cdr John O Barnard; later A/Cdre

 5 Oct 1959

Wg Cdr W E F Grey, AFC

28 Sep 1961

Wg Cdr P Barker, DFC

12 Nov 1963

Wg Cdr R M Jenkins, AFC

27 Dec 1965

Wg Cdr Thomas L Kennedy AFC; later ACM

 1 Aug 1967

Wg Cdr Frederick B Yetman; later A/Cdre

21 Jun 1969

Wg Cdr W C Milne

25 Jun 1971

Wg Cdr F Appleyard

 3 Sep 1973

Wg Cdr C E Bowles

xx Jan 1976

DB

xx Nov 2000

Wg Cdr Malcolm A B Brecht; later AVM

xx xxx xxxx

Names from this point have not yet been found except: -

xx xxx xxxx

Wg Cdr S Lindsell

21 Mar 1917

Maj M G Christie CMG DSO MC

11 Dec 1917

Maj W J Tempest DSO MC

16 Jun 1918

Maj C G Burge OBE

 1 Feb 1920

Sqn Ldr Hon L J E Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

30 Nov 1920

Sqn Ldr J V Steel OBE

19 Feb 1921

Sqn Ldr F Sowrey

xx Sep 1922

Sqn Ldr N M Martin CBE

xx Sep 1923

Sqn Ldr H F A Gordon

xx Oct 1925

Sqn Ldr L T N Gould

16 Jan 1929

Sqn Ldr W B Farrington

13 Jan 1931

Sqn Ldr Lewis G le B Croke; later A/Cdre

18 Nov 1935

Sqn Ldr A H Paull

20 Nov 1936

Sqn Ldr J G Walser

 9 Sep 1937

Sqn Ldr G F Simond

16 Jan 1939

Wg Cdr R N McKern

 5 Sep 1941

Sqn Ldr J G Kerby

11 Dec 1941

Sqn Ldr A W D Miller

26 Dec 1942

Wg Cdr J G W Swain

24 Apr 1943

Wg Cdr R V Mclntyre DFC

20 Nov 1943

Wg Cdr D W Holford

17 Dec 1943

Wg Cdr J F Dilworth

 3 Mar 1944

Wg Cdr R V L Pattison DSO  DFC

20 Sep 1944

Wg Cdr A F Hamilton DSO DFC

 7 Mar 1945

Wg Cdr T B Morton DSO DFC

 1 Jul 1945

Wg Cdr E E C Davies

 1 Apr 1946

Wg Cdr G J Bell

23 May 1948

Sqn Ldr D G O'Brien

17 Jul 1950

Sqn Ldr R A Jell DFC AFC

 1 Dec 1952

Sqn Ldr R I Alexander DFC

21 Apr 1954

Sqn Ldr H B Hunt DSO DFC AFC

10 Jan 1955

Sqn Ldr Colin P H Kunkler; later A/Cdre

14 Jan 1957

Sqn Ldr R A McPhie

 1 May 1962

Wg Cdr Michael M J Robinson; later AVM

30 Sep 1964

Wg Cdr Walter J Herrington; later AVM

 4 Jan 1967

Wg Cdr H M Archer AFC AFRAeS

 1 Feb 1972

Wg Cdr B M Burley

10 Dec 1973

Wg Cdr B Harcourt-Smith

 5 Jan 1976

Wg Cdr J D Harvey

31 Dec 1976

Wg Cdr P N Le Marquand

xx Dec 1978

Wg Cdr J W Blockey

xx Dec 1980

Wg Cdr J N Landeryou MBIM

xx Aug 1982

Wg Cdr Colin R Adams AFC; later A/Cdre

xx Oct 1983

Wg Cdr M J Purdie

xx Jun 1986

Wg Cdr R J McKendrick

xx Dec 1988

Wg Cdr K M Douglas MBIM

xx Jun 1991

Wg Cdr R Metcalfe MBIM

 1 Jan 1992

Wg Cdr J Pitts

xx Aug 1994

Wg Cdr J C Vincent BSc

xx Mar 1997

Wg Cdr G C A Buckley DFC

14 Nov 1999

Wg Cdr N I M Seward

xx Nov 2001

Wg Cdr M J Simpson

xx May 2004

Wg Cdr W A White MA DEM

xx Mar 2006

Sqn Ldr D E Owen

xx Oct 2006

Wg Cdr D A C Legg MBE

xx Apr 2009

Wg Cdr P J M Squires

 9 Apr 2011

Wg Cdr C Gleave MA

19 Apr 2013

Wg Cdr A Cann MA(Cantab) MA

 7 May 2015

Wg Cdr A Wright MA BSc

xx xxx xxxx

Wg Cdr J Taylor-Head