Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
RAF Station Commanders - Central England
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1 Sep 1932 Wg Cdr G W Roberts
12 Aug 1935 Wg Cdr T W Elmhirst
16 Oct 1936 Wg Cdr E R Pretyman
28 Jun 1937 Wg Cdr H S P Walmsley
8 Sep 1939: Wg Cdr R S Sorley
18 Sep 1939 Gp Capt T W Elmhirst
xx Dec 1939 Gp Capt Hon R A Cochrane
xx Feb 1940 Gp Capt H M Massey
xx Jun 1942 Gp Capt K E Ward
6 Sep 1942 Gp Capt C D Adams
xx Sep 1944 Gp Capt A King-Lewis
xx Oct 1946 Gp Capt G A G Johnson
xx Dec 1946 Gp Capt C E S Lockett
xx May 1947 Gp Capt P W M Wright
xx Feb 1948 Gp Capt L M E Jarman
xx Mar 1949 Gp Capt J H Chaplin
xx Jul 1949 Gp Capt R W P Collings
xx Oct 1951
xx Sep 1953
xx Apr 1956 Gp Capt F C Griffiths
xx Jul 1958 Gp Capt P C Fletcher
24 Oct 1960 Gp Capt N Cameron
3 Dec 1962 Gp Capt F B Sowrey
18 Dec 1964 Gp Capt L G P Martin
xx Apr 1967 Gp Capt R E R Adams
12 Jan 1968 Gp Capt N E Hoad
3 Jan 1969 Gp Capt R C P Thompson
15 Oct 1970 Gp Capt W L Green
20 Oct 1972 Gp Capt R M Jenkins
1 Nov 1974 Gp Capt G M Maloney
xx Feb 1976 Wg Cdr H Baxter
6 May 1976 Gp Capt P J Goulthorpe
14 Nov 1977 Gp Capt J Marshall
xx Jul 1979 Gp Capt J M P Calnan
15 Jun 1981 Gp Capt R L Reid
10 Jan 1983 Gp Capt M G Coggins
28 Jan 1985 Gp Capt R H Elwig
xx Nov 1986
Gp Capt C G Terry
xx Dec 1988 Gp Capt S B Burdess
xx Oct 1990 Gp Capt P W Henderson
31 Jul 1992 Closed
31 Jul 1992 Sqn Ldr M J B Lawrence (C & M – 6 months)
xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr R P P Pope
15 Oct 1940 Wg Cdr R P P Pope
4 Oct 1940 Wg Cdr G H Bowman
14 Oct 1940 Wg Cdr E J George
9 Dec 1940 Wg Cdr J W C More
1 Mar 1939 Gp Capt R T Leather
18 Sep 1939 Wg Cdr R S Sorley
21 Sep 1939 Gp Capt C W Mackay
1 May 1940 Gp Capt W H Dunn
23 Sep 1940 Gp Capt G F Smylie
30 Aug 1941 Gp Capt J Bussey
6 Jun 1943 A/Cdre J N Boothman
27 Jul 1943 Gp Capt W B Murray
21 Apr 1944 Gp Capt C E St J Beamish
3 Sep 1944 Wg Cdr J R Merifield
22 May 1945 Gp Capt B J R Roberts
19 Mar 1946 Gp Capt M C Collins
10 Mar 1948 Gp Capt J W Colqhoun
7 Nov 1949 Gp Capt J E G H Thomas
19 Jul 1951 Gp Capt E D McK Nelson
1 Jun 1952 Gp Capt L J Stickley
20 Mar 1953 Gp Capt A G Dudgeon
20 Jun 1955 Gp Capt H J Dodds
27 Jul 1957 Gp Capt D H Lee
2 Nov 1959 Gp Capt I J Spencer
13 Feb 1961 Wg Cdr M R Attwater
24 Jul 1961 Gp Capt H F O'Neill
2 Sep 1963 Gp Capt P W Jamieson
1 Feb 1965 Gp Capt W E F Gray
30 Oct 1967 Gp Capt C L Godwin
25 Sep 1970 Gp Capt U L Burberry
23 Jun 1972 Gp Capt J D Payling
14 Jun 1974 Gp Capt W K Knapper
30 Jan 1976 Gp Capt J D Spottiswoode
12 Nov 1976 Gp Capt R A Miller
18 Sep 1978 Gp Capt D St J Homer
27 Feb 1980 Gp Capt A Mumford
14 Jan 1983 Gp Capt R B Duckett
22 Feb 1985 Gp Capt A M Wills
30 Oct 1987 Gp Capt P G Penney
17 Nov 1989 Gp Capt D H A Greenway
22 Nov 1991 Gp Capt A N Wise
6 Dec 1993 Gp Capt J A King
8 Dec 1995 Gp Capt M C Heath
12 Dec 1997 Gp Capt R H Lacey
3 Mar 2000 Gp Capt N Brewerton
23 Feb 2001 Gp Capt M G Lloyd
19 Dec 2002 Gp Capt C W Dixon
18 Dec 2004 Gp Capt A R D Welham
18 Dec 2006 Gp Capt P Lyall
28 Nov 2008 Gp Capt J Burr
26 Nov 2010: Gp Capt R D Mason
26 Oct 2012 Gp Capt N J Colman
3 Oct 2014 Gp Capt S A Paterson
11 Nov 2016 Gp Capt H R C Cormack
9 Nov 2018 Gp Capt A B Wardrope
6 Nov 2020 Gp Capt N J Paton
4 Nov 2022 Gp Capt C D Royston-Airey
15 Dec 2023 Wg Cdr L Tostevin (Temporary)
1 May 2024 Wg Cdr L Tostevin
30 Nov 1927 Flt Lt H S Scroggs
xx xxx xxxx
5 Jan 1931 Sqn Ldr W de H Waller
1 Dec 1934: Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr E B C Betts (OC, No 101 Sqn)
8 Jan 1936: ?
21 Dec 1936 Wg Cdr A D Pryor
xx Apr 1938 Sqn Ldr E Burton
12 May 1938 Wg Cdr C J S Dearlove
23 Sep 1939
5 Jun 1940 Gp Capt W A Bowen-Buscarlet
10-19 Jul 1941 Wg Cdr M E M Perkins (Temp)
19 Jul 1941 Gp Capt W H Kyle
10 Jul 1942 Gp Capt T J Arbuthnot
xx Oct 1943 Gp Capt J M Warfield
xx Oct 1944
xx xxx xxxx
9 Mar 1959 Wg Cdr A S Mann
xx xxx
8 Sep 1967 Gp Capt W Beringer
29 Aug 1969 Gp Capt V S H Duclos
3 Dec 1971 Gp Capt W J Laidler
19 Oct 1973 Gp Capt J S Goodwin
9 Aug 1937 Gp Capt F L Robinson*
xx May 1939 Gp Capt C R Carr
xx Aug 1939 Gp Capt S Smith
xx Jan 1940 Gp Capt E B Rice
xx May 1941 Gp Capt R H Kershaw
xx Mar 1943 Gp Capt J E M MacCullum
xx Oct 1943 Gp Capt C A Horn
xx Apr 1944 Gp Capt T M Abraham
xx Sep 1944 Gp Capt C A Horn
xx Jun 1945 Gp Capt F G Argyle-Robinson
xx Dec 1945 Gp Capt D J Alvey
xx Oct 1947 Gp Capt J M Cohu
xx Jul 1949 Gp Capt D W F Bonham-Carter
xx xxx 1950 Lt Col H O Hamilton USAF
xx xxx 1951 Col C B Steely USAF
xx xxx 1952 Col T G Corbin USAF
xx xxx 1953 Col W M Van Sickle USAF
xx xxx 1955 Col F M Hardison USAF
xx xxx 1956 Col E A Loberg USAF
xx xxx 1958 Col O O Schurter USAF
xx xxx 1959 Col E D Edwards USAF
xx xxx 1961 Col E F Arnold USAF
xx xxx 1962 Col E A Van Dyke USAF
xx xxx 1964 Col H C Bayne USAF
xx Mar 1965
19 Jan 1968 Gp Capt D L Attlee
xx Jan 1970 Gp Capt T L Kennedy
2 Apr 1971 Gp Capt J Richardson
14 Jan 1974 Gp Capt P A Ward
28 Nov 1975 Gp Capt R D Bates
23 Jun 1978 Gp Capt W H Croydon
7 Nov 1980 Gp Capt P Walker
7 Dec 1984 Gp Capt P G Beer
xx xxx 1986 Gp Capt C P Lumb
9 Dec 1988 Gp Capt D A Hurrell
xx Dec 1990 Gp Capt K D Filbey
xx xxx 1992? Gp Capt B J Poulton
xx xxx 1995 Gp Capt A J Kearney
xx xxx 1996 Gp Capt D C Vass
xx xxx 1999 Gp Capt P R Ollis
xx xxx 2000 Gp Capt N R Jagger
xx xxx 2002 Gp Capt J Lamonte
5 Nov 2004 Gp Capt - A/Cdre I Elliott (A/Cdre from Jan/Feb 2006)
25 Aug 2006 Gp Capt M A B Brecht
xx xxx xxxx (2009) Gp Capt J Ager
xx xxx xxxx (2011) Gp Capt D Stamp
29 Jun 2012 Gp Capt S F Lushington
xx Jul 2014 Gp Capt S S Edwards
xx Jul 2016: Gp Capt T T Jones
xx Jul 2018 Gp Capt D James
xx Aug 2020 Gp Capt E J Flynn
xx Jul 2022 Gp Capt C H O'Grady
xx Jul 2024 Gp Capt L A Henton
*OC, No 2 FTS
xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt P D Holder
1 Jul 1924 Gp Capt P F M Fellowes (Sup, Royal Airship Works)
25 Nov 1936 Gp Capt A A B Thomson
7 Feb 1938 Gp Capt G W Murlis-Green
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr D L Amlot (1942?)
xx xxx 1949
Gp Capt
xx xxx 1951
10 Jul 1959 Gp Capt J N Kentish
22 Feb 1960 Gp Capt G M Robinson
6 Mar 1961 Wg Cdr P H Waterkeyn
28 Oct 1963 Wg Cdr A R Scott
21 Feb 1966 Wg Cdr A J Douch
xx xxx xxxx
23 Feb 1980 Wg Cdr D C Deeble
24 Mar 1942 Sqn Ldr C M Crowe*
27 May 1942
3 Sep 1942 Transferred to USAAF
*Camp Commandant, No 26 OTU
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt D MacFadyen (1941-42)
26 Aug 1941 Wg Cdr G N Amison
26 Sep 1941 Gp Capt G F Smylie
5 Jan 1942 Wg Cdr G N Amison (Temp)
4 Feb 1942 Gp Capt J Whitford
18 Aug 1942 Gp Capt E J P Davy
8 Mar 1943 Gp Capt C V Howes
1 Jan 1945 Gp Capt W S Gardner
23 Jun 1945: Placed on Care & Maintenance
15 Jun 1941 Gp Capt E D Barnes
4 Dec 1941 Gp Capt N J Pringle
xx xxx 1942 Gp Capt A D Selway
xx Jan 1954 Gp Capt N C Walker
xx Jun 1954 Wg Cdr H Simmons
xx Feb 1959
1 Jun 1937 Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr F R Wynne
13 Mar 1939 Gp Capt W H Dunn
xx xxx xxxx ?
xx Dec 1943 Gp Capt R K Hamblin*
*OC, No 51 OTU
RAF Croughton (Satellite of No 16 OTU, RAF Upper Heyford, xx xxx xxxx - 18 Jul 1942)
xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr F G Woodward*
20 Jun 1942 Sqn Ldr J H Kynoch* (until 18 Jul 1942)
* Officer Commanding, No 16 OTU Detachment
xx xxx 1947 Wg Cdr I G Esplin
xx Apr 1943 ?
22 Dec 1943 Wg Cdr E J O'Doire*
17 Jan 1946 Transferred to Maintenance Command
*OC, No 21 OTU Detachment
xx xxx 1942 Wg Cdr D W Lane
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt C H Howes
xx xxx 1945 Gp Capt W S Gardner
23 Feb 1944 Gp Capt A H Wheeler
xx Oct 1944
25 Mar 1968 Gp Capt R E R Adams
17 Sep 1969 Gp Capt J E Cockfield
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 2004 Gp Capt W K D Morrow
xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr D A Batwell*
3 Feb 1943 Sqn Ldr S J Gilbert*
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr K C C Tomkins**
5 Oct 1943 Wg Cdr G W O Fisher**
7 Dec 1943 Wg Cdr J K M Cooke**
8 Feb 1944 Wg Cdr J M W St Pierre**
2 Mar 1944 Wg Cdr J C McWatters**?
10 May 1944 Wg Cdr J H N Molesworth**?
1 Oct 1944
24 Jul 1945 Transferred to No 5 GTS
xx May 1954 Gp Capt B K Burnett
xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt B P Young
xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt F R Bird
22 Feb 1960 Gp Capt G H Everitt
3 Aug 1962 Gp Capt R L Wade
27 Nov 1964 Gp Capt A H Chamberlain
19 Sep 1966 Gp Capt H King
14 Mar 1969 Gp Capt E H Dawson
*Camp Commandant - 22 OTU
*OC, No 22 OTU Detachment
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt F Wright
1920 - 1939 - See AOC, No 1 SoTT
31 Oct 1977 Gp Capt J P Downes
19 Nov 1979 Gp Capt O J Truelove
xx xxx xxxx
24 Sep 1984 Gp Capt R H Kyle
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1995 Gp Capt O D L Delany
xx xxx 1998 Gp Capt A Harris
xx xxx 1999 Gp Capt S J L Lilley
11 Dec 2001 Gp Capt F F Amroliwala
8 Jul 2003 Gp Capt D P Murray
18 May 2005 Gp Capt J Harrison
xx Feb 2007 Gp Capt R Gammage
xx Jan 2009 Gp Capt G Tunnicliffe
6 Sep 2010 Gp Capt C R Elliott
xx Dec 2012 Gp Capt S A Harper
xx Aug 2014 Gp Capt A S Burns
xx Aug 2016 OC, Ops (Temporary)
28 Nov 2016 Gp Capt J P Brayshaw
xx Oct 2018 Gp Capt K P Wilson
xx Aug 2020 Gp Capt D J Startup
xx Aug 2022 Gp Capt F D Garwood*
xx Aug 2024: Gp Capt J Hetherington*
*Commandant, Aviator Training Academy
RAF Hampstead Norris (Satellite of RAF Harwell - 15 OTU)
xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr K Ault*
3 May 1941 Sqn Ldr T F Owen*
2 Mar 1942 Wg Cdr P Haynes*
4 May 1942 Sqn G V Lane*
15 Jun 1942
*Detachment Commander, No 15 OTU
14 Apr 1937 Wg Cdr I G Maxton
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt J H Herring*
8 Mar 1941 Gp Capt P E Maitland*
27 Jun 1942 Gp Capt F J Fogarty*
17 Dec 1942 Gp Capt F E Nuttall*
27 Jan 1944 Gp Capt J B Tait
12 Oct 1944 Gp Capt J M Warfield**
xx Jan 1945 Gp Capt C S Moore**
4 Mar 1945 Gp Capt G J C Paul**
*OC, No 15 OTU
**OC, No 13 OTU
xx Aug 1918 Lt Col R F Stapleton-Green
xx xxx 1918 Lt Col Kennedy
xx xxx 1919 Lt Col Measures
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr A V Bettington*
2 Dec 1920 Gp Capt A B Burdett*
10 Apr 1922 Gp Capt U J D Bourke*
21 Jul 1925 Gp Capt C R S Bradley*
22 Feb 1928 Gp Capt A V Bettington*
9 Nov 1931 Gp Capt W C Hicks
15 Mar 1932 Gp Capt V O Rees*
15 Mar 1935 Gp Capt J McCrae*
xx xxx 1939 Gp Capt T C Thomson
xx xxx 1940 Gp Capt A Corbett-Wilson
xx xxx 1940 Gp Capt C E H Allen
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt J H Powle
xx xxx 1943 Air Cdre E J D Townsend
xx xxx 1946 Air Cdre H E Forrow
xx xxx 1947 Gp Capt W H Husbands
xx xxx 1948 Gp Capt R F Fletcher
xx xxx 1950 Gp Capt W R Worstall
xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt A A F Hickman
xx xxx 1954 Gp Capt W S Reed
xx Apr 1957 Gp Capt D W Smythe
xx xxx 1959 Gp Capt W K Le May
18 Sep 1961 Gp Capt C A Ball
7 Nov 1962 Gp Capt J A R M Reid
10 Jun 1963 Gp Capt W A Griffiths
25 Nov 1963 Gp Capt E Cook
xx xxx 1965 Wg Cdr J B Lewis
xx xxx 1966 Gp Capt R F Harman **
7 Sep 1966 Gp Capt N F Curtis
xx xxx 1969 Gp Capt R F Hitchcock **
12 Feb 1971 Gp Capt A W Ringer**
23 Mar 1973 Gp Capt R G Churcher
6 Dec 1974 Gp Capt A G L Hutchison**
21 Jul 1977 Gp Capt R J Hutchings**
xx xxx 1979 Gp Capt M J Rayson ** [OCTU left Henlow on 24 Apr 1980]
xx xxx 1980 Gp Capt A S Goodwin
xx xxx 1983 Gp Capt B J Hunter
xx xxx 1985 Gp Capt R A Gill
xx xxx 1987 Gp Capt B C McCandless
xx xxx 1989 Gp Capt P C Ayee
xx xxx 1991 Air Cdre P J Miller
xx xxx 1994 Air Cdre P C Ayee
xx xxx 1996 Air Cdre G Jones
xx xxx 1999 Air Cdre G E P Pattenden
xx xxx 2000 Gp Capt M T Doel
xx xxx 2003 Gp Capt R Patterson
xx xxx 2012: Wg Cdr R Cook
*Cmdt, Inland Area/Home A/C Depot
**Cmdt, OCTU
Amalgamated with Brampton and Wyton to form Brampton Wyton Henlow
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt N Beet
xx xxx 2007 Gp Capt G Bruce
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt B Walcot (2010)
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt E Burton
4 Dec 1941 Gp Capt E D Barnes*
20 Apr 1943 Gp Capt A C P Carver*
28 Mar 1944 Gp Capt G V Lane*
xx xxx 1945 Sqn Ldr L T Waugh
*OC, No 24 OTU
xx Aug 1943 Gp Capt A G Miller*
31 Dec 1943 Gp Capt C H Appleton*
*OC, No 63 OTU
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt L M E Jarman
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt J Noakes
xx Sep 1942 Sqn Ldr Nightingirl*
21 Feb 1943 Sqn Ldr A P C Bruce*
10 May 1943 Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr F L Rees*
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr G A C Potts**
1 Sep 1943 Wg Cdr A B Olney**
xx Aug 1944 Ceased to be a satellite of No 26 OTU/RAF Wing
xx Oct 1944 Reverted to satellite of No 26 OTU/RAF Wing
xx Oct 1944 Sqn Ldr F L Rees*
*Camp Commandant, No 26 OTU
**Chief Flying Instructor, No 26 OTU
xx xxx 1939 Gp Capt A ap Ellis*
xx xxx 1940 Gp Capt C E Barraclough
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt M H Kelly
xx xxx 1945 Gp Capt E P McKay
xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt E A C Britton
xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt W M L MacDonald
xx xxx 1948
xx xxx 1950 Gp Capt G T Jarman
xx xxx 1951 Wg Cdr A J Tumble
xx xxx 1953 Gp Capt P W D Heal
xx xxx 1954 Wg Cdr D D Rogers
xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt C Scragg
xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt R K Cassels
xx xxx 1956 Wg Cdr R O Buskell
xx xxx 1957 Wg Cdr J B A Fleming
xx xxx 1960 Wg Cdr C K Gray
xx xxx 1962 Gp Capt R U P Burgh
xx Nov 1963 Gp Capt H M Chinnery
4 Dec 1964 Gp Capt J F J Dewhurst
18 Mar 1967 Gp Capt D A Trotman
8 Dec 1967 Gp Capt B P Mugford
27 Feb 1970 Gp Capt M Adams
14 Apr 1972 Gp Capt R J Barnden
21 Dec 1973 Gp Capt M R Williams
xx xxx 1976 Wg Cdr M C D Felton
*Cmdt, No 6 FTS
6 Mar 1944 Gp Capt R W P Collings
xx Nov 1944 Gp Capt P H Cribb
29 Mar 1943 Wg Cdr H Dalrymple-White*
14 Jun 1943 Wg Cdr A G S McClean*
xx Dec 1943
*OC, No 24 OTU Detachment
xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt J R Hallings-Pott
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt B R Macnamara
xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt I D N Lawson
xx xxx 1959 Gp Capt R E Craven
3 Apr 1961 Gp Capt I D N Lawson
29 Oct 1962 Gp Capt A McK S Steedman
1 Jan 1965 Gp Capt F S Hazlewood
2 Jun 1967 Gp Capt N E Hoad
12 Jan 1968 Gp Capt D E Hawkins
xx Feb 1969 Gp Capt G C Lamb
xx xxx 1971 Gp Capt F B Yetman
20 Jul 1973 Gp Capt D G Slade
1 Aug 1975 Gp Capt A K Amos
7 Oct 1977 Gp Capt I D Brimson
xx xxx 1979 Gp Capt J Hardstaff
20 Nov 1981 Gp Capt C E Evans
18 Nov 1983 Gp Capt J A Cheshire
15 Nov 1985 Gp Capt D F L Edwards
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt J Bell
xx xxx 1993 Gp Capt D B Symes
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt C Morris
xx xxx 1998 Gp Capt J D Bullen
xx Apr 2000 Gp Capt S Duffill
28 Mar 2002 Gp Capt R Lock
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt P Atherton (2006)
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt M Neville (2009)
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt J Gladstone (2010)
22 Jan 1941 Flt Lt A G Harrison (i/c Opening Up Party)
21 Feb 1941 Gp Capt R A A Cole*
6 Oct 1943 Gp Capt K H R Elliott*
1 Nov 1945 Wg Cdr E F J O'Doire* (Temp)
12 Nov 1945 Gp Capt J B Sims*
18 Feb 1946 Gp Capt H E Nowell*
*Also OC , No 21 OTU
16 Dec 1935 Gp Capt A Shekleton*
26 Nov 1940 Sqn Ldr W J Pickard*
20 Dec 1940 Wg Cdr O'Donnell**
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr ? Brown***
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt J Norwood***
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt R B Councell***
xx Jun 1944 Gp Capt J R Addams*
*OC, No 7 FTS/SFTS
**OC, No 13 EFTS
***OC, No 7 (P) AFU
26 May 1941 Gp Capt A C Evans-Evans
29 Jul 1941 ?
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt C E Horrox
24 Jun 1942
xx Apr 1943 Gp Capt K P Lewis*
1 Aug 1945 Gp Capt G V Lane*
17 Dec 1945 Gp Capt K Lea-Cox*
*Also OC, No 17 OTU
15 Jul 1937 Gp Capt D Iron*
5 Nov 1941 Gp Capt N Carter
12 Mar 1943 Gp Capt F H Woolliams
17 Jan 1946 Gp Capt R C Jonas
30 Apr 1946 Wg Cdr H C Parker
6 Apr 1948 Gp Capt R C Mead
23 Jun 1949 Gp Capt A P Bett
23 Jul 1951 Gp Capt A H S Lucas
1 Sep 1953 Gp Capt O I Gilson
7 May 1956 Gp Capt M H Rhys
31 Aug 1957 Gp Capt G F Lerwell
8 Dec 1958 Gp Capt A R D MacDonell
1 Feb 1960 Gp Capt T C Musgrave
6 Jul 1962 Gp Capt P G Ottewill
29 Oct 1965 Gp Capt J V Marshall
*OC, No 3 FTS
12 Jul 1941 Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr W P T Vear*
14 Jun 1943 Flt Lt Hulbert*
12 Aug 1944 Wg Cdr P K W Patrick**
15 Dec 1944 Transferred to RAF Honiley
*Camp Commandant, No 22 OTU & No 23 OTU
**OC, Detachment No 22 OTU
29 Jul 1941 Gp Capt A C Evans-Evans
4 Sep 1941 ?
xx Oct 1942 Gp Capt E B Fielden
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr A Shaw*
7 Mar 1945 Wg Cdr D A Peacock*
*Also Deputy Chief Instructor, No 17 OTU
xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr C M Miller
25 Oct 1927 Wg Cdr C E H Rathborne
15 Sep 1930 Gp Capt G I Carmichael
1 Apr 1932 Gp Capt W C Hicks
25 Feb 1935 Gp Capt R B Maycock
1 Jul 1935 Gp Capt R Collishaw
3 Oct 1935 Gp Capt G R M Reid
4 Sep 1936 Wg Cdr J S T Fall
26 Sep 1938 Wg Cdr W A C Morgan
4 Apr 1940
Gp Capt F O Soden*
8 Jul 1940 Gp Capt F J Vincent*
16 Dec 1940 Gp Capt H A Haines*
9 Sep 1941 Gp Capt W C Sheen*
18 Jan 1943 Gp Capt C A Horne*
25 Jan - Feb 1943 Wg Cdr G Lowe (Temp)*
21 Oct 1943 Wg Cdr G F Rodney*
22 Oct 1943 Gp Capt J F Griffiths*
30 Apr 1945 Gp Capt R A A Cole*
xx xxx 1948 Wg Cdr ? Brice
From 1950 the station was commanded by a USAF officer with a RAF officer commanding the RAF Support Unit
xx xxx 1950 Wg Cdr E N M Sparks
xx xxx 1950 Gp Capt D Mc C Gordon
xx xxx 1951 Wg Cdr H G F Larsen
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1956 Sqn Ldr R H Petch
xx xxx 1960 Sqn Ldr G Wood
xx xxx 1963 Wg Cdr Winter
2 Mar 1964 Wg Cdr W A Harrison
xx xxx 1967 Sqn Ldr J Culliford
xx xxx 1971 Sqn Ldr M Hatton
xx xxx 1973 Sqn Ldr B W Culpin
xx xxx 1976 Sqn Ldr A W R Fellows
xx xxx 1979 Sqn Ldr J Shotton
xx xxx 1982 Sqn Ldr D Jenkins
xx xxx 1983 Sqn Ldr P Halfter
xx xxx 1986 Sqn Ldr B C Swain
* Officer Commanding, No 16 OTU
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt Johnson (1944)
21 Apr 1941 Gp Capt E A Healy*
xx Sep - 27 Oct 1941 Wg Cdr R G Harman* (Temp)
3 Jul 1942 Gp Capt R B Jordan*
17 Jul 1943 Gp Capt E P MacKay*
xx Oct 1943 Gp Capt J B Tait*
31 Jan 1944 Gp Capt F E Nuttall*
24 Jul 1945 ?
xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt N de Boult
xx xxx 1954
xx Mar 1957 Gp Capt E Earnshaw
*Also OC, No 22 OTU
28 Sep 1942 Wg Cdr E J Little (Temp)
13 Oct 1942
Gp Capt R W Collings
27 Feb 1943
Gp Capt R G Shaw
8 Feb 1944 Gp Capt P Stevens
26 Nov 1941 Sqn Ldr A W G Martin (Temp)
2 Dec 1941 Gp Capt J N D Anderson
23 Dec 1941 Sqn Ldr A W G Martin (Temp)*
17 Jan 1942 Gp Capt S M Park*
23 Dec 1942 Gp Capt J Bradbury* (until 12 Feb 1944)
1 Mar 1944 Gp Capt R M Coad*
21 Mar 1945 Gp Capt R A R Mangles*
14 Jun 1945 Gp Capt R M Coad*
21 Jan 1946 Gp Capt D D'A A Greig
*OC, No 26 OTU
7 Oct 1926: Gp Capt W R Freeman*
24 Jan 1927 Gp Capt C S Burnett*
17 Dec 1928 Wg Cdr J E A Baldwin*
19 Jan 1932 Gp Capt P C Maltby*
21 Feb 1935 Wg Cdr H G Smart*
CFS departed August/September 1935
1 Oct 1935 Gp Capt H P Lale**
11 Apr 1936 SHQ Opened
16 May 1938 Wg Cdr-Gp Capt D V Carnegie
19 Aug 1939 Wg Cdr-Gp Capt V S Parker
29 May 1940 Wg Cdr H Broadhurst
21 Dec 1940 Wg Cdr B E Embry
17 Oct 1941 Wg Cdr P G Jameson (Acting)
26 Jan 1942 Gp Capt B E Embry
15 Nov 1942 Wg Cdr P G Jameson
8 Dec 1942 Wg Cdr I S Smith
8 Jan 1943 Gp Capt R J Legg
29 Aug 1943 Gp Capt R Y Eccles
16 Jan 1944 Gp Capt G K Gilroy
8 Sep 1944 Wg Cdr W F Blackadder
2 Oct 1944 Wg Cdr I R Campbell-Orde
1 Feb 1945 Sqn Ldr W E G Measures
15 Mar 1945 Sqn Ldr W G Dreschfield
7 Jan 1946 Sqn Ldr D F Laslett
1 Apr 1946 Gp Capt A V Hammond
17 Oct 1946 Gp Capt H S Darley
20 Feb 1948 Wg Cdr D S Radford
1 Jan 1949 Wg Cdr H P Simpson
19 Nov 1949 Gp Capt J N Jefferson
5 Apr 1950 Sqn Ldr G S Drake
4 May 1950 Wg Cdr A H F Murphy
26 May 1950 Wg Cdr R L Bloodworth
23 Jan 1953 Wg Cdr A W Oldroyd
4 Aug 1953 Gp Capt W P Sutcliffe
30 Sep 1955 Gp Capt J Woodroffe
21 Oct 1957 Gp Capt A H C Boxer
18 Sep 1959 Gp Capt L H Trent VC
4 May 1962 Gp Capt C P N Newman
7 Aug 1964 Gp Capt J T Lawrence
1 Nov 1966 Gp Capt P R Mallorie
1 Jan 1969 Gp Capt P G K Williamson
30 Mar 1970 Gp Capt H A Merriman
10 Dec 1972 Gp Capt I H Keppie
28 Mar 1975 Gp Capt L A Jones
3 Dec 1976 Gp Capt D C G Brook
15 Dec 1978 Gp Capt A G Bridges
6 Feb 1981 Gp Capt P King
1 Mar 1983 Gp Capt P Dodworth
25 Feb 1985 Gp Capt P Millar
18 Dec 1986 Gp Capt J D L Feesey
13 Dec 1988 Gp Capt J H Thompson
9 Dec 1990 Gp Capt B S Morris
3 Dec 1992 Gp Capt P W Day
12 Apr 1995 Gp Capt J Connolly
3 Jan 1997 Gp Capt C H Moran
14 Dec 1998 Gp Capt D A Haward (killed in a Harrier flying accident 18 Dec 1998)
18 Dec 1998 Wg Cdr L Garside-Beattie (acting)
18 Jan 1999 Gp Capt A F P Dezonie
27 Jul 2001 Gp Capt A S Kirkpatrick
16 Jul 2003 Gp Capt M J M Jenkins
28 Jan 2005 Gp Capt A D Stevenson
20 Nov 2006 Gp Capt R L A Atherton
18 Jun 2008 Gp Capt P Higgins
16 Dec 2009 Gp Capt R J Knighton
13 Jun 2011 Gp Capt R Hill
7 Jun 2013 Gp Capt D R Alexander
15 Jun 2015 Gp Capt R D Pratley
22 Jun 2017 Gp Capt A C Keeling
9 Aug 2019 Gp Capt J L Lincoln
10 Jun 2021 Wg Cdr J P Case
11 Jan 2023 Wg Cdr N J Duncan
*Cmdt, CFS
**OC, No 11 FTS
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