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RAF Station Commanders - Mediterranean, Middle East & Africa


[Abadan | Abu Sueir | Akrotiri | Aqir | Basrah | Deversoir | Eastleigh | Ein Shemer | El Adem | Fayid | Gibraltar | Habbaniya | Hal Far | Heliopolis | Helwan | Idris | Ismailia | Jui | Kabrit | Kalafrana | Khormaksar | Luqa | Lydda | Maison Blache | Muharraq | Nakuru | Ramleh | Salalah | Setif | Shandur | Steamer Point | Ta Kali | Treviso]

RAF Abadan

xx xxx 1942                            Wg Cdr A W Vincent

RAF Abu Sueir

19 Sep 1943                           Gp Capt J Grandy

21 Jun 1944                            Wg Cdr C S Ellison                            

 

RAF Akrotiri

xx xxx 1956                             Gp Capt J C MacDonald

10 Feb 1959                            Gp Capt A H Humphrey

xx Sep 1960                             Gp Capt D B Fitzpatrick

 2 Nov 1961                            Gp Capt H B Verity

10 Nov 1962                           Gp Capt B P T Horsley

xx xxx 1965:                            A/Cdre C D North Lewis

xx xxx 1968                             Gp Capt M G Beavis

xx xxx 1969                             A/Cdre W J Stacey

 7 Jan 1972:                             A/Cdre D B Craig

15 Dec 1973                            A/Cdre D P Hall

27 Sep 1975                            Gp Capt D Cook

10 Feb 1978                            Gp Capt P L Gray

28 Mar 1980                            Gp Capt A Parkes

 1 Apr 1982                             Gp Capt J F Willis

30 Mar 1984                            Gp Capt A E Kyle

xx xxx 1987                             Gp Capt C R Adams

 

xx xxx 1995                             Gp Capt N E Taylor

xx xxx 1997                             Gp Capt D R Williams

xx xxx 1999                             Gp Capt I A Milne

xx xxx 2001                             Gp Capt M W Halsall*

xx xxx 2003                             Gp Capt N Randle*

13 May 2005                           Gp Capt C A Bairsto*

xx xxx xxxx                              Gp Capt J C Bessell

xx Dec 2010                            Gp Capt D B Thomson

xx Jan 2012                             Gp Capt J E Linter

xx Jan 2014                             Gp Capt P D Kennett

xx Mar 2016                            Gp Capt M J Blackburn

 6 Jul 2018:                              Gp Capt C D Snaith

xx Jun 2020                             Gp Capt N S Thomas

xx Jun 2022                             Gp Capt S J Cloke

*OC Western Sovereign Base Area

 

RAF Amman

26 Sep 1931                          Gp Capt I G V Fowler

27 Jul 1933                            Gp Capt F L Robinson

 2 Oct 1935                           Gp Capt D Harries

26 Oct 1938                          Gp Capt C N Lowe

 

RAF Aqir

xx xxx 194?                            Gp Capt Owen

 

Basrah Air Station

xx xxx xxxx                             Gp Capt I N Wood

xx May 2006                          Gp Capt T Cross

xx Dec 2006                            Gp Capt M A B Brecht

xx xxx 2006                            Gp Capt M Neville

 

RAF Deversoir

xx xxx 1951                             Gp Capt V S Bowling

xx xxx 1952                             Gp Capt P T Philpott

 

RAF Nairobi/RAF Eastleigh

24 Nov 1938                           Wg Cdr G S Shaw

29 Apr 1940                             Gp Capt W Sowrey

20 Jun 1953                             Gp Capt D J Eayrs

xx xxx xxxx

 

RAF Ein Shemer

xx xxx xxxx                              Gp Capt P J R King (1946)

 

RAF El Adem

xx xxx 1948                              Gp Capt W D David

xx xxx 1956                              Wg Cdr P R Robinson

xx xxx 1957:                             Gp Capt R Law

xx xxx 1959                              Gp Capt ? Bell

xx xxx 1961                              Gp Capt K G Hubberd

xx xxx 1963                              Gp Capt ? Briggs

xx Sep 1964                              Gp Capt J W Frost

xx xxx xxxx

11 Nov 1968                            Gp Capt P D G Terry

 

RAF Fayid

xx xxx 1941                              Wg Cdr Allen

29 Oct 1941                             Wg Cdr H C Parker

 

RAF Gibraltar

xx xxx xxxx                              Wg Cdr J Holland

xx xxx 2013                            Wg Cdr G Smith

xx xxx xxxx

xx xxx xxxx                             Wg Cdr J Kane

xx xxx 2019                            Wg Cdr A Doherty

 

RAF Habbaniya (Dhibban)

19 Apr 1937                           Gp Capt A S Morris

 2 Feb 1938                            Gp Capt R S Maxwell

25 Oct 1938                           Gp Capt T Q Studd

 

RAF Hal Far

10 May 1929                          Wg Cdr C W Nutting

26 Aug 1931                           Wg Cdr E R Prettyman

16 Apr 1934                           Wg Cdr/Gp Capt R L G Marix

29 Apr 1936                           Wg Cdr J S T Fall

29 Apr 1936                           Wg Cdr M L Taylor

29 Aug 1939                           Sqn Ldr W L Houlbrook

 1 Jan 1940                              Gp Capt O'Sullivan

 3 Jun 1941                              Gp Capt M L Taylor

26 Jul 1941                              Wg Cdr R H Harris

26 Sep 1941                            Wg Cdr R I MacDougall

xx May 1942                            Wg Cdr J S Griffiths

 9 Jun 1943                               Gp Capt G K Gilroy

23 Nov 1943                            Wg Cdr J M Thompson

18 Feb 1944                             Wg Cdr D G Ogden

1 Jul 1944                                 Gp Capt F H Tyson

28 Aug 1944                            

xx Oct 1944                              Gp Capt A W Bates

 

RAF Heliopolis

17 Dec 1924                        Gp Capt W H de W Waller

 1 Mar 1928                         Gp Capt C T Maclean

25 Sep 1929                        Gp Capt R E C Pierse

29 Mar 1930                        Gp Capt E M Murray

4 Nov 1932                          Gp Capt C W H Pulford

29 Sep 1934                         Gp Capt W A McClaughry

17 Nov 1935                        Wg Cdr C W Mackey

14 Aug 1936                        Gp Capt/A/Cdre R Collishaw

 

RAF Helwan

11 Nov 1938                        Wg Cdr W R Cox

16 Jan 1939                          Wg Cdr C B S Spackman

24 Apr 1939                         Sqn Ldr H D McGregor

10 May 1939                        Gp Capt G C Gardiner

31 Aug 1939                         Wg Cdr J W F Merer (OC, No 70 Sqn)

25 Jan 1940?                        Gp Capt G C Gardiner (died 30 Jul 1940)

xx Dec 1940                          Wg Cdr A McD Bowman

24 Aug 1940                         Sqn Ldr D V Johnson (Temporary)

 

RAF Idris (Castel Benito)

xx Jan 1943                                Wg Cdr E J Morris

xx xxx 1954                                Wg Cdr P G D Farr

20 Jul 1955                                 Wg Cdr R Bowen

xx Jan 1957

xx xxx xxxx                                Wg Cdr W Stapleton

 

RAF Ismailia

 3 Oct 1935                                Wg Cdr F H Coleman

 7 Mar 1938                               Sqn Ldr J H McC Reynolds (Temporary)

22 Apr 1938                              Wg Cdr W E G Mann

 5-11 Oct 1938                          Sqn Ldr H D McGregor (Temporary)

19 Jan 1939                                Wg Cdr/Gp Capt W R Cox

 3 Dec 1940                                Gp Capt C N Lowe* (OC, 70 OTU from 27 Dec)

*OC, No 70 OTU

 

RAF Jui

xx xxx xxxx                                   Wg Cdr T Q Studd

 

RAF Kabrit

xx xxx xxxx                                   ?

15 May 1942                                Gp Capt J S T Fall

 

RAF Kalafrana

xx Jul 1916                                 Flt Cdr J D Maude RNAS

29 Mar 1934                              Gp Capt J Sowrey

27 Apr 1936                               Gp Capt R L G Marix

26 Oct 1936                               Gp Capt F E P Barrington

17 Oct 1938                               Wg Cdr G W Bentley

17 Dec 1938                               Gp Capt F E P Barrington

10 Jan 1941                                Gp Capt G E Livock

 

RAF Khartoum

22 Apr 1940                               Gp Capt S D Macdonald

 

RAF Khormaksar

 5 Nov 1935 - xx xxx 1936        Sqn Ldr H S P Walmsley

 1 Apr 1939                               Sqn Ldr R L Phillips

10 May 1939                             ?

xx xxx 1940                               Wg Cdr C Mc C Vincent

xx Nov 1958                              Wg Cdr J R H Merifield

xx Dec 1960              

 4 Jan 1961                                Gp Capt J F Davis

xx xxx 1962                               Gp Capt A C Blythe

23 Oct 1964                              Gp Capt M J Beetham

xx xxx 1966                               Gp Capt D F M Browne 

 

RAF Luqa

 8 Jul 1940                                 Wg Cdr R C Jonas

xx May 1941                             Gp Capt O'Sullivan

xx xxx 1941                               Gp Capt C H Cahill

xx xxx 1941                               Gp Capt S H V Harris

xx Jan 1942                                Gp Capt J S Chick

17 Apr 1942                              Gp Capt J Thomas

18 Jun 1942                               Gp Capt ? Le May

xx xxx 1942                               Gp Capt C Ryley?

29 Oct 1943                              Gp Capt F H Tyson

1 Jul 1944                                 

26 Oct 1945                              Gp Capt K F Pickles

17 Sep 1949                              Gp Capt L F Brown

 

RAF Lydda

xx xxx 194?                             Wg Cdr Murray

 

RAF Maison Blanche

xx Nov 1942                              Gp Capt J H Edwardes-Jones

 

RAF Masirah

xx xxx 1967                              Wg Cdr R J Spiers

 

RAF Mersa Matruh

18 Oct 1935                              Gp Capt W A McClaughry

 9 Jun 1936                                Sqn Ldr A O Lewis-Roberts

 

RAF Muharraq

xx xxx 1964                              Gp Capt B G Frow

xx Aug 1966                             Gp Capt G J Storey

xx xxx 1969                              Gp Capt L B Foskett

12 Oct 1970                             Gp Cap E G P Jeffery

 

RAF Nakuru

13 Mar 1940                             Sqn Ldr T J Kinna*

10 Jul 1941                               Gp Capt D S Allan**

28 Feb 1942                             Wg Cdr T W G Eady*** (Temp)

17 April 1942                            Gp Capt Nash***

xx xxx 1942                              Gp Capt C Mc C Vincent***

*OC, No 70 OTU Detachment

**OC, No 70 OTU

 

RAF Ramleh

 1 Jul 1933                            Wg Cdr E B Rice 

9 Feb 1934                          Wg Cdr D Harries

 7 Sep 1936                          Wg Cdr R B Mansell

 1 Jul 1937                            Wg Cdr A H Flower

11 Nov 1938                        Wg Cdr A C Sanderson

xx xxx 1940                          Wg Cdr T W Mulcahy-Morgan

21 Oct 1940                         Sqn Ldr R E Weld (Temporary)

26 Oct 1940                         Sqn Ldr W N McKechnie (Temporary)

 

RAF Salalah

xx xxx xxxx                             Sqn Ldr M Macdermid (1965)

xx Dec 1966                           Sqn Ldr A Tate

 

RAF Setif

10 Jan 1943                            Gp Capt D F W Atcherley

10 Jun 1943                            Sqn Ldr D Secretan (OC, Practice Flt, Setif - Temporary)

xx xxx 1943

 

RAF Shandur

30 Jun 1943                            Gp Capt C Mc C Vincent (No 70 OTU)

 

RAF Sharjah

xx xxx 1963                            Sqn Ldr J Jonas

xx xxx 1964

xx xxx xxxx                             Wg Cdr T Sheppard (1968)

 

RAF Steamer Point

27 Jan 1961                              Gp Capt T J Hanlon

 

RAF Ta Kali

xx Oct 1940                               Wg Cdr G R O'Sullivan

xx May 1941                              Wg Cdr W A J Satchell

 2 Dec 1941                               Wg Cdr G Powell-Sheddon

xx Apr 1942                               Wg Cdr E J Gracie

xx xxx 1943                                Wg Cdr G Tyrrell

RAF Treviso

 3 May 1945                               Gp Capt H S L Dundas

Officers shown in Italics either never reached Air Rank or were not in the General Duties Branch when they did so

[Abadan | Abu Sueir | Akrotiri | Aqir | Basrah | Deversoir | Eastleigh | Ein Shemer | El Adem | Fayid | Gibraltar | Habbaniya | Hal Far | Heliopolis | Helwan | Idris | Ismailia | Jui | Kabrit | Kalafrana | Khormaksar | Luqa | Lydda | Maison Blache | Muharraq | Nakuru | Ramleh | Salalah | Setif | Shandur | Steamer Point | Ta Kali | Treviso]

This page was last updated on 12/05/23

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