Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
HQ No 222 Group Personnel, locations and units
[Jul 1942 | Dec 1943 | Jun 1944 | Jun 1945 | Jul 1945 | Aug 1945 | Sep 1945]
A Senior Air Force Officer was appointed on 1 April 1941 at National Mutual Building, Chatham Street in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), to assume operational command of RAF units in Ceylon and the Indian Ocean, west of Ceylon.
This organisation was raised to Group status on 1 September 1941.
Personnel Movements Apr - Sep 1941
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Wg Cdr | F G Frow | 1 Apr 1941 | Appointed Senior Air Force Officer, Ceylon |
Plt Off | F O Sprinks | 1 Apr 1941 | Appointed RAF Operations and Administration Officer |
Plt Off | P E France | 4 Jul 1941 | Posted in for duty as Administrative Officer |
Flt Lt | B B Willmott | 11 Jul 1941 | Attached from RAF China Bay for duty as Operations Room Officer |
Flt Lt | E M Greenwood | 39 Jul 1941 | Attached from RAF China Bay for duty as Accountant Officer |
Plt Off | N C Lenehan | 23 Aug 1941 | Posted in for duty as Administrative Officer |
Plt Off | G B Hart | 23 Aug 1941 | Posted in for duty as Operations Room Officer |
Source - No 222 Group ORB
Nominal Roll - 1 September 1941
Rank | Name | Notes |
Wg Cdr | F G Frow | Officer Commanding (Temporary) |
Flt Lt | E M Greenwood | Accountant |
Fg Off | G A Cardwell | Signals |
Fg Off | G W Coker | Equipment |
Plt Off | F O Sprinks | Operations and Administration Officer |
Plt Off | P E France | Administrative Officer |
Plt Off | N C Lenehan | Administrative Officer |
Plt Off | G B Hart | Operations Room Officer |
plus 25 Airmen |
Units Allocated - 1 September 1941
Unit | Notes |
SHQ, RAF China Bay | |
No 273 Sqn | 1 flight of four Vildebeests at RAF China Bay |
Station Flight, China Bay | 4 Seals |
SHQ, RAF Koggala | |
Detachment of No 205 Sqn | 2-3 Catalinas at RAF Koggala |
RAF Detachmet, Ratmalana | 1 Vildebeest and 1 Seal detached from RAF China Bay |
Advanced Flying Boat Base | Male, Maldives |
Advanced Flying Boat Base | Addu Atoll, Maldives (reconnoitred but not developed) |
Advanced Flying Boat Base | Diego Garcia, Chagos |
Advanced Flying Boat Base | Port Victoria, Seychelles |
Advanced Flying Boat Base | Port Louis, Mauritius |
Advanced Flying Boat Base | Port Reitz, Mombasa |
Advanced Flying Boat Base | Lindi, East Africa |
Advanced Flying Boat Base | Dar-es-Salem, East Africa |
RAF Auxiliary 'Tung Song' | Whilst on East Indies Station |
RAF Auxiliary 'Shengking' | Whilst on East Indies Station |
Source - No 222 Group ORB
Personnel Movements Sep 1941 - Jul 1942
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Gp Capt | Frank Woolley | 4 Oct 1941 | Arrived from Singapore |
Wg Cdr | F G Frow | 6 Oct 1941 | Relinquished command of No 222 Group |
Gp Capt | Frank Woolley | 6 Oct 1941 | Assumed command of No 222 Group |
Wg Cdr | B M Carey | 17 Oct 1941 | Arrived on RAFA 'Tung Song' from Singapore to take charge of Group Operations Room |
Wg Cdr | B M Carey | 17 Oct 1941 | Arrived on RAFA 'Tung Song' from Singapore to take charge of Group Operations Room |
Plt Off | 3 x officers | 17 Oct 1941 | Arrived on RAFA 'Tung Song' from Singapore for Operations duties at AFBBs |
Sqn Ldr | Butler | 30 Oct 1941 | Arrived from the UK pending taking command of RAF Koggala |
Wg Cdr | F G Frow | 7 Nov 1941 | Embarked for Singapore on posting |
Flt Lt | McClelland | 29 Nov 1941 | Arrived on RAFA 'Shengking' for duty as Navigation Officer |
Wg Cdr | M D Thunder | 7 Feb 1942 | Arrived to take charge of Group Operations Room from Wg Cdr Carey |
Sqn Ldr | L A Egglesfield | 7 Feb 1942 | Arrived on posting to No 222 Group |
Wg Cdr | B M Carey | 9 Feb 1942 | Departed on posting to India |
Sqn Ldr | R S Maxwell | 23 Feb 1942 | Appointed Group Chaplain |
Wg Cdr | Saw | 1 Mar 1942 | Arrived from the Far East and appointed Senior Engineering Staff Officer |
Wg Cdr | G H J Williams | 6 Mar 1942 | Arrived from India for duty as Senior Medical Officer |
AVM | John H D'Albiac | 13 Mar 1942 | Assumed command of No 222 Group |
Gp Capt | Frank Woolley | 13 Mar 1942 | Assumed duties of Senior Air Staff Officer |
Gp Capt | A W B McDonald | 16 Mar 1942 | Assumed duties of Air Defence Commander |
Gp Capt | K A Meek | 25 Mar 1942 | Assumed duties of Senior Officer Administration |
Wg Cdr | J R Combe | 5 Apr 1942 | Assumed duties of Senior Personnel Staff Officer |
Sqn Ldr | Traill | 1 May 1942 | Posted in from AHQ India for duty as Sqn Ldr - Training |
Sqn Ldr | Bayne | 6 May 1942 | Arrived from India and temporarily assumed duties of Tactics Officer pending posting |
Wg Cdr | James D Melvin | 9 May 1942 | Relinquished command of RAF Ratmalana on assumed duties of Chief Signals Officer |
Wg Cdr | Avent | 15 May 1942 | Posted in from AHQ India as supernumerary pending taking command of RAF Minneriya |
Sqn Ldr | Seeley | 25 May 1942 | Ceased to be attached as Chief Signals Officer on return to India |
Gp Capt | W N Cumming | 18 Jun 1942 | Attached for duties in re-organising the Group General Reconnaissance system |
Gp Capt | Frank Woolley | 25 Jun 1942 | Departed for the UK |
Gp Capt | A W B McDonald | 25 Jun 1942 | Assumed duties of Senior Air Staff Officer |
Source - No 222 Group ORB
Unit Movements Sep 1941 - Jul 1942
Unit | Date | Notes |
Operations Staff | 26 Oct 1941 | Moved to Naval Office |
No 814 Sqn FAA | 2 Nov 1941 | Disembarked to Colombo Airport (Ratmalana) from HMS Hermes |
8 x Hurricane IIs & 1 x Blenheim IV | 23 Feb 1942 | Arrived from India to form nucleus of No 258 Sqn led by Flt Lt P C Fletcher |
Colombo Airport | 1 Mar 1942 | Taken over as RAF Ratmalana |
No 11 Sqn | 1 Mar 1942 | Located at RAF Ratmalana |
No 258 Sqn | 1 Mar 1942 | Located at RAF Ratmalana |
No 30 Sqn | 5 Mar 1942 | Arrived on board HMS Indomitable |
No 261 Sqn | 5 Mar 1942 | Arrived on board HMS Indomitable and moved to RAF China Bay |
No 11 Sqn | 11 Mar 1942 | Located at Colombo Racecourse |
No 30 Sqn | 11 Mar 1942 | Located at Colombo Racecourse |
No 258 Sqn | 11 Mar 1942 | Located at RAF Ratmalana |
No 273 Sqn | 11 Mar 1942 | Located at RAF Ratmalana |
1 x FAA Sqn | 11 Mar 1942 | Located at RAF Ratmalana |
No 261 Sqn | 11 Mar 1942 | Located at RAF China Bay |
1 x FAA Sqn | 11 Mar 1942 | Located at RAF China Bay |
Flying Boat Sqns | 11 Mar 1942 | Located at RAF Koggala |
No 990 Sqn | 12 Mar 1942 | Arrived and sent to Boosa Transit Camp |
Colombo Racecourse | 20 Mar 1942 | To be known as SHQ, RAF Colombo |
HQ, No 222 Group | 21 Mar 1942 | Moved to Baurs Building |
No 258 Sqn | 23 Mar 1942 | Moved to RAF Colombo |
HQ, No 222 Group | 31 Mar 1942 | Moved to Colombo Secretariat |
No 990 Sqn | 1 Apr 1942 | IOn full operation at Trincomalee |
Detachment, No 11 Sqn | 20 Apr 1942 | Moved from RAF Colombo to RAF Jaffna |
Air Stores Park, Colombo | 25 Apr 1942 | Redesignated No 89 Air Stores Park |
No 22 Sqn | 28 Apr 1942 | First aircraft of this unit arrived in Ceylon |
No 814 Sqn FAA | 7 May 1942 | Moved from RAF Ratmalana to RAF China Bay |
No 818 Sqn FAA | 9 May 1942 | Moved from RAF Ratmalana to RAF Katukurunda |
RAF Jaffna | 16 May 1942 | Closed down owing to unsuitability of the land strips |
No 2 Explosive Park | 21 May 1942 | Established at RAF Ratmalana |
RAF Port Detachment | 28 May 1942 | Formed at Colombo |
No 62 RSU4 | 4 Jun 1942 | Established at Welawatte, Colombo |
No 22 Wireless | 10 Jun 1942 | Arrived in Ceylon and set up HQ at Castle Street, Colombo |
No 273 Sqn | 18 Jun 1942 | Moved from RAF Ratmalana to RAF Katukurunda |
No 803 Sqn FAA | 18 Jun 1942 | Disbanded |
No 818 Sqn FAA | 18 Jun 1942 | Disbanded |
Source - No 222 Group ORB
Location | Command | Controlled |
Colombo, Ceylon | Air Forces in India |
|
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
AVM | John H D'Albiac | Air Officer Commanding, CB, DSO; later AM | |
Signals | |||
Wg Cdr | James D Melvin | 17 Feb 1942 | later A/Cdre |
Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List
It assumed control of all operational flying boats in the Indian Ocean on 1 July 1942.
Personnel Movements Sep 1941 - Jul 1942
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Flt Lt | W Bradshaw | 2 Aug 1942 | Posted in from No 240 Sqn for duty as Sqn Ldr - Training |
Gp Capt | W N Cumming | 14 Aug 1942 | Ceased to be attached on returning to India |
Maj | S G Foster | 29 Aug 1942 | Assumed duties of Air Liaison Officer |
A/Cdre | F J W Mellersh | 5 Oct 1942 | Arrived and assumed duties of SASO |
Wg Cdr | Burgess | 19 Oct 1942 | Wg Cdr - Plans, posted to No 36 PTC, Calcutta |
AVM | John H D'Albiac | 1 Dec 1942 | Relingquished command of No 222 Group |
AVM | Alan Lees | 1 Dec 1942 | Assumed command of No 222 Group |
Wg Cdr | P A O'Callaghan | 7 Dec 1942 | Assumed duties of Senior Medical Officer |
Wg Cdr | G H J Williams | 7 Dec 1942 | Relinquished duties of Senior Medical Officer |
Wg Cdr | J V Edwards | 21 Dec 1942 | Assumed duties of Senior Engineering Officer |
Wg Cdr | A W Tattersall | 21 Dec 1942 | Relinquished duties of Senior Engineering Officer |
Source - No 222 Group ORB
Unit Movements Sep 1941 - Jul 1942
Unit | Date | Notes |
AFBBs at Addu Atoll, Diego Garcia, Seychelles and Mauritius | 4 Jul 1942 | Administration transferred to the Royal Navy |
Netherlands East Indies Sqn | 15 Jul 1942 | Redesignated No 321 Sqn at RAF China Bay |
No 205 Sqn | 27 Jul 1942 | Reformed from detachments of Nos 202, 240 and 205 Sqn at RAF Koggala |
No 30 Sqn | 31 Aug 1942 | Moved from RAF Ratmalana to RAF Dumbulla |
RAF Katukurunda | 1 Sep 1942 | Transferred to Royal Navy for disembarkation airfield for FAA |
No 273 Sqn | 1 Sep 1942 | Moved from RAF Katukurunda to RAF Ratmalana |
AFBBs at Port Victoria and Port Louis | 2 Sep 1942 | Transferred to No 207 Group, South Africa |
No 258 Sqn | 18 Sep 1942 | Moved from RAF Colombo to RAF China Bay |
No 1 Explosive Park | 1 Oct 1942 | Opened at Kurunegala |
No 22 Sqn | 1 Oct 1942 | Moved from RAF Ratmalana to RAF Minneriya |
No 13 Mobile Torpedo Unit | 1 Oct 1942 | Moved from RAF Ratmalana to RAF Minneriya |
No 42 Sqn (Personnel) | 16 Oct 1942 | Arrived and disembarked from RAFA "W T Dumara" |
No 42 Sqn | 31 Oct 1942 | Moved from RAF Ratmalana to No 225 Group, Bangalore |
No 814 Sqn FAA | 6 Nov 1942 | Moved from RAF China Bay to RNAS Katukurunda |
RAF Torpedo detachment, No 814 Sqn | 6 Nov 1942 | Moved to RAF Torpedo Depot, Wellawatte |
RAFA 'Shengking' | 6 Nov 1942 | Transferred to the control of AHQ India |
Transit Camp, Boosa | 12 Nov 1942 | Transferred to the Army |
No 7 Hill Station | 13 Nov 1942 | Established |
No 25 Wireless Observer Unit | 14 Nov 1942 | Established with HQ at 8 Gregory's Road, Colombo |
Photographic Section | 15 Nov 1942 | Administration transferred to RAF Colombo |
AFBBs at Addu Atoll and Diego Garcia | 4 Jul 1942 | Administration transferred to RAF Koggala |
No 45 Embarkation Unit | 4 Dec 1942 | Formed at the Eastern Bank Building |
No 160 Sqn Detached Flt (Personnel) | 16 Dec 1942 | Transferred from RAF Ratmalana to Vavuniya |
Source - No 222 Group ORB
Location | Command | Controlled |
Colombo, Ceylon | Air Forces in India |
|
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
AVM | Alan Lees | 1 Dec 1942 | Air Officer Commanding, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC; later AM |
Personal Appointment | |||
Capt | P J A Vigne | Personal Assistant to AOC | |
Air Staff | |||
A/Cdre | Allan R Churchman | 8 Mar 1943 | Senior Air Staff Officer, DFC |
Gp Capt | W N Cumming | 21 Nov 1942 | DFC |
Sqn Ldr | H D Clevely | 8 Apr 1942 | |
Sqn Ldr | P E B Martin | 7 Dec 1942 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Gp Capt | I C Bird | 12 Nov 1942 | Senior Administrative Staff Officer |
Sqn Ldr | R G Spencer | 11 Apr 1943 | |
Staffs of the Services | |||
Navigation | |||
Sqn Ldr | N McClelland | 8 Apr 1942 | |
Engineer | |||
Sqn Ldr | D G Scott | 12 Apr 1942 | |
Equipment | |||
Sqn Ldr | J V Edwards | 21 Dec 1942 | |
Accountant | |||
Wg Cdr | F Rigby | 13 Dec 1942 | |
Medical | |||
Sqn Ldr | P A O'Callaghan | 7 Dec 1942 | MB, BCh |
Meteorological | |||
Sqn Ldr | A Grimes | 1 Apr 1942 | Senior Meteorological Officer |
Works | |||
Mr | A E G Collins | 4 Mar1942 | Chief Engineer, MC, BSc, AMIEE |
Source - December 1943 Confidential Air Force List
Location | Command | Controlled |
Colombo, Ceylon | Air Command, South East Asia |
Wings: -
Stations: -
Squadrons: -
Other Units: -
|
Personnel listings were missing from this edition of the CAFL.
Source - June 1944 Confidential Air Force List
It took over the control of general reconnaissance squadrons in No 225 Group in December 1944.
Location | Command | Controlled |
Colombo, Ceylon | Air Command, South East Asia |
|
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
AM | Albert Durston | 1 Apr 1944 | Air Officer Commanding, CB, AFC |
A/Cdre | John M Mason | 6 Jul 1944 | Air Officer i/c Administration, DSC, DFC |
Personal Appointment | |||
Flt Lt | S H Garner | 1 Feb 1945 | Personal Assistant to AOC |
Air Staff | |||
A/Cdre | Bryan V Reynolds | 12 May 1944 | Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE; later AM |
Gp Capt | J L Crosbie | 24 Jul 1944 | |
Gp Capt | R C Gaskell | 1 Dec 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | F E Ratcliffe | 20 Apr 1942 | |
Wg Cdr | Desmond E Hawkins | 6 Dec 1944 | later AVM |
Wg Cdr | A F McGhie | 16 Nov 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | G R Brady | 12 Nov 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | Albert A Case | 21 Mar 1944 | OBE; later AVM |
Wg Cdr | R D Williams | 14 Jan 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | Arthur F Johnson | 21 Nov 1944 | DFC; later A/Cdre |
Sqn Ldr | L G Ash | 12 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | H V Pukeridge | 12 Jul 1944 | DFC |
Sqn Ldr | L M Glover | 27 Jun 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | E W Hutchings | 27 Jun 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | W A J P Bickford | 1 Jan 1944 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Gp Capt | C R J Hawkins | 28 Jan 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | S V Perry | 19 Aug 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | B Saffron | 5 Aug 1943 | Senior Personnel Staff Officer |
Wg Cdr | Q O Sansbury | 24 Jan 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | K Roberts | 12 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | G W Goolden | 1 Apr 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | E M Cox | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | H R Holloway | 20 Nov 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | R P Gaddum | 9 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | D B Stampton | 30 May 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | R Harrison | 1 Jan 1945 | |
Staffs of the Services | |||
Navigation | |||
Sqn Ldr | J Banfield | 1 Feb 1945 | |
Engineer | |||
Wg Cdr | T G E Price | 18 Jun 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | E F Westwood | 12 Jul 1943 | |
Signals | |||
Gp Capt | A C Watson | 22 Sep 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | J A Bastable | 23 Oct 1943 | |
Armament | |||
Sqn Ldr | J E Manton | 29 Jun 1944 | |
Equipment | |||
Wg Cdr | S J Berry | 14 Oct 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | L N Bennett | 7 Oct 1944 | |
Accountant | |||
Wg Cdr | D F Allen | 16 Apr 1944 | MM |
Medical | |||
Wg Cdr | G B Grayling | 20 Feb 1944 | MCS, LRCP |
Sqn Ldr | C H Levick | 24 Sep 1944 | MCS, LRCP |
Educational | |||
Mr | B M R Folland | MA, RAFVR | |
Meteorological | |||
Sqn Ldr | R F Zobel | ||
Works | |||
Mr | J B F Hawkins | ||
Miscellaneous Appointments | |||
Sqn Ldr | F McCarthy | Assistant Provost Marshal | |
Sqn Ldr | R G Spencer | 1 Jul 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | G E Stamper | 5 Aug 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | P F Mason | 29 Aug 1944 |
Source - June 1945 Confidential Air Force List
Location | Command | Controlled |
Colombo, Ceylon | Air Command, South East Asia | See Orders of Battle Section |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
AM | Albert Durston | 1 Apr 1944 | Air Officer Commanding, CB, AFC |
A/Cdre | John M Mason | 6 Jul 1944 | Air Officer i/c Administration, DSC, DFC |
Personal Appointment | |||
Flt Lt | S H Garner | 1 Feb 1945 | Personal Assistant to AOC |
Air Staff | |||
A/Cdre | Bryan V Reynolds | 12 May 1944 | Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE; later AM |
Gp Capt | J L Crosbie | 24 Jul 1944 | |
Gp Capt | R C Gaskell | 1 Dec 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | F E Ratcliffe | 20 Apr 1942 | |
Wg Cdr | Desmond E Hawkins | 6 Dec 1944 | later AVM |
Wg Cdr | A F McGhie | 16 Nov 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | G R Brady | 12 Nov 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | R D Williams | 14 Jan 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | Arthur F Johnson | 21 Nov 1944 | DFC; later A/Cdre |
Sqn Ldr | L G Ash | 12 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | H V Pukeridge | 12 Jul 1944 | DFC |
Sqn Ldr | L M Glover | 27 Jun 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | E W Hutchings | 27 Jun 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | W A J P Bickford | 1 Jan 1944 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Gp Capt | C R J Hawkins | 28 Jan 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | S V Perry | 19 Aug 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | B Saffron | 5 Aug 1943 | Senior Personnel Staff Officer |
Wg Cdr | Q O Sansbury | 24 Jan 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | K Roberts | 12 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | G W Goolden | 1 Apr 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | E M Cox | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | H R Holloway | 20 Nov 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | R P Gaddum | 9 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | D B Stampton | 30 May 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | R Harrison | 1 Jan 1945 | |
Staffs of the Services | |||
Navigation | |||
Sqn Ldr | J Banfield | 1 Feb 1945 | |
Engineer | |||
Wg Cdr | T G E Price | 18 Jun 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | E F Westwood | 12 Jul 1943 | |
Signals | |||
Gp Capt | A C Watson | 22 Sep 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | J A Bastable | 23 Oct 1943 | |
Armament | |||
Sqn Ldr | J E Manton | 29 Jun 1944 | |
Equipment | |||
Wg Cdr | S J Berry | 14 Oct 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | L N Bennett | 7 Oct 1944 | |
Accountant | |||
Wg Cdr | D F Allen | 16 Apr 1944 | MM |
Medical | |||
Wg Cdr | G B Grayling | 20 Feb 1944 | MCS, LRCP |
Sqn Ldr | C H Levick | 24 Sep 1944 | MCS, LRCP |
Educational | |||
Mr | B M R Folland | MA, RAFVR | |
Meteorological | |||
Sqn Ldr | R F Zobel | 2 Nov 1944 | |
Works | |||
Mr | J B F Hawkins | AMICE | |
Miscellaneous Appointments | |||
Sqn Ldr | F McCarthy | Assistant Provost Marshal | |
Sqn Ldr | R G Spencer | 1 Jul 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | G E Stamper | 5 Aug 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | P F Mason | 29 Aug 1944 |
Source - July 1945 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/3839)
Location | Command | Controlled |
Colombo, Ceylon | Air Command, South East Asia | See Orders of Battle Section |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
AM | Albert Durston | 1 Apr 1944 | Air Officer Commanding, CB, AFC |
A/Cdre | John M Mason | 6 Jul 1944 | Air Officer i/c Administration, DSC, DFC |
Personal Appointment | |||
Flt Lt | S H Garner | 1 Feb 1945 | Personal Assistant to AOC |
Air Staff | |||
A/Cdre | Bryan V Reynolds | 12 May 1944 | Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE; later AM |
Gp Capt | J L Crosbie | 24 Jul 1944 | |
Gp Capt | R C Gaskell | 1 Dec 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | F E Ratcliffe | 20 Apr 1942 | |
Wg Cdr | Desmond E Hawkins | 6 Dec 1944 | later AVM |
Wg Cdr | A F McGhie | 16 Nov 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | G R Brady | 12 Nov 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | R D Williams | 14 Jan 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | Arthur F Johnson | 21 Nov 1944 | DFC; later A/Cdre |
Sqn Ldr | L G Ash | 12 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | H V Pukeridge | 12 Jul 1944 | DFC |
Sqn Ldr | L M Glover | 27 Jun 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | E W Hutchings | 27 Jun 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | W A J P Bickford | 1 Jan 1944 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Gp Capt | C R J Hawkins | 28 Jan 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | S V Perry | 19 Aug 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | B Saffron | 5 Aug 1943 | Senior Personnel Staff Officer |
Wg Cdr | Q O Sansbury | 24 Jan 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | K Roberts | 12 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | G W Goolden | 1 Apr 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | E M Cox | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | H R Holloway | 20 Nov 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | R P Gaddum | 9 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | D B Stampton | 30 May 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | R Harrison | 1 Jan 1945 | |
Staffs of the Services | |||
Navigation | |||
Sqn Ldr | J Banfield | 1 Feb 1945 | |
Engineer | |||
Wg Cdr | T G E Price | 18 Jun 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | E F Westwood | 12 Jul 1943 | |
Signals | |||
Gp Capt | A C Watson | 22 Sep 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | J A Bastable | 23 Oct 1943 | |
Armament | |||
Sqn Ldr | J E Manton | 29 Jun 1944 | |
Equipment | |||
Wg Cdr | S J Berry | 14 Oct 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | L N Bennett | 7 Oct 1944 | |
Accountant | |||
Wg Cdr | D F Allen | 16 Apr 1944 | MM |
Medical | |||
Wg Cdr | G B Grayling | 20 Feb 1944 | MCS, LRCP |
Sqn Ldr | C H Levick | 24 Sep 1944 | MCS, LRCP |
Educational | |||
Mr | B M R Folland | MA, RAFVR | |
Aeronautical Inspection | |||
Flt Lt | A P Newell | ||
Meteorological | |||
Sqn Ldr | R F Zobel | 2 Nov 1944 | |
Works | |||
Mr | J B F Hawkins | AMICE | |
WAAF Staff Officer | |||
Sqn Off | M F Arkell | 14 Mar 1945 | |
Miscellaneous Appointments | |||
Sqn Ldr | F McCarthy | Assistant Provost Marshal | |
Sqn Ldr | R G Spencer | 1 Jul 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | P F Mason | 29 Aug 1944 |
Source - August 1945 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/3839)
Location | Command | Controlled |
Colombo, Ceylon | Air Command, South East Asia | See Orders of Battle Section |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
AVM | John D Breakey | 13 Aug 1945 | Air Officer Commanding, CB, DFC |
A/Cdre | John M Mason | 6 Jul 1944 | Air Officer i/c Administration, DSC, DFC |
Personal Appointment | |||
Flt Lt | S H Garner | 1 Feb 1945 | Personal Assistant to AOC |
Air Staff | |||
A/Cdre | Bryan V Reynolds | 12 May 1944 | Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE; later AM |
Gp Capt | J L Crosbie | 24 Jul 1944 | |
Gp Capt | R C Gaskell | 1 Dec 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | F E Ratcliffe | 20 Apr 1942 | |
Wg Cdr | Desmond E Hawkins | 6 Dec 1944 | later AVM |
Wg Cdr | A F McGhie | 16 Nov 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | G R Brady | 12 Nov 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | R D Williams | 14 Jan 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | Arthur F Johnson | 21 Nov 1944 | DFC; later A/Cdre |
Sqn Ldr | L G Ash | 12 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | H V Pukeridge | 12 Jul 1944 | DFC |
Sqn Ldr | L M Glover | 27 Jun 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | E W Hutchings | 27 Jun 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | W A J P Bickford | 1 Jan 1944 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Gp Capt | C R J Hawkins | 28 Jan 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | S V Perry | 19 Aug 1944 | |
Wg Cdr | B Saffron | 5 Aug 1943 | Senior Personnel Staff Officer |
Wg Cdr | Q O Sansbury | 24 Jan 1945 | |
Wg Cdr | K Roberts | 12 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | G W Goolden | 1 Apr 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | E M Cox | 1 Mar 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | H R Holloway | 20 Nov 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | R P Gaddum | 9 Jul 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | D B Stampton | 30 May 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | R Harrison | 1 Jan 1945 | |
Staffs of the Services | |||
Navigation | |||
Sqn Ldr | J Banfield | 1 Feb 1945 | |
Engineer | |||
Wg Cdr | T G E Price | 18 Jun 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | E F Westwood | 12 Jul 1943 | |
Signals | |||
Gp Capt | A C Watson | 22 Sep 1944 | |
Sqn Ldr | J A Bastable | 23 Oct 1943 | |
Armament | |||
Sqn Ldr | J E Manton | 29 Jun 1944 | |
Equipment | |||
Wg Cdr | S J Berry | 14 Oct 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | L N Bennett | 7 Oct 1944 | |
Accountant | |||
Wg Cdr | D F Allen | 16 Apr 1944 | MM |
Medical | |||
Wg Cdr | G B Grayling | 20 Feb 1944 | MCS, LRCP |
Sqn Ldr | C H Levick | 24 Sep 1944 | MCS, LRCP |
Educational | |||
Mr | B M R Folland | MA, RAFVR | |
Aeronautical Inspection | |||
Flt Lt | A P Newell | ||
Meteorological | |||
Sqn Ldr | R F Zobel | 2 Nov 1944 | |
Works | |||
Mr | J B F Hawkins | AMICE | |
WAAF Staff Officer | |||
Sqn Off | M F Arkell | 14 Mar 1945 | |
Miscellaneous Appointments | |||
Sqn Ldr | F McCarthy | Assistant Provost Marshal | |
Sqn Ldr | R G Spencer | 1 Jul 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | P F Mason | 29 Aug 1944 |
Source - September 1945 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/3839)
By 15 October 1945 it was at Kandy, where it was disbanded by being redesignated AHQ Ceylon.
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