Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Meteorological/Station Flight, Duxford Personnel and locations
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Aug 1936 |
Source - August 1936 Air Force List
This was probably formed on 9 January 1925 at RAF Duxford.
Source - January 1925 Air Force List
Source - February 1925 Air Force List
Source - March 1925 Air Force List
Source - April 1925 Air Force List
Source - May 1925 Air Force List
Source - June 1925 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
RAF Duxford | Inland Area/No 6 Group |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Fg Off | Sydney T B Cripps | 9 Jan 1925 | DFC |
Fg Off | Harold M S Wright | 9 Jan 1925 |
Source - July 1925 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
RAF Duxford | Inland Area/No 6 Group |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Fg Off | Harold M S Wright | 1 May 1926 | |
Fg Off | Joseph H McC Reynolds | 1 May 1926 |
Source - March 1926 Air Force List
It was probably redesignated Station Flight, RAF Duxford on 1 May 1926.
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Fg Off | Talbot B Bruce | 1 May 1926 | MC |
Fg Off | Harold M S Wright | 1 May 1926 | |
Fg Off | Joseph H McC Reynolds | 1 May 1926 |
Source - July 1926 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Fg Off | Talbot B Bruce | 1 May 1926 | MC |
Fg Off | Edward H Fielden | 13 Sep 1926 | later AVM |
Fg Off | Joseph H McC Reynolds | 1 May 1926 |
Source - December 1926 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Fg Off | Talbot B Bruce | 1 May 1926 | MC |
Fg Off | Edward H Fielden | 13 Sep 1926 | later AVM |
Fg Off | Joseph H McC Reynolds | 1 May 1926 | |
Fg Off | Edmund G Hordern | 1 Jan 1927 |
Source - July 1927 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Avro 504 Bristol F2B Armstrong Whitworth Siskin |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Flt Lt | Thomas H French | 6 Sep 1927 | Officer Commanding, DFC |
Fg Off | Edward H Fielden | 13 Sep 1926 | later AVM |
Fg Off | Edmund G Hordern | 1 Jan 1927 | |
Fg Off | Richard R Nash | 20 Dec 1927 | |
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1 Airman pilot |
Source - July 1928 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Avro 504 Bristol F2B Armstrong Whitworth Siskin |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Flt Lt | Thomas H French | 6 Sep 1927 | Officer Commanding, DFC |
Fg Off | Edward H Fielden | 13 Sep 1926 | later AVM |
Fg Off | Edmund G Hordern | 1 Jan 1927 | |
Fg Off | Richard R Nash | 20 Dec 1927 | |
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1 Airman pilot |
Source - September 1928 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Avro 504 Bristol F2B Armstrong Whitworth Siskin |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Flt Lt | Thomas H French | 6 Sep 1927 | Officer Commanding, DFC |
Fg Off | Frank E Nuttall | 15 Nov 1928 | |
Fg Off | Edmund G Hordern | 1 Jan 1927 | |
Fg Off | Richard R Nash | 20 Dec 1927 |
Source - July 1929 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Avro 504 Bristol F2B Armstrong Whitworth Siskin |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Flt Lt | Thomas H French | 6 Sep 1927 | Officer Commanding, DFC |
Flt Lt | George D Harvey | 18 Dec 1929 | later AVM |
Fg Off | Frederick G Downing | 8 Mar 1929 | |
Fg Off | Cecil S Ellison | 28 Apr 1930 | |
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1 Airman pilot |
Source - July 1930 Air Force List
Source - August 1930 Air Force List
Source - September 1930 Air Force List
Source - October 1930 Air Force List
Source - November 1930 Air Force List
Source - December 1930 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Avro 504 Bristol F2B Armstrong Whitworth Siskin |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Flt Lt | George D Harvey | 18 Dec 1929 | Officer Commanding, later AVM |
Fg Off | John V Yonge | 1 Sep 1930 | |
Fg Off | Cecil S Ellison | 28 Apr 1930 | |
Fg Off | John S Pole | 3 May 1931 | |
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1 Airman pilot |
Source - July 1931 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Avro 504 Bristol F2B Armstrong Whitworth Siskin |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Flt Lt | Ernest C Barlow | 6 Feb 1932 | Officer Commanding, |
Fg Off | Cecil S Ellison | 28 Apr 1930 | |
Fg Off | John S Pole | 3 May 1931 | |
Fg Off | George E Sampson | 19 Aug 1931 | |
Fg Off | Eric E Noddings | 4 Feb 1932 |
Source - July 1932 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Avro 504 Armstrong Whitworth Atlas |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Sqn Ldr | Herbert I T Beardsworth | 13 Sep 1932 | Officer Commanding; later A/Cdre |
Fg Off | Joseph Cox | 12 Jan 1933 | later AVM |
Fg Off | George E Sampson | 19 Aug 1931 | |
Fg Off | Denis H F Barnett | 2 Sep 1932 | later ACM |
Fg Off | Eric E Noddings | 4 Feb 1932 |
Source - July 1933 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Avro 504 Armstrong Whitworth Atlas Avro Tutor |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Sqn Ldr | Herbert I T Beardsworth | 13 Sep 1932 | Officer Commanding; later A/Cdre |
Fg Off | Joseph Cox | 12 Jan 1933 | later AVM |
Fg Off | Hugh L McCulloch | 1 Sep 1933 | |
Fg Off | Eric E Noddings | 4 Feb 1932 | |
Fg Off | Leslie W C Bower | 18 Nov 1933 | later AM |
Fg Off | George N Snarey | 17 Jun 1932 | |
Fg Off | Jeffrey K Quill | 11 Dec 1933 |
Source - January 1934 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Avro 504 Armstrong Whitworth Atlas Avro Tutor |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Sqn Ldr | John S Chick | 15 Jan 1934 | Officer Commanding, MC, AFC; later A/Cdre |
Fg Off | William R Beaman | 23 Mar 1934 | |
Fg Off | William R Sadler | 24 May 1934 | |
Fg Off | Leslie W C Bower | 18 Nov 1933 | later AM |
Fg Off | Neville C Hendrickz | 13 May 1934 | |
Fg Off | George N Snarey | 17 Jun 1932 | |
Fg Off | John N Jefferson | 13 May 1934 | |
Fg Off | Jeffrey K Quill | 11 Dec 1933 |
Source - July 1934 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Hawker Hart Avro Tutor |
RAF Duxford | Fighting Area |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Sqn Ldr | John S Chick | 15 Jan 1934 | Officer Commanding, MC, AFC; later A/Cdre |
Flt Lt | William R Sadler | 24 May 1934 | |
Fg Off | John N Jefferson | 13 May 1934 | |
Fg Off | Rodney L Wilkinson | 22 Oct 1934 | |
Fg Off | Richard C Reynell | 6 Dec 1934 | |
Fg Off | Jeffrey K Quill | 11 Dec 1933 |
Source - July 1935 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Hawker Hart Avro Tutor |
RAF Duxford | No 11 (Fighter) Group |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Sqn Ldr | Paul R T J M I C Chamberlayne | 19 Aug 1935 | Officer Commanding, AFC; later A/Cdre |
Flt Lt | John N Jefferson | 13 May 1934 | |
Flt Lt | Rodney L Wilkinson | 22 Oct 1934 | |
Flt Lt | J L H Fletcher | 16 Dec 1935 | |
Plt Off | K G Stodart | 31 Dec 1935 | |
Plt Off | P S Hutchinson | 18 May 1936 |
Source - July 1936 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
RAF Duxford | No 11 (Fighter) Group |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Sqn Ldr | N W F Mason | 15 Jan 1937 | Officer Commanding, |
Flt Lt | Kenneth B B Cross | 1 Sep 1936 | later ACM |
Flt Lt | K F Ferguson | 13 Jan 1937 |
Source - July 1937 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
RAF Duxford | No 12 (Fighter) Group |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Sqn Ldr | N W F Mason | 15 Jan 1937 | Officer Commanding, |
Flt Lt | Kenneth B B Cross | 1 Sep 1936 | later ACM |
Flt Lt | R K Brougham | 12 Jul 1937 | |
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1 Airman pilot |
Source - July 1938 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
RAF Duxford | No 12 (Fighter) Group |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Sqn Ldr | N W F Mason | 15 Jan 1937 | Officer Commanding, |
Source - January 1939 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
RAF Duxford | No 12 (Fighter) Group |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Sqn Ldr | N W F Mason | 15 Jan 1937 | Officer Commanding, |
Flt Lt | Fred Rump | 2 Jan 1930 | later A/Cdre |
Source - April 1939 Confidential Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
RAF Duxford | No 12 (Fighter) Group |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Sqn Ldr | N W F Mason | 15 Jan 1937 | Officer Commanding, |
Flt Lt | Fred Rump | 2 Jan 1930 | later A/Cdre |
Source - May 1939 Confidential Air Force List
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