OCs 1 - 20 Sqns

Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Squadron Commanding Officers, Nos 1 - 20 Squadrons

[1 Sqn | 2 Sqn | 3 Sqn | IV Sqn | 5 Sqn | 6 Sqn | 7 Sqn | 8 Sqn | 9 Sqn | 10 Sqn | XI Sqn | 12 Sqn | XIII Sqn | 14 Sqn | XV Sqn | 16 Sqn | 17 Sqn | 18 Sqn | 19 Sqn | 20 Sqn]

Up to 1939 the dates shown are those of the officer's appointment to the squadron but there may have been a handover period before he formally assumed command.

No 1 Squadron

13 May 1912	Maj Edward M Maitland; later A/Cdre
1 May 1914	Maj Charles A H Longcroft; later AVM
xx Aug 1914	Capt Felton V Holt; later AVM [Temp CO]
28 Jan 1915	Maj W Geoffrey H Salmond; later ACM
19 Aug 1915	Maj Phillip B Joubert de la Ferte; later ACM
24 Nov 1915	Maj G F Pretyman DSO
24 Dec 1916	Maj G C St P de Dombasle
20 Jun 1917	Maj A B Adams
3 Aug 1918	Maj W E Young DFC
xx Feb 1919	Capt C S T Lavers
21 Jan 1920	Sqn Ldr John O Andrews DSO, MC & Bar; later AVM,
18 Sep 1920	Sqn Ldr J B Graham, MC, AFC
10 Nov 1922	Sqn Ldr G G A Williams
8 Oct 1923	Sqn Ldr E O Grenfell, MC, DFC, AFC
25 May 1924	Sqn Ldr E D Atkinson, DFC, AFC
19 Apr 1926	Sqn Ldr C N Lowe
21 Mar 1927	Flt Lt F L Luxmore DFC
11 Apr 1927	Sqn Ldr E D Atkinson, MC, DFC, AFC
5 Jan 1928	Flt Lt F L Luxmore DFC
3 Feb 1928	Flt Lt Stanley F Vincent AFC; later AVM
19 Mar 1928	Sqn Ldr E O Grenfell, MC, DFC, AFC
27 Jul 1931	Sqn Ldr Charles B S Spackman DFC*; later AVM
12 Nov 1933	Sqn Ldr Roy W Chappell MC; later A/Cdre
1 Oct 1934	Sqn Ldr C W Hill
22 Sep 1935	Flt Lt Theodore N McEvoy; later ACM
2 Oct 1936	Sqn Ldr C W Hill
12 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr Francis R D Swain AFC; later A/Cdre
15 Jan 1938	Sqn Ldr I A Bertram
17 Apr 1939	Sqn Ldr P J H Halahan, DFC
24 May 1940	Sqn Ldr D A Pemberton, DFC
10 Nov 1940	Sqn Ldr M H Brown, DFC
23 Apr 1941	Sqn Ldr R E P Brooker, DFC
3 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr J A F MacLachlan, DSO, DFC & Bar
31 Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr R C Wilkinson, OBE, DFM & Bar
30 May 1943	Sqn Ldr A Zweigbergh
3 Apr 1944	Sqn Ldr J Checketts, DSO, DFC
29 Apr 1944	Sqn Ldr H P Lardner-Burke, DFC & Bar
11 Jan 1945	Sqn Ldr D G S R Cox, DFC & Bar
21 Apr 1945	Sqn Ldr R S Nash, DFC
9 Jan 1946	Sqn Ldr H R Allen, DFC
26 Oct 1946	Sqn Ldr C H MacFie, DFC
7 May 1947	Flt Lt N H D Ramsey (acting)
15 Jul 1947	Sqn Ldr T R Burne, DSO, DFC
4 Feb 1949	Major R Olds USAF
1 Oct 1949	Sqn Ldr T R Burne, DSO, DFC
10 Jan 1950	Major D F Smith USAF
18 Aug 1950	Sqn Ldr John L W Ellacombe DFC*; later A/Cdre
21 Nov 1952	Sqn Ldr R B Morison, DFC
27 Jul 1953	Sqn Ldr D I Smith
1 Dec 1953	Sqn Ldr F W Lister, DSO, DFC
1 Jun 1955	Flt Lt H Irving (acting)
8 Aug 1956	Sqn Ldr R S Kingsford
5 Jul 1958	Sqn Ldr L de Garis, AFC
1 Dec 1958	Sqn Ldr J J Phipps
1 Jan 1961	Sqn Ldr P V Pledger
1 Jan 1963	Sqn Ldr F L Travers-Smith
28 Dec 1964	Sqn Ldr David C G Brook; later AVM
1 Nov 1966	Sqn Ldr G Jones
20 Sep 1968	Sqn Ldr L A B Baker
10 Apr 1969	Wg Cdr J A Mansell
21 May 1969	Sqn Ldr L A B Baker
4 Aug 1969	Wg Cdr Dennis Allison; later A/Cdre
xx Oct 1969	Sqn Ldr L A B Baker
1 Jan 1970	Wg Cdr Kenneth W Hayr AFC; later AM
6 Jan 1972	Wg Cdr E J E Smith, OBE
3 Dec 1973	Wg Cdr Peter P W Taylor AFC; later A/Cdre
9 Jul 1976	Wg Cdr J G Saye
17 Jul 1978	Wg Cdr Richard B Duckett AFC; later A/Cdre
26 Mar 1981	Wg Cdr Peter T Squire DFC, AFC; later ACM
23 Dec 1983	Wg Cdr John D L Feesey AFC, later AVM
13 Jun 1986	Wg Cdr Ian M Stewart; later AVM
3 Oct 1988	Wg Cdr I R Harvey MBE, BSc
17 May 1991	Wg Cdr C C N Burwell, MBE
29 Apr 1994	Wg Cdr David Walker, AFC, BSc; later AM
18 Mar 1996	Wg Cdr Mark A Leakey BSc; later A/Cdre
26 Nov 1997	Sqn Ldr I Cameron (acting)
9 Jan 1998	Wg Cdr A Golledge, DSO, BSc
26 Oct 1999	Wg Cdr Sean M Bell, BSc; later AVM
1 Nov 2006	Wg Cdr K A Lewis, DFC
31 Oct 2008	Wg Cdr D F Haines, MA MBA
15 Sep 2012	Wg Cdr M Flewin
9 Oct 2014	Wg Cdr M Sutton
xx xxx 2016	Wg Cdr C Hoyle

No 2 Squadron

13 May 1912	Maj C J Burke
xx Aug 1914	Maj Charles A H Longcroft; later AVM
10 Nov 1914	Maj C W P Dawes
8 Mar 1915	Maj Tom I Webb-Bowen; later AVM
2 Jun 1915	Maj John H W Becke; later Brig-Gen
3 Nov 1915	Maj Cyril F de S Murphy; later Brig-Gen
xx Jul 1916	Maj William F MacNeece; later AVM Sir William MacN Foster
xx xxx 1916	Maj J R Gould
9 Apr 1916	Maj R A Cooper
16 Aug 1917	Maj W R Snow
28 Aug 1918	Maj P G Ross Hume
12 Nov 1919	Sqn Ldr B F More
20 Jan 1920	DB
18 May 1920	Sqn Ldr F W Stent
16 Aug 1920	Sqn Ldr A J Butler MC
15 May 1922	Sqn Ldr L F Forbes
2 Mar 1925	Sqn Ldr Richard E Saul; later AVM
9 Jan 1927	Sqn Ldr William Sowrey DFC, MC; later A/Cdre
1 Apr 1928	Sqn Ldr Harold M Probyn; later A/Cdre
29 Sep 1930	Sqn Ldr Sydney E Toomer DFC; later AVM
12 Jan 1933	Sqn Ldr Philip F Fullard DSO, MC, AFC; later A/Cdre
1 Dec 1933	Sqn Ldr J H Green
20 Jul 1935	Sqn Ldr Noel L Desoer; later AVM
21 Apr 1938	Sqn Ldr William A Opie; later AVM
29 Apr 1939	Sqn Ldr Andrew J W Geddes; later A/Cdre (Wg Cdr from 1 Mar 1940)
17 Oct 1941	Sqn Ldr D I C Eyres
24 Dec 1941	Wg Cdr P J A Riddell
8 Feb 1943	Wg Cdr P W Stansfeld
29 Jun 1943	Sqn Ldr B O C Egan-Wyer
25 Aug 1943	Sqn Ldr M J Gray DFC
7 Sep 1944	Sqn Ldr C A Maitland DFC
25 Mar 1945	Sqn Ldr R J F Mitchell DFC
24 Apr 1946	Sqn Ldr D W Barlow DFC
15 Dec 1946	Sqn Ldr G Collinson
28 Oct 1948	Sqn Ldr W A Newenham DFC
6 Feb 1950	Sqn Ldr L H Bartlett DSO
1 Nov 1950	Sqn Ldr R M Pugh AFC
29 May 1953	Sqn Ldr Robert H G Weighill DFC; later A/Cdre
31 Aug 1955	Flt Lt M C Newman
15 Nov 1955	Sqn Ldr R S Mortley AFC
12 May 1958	Sqn Ldr C A Wade
16 Sep 1960	Sqn Ldr C S MacDonald
15 Feb 1962	Sqn Ldr David L F Thornton; later A/Cdre
13 Dec 1964	Sqn Ldr N J R Walpole
16 Jun 1967	Sqn Ldr T Barrett
11 Nov 1969	Sqn Ldr R J M David
7 Dec 1971	Wg Cdr B A Stead
2 Dec 1972	Wg Cdr D H Warren
8 May 1975	Wg Cdr D C Ferguson
1 Apr 1976	Wg Cdr Ronald A F Wilson; later ACM
6 Jan 1978	Wg Cdr R Fowler AFC
4 May 1980	Wg Cdr Timothy G Thorn AFC; later A/Cdre
18 Jan 1983	Wg Cdr F J Hoare AFC
31 May 1985	Wg Cdr Graham E Stirrup; later MRAF
13 Mar 1987	Wg Cdr Philip O Sturley; later AM
1 Jan 1989	Wg Cdr A Threadgould
1 Jul 1991	Wg Cdr B C Holding
21 Jul 1993	Wg Cdr R J Hounslow
6 Dec 1993	Wg Cdr Christopher M Nickols; later
26 Apr 1996	Wg Cdr Richard F Garwood DFC; later AM
27 Nov 1998	Wg Cdr Steve J Hillier DFC; later AM
15 Sep 2000	Wg Cdr R M Poole
2 May 2003	Wg Cdr S Cockram
25 Sep 2005	Wg Cdr Andrew C Hine; later A/Cdre
19 May 2008	Wg Cdr J Turner DFC
xx Jan 2011	Wg Cdr N A Tucker-Lowe DSO
xx Jan 2013	Wg Cdr J D Holmes MA
xx xxx 2015	Wg Cdr R Elliot
xx xxx 2017	Wg Cdr J Lee
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr E Rickards

No 3 Squadron

20 May 1912	Maj H Robert M Brooke-Popham; later ACM
12 Aug 1914	Maj John M Salmond DSO; later MRAF
xx May 1915	Maj D S Lewis DSO
1 Nov 1915	Maj Edgar R Ludlow-Hewitt DSO, MC; later ACM
xx Mar 1916	Maj H D Harvey-Kelly DSO
23 Sep 1916	Maj D E Stodart
28 Apr 1917	Maj E D Horsfall MC
xx Sep 1917	Maj J A G de C Courcy MC
17 Sep 1917	Maj R Raymond-Barker MC (KIA 20 Apr 1918)
xx Apr 1918	Maj R St C McClintock MC
xx Feb 1919	?
28 Apr 1920	Sqn Ldr G G A Williams
1 Oct 1921	Sqn Ldr David G Donald; later AM
xx Feb 1923	Sqn Ldr C C Miles
23 Apr 1924	Sqn Ldr John C Russell DSO; later A/Cdre
23 Apr 1926	Sqn Ldr James M Robb DFC; later ACM
15 Sep 1927	Sqn Ldr Eric D Johnson AFC; later A/Cdre
6 Aug 1930	Sqn Ldr Cecil A Stevens MC; later AVM
9 Mar 1934	Sqn Ldr G Martyn
30 Mar 1936	Sqn Ldr H L P Lester
28 Jul 1938	Sqn Ldr Hubert H Chapman; later AVM
19 Nov 1939	Sqn Ldr P Gifford DFC
16 May 1940	Sqn Ldr W M Churchill DSO DFC*
16 Jun 1940	Sqn Ldr S F Godden
23 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr G F Chater DFC
12 Nov 1940	Sqn Ldr A W Cole
21 Jan 1941	Sqn Ldr R E Barnett MBE
27 Jan 1941	Sqn Ldr E P P Gibbs
3 May 1941	Sqn Ldr R F Aitken
xx Apr 1942	Sqn Ldr A E Berry DFC
xx Aug 1942	Sqn Ldr L F De Soomer
xx Aug 1943	Sqn Ldr S R Thomas DFC AFC
xx Sep 1943	Sqn Ldr R Hawkins MC DFC
xx Oct 1943	Sqn Ldr A C Dredge DFC AFC
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr K A Wigglesworth DFC
xx Sep 1944	Sqn Ldr H N Sweetman DFC
26 Dec 1944	Sqn Ldr K F Thiele DSO DFC** (shot down and captured 27 Feb 1945)
27 Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr R B Cole DFC*
xx May 1947	Sqn Ldr C H Macfie DFC
xx Nov 1949	Sqn Ldr D R Griffiths DFC
xx Jun 1952	Sqn Ldr W J S Sutherland
xx Dec 1953	Sqn Ldr David C H Simmons CBE, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Dec 1954	Sqn Ldr T H Hutchinson
xx 15 Jun 1957	Sqn Disbanded
xx Jan 1959	Wg Cdr D W B Farrar DFC AFC
xx May 1960	Wg Cdr A F Peers DFC
xx Jan 1961	Wg Cdr D G Walker AFC
xx Jan 1961	Wg Cdr D F C Ross DFC
xx Jul 1963	Wg Cdr J L Field CBE
xx Jul 1965	Wg Cdr L E H Scotchmer OBE
xx May 1967	Wg Cdr R Hollingworth
xx Dec 1969	Wg Cdr M R T Chandler
xx Sep 1970	Wg Cdr H D Seymour
xx Jan 1972	Wg Cdr P H Champniss AFC
xx Jun 1972	Sqn Ldr J D Rust
xx Aug 1972	Wg Cdr Graham C Williams AFC; later AVM
17 Jan 1975	Wg Cdr Richard E Johns LVO; later ACM
19 Oct 1977	Wg Cdr George R Profit AFC, OBE; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1980	Wg Cdr R E Holliday
xx Jun 1983	Wg Cdr John H Thompson; later AM
xx Apr 1986	Wg Cdr B S Morris OBE AFC
xx Dec 1988	Wg Cdr P L Moules
xx Jan 1991	Wg Cdr R M Thomas AFC OBE
xx Aug 1993	Wg Cdr Clive R Loader OBE; later ACM
xx Dec 1995	Wg Cdr Andre F P Dezonie OBE; later A/Cdre
xx Jun 1998	Wg Cdr Ashley D Stevenson OBE; later A/Cdre
xx Dec 2000	Wg Cdr Stuart D Atha; later AVM
xx Jun 2003	Wg Cdr Bruce H Hedley MBE; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 2006	Wg Cdr L Bennett,
xx Apr 2008	Wg Cdr J D Milne, DFC
xx Sep 2010	Wg Cdr R P G Patounas
xx Oct 2012	Wg Cdr I J Townsend
xx Oct 2014	Wg Cdr C Moon
xx xxx 2016	Wg Cdr L Cunningham
xx Jan 2019	Wg Cdr S Kenworthy
xx Jul 2021	Wg Cdr F Buchler

No IV Squadron

16 Sep 1912	Maj G M Raleigh
20 Jan 1915	Maj H R P Reynolds
29 Jan 1915	Maj Charles A H Longcroft; later AVM
21 Jul 1915	Maj F F Waldron
29 Sep 1915	Maj G E Todd
17 Feb 1916	Maj V A Barrington-Kennett
13 Mar 1916	Maj T W C Carthew DSO
20 Sep 1916	Maj L Jenkins DSO MC
2 Dec 1917	Maj Richard E Saul; later AVM
6 Jan 1919	Maj H B Prior
20 Feb 1919	Disbanded
30 Mar 1920	Sqn Ldr Charles H B Blount; later AVM
4 Apr 1925	Sqn Ldr John C Slessor; later MRAF
15 Oct 1928	Sqn Ldr Norman H Bottomley; later ACM
6 Jan 1930	Sqn Ldr Charles E H Medhurst; later ACM
29 Dec 1930	Sqn Ldr Sturley P Simpson; later AVM
4 Oct 1933	Sqn Ldr Ferdinand M F West VC; later A/Cdre
30 Aug 1935	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr H A L Pattison (Sqn Ldr from 1 Dec 1935)
16 Jan 1936	Sqn Ldr Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry; later AVM (sick from 26 Nov 1936)
26 Nov 1936	Flt Lt M C W Flint (Temporary)
10 May 1937	Sqn Ldr G H Loughman
15 Jan 1938	Sqn Ldr I O'B MacGregor (admitted to hospital 1 Jun 1939)
1 Jun 1939	Flt Lt A A N Malan (Temporary)
6 Aug 1939	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr G P Charles
7 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr Peter L Donkin; later A/Cdre
11 Sep 1940	Wg Cdr G P Charles
29 Oct 1940	Sqn Ldr J F Maffett
9 Dec 1940	Wg Cdr P H R Saunders
17 Feb 1941	Wg Cdr G P Charles
1 Jun 1941	Wg Cdr P H R Saunders
29 Oct 1942	Wg Cdr G E Macdonald
15 Mar 1943	Sqn Ldr R H D Rigall
17 Dec 1943	Flt Lt A S Baker
27 Dec 1943	Sqn Ldr R J Hardiman
15 May 1944	Sqn Ldr W Shepherd
21 May 1945	Sqn Ldr C D Harris-St John
20 Sep 1945	Wg Cdr M P C Corkery
15 May 1946	Wg Cdr Richard I Jones; later AVM
15 Nov 1947	Sqn Ldr B Everton-Jones
14 Sep 1949	Sqn Ldr C P N Newman
9 Mar 1951	Sqn Ldr Peter G K Williamson; later AVM
7 Aug 1953	Sqn Ldr P W Gilpin
5 Dec 1955	Sqn Ldr J R Chapman
2 Sep 1957	Sqn Ldr T J McElhaw
xx Feb 1959	Sqn Ldr Reginald J Spiers; later A/Cdre
30 Dec 1960	Sqn Ldr R J T Buchanan
7 Nov 1961	Sqn Ldr R J Bannard
xx Dec 1963	Sqn Ldr W J Milner
xx Nov 1964	Sqn Ldr E J E Smith
7 Jun 1967	Sqn Ldr A J Hopkins
1 Sep 1969	Sqn Ldr Roger M Austin; later AM
1 Jun 1970	Wg Cdr I K McKee
28 Aug 1972	Wg Cdr L A B Baker
28 Oct 1974	Wg Cdr P D J Melaniphy
17 Mar 1977	Wg Cdr A J Chaplin
11 May 1979	Wg Cdr I C H Dick
27 Nov 1981	Wg Cdr K G Holland
29 Jun 1982	Sqn Ldr P R Webb
31 Aug 1982	Wg Cdr Anthony J M McKeon; later A/Cdre
24 May 1985	Wg Cdr Peter V Harris; later AVM
20 Nov 1987	Wg Cdr R W Gault
11 May 1990	Wg Cdr Malcolm G F White; later A/Cdre
16 Dec 1991	Wg Cdr D A Haward
8 Apr 1994	Wg Cdr Christopher H Moran; later ACM
25 May 1996	Wg Cdr Andrew S Kirkpatrick; later A/Cdre
26 Nov 1998	Wg Cdr Kenneth B McCann; later A/Cdre
9 Apr 2001	Wg Cdr A J Q Suddards
21 Oct 2003	Wg Cdr A Offer
17 Mar 2006	Wg Cdr Ian W Duguid; later A/Cdre
1 Sep 2008	Wg Cdr H Smyth
1 Apr 2010	Wg Cdr L S Taylor
xx Jun 2010	Wg Cdr S P Jessett
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr Kevin Marsh
xx xxx 2013	Wg Cdr Dan Beard
xx xxx 20xx	Wg Cdr
6 Jun 2017	Wg Cdr R A Caine
xx Dec 2019	Wg Cdr

No 5 Squadron

26 Jul 1913	Maj John F A Higgins DSO; later AM
18 Nov 1914	Maj Archibald C H MacLean; later Brig-Gen
19 Apr 1915	Maj Andrew G Board; later A/Cdre
22 Dec 1915	Maj John G Hearson; later A/Cdre
6 May 1916	Maj R M Vaughan
16 Jul 1916	Maj F J L Cogan
26 Jan 1917	Maj G L P Henderson
14 Feb 1917	Maj R E Lewis
16 May 1917	Maj E J Tyson DSO MC
11 Mar 1918	Maj C H Gardner
4 Nov 1918	Maj G Knight MC
2 Mar 1919	Maj Donald F Stevenson; later AVM
27 Nov 1919	Sqn Ldr Paul C Maltby; later AVM
23 Nov 1923	Sqn Ldr Arthur J Capel, DSO, DFC; later AVM
2 Nov 1928	Flt Lt Alfred C Sanderson DFC; later AM (Temporary)
xx Nov 1928	Sqn Ldr O C Bryson
xx Oct 1931	Sqn Ldr W K Mercer
12 Dec 1932	Sqn Ldr Aubrey B Ellwood, DSC, later AM
15 Nov 1933	Sqn Ldr Cyril N Ellen, DFC; later A/Cdre
13 Jul 1935	Sqn Ldr Philip F Fullard, DSO, MC, AFC; later A/Cdre
31 Dec 1935	Flt Lt Arthur F Hutton DFC; later A/Cdre (Temporary)
25 Feb 1936	Sqn Ldr H R M Reid
22 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr Leslie W Cannon; later AVM
1 Dec 1937	Sqn Ldr Harold J G E Proud; later A/Cdre
29 Nov 1938	Sqn Ldr W T H Nichols
xx Jan 1940	Sqn Ldr N F Simpson
18 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr E T T Nelson
14 Nov 1940	Sqn Ldr A J Young
xx Feb 1941	Sqn Ldr J R Maling
xx Mar 1942	Sqn Ldr John H Giles; later A/Cdre
xx May 1942	Sqn Ldr William Pitt-Brown; later A/Cdre
xx Oct 1942	Sqn Ldr P Bond
xx Mar 1943	Sqn Ldr G J C Hogan
xx Jun 1944	Sqn Ldr J M Cranstone DFC
xx Oct 1945	Sqn Ldr L H Dawes DFC
xx Jun 1946	Sqn Ldr F Rothwell DFC
xx Feb 1949	Sqn Ldr D H Farmer DFC AFC
xx Oct 1950	Sqn Ldr Wilson DFC
xx Jan 1951	Flt Lt M W Huggins DFC
xx Apr 1952	Sqn Ldr E V Daw
xx Apr 1953	Sqn Ldr Cyril S J West; later Act A/Cdre
xx Jan 1954	Sqn Ldr P V Ayerst DFC
xx Feb 1956	Sqn Ldr Fargher DFC
xx Feb 1959	Wg Cdr Maxwell Scannell DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx May 1960	Wg Cdr F W Sledmere AFC
xx Jul 1962	Wg Cdr Michael J E Swiney; later A/Cdre
xx Nov 1962	Wg Cdr C R Gordon MVO
xx Oct 1965	Sqn Ldr L J Hargreaves
xx Jan 1967	Wg Cdr J H A Winship
xx Mar 1969	Wg Cdr K J Bailey
xx Nov 1969	Wg Cdr George P Black; later AVM
xx Jul 1970	Wg Cdr George A White; later AVM
xx Aug 1972	Wg Cdr J D Hutchinson
xx Sep 1974	Wg Cdr B J St Aubyn
xx Dec 1976	Wg Cdr D R Kuun
xx Nov 1977	Wg Cdr Peter G Naz; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1978	Wg Cdr Robert D Lightfoot AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1980	Wg Cdr T L Adcock
xx Jul 1982	Wg Cdr M J Streten
xx Apr 1985	Wg Cdr D A Williams AFC
xx Dec 1987	Wg Cdr Euen J Black; later A/Cdre
xx Oct 1990	Wg Cdr A J Lockwood
xx Apr 1993	Wg Cdr P A Blackford
xx Dec 1995	Wg Cdr P D Spencer
xx Jul 1998	Wg Cdr A S Barmby
xx Jan 2001	Wg Cdr G T Bremer
xx Apr 2004	Wg Cdr W R Hughes
xx Jun 2007	Wg Cdr M H M Kemsley MBE
xx Jul 2009	Wg Cdr R P Barrow
xx Jun 2011	Wg Cdr A P Marshall
xx xxx xxxx	The listing beyond this point is still being researched
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr D Holland (2020/21)

No 6 Squadron

31 Jan 1914	Maj J H W Becke
2 Mar 1915	Capt G E Todd
6 Mar 1915	Maj G S Shephard DSO MC LdH
9 Dec 1915	Maj R P Mills MC
7 Sep 1916	Maj A S Barratt MC
18 Jun 1917	Maj A W H James MC
9 Jul 1918	Maj George C Pirie MC; later ACM
18 Sep 1919	Flt Lt George C Pirie MC; later ACM
13 Feb 1920	Sqn Ldr William Sowrey; later A/Cdre
28 May 1920	Sqn Ldr Edward A B Rice MC; later AVM
21 Apr 1922	Sqn Ldr Edye R Manning DSO, MC; later A/Cdre
23 Nov 1923	Sqn Ldr D S K Crosbie, OBE
13 Nov 1925	Sqn Ldr Donald F Stevenson, DSO, MC; later AVM
24 Nov 1926	Sqn Ldr C N Lowe, MC, DFC
10 Jan 1928	Sqn Ldr C H Keith
16 Mar 1930	Sqn Ldr Claude R Cox, AFC; later A/Cdre
1 Feb 1931	Sqn Ldr John P Coleman AFC; later A/Cdre
1 Feb 1934	Sqn Ldr Herbert M Massey DSO, MC; later A/Cdre
3 Sep 1936	Flt C H Tighe (Temporary)
30 Sep 1936	Sqn Ldr Herbert M Massey DSO, MC; later A/Cdre
21 Jan 1937	Sqn Ldr E R C Hodson
9 Apr 1938	Sqn Ldr A D Selway; later AM
13 Apr 1938	Sqn Ldr Alfred G Adnams; later A/Cdre
7 Jul 1938	Sqn Ldr Noel C Singer; later A/Cdre
19 Dec 1939	Flt Lt H L I Brown
xx Feb 1940	Sqn Ldr W N McKechnie, EGM
16 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr R E Weld
2 May 1941	Sqn Ldr P Legge
xx Feb 1942	W/Cdr R C Porteous, DSO
xx Jan 1943	Sqn Ldr D Weston-Burt, DSO
xx May 1943	W/Cdr A E Morrison-Bell, DFC
xx May 1944	Sqn Ldr J H Brown, DSO, DFC
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr R H Langdon-Davies, DFC
xx Nov 1944	Sqn Ldr R Slade-Betts, DFC
xx Aug 1946	Sqn Ldr C E Mould
xx Dec 1946	Sqn Ldr C K Gray, DFC
xx Nov 1947	Sqn Ldr Denis Crowley-Milling DSO, DFC*; later AM
xx Jul 1950	Sqn Ldr Patrick A Kennedy DSO, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Nov 1952	Sqn Ldr E J Roberts
xx Oct 1954	Sqn Ldr P C Ellis, DFC
xx Nov 1956	Sqn Ldr G P Elliott
xx Jul 1957	Sqn Ldr L E H Scotchmer
xx Feb 1960	Sqn Ldr J N B Boyd AFC
xx Sep 1962	Sqn Ldr C F Pickard
xx Jan 1965	Sqn Ldr P J Anstee
xx Dec 1966	Sqn Ldr J R Whittam
xx May 1969	W/Cdr David Harcourt-Smith DFC; later ACM
xx Aug 1970	W/Cdr John E Nevill; later A/Cdre
xx Dec 1972	W/Cdr B W Lavender
xx Jun 1974	W/Cdr R J Quarterman
xx Jul 1975	Wg Cdr N R Hayward
xx Dec 1977	Wg Cdr G B Robertson
xx Mar 1980	Wg Cdr M N Evans
xx Aug 1982	Wg Cdr D W Bramley
xx Dec 1984	Wg Cdr N A Buckland
xx Jun 1987	Wg Cdr I Reilly
xx Dec 1989	Wg Cdr Jerome Connolly AFC; later AVM
xx Feb 1992	Wg Cdr Andrew D Sweetman; later A/Cdre
xx Jul 1994	Wg Cdr Iain A Milne; later A/Cdre
xx Dec 1996	Wg Cdr M J Roche
xx Jul 1999	Wg Cdr Robert W Judson; later AVM
xx Jul 2002	Wg Cdr M J Sears, MBE
xx Jul 2004	Wg Cdr W A Cruickshank
xx Apr 2006	Wg Cdr J M Sullivan
xx Sep 2010	Wg Cdr R Dennis
xx Oct 2012	Wg Cdr M R Baulkwill
xx Aug 2014	Wg Cdr J R E Walls
xx xxx 2016	Wg Cdr W Cooper
xx xxx 2019	Wg Cdr M D'Aubyn
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr G Montgomery (2024)

No 7 Squadron

1 May 1914	Maj John M Salmond DSO; later MRAF
8 Aug 1914	DB
28 Sep 1914	Capt Andrew G Board; later A/Cdre
24 Mar 1915	Maj Cuthbert G Hoare; later Brig-Gen
7 Nov 1915	Maj F L J Cogan
16 Jul 1916	Maj R M Vaughan
23 Sep 1916	Maj A T Whitelock
18 Oct 1916	Maj Bertine E Sutton DSO, MC; later AM
5 Jan 1919	Maj Richard E Saul; later AVM
31 Dec 1919	DB
1 Jun 1923	Flt Lt D A Stewart MC, DFC, AFC
5 Jul 1923	Sqn Ldr C H Hayward
20 Oct 1924	Sqn Ldr Eustace O Grenfell MC, DFC
19 Nov 1925	Sqn Ldr John S T Bradley; later AM
1 May 1926	Wg Cdr Charles H B Blount OBE, MC; later AVM
11 Mar 1927	Wg Cdr Charles F A Portal DSO, MC; later MRAF
30 Nov 1928	Wg Cdr Edye R Manning DSO, MC; later A/Cdre
2 Nov 1929	Sqn Ldr C E H C MacPherson
6 Jan 1930	Wg Cdr Conway W H Pulford OBE, AFC; later AVM
7 Apr 1931	Sqn Ldr Lionel G S Payne MC, AFC; later A/Cdre
26 May 1931	Wg Cdr Arthur L Gregory MBE, MC; later A/Cdre
2 Oct 1933	Wg Cdr Arthur A B Thomson MC, AFC; later A/Cdre
13 Feb 1934	Sqn Ldr C E W Foster
2 Apr 1934	Wg Cdr Alexander Gray MC, later AVM
18 Dec 1935	Wg Cdr F O Soden DFC
4 Jan 1938	Wg Cdr William E Theak later AVM
2 Jan 1939	Sqn Ldr J N Jaques (Temporary)
29 Mar 1939	Wg Cdr L G Nixon
28 Nov 1939	Wg Cdr A E Paish
4 Apr 1940	Absorbed into No 16 OTU
1 Aug 1940	Reformed
3 Aug 1940	Wg Cdr P I Harris DFC
14 Apr 1941	Wg Cdr Henry R Graham DSO, DFC; later AVM
31 Mar 1942	Wg Cdr D J H Lay
10 Apr 1942	Wg Cdr B D Sellick DFC
2 Oct 1942	Wg Cdr O R Donaldson DSO, DFC
3 May 1943	Wg Cdr H H Burnell
20 Sep 1943	Gp Capt K R Rampling DSO, DFC
25 Mar 1944	Wg Cdr W G Lockhart DSO, DFC
28 Apr 1944	Wg Cdr J F Barron DSO, DFC, DFM
20 May 1944	Wg Cdr R W Cox DFC, AFC
9 Oct 1944	Wg Cdr D M Walburn DSO
1 Jan 1945	Wg Cdr D A Cracknell DSO, DFC
5 Jun 1945	Wg Cdr K H Burns DSO, DFC
21 Jan 1946	Wg Cdr R A Milward DFC
xx May 1946	Wg Cdr C N Fleming DFC
xx Mar 1947	Sqn Ldr S Chester
7 Jul 1947	Sqn Ldr T G Hynes
16 May 1949	Sqn Ldr S C Ladyman
7 Apr 1952	Sqn Ldr P G Tilbrook
3 May 1953	Sqn Ldr David C Saunders; later A/Cdre
4 Jun 1955	Sqn Ldr R L S Coulson
8 Oct 1956	Wg Cdr Alan H C Boxer DSO, DFC; later AVM
17 Oct 1957	Wg Cdr Christopher D North-Lewis DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
17 Nov 1958	Wg Cdr B P Mugford
21 Oct 1960	Wg Cdr B I Partridge
4 May 1961	Wg Cdr J Wilson MBE
1 May 1970	Sqn Ldr R H Crumpton
4 Oct 1971	Wg Cdr D Ball
5 Nov 1973	Wg Cdr A E Radnor
	The listing beyond this point is still being researched

No 8 Squadron

1 Jan 1915	Maj Lionel E O Charlton DSO; later A/Cdre
24 Aug 1915	Maj Archibald C H MacLean; later Brig-Gen
12 Jan 1916	Maj Patrick H L Playfair MC; later AM
24 Aug 1916	Maj Ernest L Gossage MC; later AM
27 Nov 1917	Maj Trafford L Leigh-Mallory DSO; later ACM
xx Nov 1918	Capt Sydney E Toomer; later AVM
22 Jan 1920	DB
18 Oct 1920	Sqn Ldr D L Allen AFC
24 Feb 1922	Sqn Ldr G H Bowman DSO, MC, DFC
5 Feb 1924	Sqn Ldr F Sowrey DSO, MC, AFC
27 Oct 1924	Sqn Ldr Wilfred A McClaughry DSO, MC, DFC; later AVM
1 Feb 1928	Sqn Ldr G H Bowman DSO, MC, DFC
1 Feb 1929	Sqn Ldr Hon Ralph A Cochrane AFC; later ACM
14 Nov 1929	Sqn Ldr John L Vachell MC; later A/Cdre
26 Jan 1931	Sqn Ldr Ralph S Sorley DSC; later AM
14 Nov 1932	Flt Lt A E Beilby
6 Feb 1933	Sqn Ldr Herbert B Russell AFC; later AVM
9 Mar 1935	Sqn Ldr Hugh S P Walmsley MC, DFC; later ACM
11 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr J F T Barrett DSO, DFC
20 Jan 1939	Sqn Ldr Ronald L Phillips; later A/Cdre
1 Apr 1939
10 May 1939	Sqn Ldr Ronald L Phillips; later A/Cdre
20 Sep 1939	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr D S Radford; later A/Cdre
6 Aug 1941	Wg Cdr Alick Foord-Kelcey; later AVM
11 Oct 1941	Sqn Ldr Thomas J Hanlon; later AVM
20 Nov 1941	Wg Cdr R H Humphries
10 Aug 1942	Wg Cdr D W Reid DFC
13 Jul 1944	Wg Cdr M G L Foster AFC
12 May 1945	Wg Cdr J M Milburn
6 Sep 1946	Wg Cdr P E St E O'Brien DFC
10 Feb 1947	Sqn Ldr F W M Jensen DFC, AFC
11 Apr 1949	Sqn Ldr Alasdair McK S Steedman, DFC; later ACM
20 Oct 1950	Sqn Ldr C R A Forsyth DSO
1 Feb 1952	Sqn Ldr J W Stephens DFC
1 May 1952	Sqn Ldr D B Bretherton DFC
3 Mar 1954	Sqn Ldr A J Houston
7 Mar 1956	Sqn Ldr H D Johnson DFC
1 Sep 1956	Sqn Ldr C I Blyth DFC, AFC
xx Dec 1957	Sqn Ldr G P Elliott
xx Mar 1959	Sqn Ldr R Knight
17 Mar 1961	Sqn Ldr Laurence A Jones later AM
11 Apr 1963	Sqn Ldr T S Syme DFC
1 Jun 1965	Sqn Ldr D P J Melaniphy
20 May 1967	Sqn Ldr F A Trowern AFC
26 Oct 1968	Sqn Ldr J McVie
21 Oct 1970	Sqn Ldr W I C Stoker
1 Jan 1971	Wg Cdr G J E Moores
21 Dec 1973	Wg Cdr J D Drysdale
9 Apr 1976	Wg Cdr G J Carter
1 Apr 1978	Wg Cdr P F J Burton AFC
7 Jun 1980	Wg Cdr W A Newman
24 May 1982	Wg Cdr D H A Greenway OBE
15 Jun 1984	Wg Cdr M C Cooper
21 Nov 1986	Wg Cdr D C Henken
26 May 1989	Wg Cdr S J Roncoroni
1 May 1990	Wg Cdr C J Booth
1 Jul 1991	Wg Cdr R G Thompson
16 Jun 1993	Wg Cdr J A Hall
1 Feb 1996	Wg Cdr T Almond
13 Nov 1998	Wg Cdr G W MacInnes
16 Jun 2001	Wg Cdr D H Johnstone
7 Nov 2003	Wg Cdr M A Jeffery
21 Dec 2004	Sqn Ldr R P Mepham
16 May 2005	Wg Cdr E A C Elliot
14 Jan 2008	Wg Cdr A T Martin
30 May 2010	Wg Cdr P Moss
3 Oct 2012	Wg Cdr J Beldon MBE
6 Nov 2014	Wg Cdr S Kilvington
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr V Williams (2019/21)
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr S McDonnell (2024)

No IX Squadron

8 Dec 1912	Maj H Musgrave
4 Mar 1915	Capt Hugh C T Dowding; later ACM
22 Mar 1915	DB
1 Apr 1915	Maj Hugh C T Dowding; later ACM
16 Sep 1915	Maj F A Wanklyn
25 Mar 1916	Maj A B Burdett
10 Dec 1916	Maj I A E Edwards
1 Jun 1917	Maj Henry J F Hunter MC; later A/Cdre
16 Nov 1917	Maj J T Rodwell
xx Jul 1919	?
31 Dec 1919	DB
1 Apr 1924	Flt Lt V R Gibbs DSC
23 Apr 1924	Sqn Ldr J C Quinnell DFC; later A/Cdre
xx Aug 1924	Sqn Ldr A P V Daly
19 Jan 1925	Sqn Ldr William J M Guilfoyle OBE, MC; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1926	Wg Cdr V Gaskell-Blackburn DSC, AFC
29 Dec 1926	Wg Cdr C C Durston
28 Nov 1928	Wg Cdr William V Strugnell MC
4 Jan 1931	Wg Cdr F W Stent MC
7 Nov 1932	Sqn Ldr E J D Routh (Temporary)
22 Nov 1932	Wg Cdr William Sowrey DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
29 Dec 1932	Sqn Ldr J F Gordon DFC (Temporary)
27 Feb 1933	Wg Cdr Athol W Mylne later A/Cdre
12 Nov 1934	Sqn Ldr C S Richardson (Temporary)
20 Dec 1934	Wg Cdr G H Cook
28 Feb 1938	Wg Cdr H A Smith MC
15 Nov 1938	Wg Cdr W Sanderson AFC
28 Nov 1938	Sqn Ldr G H Shaw (Temporary)
2 Jan 1939	Wg Cdr Hugh P Lloyd MC, DFC; later ACM
27 Sep 1939	Wg Cdr R A A Cole
17 Jan 1940	Wg Cdr Andrew McKee; later AM
31 Jul 1940	Wg Cdr A E Healy
16 Jan 1941	Wg Cdr R G C Arnold (KIA)
20 Jun 1941	Wg Cdr K M M Wasse
10 Jan 1942	Wg Cdr William I C Inness CB, OBE; later A/Cdre
27 May 1942	Wg Cdr L V James
27 Jun 1942	Wg Cdr J M Southwell
15 Mar 1943	Wg Cdr K B F Smith DSO
12 Apr 1943	Wg Cdr Patrick Burnett; later A/Cdre
14 Nov 1943	Wg Cdr E L Porter DFC
15 Jun 1944	Wg Cdr J M Bazin DFC
25 May 1945	Wg Cdr R E Dupont
26 Nov 1945	Wg Cdr F M Osborn
1 May 1946	Sqn Ldr H Watkins DFC
13 Dec 1946	Sqn Ldr J Overton DFC
24 Jan 1947	Flt Lt P N Speed
24 Apr 1947	Sqn Ldr F R Flynn
13 Nov 2947	Sqn Ldr L D Wilson DSO, DFC, AFC
20 Aug 1948	Sqn Ldr P A Ostle
17 Aug 1950	Sqn Ldr A W Southall DSO, DFC
24 Nov 1952	Sqn Ldr J C M Mountford
29 Jul 1954	Sqn Ldr L G A Bastard
10 Jan 1957	Wg Cdr Beresford P T Horsley MVO, AFC; later AM
17 Feb 1958	Wg Cdr Michael P Stanton later A/Cdre
15 Dec 1959	Wg Cdr N O S Bayley DFC
27 Apr 1961	Wg Cdr H T Murley
1 Mar 1962	Wg Cdr K Stevens
31 Mar 1964	Wg Cdr Charles G Maughan AFC; later AVM
20 Jul 1964	Wg Cdr K J L Baker (killed 7 Oct 1964 in Vulcan XM601)
17 Nov 1964	Wg Cdr J E Pollington
17 Dec 1966	Wg Cdr A M Christie
27 Jun 1968	Wg Cdr J E Sewell MBE
19 Jun 1970	Wg Cdr Ron Dick; later A/Cdre
19 Jun 1972	Wg Cdr A Howie
24 Jan 1975	Wg Cdr B J Mather
29 Dec 1976	Wg Cdr R E Turner
11 Dec 1978	Wg Cdr J A Prideaux
19 Dec 1980	Wg Cdr P W Mayes
	Details of commanders during this period have not yet been found
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr Robert I McAlpine; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 1997	Wg Cdr G Bagwell, later AM
	Details of commanders during this period have not yet been found
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr D Watson (2003)
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr Stuart C Evans; later AVM
xx xxx 2006	Wg Cdr David J Waddington; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 2009	Wg Cdr N Hay (2010)
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr A Turk (2012)
xx xxx 2013	Wg Cdr C Snaith

No 10 Squadron

1 Jan 1915	Maj Gordon S Shephard MC; later Brig-Gen
2 Mar 1915	Maj U J D Bourke
2 Jun 1916	Maj William G S Mitchell DSO, MC; later ACM
17 Dec 1916	Maj G B Ward MC (KIA 21 Sep 1917)
26 Sep 1917	Maj K D P Murray MC
16 Feb 1919	Vacant
31 Dec 1919	DB
3 Jan 1928	Wg Cdr Henry R Busteed; later A/Cdre
4 Oct 1928	Wg Cdr F L Robinson
5 Feb 1929	Sqn Ldr Arthur S G Lee MC; later AVM (Temporary)
4 Apr 1929	Wg Cdr Arthur T Whitelock
15 Sep 1930	Wg Cdr Percy C Sherren
4 Feb 1933	Wg Cdr Henry K Thorold DSC, DFC, AFC; later AVM
20 Feb 1934	Wg Cdr Charles B Dalison AFC
14 Aug 1934	Wg Cdr Matthew B Frew DSO, MC, AFC; later AVM
19 Sep 1936	Sqn Ldr J F Foden (Temporary)
2 Nov 1936	Wg Cdr Matthew B Frew DSO, MC, AFC; later AVM
1 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr J C Foden (Temporary)
17 Apr 1937	Wg Cdr Strang Graham MC; later A/Cdre
4 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr E B Steedman (Temporary)
9 Jun 1938	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr William E Staton DSO, MC, DFC; later AVM (Wg Cdr from 1 Jul 1938)
10 Jul 1940	Sqn Ldr John N H Whitworth CB, DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
21 Jul 1940	Wg Cdr Sydney O Bufton DFC; later AVM
3 Oct 1940	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Ferguson (Act Wg Cdr from 21 Oct 1940)
8 Nov 1940	Wg Cdr Sydney O Bufton DFC; later AVM
12 Apr 1941	Wg Cdr Victor B Bennett DFC; later A/Cdre
8 Sep 1941	Wg Cdr J A H Tuck DFC
15 Apr 1942	Wg Cdr Donald C T Bennett DSO, later AVM
4 May 1942	Wg Cdr J B Tait DSO, DFC
4 Jun 1942	Wg Cdr Donald C T Bennett DSO, later AVM
4 Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths (Temp)
26 Jul 1942	Wg Cdr R K Wildey DFC
16 Oct 1942	Wg Cdr Wilfred Carter; later AVM
4 Feb 1943	Wg Cdr D W Edmonds DFC
8 Oct 1943	Wg Cdr J F Sutton DFC, AFC
1 Apr 1944	Wg Cdr Dudley S Radford DSO, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
9 Oct 1944	Wg Cdr U Y Shannon
8 Jan 1945	Wg Cdr A C Dowden
1 Jun 1946	Wg Cdr J A Chorlton
xx Oct 1946	Wg Cdr A J Ogilvie
20 Dec 1947	DB
5 Nov 1948	Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher
xx Sep 1949	Sqn Ldr Ian D N Lawson DFC*; later AVM
20 Feb 1950	DB
15 Jan 1953	Sqn Ldr D R Howard
xx Apr 1955	Sqn Ldr G Sproates
15 Jan 1957	DB
1 May 1958	Wg Cdr C B Owen DSO, DFC, AFC
15 Feb 1960	Wg Cdr R B Phillips
29 Jan 1962	Wg Cdr T C Gledhill
xx xxx 1964	DB
xx Jul 1966	Wg Cdr Michael G Beavis; later ACM
xx Oct 1968	Wg Cdr D E B Dowling
xx Feb 1971	Wg Cdr R L Lamb
xx Jan 1973	Wg Cdr R I C Howden
xx Mar 1975	Wg Cdr A J Richards
xx Feb 1977	Wg Cdr Robert G Peters; later AVM
xx Dec 1978	Wg Cdr A M Wills
xx Jun 1981	Wg Cdr O G Bunn
xx Jun 1984	Wg Cdr L J Marshall
xx Dec 1986	Wg Cdr D B Symes
xx Jun 1989	Wg Cdr P C Bingham
xx Jul 1991	Wg Cdr A F Stuart
xx Jul 1994	Wg Cdr S Dufill
xx Jan 1997	Wg Cdr A M Bray
xx Jul 1999	Wg Cdr A D Gunby
xx Feb 2002	Wg Cdr A Deas
xx Oct 2004	Wg Cdr M A Smart
14 Oct 2005	DB
1 Aug 2011	Wg Cdr D James
xx Nov 2013	Wg Cdr J Osborne
15 Jan 2016	Wg Cdr S Blackwell
xx May 2018	Wg Cdr A J Scott
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr J Rycroft (2024)

No XI Squadron

14 Feb 1915	Maj U J D Bourke
8 Mar 1915	Maj G W P Dawes
10 Dec 1915	Maj T O’B Hubbard
17 Oct 1916	Maj K P Atkinson
30 Mar 1917	Maj Cuthbert T Maclean MC, later AVM
xx Apr 1917	Maj R Raymond-Barker
21 Aug 1917	Maj Rowland F S Morton; later A/Cdre
17 May 1918	Maj H P Davey
10 Jul 1918	Maj R W Heath
11 Feb 1919	Maj M le Blance-Smith
18 Mar 1919	Maj Edward A B Rice MC; later AVM
31 Dec 1919	DB
15 Jan 1923	Sqn Ldr Edward A B Rice MC; later AVM
26 Jan 1928	Sqn Ldr P H Cummings
1 Dec1931	Flt Lt F H Isaac (Temporary)
18 Jan 1932	Sqn Ldr R T B Houghton
25 Nov 1933	Sqn Ldr C Le Poer Trench
18 May 1935	Flt Lt Henry F V Battle; later A/Cdre (Temporary)
7 Oct 1935	Flt Lt Frederick G H Ewens; later A/Cdre (Temporary)
19 Nov 1935	Sqn Ldr Alfred R Wardle; later A/Cdre
4 Sep 1936	Flt Lt N C Pleasance (Temporary)
7 Sep 1936	Sqn Ldr Robert O Jones; later AM
1 Jun 1938	Flt Lt A G Dudgeon; later AVM
1 Aug 1938	Flt Lt M P C Corkery
xx Aug 1938	Sqn Ldr W V L Spendlove
15 Feb 1940	Sqn Ldr Henry G Blair; later A/Cdre
9 May 1940	Flt Lt S A Ellaby
6 Jul 1940	Flt Lt D C Smith
19 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr P Stevens
7 Jun 1941	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr A L Bocking
6 Nov 1941	Wg Cdr Richard Kellett AFC; later A/Cdre
9 Dec 1941	Wg Cdr A J M Smyth
2 Jun 1942	Wg Cdr Robert N Bateson; later AVM
xx Jan 1943	Wg Cdr H C Stumm DFC
xx May 1943	Wg Cdr A W Pennington-Legh
xx Aug 1943	Sqn Ldr S G Proudfoot
xx Jun 1943	Wg Cdr H C Stumm DFC
22 Sep 1943	Sqn Ldr S C Norris DFC
5 Mar 1944	Sqn Ldr D J T Sharp DFC
27 Dec 1944	Sqn Ldr G A Butler
25 Apr 1945	Sqn Ldr B T Shannon
8 Nov 1945	Sqn Ldr P R McGregor
16 Nov 1946	Sqn Ldr N W P Hancock
1 Jan 1948	Flt Lt J Welch
4 Oct 1948	Sqn Ldr I W Hutcheson
18 May 1949	Sqn Ldr J M Ransey
14 Aug 1950	Sqn Ldr D H Seaton DFC
6 Jun 1953	Sqn Ldr E Batchelor
2 Jun 1956	Sqn Ldr David G Evans CBE; later ACM
xx Sep 1958	Wg Cdr T D Sanderson
26 Oct 1959	Wg Cdr J G Croshaw
4 Dec 1961	Wg Cdr D MacIver
11 Jun 1964	Wg Cdr W J Marriot
1 Apr 1967	Sqn Ldr Peter S Collins; later AVM
2 Jun 1967	Wg Cdr D R K Blucke
27 Oct 1969	Wg Cdr J F B Jones
14 Sep 1971	Wg Cdr David A Cowley later A/Cdre
28 Dec 1973	Wg Cdr E J Nance
19 Dec 1975	Wg Cdr I Thompson
15 Jul 1977	Wg Cdr Michael J Graydon; later ACM
29 Jun 1979	Wg Cdr D Aylward
8 Apr 1982	Wg Cdr John H Spencer AFC; later A/Cdre
14 Dec 1984	Wg Cdr Simon N Bostock; later A/Cdre
10 Jun 1987	Wg Cdr John C Jarron; later A/Cdre
1 Jul 1988	Wg Cdr D R Hamilton
28 Mar 1991	Wg Cdr John A Cliffe; later AVM
1 Apr 1994	Wg Cdr Andrew G Walton; later AVM
1 Apr 1996	Wg Cdr Mark Swan; later A/Cdre
12 Oct 1998	Wg Cdr M J Mercer
5 Feb 2001	Wg Cdr N Guz
6 Sep 2003	Wg Cdr M Tetlow
31 Oct 2005	DB
29 Mar 2007	Wg Cdr Gavin D A Parker; later A/Cdre (reformed as a Typhoon Sqn)
xx xxx 2009	Wg Cdr J Attridge
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr C Layden
xx xxx xxxx	-
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr M Lawson (2024)
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr M Robertson (Aug 2024)

No 12 Squadron

14 Feb 1915	Maj Cyril L N Newall; later MRAF
13 Jan 1916	Maj J C Halahan
27 Oct 1916	Maj Charles S Burnett DSO; later ACM
17 Sep 1917	Maj J A G de Courcy MC
18 Jul 1918	Maj H S Lees-Smith
19 Aug 1918	Maj T Q Back
16 Mar 1919	Maj G H B McCall
20 Apr 1919	Maj J G Selby MC
3 Sep 1919	Sqn Ldr Richard E Saul DFC; later AVM
1 Mar 1921	Sqn Ldr Henry J F Hunter MC; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 1922	Flt Lt Philip F Fullard DSO, MC, AFC; later A/Cdre (to 27 Jul 1922)
4 Apr 1923	Flt Lt John R Howett
19 Nov 1923	Sqn Ldr Alexander Gray MC; later AVM
19 May 1926	Sqn Ldr Trevor E Salt MC
1 Sep 1929	Sqn Ldr Forster H M Maynard AFC; later AVM
5 Jan 1931	Sqn Ldr Donald F Stevenson DSO, MC; later AVM
18 Oct 1933	Flt Lt E M Drummond (Temporary)
13 Jan 1934	Sqn Ldr Alfred C Collier; later AVM
18 Sep 1934	Sqn Ldr H J Saker (Temporary)
22 Oct 1934	Sqn Ldr Arthur C Bayley
17 Oct 1935	Flt Lt J L F Fuller-Good (Temporary)
25 Nov 1935	Sqn Ldr H S Broughall
27 Apr 1936	Sqn Ldr C harles E N Guest; later AM
10 Nov 1937	Sqn Ldr R Reay-Jones
25 Apr 1938	Flt Lt P S Foss (Temporary)
16 May 1938	Sqn Ldr R W G Lywood
10 Apr 1940	Wg Cdr A G Thackray
1 Jul 1940	Wg Cdr V Q Blackden
11 Apr 1941	Wg Cdr R H Maw
14 Oct 1941	Wg Cdr Brian J R Roberts; later A/Cdre
12 Jan 1942	Wg Cdr A Golding DFC
1 Apr 1942	Wg Cdr R C M Collard DFC
26 Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr T Preston (Temporary)
4 Aug 1942	Wg Cdr H I Dabinett
15 Feb 1943	Wg Cdr R S C Wood DFC
26 Aug 1943	Wg Cdr J G Towle
1 Sep 1943	Wg Cdr D M H Craven
6 Mar 1944	Wg Cdr J D Nelson
26 Aug 1944	Wg Cdr M Stockdale
24 Aug 1945	Wg Cdr T S Rivett-Carnac DSO, DFC
xx Dec 1945	Wg Cdr S P Coulson DSO, DFC
xx Apr 1946	Sqn Ldr A G Lang DFC
xx Jan 1947	Flt Lt E Stephenson
xx Mar 1947	Sqn Ldr S S Morley
xx Nov 1949	Sqn Ldr A R Butcher
xx Oct 1951	Sqn Ldr L G Press AFC
xx Oct 1952	Capt F E Singleton USAF
xx May 1953	Sqn Ldr J S Millington DFC
xx Apr 1954	Sqn Ldr F C D Wright DFC
xx Jan 1956	Sqn Ldr W D D Davies AFC
xx May 1956	Sqn Ldr W I Donley DFC, DFM
xx Dec 1957	Wg Cdr A C Blythe DFC
xx Mar 1959	Wg Cdr P Reynolds DFC
13 Jul 1961	DB
xx Jul 1962	Sqn Ldr W E Bliss
1 Aug 1962	Wg Cdr Philip J Lageson DFC, AFC; later AM
17 Jun 1964	Wg Cdr J R Tanner
25 May 1966	Wg Cdr D H Tew AFC
31 Dec 1967	DB
1 Oct 1969	Wg Cdr G G Davies AFC
21 Apr 1972	Wg Cdr N S R Walpole
12 Jul 1972	Wg Cdr I Henderson AFC
15 Nov 1974	Wg Cdr Graham A Smart; later A/Cdre
2 Dec 1977	Wg Cdr Peter J Harding AFC; later AVM
12 Dec 1980	Wg Cdr Y M Yates AFC
19 Aug 1983	Wg Cdr M J Engwell
20 Jun 1986	Wg Cdr K B Moore
16 Sep 1988	Wg Cdr N S Yeldman
17 May 1991	Wg Cdr Nigel D A Maddox; later AVM
30 Sep 1993	DB
xx Oct 1993	Wg Cdr I Capwewell BSc
xx Dec 1995	Wg Cdr Ricardo D Cobelli BSc; later A/Cdre
xx Jul 1998	Wg Cdr S G Barnes DFC, BSc
xx Dec 2000	Wg Cdr Mark L Roberts MBE, MA; later A/Cdre
xx Jan 2003	Wg Cdr A S Linstead MA, BSc
xx Dec 2005	Wg Cdr Michael Wigston MA; later AVM
xx Oct 2007	Wg Cdr James E Linter MA; later A/Cdre
xx Dec 2009	Sqn Ldr Wilson MBE
xx Jan 2010	Wg Cdr J K Frampton MBE, MA
xx May 2012	Wg Cdr S R Strasdin MA
21 Mar 2014	DB
9 Jan 2015	Wg Cdr N S Thomas

No XIII Squadron

10 Jan 1915	Maj Phillip L W Herbert; later A/Cdre
28 Jan 1916	Maj A C E Marsh
xx xxx 191?	Maj T Macleod
24 Jun 1916	Maj E W Powell
5 Aug 1917	Maj Alfred G R Garrod MC; later ACM
12 Nov 1918	Maj A P D Hill
4 Jan 1919	Maj F J R Roberts MC
31 Dec 1919	DB
23 May 1924	Sqn Ldr Cecil C Durston
16 Nov 1926	Sqn Ldr H I Hanmer DFC
13 Apr 1927	Sqn Ldr George R A Deacon
4 Oct 1927	Sqn Ldr Hugh H MacL Fraser; later AVM
18 Nov 1929	Sqn Ldr John B Cole-Hamilton; later AVM
9 Nov 1931	Sqn Ldr J ohn W Jones; later ACM
1 Apr 1933	Sqn Ldr Herbert L Rough
21 May 1934	Sqn Ldr Peter Warburton MBE
25 Apr 1935	Sqn Ldr George O Venn; later A/Cdre
19 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Selwyn H C Gray; later A/Cdre
28 Aug 1940	Wg Cdr William J Crisham; later AVM
17 Apr 1941	Wg Cdr R J Cooper
2 Sep 1941	Wg Cdr W G Tailyor
xx Jul 1942	Wg Cdr J W Deacon
xx Oct 1942	Wg Cdr W L Drummond
xx Feb 1943	Wg Cdr W L Thomas
xx May 1943	Wg Cdr J R Thompson DFC
xx May 1944	transferred to the Bomber role
xx Sep 1946	Wg Cdr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM
xx Nov 1946	Wg Cdr A M Brown DFC
xx Mar 1947	Sqn Ldr R N Hampson
xx Dec 1948	Sqn Ldr J C T Hewell DSO, DFC
xx Dec 1949	Sqn Ldr L V Bachellier AFC
xx Jun 1952	Sqn Ldr P Wigley DFC
xx Sep 1954	Sqn Ldr P P Vilia
xx Feb 1956	Sqn Ldr John L Field; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1958	Sqn Ldr C Crichton
xx Oct 1960	Sqn Ldr R V Tavanyar
xx Mar 1963	Sqn Ldr J H D Daly
xx Apr 1965	Sqn Ldr R J Littlejohn
xx Sep 1967	Sqn Ldr R J Jackson
xx Mar 1969	Wg Cdr J D V McPherson
xx Dec 1970	Wg Cdr J F Woodard
xx Apr 1973	Wg Cdr J B Parkinson
xx Jul 1975	Wg Cdr J Bredenkamp
xx Jul 1977	Wg Cdr H W Hughes
xx Aug 1979	Wg Cdr A L Terrett
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr Jeremy N Fradgley; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 2000	Wg Cdr Philip C Osborn; later AM
xx xxx 2002	Wg Cdr I Wood
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr T Jones
xx xxx 2007	Wg Cdr G Mayhew
xx xxx 2010	Wg Cdr H Edwards
xx xxx 2012	Wg Cdr D Killeen
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr M Jackson

No 14 Squadron

3 Feb 1915	Maj G E Todd
20 Jan 1916	Maj Wilfrid R Freeman; later ACM
1 Jul 1916	Maj E J Bannatyne
6 May 1917	Maj A C Boddam-Whetham
4 Oct 1917	Maj Charles E H Medhurst MC; later ACM
4 Feb 1919	DB
9 Apr 1920	Sqn Ldr W illiam L Welsh DSC; later AM
xx Aug 1921	?
1 Dec 1921	Sqn Ldr J ohn S T Bradley OBE; later AM
21 Sep 1923	Sqn Ldr W H Dolphin
6 Jun 1924	Sqn Ldr Arthur N Gallehawk AFC; later A/Cdre
26 Jun 1926	Sqn Ldr James Everidge MC
2 Dec 1926	Sqn Ldr Arthur N Gallehawk AFC; later A/Cdre
26 Sep 1927	Sqn Ldr Edward G Hopcraft DSC
3 Dec 1929	Sqn Ldr Frank O Soden DFC
29 Oct 1932	Sqn Ldr Leonard H Cockey; later A/Cdre
6 Aug 1935	Sqn Ldr Thomas C Traill DFC; later AVM
5 May 1938	Sqn Ldr A nthony D Selway; later AM
28 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Deryck C Stapleton; later AVM
10 Oct 1941	Wg Cdr J K Buchanan
10 May 1942	Wg Cdr W S Maydwell
25 Aug 1943	Wg Cdr A H Law-Wright
8 Jun 1944	Wg Cdr E Donovan
24 Mar 1945	Wg Cdr G I Pawson
25 May 1945	Wg Cdr Christopher N Foxley-Norris DSO; later ACM
1 Apr 1946	Wg Cdr Richard I Jones; later AVM
15 May1946	Wg Cdr Graham R Magill DFC*; later AVM
25 Jan 1947	Wg Cdr P StG O’Brian DFC*
4 Nov 1947	Sqn Ldr G E Goode DFC
12 Sep 1949	Sqn Ldr E J Greenleaf DSO DFC
21 Feb 1951	Sqn Ldr R A Sutherland DFC*
11 Oct 1952	Sqn Ldr R H Benwell
18 May 1953	Sqn Ldr John T Lawrence; later AVM
12 May 1955	Sqn Ldr C W Beasley
7 Oct 1957	Sqn Ldr K E Richardson
9 Feb 1960	Sqn Ldr A S Foulkes
19 Jul 1962	Sqn Ldr E H C Williams
18 Dec 1962	Wg Cdr G Strange
14 Mar 1964	Wg Cdr K B Rogers DFC AFC
13 Jul 1966	Wg Cdr R McA Furze AFC
7 Jun 1968	Wg Cdr T J McElhaw
1 Jun 1970	Wg Cdr J Sutton
14 Jan 1971	Wg Cdr Derek T Bryant MBE; later AVM
28 Aug 1973	Wg Cdr Derek J Hine later A/Cdre
1 Dec 1975	Wg Cdr A Mumford
7 Nov 1977	Wg Cdr J K Sim
9 Jun 1980	Wg Cdr D A Baron
xx Jun 1983	Wg Cdr David F A Henderson; later AVM
xx Oct 1985	Wg Cdr J J Whitfield
xx May 1988	Wg Cdr Richard V Morris; later AVM
xx Jul 1991	Wg Cdr F L Turner
3 Jan1994	Wg Cdr T L Boyle
8 Jul 1996	Wg Cdr P W Rycroft
25 Feb 1999	Wg Cdr Timothy M Anderson DSO; later AM
xx Dec 2000	Wg CdrJ B Klein
xx Aug 2003	Wg Cdr Colin Basnett; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 2006	Wg Cdr A S Frost
19 Mar 2008	Wg Cdr S Reeves
xx Feb 2011	Wg Cdr J Moreton
1 Jun 2011	DB
14 Oct 2011	Wg Cdr R D Moir
4 Oct 2013	Wg Cdr R J Bousfield

No XV Squadron

25 Apr 1915	Maj Phillip B Joubert de la Ferte; later ACM
xx May 1915	Capt L Dawes [Temp]
13 Sep 1915	Maj Edgar R Ludlow-Hewitt; later ACM
7 Nov 1915	Maj Henry Le M Brock DSO; later A/Cdre
19 Dec 1916	Maj G I Carmichael DSO
16 Feb 1917	Maj H S Walker
14 Jan 1918	Maj H V Stammers MC
27 Nov 1918	Maj C C Durston
31 Dec 1919	DB
20 Mar 1924	Sqn Ldr P C Sherren MC
2 Dec 1927	Sqn Ldr C E H James MC
2 Sep 1929	Wg Cdr J K Wells AFC
8 Mar 1930	Flt Lt Thomas A Langford-Sainsbury CB, OBE, DFC, AFC; later AVM
22 Apr 1930	Sqn Ldr G H Martingell AFC
23 Mar 1933	Sqn Ldr Edwin S Goodwin AFC; later AVM
27 Apr 1933	Sqn Ldr Robert M Foster DFC, AFC; later ACM
31 May 1934	DB
1 Jun 1934	Sqn Ldr Thomas W Elmhirst AFC; later AM
12 Aug 1935	Sqn Ldr C H Cahill DFC AFC
10 Jan 1936	Sqn Ldr F G A Robinson
5 Feb 1936	Sqn Ldr Cyril D Adams later A/Cdre
2 May 1938	Sqn Ldr J G Llewelyn
21 Mar 1939	Wg Cdr John L Wingate later A/Cdre
21 Dec 1939	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr R W Lywood (Promoted to Wg Cdr, 1 Jan 1940)
5 Jun 1940	Wg Cdr Joseph Cox DFC; later AVM
14 Dec 1940	Wg Cdr H R Dale
16 May 1941	Wg Cdr P B B Ogilvie DSO DFC
7 Jan 1942	Wg Cdr J C MacDonald DFC AFC
6 Jun 1942	Wg Cdr D J H Lay DSO DFC
7 Dec 1942	Wg Cdr Stewart W B Menaul DFC, AFC; later AVM
7 May 1943	Wg Cdr J D Stephens DFC
3 Sep 1943	Wg Cdr A J Elliot
15 Apr 1944	Wg Cdr W D Watkins DFC, DFM
21 Nov 1944	Wg Cdr N G Macfarlane DSO
12 Mar 1946	Wg Cdr D T Witt DSO DFC DFM
19 Aug 1946	Wg Cdr G B Bell OBE
11 Apr 1947	Sqn Ldr L F Kneil DFC
24 Aug 1948	Sqn Ldr John H L Blount DFC; later A/Cdre
15 Dec 1949	Sqn Ldr J R Denny MBE DFC
17 Apr 1953	Flt Lt J Vnoucek [Temp]
5 Jun 1953	Sqn Ldr J M Ayshford DFC
28 Mar 1955	Sqn Ldr A R Scott DFC
1 Sep 1958	Wg Cdr David A Green DSO, OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre
1 Apr 1960	Wg Cdr John G Matthews AFC; later A/Cdre
1 Dec 1962	Wg Cdr N G S Marshall
1 Oct 1970	Wg Cdr D J H Collins
6 Apr 1971	Wg Cdr R Watson
9 Apr 1973	Wg Cdr Michael G Simmons later AM
2 Jan 1976	Wg Cdr Peter D Oulton; later A/Cdre
4 Jul 1978	Wg Cdr Trevor Nattrass AFC; later A/Cdre
6 Jul 1981	Wg Cdr E R Cox
1 Sep 1983	Wg Cdr B Dove AFC
1 Aug 1986	Wg Cdr Michael C Rudd AFC; later A/Cdre
20 Jan 1989	Wg Cdr J A Broadbent DSO
23 Aug 1991	Wg Cdr Andrew D White; later AVM
18 Dec 1991	DB
1 Apr 1992	Wg Cdr Alan T Hudson OBE; later A/Cdre
13 May 1994	Wg Cdr G A Bowerman OBE
28 Feb 1997	Wg Cdr Graham P Dixon; later A/Cdre
23 Jul 1999	Wg Cdr Simon K Dobb; later A/Cdre
15 Feb 2002	Wg Cdr W R Gibson BSc
13 Sep 2004	Wg Cdr I D Chalmers MA, MBA
19 Mar 2007	Wg Cdr M A Saunders
19 Sep 2009	Wg Cdr B James BEng
1 Sep 2011	Wg Cdr J Moreton BEng
26 Apr 2013	Wg Cdr J P Nixon
1 May 2015	Wg Cdr P D Froome BEng
31 Mar 2017	Disbanded

No 16 Squadron

10 Feb 1915	Maj Felton V Holt DSO; later AVM
23 Jul 1915	Maj Hugh C T Dowding; later ACM
xx Jan 1916	Maj D W Powell
5 Aug 1916	Maj Paul C Maltby DSO; later AVM
16 Jun 1917	Maj C harles F A Portal DSO, MC; later MRAF
xx Jun 1918	Maj A W C V Parr
31 Dec 1919	DB
1 Apr 1924	Sqn Ldr J O Archer CBE
30 Sep 1925	Sqn Ldr W Alec Coryton MVO; later ACM
25 Sep 1928	Sqn Ldr D O Mulholland AFC
28 Aug 1931	Sqn Ldr Allan R Churchman DFC; later A/Cdre
10 Oct 1933	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr J R I Scrambler AFC
2 Jun 1934	Sqn Ldr Robert P Musgrave-Whitham OBE, MC; later AVM
1 Jan 1936	Sqn Ldr T Humble
12 Sep 1938	Sqn Ldr G P Charles
19 Sep 1939	Sqn Ldr R E S Skelton
1 Mar 1940	Wg Cdr T Humble
27 Jun 1940	Sqn Ldr R E S Skelton
8 Jul 1940	Wg Cdr R C Hancock
9 Jun 1941	Sqn Ldr D Walker (Temporary)
12 Jun 1941	Flt Lt Dudgeon (Temporary)
16 Jun 1941	Sqn Ldr Hadfield (Temporary)
30 Jun 1941	Wg Cdr P W Stansfeld
1 Jan 1942	Wg Cdr A F Pallot
xx xxx 1942	Wg Cdr J R Davenport
xx xxx 1943	Wg Cdr R I M Bowen DFC
xx xxx 1943	Sqn Ldr Mackie
xx xxx 1943	Sqn Ldr E M Goodale DSO
xx xxx 1944	Sqn Ldr Anthony N Davis DFC; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 1945	Sqn Ldr A S Baker DFC
xx xxx 1946	Sqn Ldr D C Usher DFC DFM
xx xxx 1948	Sqn Ldr R E Mooney
xx xxx 1948	Sqn Ldr L A Malins DSO DFC
xx xxx 1949	Sqn Ldr L H Lambert DFC AFC
xx xxx 1951	Sqn Ldr J E J Sing DFC
xx xxx 1952	Sqn Ldr R H Benwell
xx xxx 1952	Sqn Ldr R U P De Burgh
xx xxx 1954	Sqn Ldr G G G Walkington
xx xxx 1956	Sqn Ldr C E Keay
xx xxx 1956	Flt Lt H E Clements
xx xxx 1958	Wg Cdr James R Forsythe DFC; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 1960	Wg Cdr J E Holland DFC
xx xxx 1963	Wg Cdr J V Horwood
xx xxx 1964	Wg Cdr A L Bennett
xx xxx 1966	Wg Cdr J C Newby
xx xxx 1968	Wg Cdr L C Swalwell
xx xxx 1970	Wg Cdr K J Appleboom
8 Jan 1973	Wg Cdr R A Edwards
16 Jun 1975	Wg Cdr W I C Stoker
1 Aug 1977	Wg Cdr David Cousins AFC; later ACM
9 Apr 1980	Wg Cdr Peter C Norriss AFC; later AM
1 Jul 1983	Wg Cdr E R Cox
1 Mar 1984	Wg Cdr Roderick H Goodall AFC; later AM
xx xxx 1986	Wg Cdr R F R Carr
xx xxx 1988	Wg Cdr I Travers Smith DSO
xx xxx 1991	Wg Cdr N C Rusling
xx xxx 1992	Wg Cdr J W White
xx xxx 1995	Wg Cdr Brian W Newby AFC; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 1997	Wg Cdr Andrew J Sudlow MBE; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 2000	Wg Cdr P Allan
xx xxx 2002	Wg Cdr G Stockill
xx xxx 2008	Sqn Ldr I S Smith
xx xxx 2009	Sqn Ldr S J Foote
xx xxx 2013	Sqn Ldr F C J Parkinson
xx xxx xxxx	Sqn Ldr C Mellen

No 17 Squadron

1 Feb 1915	Maj E N Fuller
19 Dec 1916	Capt F Hudson
4 Dec 1917	Maj J H Herring
2 Apr 1918	Maj S G Hodges MC
14 Nov 1919	DB
1 May 1924	Sqn Ldr John Leacroft MC
1 Apr 1928	Sqn Ldr Anthony R Arnold DSO, DFC
1 May 1930	Sqn Ldr Richard Harrison DFC; later AVM
1 Nov 1931	Sqn Ldr Arthur L Fiddament; later AVM
24 Apr 1932	Flt Lt B B Caswell (Temporary)
7 Jun 1932	Sqn Ldr L M Elworthy
8 Jun 1932	Flt Lt B B Caswell (Temporary)
20 Nov 1932	Sqn Ldr Francis J Vincent DFC; later A/Cdre
16 Aug 1934	Sqn Ldr Herbert S Broughall MC, DFC
23 Aug 1935	Flt Lt George P Chamberlain (Temporary)
xx xxx 1935	Sqn Ldr Herbert S Broughall MC, DFC
31 Oct 1935	Sqn Ldr Dudley d'H Humphries
9 Jan 1937	Sqn Ldr C Walter
3 Nov 1939	Sqn Ldr G C Tomlinson (WIA 19 May 1940)
19 May 1940	Sqn Ldr John H Edwardes Jones; later AM (Temporary)
23 May 1940	Sqn Ldr G D Emms (KIA 7 Jun 1940)
9 Jun 1940	Sqn Ldr R I G MacDougall
18 Jul 1940	Sqn Ldr C W Williams (KIA 25 Aug 1940)
29 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr A G Miller
28 Jul 1941	Sqn Ldr C A C Stone DFC
xx Jun 1942	Sqn Ldr J H Iremonger
xx Dec 1942	Sqn Ldr M C C Cotton DFC
xx Jul 1944	Sqn Ldr E A Pevreal
xx Nov 1944	Sqn Ldr J H Lacey DFM*
xx May 1946	Sqn Ldr F A Robinson DFC
xx Aug 1947	Sqn Ldr Archibald L Winskill DFC*; later A/Cdre
23 Feb 1948	DB
1 Mar 1949	Names for this period have not yet been found
1 Mar 1951	DB
xx Apr 1956	Sqn Ldr B R M Wade DFC
xx Feb 1959	Wg Cdr D T M Lumsden MBE
xx Sep 1961	Wg Cdr D G Walker
xx xxx 1963	Wg Cdr Atkinson
xx xxx 1965?	Wg Cdr D Adams
xx Nov 1967	Wg Cdr Michael J Armitage; later ACM
xx Dec 1969	DB
xx Aug 1970	Wg Cdr Patrick B Hine; later ACM
xx Dec 1971	Wg Cdr G E Ord
xx Aug 1974	Wg Cdr A J Bandell
xx Nov 1974	Wg Cdr Michael J D Stear; later ACM
xx Aug 1975	Wg Cdr R C Humphreyson
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 1979	Wg Cdr John E Houghton AFC; later A/Cdre
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 2003	Wg Cdr Christopher J Coulls; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 2005	Wg Cdr J Hitchcock
xx xxx 2006	Wg Cdr T Craig
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 2014	Wg Cdr J Beck (2014/15)
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr ?
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr ?
xx xxx xxxx	Cdr M Fooks-Bale RN (2021)

No 18 Squadron

11 May 1915	Maj G I Carmichael DSO
19 Dec 1916	Maj R S Maxwell MC
30 Mar 1917	Maj George R M Reid DSO, MC*; later AVM
24 Nov 1917	Maj G R Howard DSO
1 Nov 1918	Maj J B Elliott
5 Nov 1918	Maj J F Gordon DFC
31 Dec 1919	DB
20 Oct 1931	Sqn Ldr T C Luke MC
3 Sep 1932	Flt Lt W J Pearson (Temporary)
23 Sep 1932	Sqn Ldr J F Gordon DFC
5 Nov 1932	Sqn Ldr T C Luke MC
23 May 1934	Flt Lt James L F Fuller-Good; later AVM (Temporary)
22 Jun 1934	Sqn Ldr T C Luke MC
xx Feb 1935	Sqn Ldr Gerald S Shaw; later A/Cdre
9 Jan 1936	Sqn Ldr Charles R Steele DFC; later AM
30 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr E G C Stokes
16 May 1938	Sqn Ldr K W Niblett
6 May 1939	Wg Cdr William A Opie; later AVM
xx May 1940	Wg Cdr Gilbert Bartholomew later A/Cdre
25 Oct 1940	Wg Cdr Alfred C H Sharp; later AVM
17 Mar 1941	Wg Cdr C G Hill DFC (KIA 15 Apr 1941)
23 Apr 1941	Wg Cdr G C O Key DFC
19 Jun 1941	Wg Cdr R O M Graham
1 Jul 1941	Wg Cdr T N Partridge DFC
12 Jul 1941	Wg Cdr D C Smythe GM, DSO
1 Mar 1942	Wg Cdr J R Cree DFC
13 Apr 1942	Wg Cdr J H Newberry DFC
24 Jul 1942	Wg Cdr C Hastie Jones DFC
1 Aug 1942	Wg Cdr K A G S Lewer
24 Aug 1942	Wg Cdr H G Malcolm VC
5 Dec 1942	Wg Cdr W J H Tucker DFC
20 Jan 1943	Sqn Ldr A Wray Eller
22 Feb 1943	Wg Cdr D C Sandeman DFC
23 Oct 1943	Sqn Ldr A Wray Eller
5 Nov 1943	Maj L L Gordon DFC, SAAF
17 Nov 1943	Wg Cdr D C Sandeman DFC
5 Dec 1943	Lt Col L L Gordon DFC, SAAF
xx Jun 1944	Wg Cdr A K Passmore DFC*
25 Jan 1945	Wg Cdr V Rees DFC
31 Mar 1946	DB
1 Sep 1946	Wg Cdr B E Peck DFC
15 Sep 1946	DB
15 Mar 1947	Sqn Ldr Barden
10 May 1947	Sqn Ldr D R Turley-George DFC
15 Nov 1947	DB
8 Dec 1947	Sqn Ldr R M Burns
18 May 1948	Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan DFC
20 Feb 1950	DB
1 Aug 1953	Sqn Ldr R A Cooper MBE
22 Nov 1954	Sqn Ldr Alan H Chamberlain; later A/Cdre
xx Jan 1957	Sqn Ldr K W Simpson
16 Dec 1958	Wg Cdr D J A Roe DSO, DFC
27 Nov 1959	Sqn Ldr T D A Lunan
18 Dec 1959	Wg Cdr Denys H Sutton later A/Cdre
2 Jul 1962	Wg Cdr Nicholas R L Bristow later A/Cdre
31 Mar 1963	DB
27 Jan 1964	Sqn Ldr H H J Browning
12 Jan 1965	Sqn Ldr P G C Wilson
20 Oct 1966	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr P R Harding (wef 1 Jan 1968); later MRAF
10 Dec 1971	Wg Cdr T S C Jones AFC
27 Nov 1973	Wg Cdr J E Maitland
12 Mar 1976	Wg Cdr J W Canning
15 Mar 1978	Wg Cdr Alexander F C Hunter; later AVM
4 Aug 1981	Wg Cdr Anthony J Stables; later AVM
14 Oct 1984	Wg Cdr David M Niven; later AVM
8 May 1987	Wg Cdr R T Cuthill
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 1996	Wg Cdr Andrew D Pulford; later ACM
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr A Naismith
xx xxx 2006	Wg Cdr R Mason

No 19 Squadron

1 Sep 1915	Maj R M Rodwell
2 Feb 1917	Maj H D Harvey-Kelly DSO (KIA 29 Apr 1917)
30 Apr 1917	Maj W D S Sanday DSO MC
19 Mar 1918	Maj E R Pretyman
12 Nov 1918	Maj H W G Jones MC
31 Dec 1919	DB
1 Apr 1923	Reformed as part of No 2 FTS
1 Jun 1924	Flt Lt Theodore J West
26 Jul 1924	Sqn Ldr P hillip Babington MC, AFC; later AM
23 Jul 1925	Sqn Ldr Hubert W G Jones MC
1 May 1928	Flt Lt M H Cootes (Temporary)
10 Aug 1928	Sqn Ldr Edwin C Emmett MC, DFC
10 Aug 1928	Flt Lt M H Cootes (Temporary)
12 Dec 1928	Flt Lt G A F Bucknall (Temporary)
11 Feb 1929	Sqn Ldr Edwin C Emmett MC, DFC
12 Jun 1929	Flt Lt E R Openshaw (Temporary)
31 Jul 1929	Sqn Ldr Leonard H Slatter OBE, DSC, DFC; later AM
23 Oct 1929	Flt Lt E R Openshaw (Temporary)
9 Dec 1929	Sqn Ldr Charles R Keary
25 Jul 1931	Sqn Ldr A lfred C Sanderson DFC; later AM
8 Feb 1934	Sqn Ldr John R Cassidy; later AVM
6 Jan 1936	Sqn Ldr J W Turton-Jones
18 Dec 1937	Sqn Ldr Henry I Cozens; later A/Cdre
1 Jan 1940	Sqn Ldr Geoffrey D Stephenson; later A/Cdre (MIA 26 May 1940)
31 May 1940	Sqn Ldr Pinkham (KIA 5 Sep 1940)
5 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr B J E Lane DFC
15 Jun 1941	Sqn Ldr R G Dutton DFC*
19 Jul 1941	Sqn Ldr Lawson DFC (KIA 28 Aug 1941)
xx Sep 1941	Sqn Ldr P R G Davies
xx Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr M C B Boddington
xx Dec 1942	Sqn Ldr V H Ekins
xx Dec 1943	Sqn Ldr N J Durrant
xx May 1944	Sqn Ldr W McM Gilmour DFC, DFM
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr W W J Loud DFC
15 Sep 1944	?
xx Oct 1944	Sqn Ldr M J Wright
xx Dec 1944	Sqn Ldr P J Hearne
xx Oct 1945	Sqn Ldr J R Broughton AFC
xx Apr 1946	Sqn Ldr C I R Arthur DFC*
xx Aug 1948	Sqn Ldr V C Woodward DFC*
xx Sep 1950	Sqn Ldr B L Duckenfield AFC
xx Oct 1952	Sqn Ldr B Beard AFC
xx Apr 1955	Sqn Ldr D J Fowler AFC
xx Aug 1957	Maj R G Newall USAF
xx Jul 1959	Sqn Ldr Leslie W Phipps AFC; later AVM
xx Jul 1961	Sqn Ldr R M Raw AFC
xx Jul 1963	Sqn Ldr W F Page
xx Jul 1965	Wg Cdr B R A Cox AFC
xx Aug 1967	Wg Cdr Laurence A Jones later AM
xx xxx 1970	?
xx Mar 1972	Wg Cdr P C Vangucci
xx May 1974	Wg Cdr Robert L Barcilon; later A/Cdre
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
1 Apr 2021	Reformed as No 19 Squadron
1 Apr 1921	Wg Cdr C Misiak
xx Jun 2023	Wg Cdr G Crow

No 20 Squadron

1 Sep 1915	Capt C W Wilson MC
21 Mar 1916	Maj G J Malcolm
10 Jul 1916	Maj W H C Mansfield DSO
15 Oct 1917	Maj E H Johnston
26 Apr 1919	Maj John C Russell DSO; later A/Cdre
27 Apr 1920	Sqn Ldr John H S Tyssen MC; later AVM
1 May 1923	Sqn Ldr R T Leather AFC
25 Jan 1924	Sqn Ldr Cyril B Cooke; later AM
14 Oct 1925	Sqn Ldr John B Cole-Hamilton; later AVM
23 Jul 1926	Sqn Ldr J V Steel OBE
2 May 1928	Sqn Ldr Charles H Nicholas DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 1930	Flt Lt W K Mercer (Temporary)
7 Apr 1930	Sqn Ldr Leslie O Brown DSC, AFC; later AVM
9 Nov 1932	Sqn Ldr Leslie N Hollinghurst DFC; later ACM
28 Sep 1934	Sqn Ldr J McG Fairweather DFC
1 May 1936	Sqn Ldr Leonard de V Chisman DFC; later A/Cdre
13 Oct 1936	Sqn Ldr R J Carvell
16 Nov 1937	Sqn Ldr Basil E Embry AFC; later ACM
3 Oct 1938	Sqn Ldr Roger C Mead; later A/Cdre
8 Sep 1939	Sqn Ldr O H D Blomfield
4 Jun 1940	Sqn Ldr W E Surplice DFC
1 Oct 1941	Sqn Ldr A W T Traill DFC
2 Mar 1942	Flt Lt H G Fletcher DFC
1 Apr 1942	Sqn Ldr F F Lambert DSO, DFC
26 Jun 1942	Sqn Ldr H G Fletcher DFC
19 Mar 1943	Sqn Ldr P C Joel
5 Mar 1944	Sqn Ldr A P Millar DFC
26 Nov 1945	Sqn Ldr J S Humphries
13 Feb 1946	Flt Lt G M J Sendall
15 Mar 1946	Sqn Ldr Ross P Harding later AVM
28 May 1946	Sqn Ldr J R Ritchie
31 Oct 1946	Flt Lt D H Davy
1 Dec 1946	Sqn Ldr R A Newbery DFC
1 Aug 1947	Disbanded
11 Feb 1949	Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell MBE DFC
24 May 1949	Sqn Ldr A R Hindley AFC
16 Sep 1951	Disbanded
14 Jun 1952	Flt Lt R H Benwell
11 Jul 1952	Sqn Ldr I C MacDonald AFC
20 Oct 1954	Sqn Ldr L C Glover
5 Apr 1956	Sqn Ldr J E Townsend
17 Sep 1956	Sqn Ldr R Bowie
30 Jun 1958	Sqn Ldr Michael A D'Arcy later A/Cdre
1 Apr 1960	Sqn Ldr P Blake
30 Dec 1960	Disbanded
1 Sep 1961	Sqn Ldr R A Calvert
9 Apr 1964	Sqn Ldr Gary McA Bacon later A/Cdre
16 Dec 1965	Sqn Ldr A C Doggett
6 Sep 1968	Sqn Ldr C J Strong
18 Feb 1970	Disbanded
1 Dec 1970	Sqn Ldr Q M B Oswell
22 Mar 1971	Wg Cdr G T Cannon AFC
26 Apr 1971	Sqn Ldr Q M B Oswell
24 May 1971	Wg Cdr R H B Le Brocq AFC
26 Jun 1972	Wg Cdr P H Champniss AFC (Gp Capt from 1 Jan 1974)
14 Jan 1974	Wg Cdr David C G Brook later AVM (Gp Capt from 1 Jul 1976)
5 Aug 1976	Wg Cdr A J Chaplin
1 Mar 1977	Wg Cdr Michael J Gibson; later AVM
19 Sep 1979	Wg Cdr Francis W Mitchell; later A/Cdre
11 May 1982	Wg Cdr R J Wharmby
30 Jun 1984	Wg Cdr J B Hill AFC
9 Dec 1985	Sqn Ldr I Evans
7 Apr 1986	Wg Cdr Ronald D Elder; later AVM (Gp Capt from 1 Jan 1988)
15 Apr 1988	Wg Cdr J L Buckler
2 Nov 1990	Wg Cdr Michael C Heath; later AVM
31 Jul 1992	Disbanded
1 Sep 1992	Reformed as No 20(R) Squadron
1 Sep 1992	Wg Cdr T A Harper
23 Sep 1994	Wg Cdr Glenn H Edge BSc; later A/Cdre
26 Mar 1997	Wg Cdr A Golledge BSc
9 Jan 1998	Sqn Ldr R J Lea BSc
20 Feb 1998	Wg Cdr Michael J Harwood MBE, MA; later AVM (Gp Capt from 1 Jan 2000)
16 Mar 2000	Wg Cdr Michael J M Jenkins BSc; later A/Cdre
29 Nov 2002	Wg Cdr I Cameron MBE, BA, BSc
31 May 2005	Wg Cdr N Newnham MA
3 Dec 2007	Wg Cdr L S Taylor BEng, later AVM
31 Mar 2010	Disbanded
1 Jun 2021	Reformed as No 20 Squadron
1 Jun 2021	Wg Cdr A K Foy MA, BSc
25 Aug 2023	Wg Cdr R J Machin BSc, MMAOS, MPhil

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