Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
HQ No 32 Group Personnel, units and locations
Reformed as No 32 (Barrage Balloon) Group on 1 March 1939 within Balloon Command
Location | Command | Controlled |
Kelvin House, Cleveland Street, London W1 | Balloon Command |
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Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
A/Cdre (Ret) | Air Officer Commanding, CMG, CVO, CBE |
Source - May 1939 Confidential Air Force List
This HQ moved to Commercial Chamber, 1-13 Commercial Road, Portsmouth on 15 May 1939
Location | Command | Controlled |
Commercial Chamber, 1-13 Commercial Road, Portsmouth | Balloon Command |
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Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
A/Cdre (Ret) | Air Officer Commanding, CMG, CVO, CBE | ||
Air Staff | |||
Wg Cdr | J C Gretton | Senior Air Staff Officer, RAFO | |
Flt Lt | E L Leader | RAFO | |
Sqn Ldr | V R S White | Maintenance Liaison | |
Personnel Staff | |||
Wg Cdr | C L Lea-Cox | 15 May 1939 | Senior Personnel Staff Officer |
Sqn Ldr | B E Harrison | AFC, RAFO | |
Services | |||
Signals | |||
Fg Off | K G Styles | 27 Oct 1939 | |
Miscellaneous | |||
Lt Col | M C Brotherton | Armament Duty | |
Lt | E C C Haggart | Code and Cypher Duties, late RAF |
Source - December 1939 Confidential Air Force List
It moved to Harefield House, Winchester Road, Romsey, Hampshire on 22 June 1940.
Location | Command | Controlled |
Commercial Chamber, 1-13 Commercial Road, Portsmouth | Balloon Command |
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Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
A/Cdre | Andre A Walser | 23 Jan 1940 | Air Officer Commanding, MC, DFC |
Personal Appointment | |||
Plt Off | H J W Wilkie | 3 May 1941 | Personal Assistant to AOC |
Air Staff | |||
Wg Cdr | C E Benson | 1 May 1940 | DSO |
Sqn Ldr | B E Harrison | 27 May 1939 | AFC, RAFO |
Flt Lt | Lord Ashburton | 26 Mar 1940 | |
Fg Off | S W Messenger | 19 Apr 1940 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Wg Cdr | D L Allen | 1 Mar 1940 | Senior Administrative Staff Officer, AFC |
Wg Cdr | A W N Addison | 1 Feb 1941 | |
Flt Lt | F E Bishop | 1 Sep 1939 | |
Flt Lt | E L Leader | 10 Jul 1939 | |
Flt Lt | K C M Stock | 15 Nov 1940 | |
Flt Lt | C F Latimer | 5 my 1941 | |
Fg Off | E A Huntington-Whiteley | ||
Fg Off | K G Marsh | ||
Plt Off | H A le Bas | 21 Feb 1941 | |
Plt Off | W Thomas | 3 May 1941 | |
Services | |||
Engineer | |||
Fg Off | G de Jongh | 6 Jan 1941 | |
Plt Off | C H Glanville | 5 Aug 1940 | |
Signals | |||
Fg Off | K G Styles | 27 Oct 1939 | |
Fg Off | W W E Clarke | 15 May 1940 | |
Equipment | |||
Flt Lt | E J D Ettwell | 1 May 1941 | |
Physical Training | |||
Fg Off | G H Brindley | 5 Sep 1940 | |
Medical | |||
Sqn Ldr | D Magrath | 6 Nov 1939 | Senior Medical Officer, MB, ChB, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DPH |
Fg Off | R Piper | 1 jul 1940 | MB, BCh, MRCS, LRCP |
Miscellaneous Appointments | |||
Plt Off | W E W Evans | 24 Sep 1940 |
Source - June 1941 Confidential Air Force List
It moved to Claverton Manor, near Bath, Somerset on 10 November 1941.
Location | Command | Controlled |
Claverton Manor, near Bath | Balloon Command |
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Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Act A/Cdre (Wg Cdr) | Christopher J R Turner | 15 Dec 1941 | Air Officer Commanding, |
Air Staff | |||
Sqn Ldr | Lord Ashburton | 26 Mar 1940 | Senior Air Staff Officer |
Flt Lt | S W Messenger | 19 Apr 1940 | |
Flt Lt | G P Ritchie | 22 May 1942 | |
Flt Lt | W A Foster | 2 Jun 1941 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Sqn Ldr | W H R Lloyds | 10 Apr 1942 | MC |
Sqn Ldr | F E Bishop | 27 Jul 1941 | MBE |
Flt Lt | G K Horne | 22 Nov 1941 | |
Flt Lt | K G Marsh | 16 Mar 1942 | |
Flt Lt | H P Bazeley | 16 Nov 1941 | |
Fg Off | R G Cookson | 10 Apr 1942 | |
Fg Off | D L David | 10 Apr 1942 | |
Fg Off | A C B Parlett | 10 Apr 1942 | |
Fg Off | S A Powell | 10 Apr 1942 | |
Plt Off | G I Williamson | 25 Mar 1942 | |
Plt Off | H F Gray | 1 Apr 1942 | |
Staff to the Services | |||
Engineer | |||
Flt Lt | G de Jongh | 6 Jan 1941 | |
Fg Off | C H Glanville | 5 Aug 1940 | |
Signals | |||
Flt Lt | K G Styles | 27 Oct 1939 | |
Plt Off | V F Gillett | 31 Oct 1941 | |
Equipment | |||
Flt Lt | E F Teiddy | 25 Aug 1941 | |
Physical Training | |||
Fg Off | G H Brindley | 5 Sep 1940 | |
Medical | |||
Sqn Ldr | L S Everett | 3 Nov 1941 | Senior Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP |
WAAF Staff Officers | |||
Flt Off | C L Boxshall | 18 Nov 1941 | WAAF |
Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List
Location | Command | Controlled |
Claverton Manor, near Bath | Balloon Command |
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Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
A/Cdre | Christopher J R Turner | 15 Dec 1941 | Air Officer Commanding, |
Air Staff | |||
Wg Cdr | H Sherwood | 6 Jun 1942 | Senior Air Staff Officer |
Sqn Ldr | S W Messenger | 19 Apr 1940 | |
Sqn Ldr | W A Foster | 2 Jun 1941 | |
Sqn Ldr | H G Bird | 1 Oct 1943 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Sqn Ldr | K G Marsh | 16 Mar 1942 | |
Sqn Ldr | E H King | 5 Jul 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | N W Slack | 1 Sep 1942 | |
Staff to the Services | |||
Engineer | |||
Sqn Ldr | A Maddison | 11 Oct 1943 | |
Equipment | |||
Sqn Ldr | E F Twiddy | 25 Aug 1941 | |
Medical | |||
Wg Cdr | W J Hutchinson | 1 Apr 1943 | Senior Medical Officer, MB, BCh, DPH |
Source - December 1943 Confidential Air Force List
Location | Command | Controlled |
Claverton Manor, near Bath | Balloon Command |
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Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
A/Cdre | Christopher J R Turner | 15 Dec 1941 | Air Officer Commanding, |
Air Staff | |||
Wg Cdr | H Sherwood | 6 Jun 1942 | Senior Air Staff Officer |
Sqn Ldr | S W Messenger | 19 Apr 1940 | |
Sqn Ldr | W A Foster | 2 Jun 1941 | |
Sqn Ldr | G H Hitchings | 6 Feb 1944 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Sqn Ldr | K G Marsh | 16 Mar 1942 | |
Sqn Ldr | E H King | 5 Jul 1943 | |
Sqn Ldr | N W Slack | 1 Sep 1942 | |
Staff to the Services | |||
Engineer | |||
Sqn Ldr | A Maddison | 11 Oct 1943 | |
Equipment | |||
Sqn Ldr | R E N Tasker | 29 Mar 1944 | |
Medical | |||
Wg Cdr | W J Hutchinson | 1 Apr 1943 | Senior Medical Officer, MB, BCh, DPH |
WAAF Staff Officers | |||
Wg Off | Y J Gough | 5 Feb 1944 | WAAF |
Source - June 1944 Confidential Air Force List
It disbanded on 15 November 1944
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