OCs 61 - 80 Sqns

Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Squadron Commanding Officers, Nos 61 - 80 Squadrons

[61 Sqn | 62 Sqn | 63 Sqn | 64 Sqn | 65 Sqn | 66 Sqn | 67 Sqn | 68 Sqn | 69 Sqn | 70 Sqn | 71 Sqn | 72 Sqn | 73 Sqn | 74 Sqn | 75 Sqn | 76 Sqn | 77 Sqn | 78 Sqn | 79 Sqn | 80 Sqn]

No 61 Squadron

5 Jul 1916	?
24 Aug 1916	DB
24 Jul 1917	Maj E R Pretyman
13 Mar 1918	Maj E M Murray MC
18 Apr 1918	Maj E Henty
25 Sep 1918	Maj E B Mason
13 Jun 1919	DB
22 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr C H Brill (Wg Cdr from 1 Mar 1939)
26 Sep 1939	Sqn Ldr C M de Crespigny (Temporary)
3 Oct 1939	Wg Cdr C M de Crespigny
12 Feb 1940	Wg Cdr F M Denny
19 May 1940	Wg Cdr W C Sheen DSO; later AVM
11 Oct 1940	Wg Cdr G E Valentine DSO
5 Sep 1941	Wg Cdr Cecil T Weir DFC; later AVM
19 Jun 1942	Wg Cdr C M Coad AFC
11 Feb 1943	Wg Cdr W M Penman DFC, AFC
4 Oct 1943	Wg Cdr R N Stidolph DFC
22 Apr 1944	Wg Cdr A W Doubleday DSO, DFC
25 Sep 1944	Wg Cdr W D Pexton DFC, AFC
23 Feb 1945	Wg Cdr C W Scott AFC
12 Jun 1945	Wg Cdr J M Tombs
xx Aug 1945	Wg Cdr R H Humphries
25 Feb 1946	Wg Cdr J L Kirk OBE
xx Nov 1946	Wg Cdr C D Milne DFC
xx Apr 1947	Sqn Ldr W Jones DFC
xx Aug 1947	Sqn Ldr S J C Harper DFC
xx Oct 1949	Sqn Ldr T E Ison DSO DFC
xx Jun 1952	Sqn Ldr C D Owen DFC
xx Aug 1952	Sqn Ldr A P Huchala DFC RCAF
xx Aug 1954	Sqn Ldr J H Gaston
xx Aug 1955	Sqn Ldr N L Hartley
xx Feb 1956	Wg Cdr Fuller
31 Mar 1958	DB

No 62 Squadron

8 Aug 1916	Maj J B T Leighton MC
21 Jan 1917	Capt J Sowrey
8 Feb 1917	Capt G R Elliott
3 Mar 1917	Maj R G D Small
xx xxx 1917	Capt J A McKelvie
xx xxx 1917	Capt T S Sharpe
18 Oct 1917	Maj F W Smith
14 Feb 1919	Maj C H Hayward
31 Jul 1919	DB
3 May 1937	Reformed
17 May 1937	Sqn Ldr F E Nuttall
30 Jun 1937	Sqn Ldr J C E A Johnson
12 Sep 1938	Sqn Ldr G Farnhill
13 Mar 1939	Wg Cdr J F T Barrett DSO, DFC
12 Jun 1939	Wg Cdr G P H Carter; later A/Cdre
10 Jan 1940	Wg Cdr T S Horry
28 Feb 1940	Wg Cdr G Farnhill
20 May 1940	Sqn Ldr L V Spencer
23 Dec 1940	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr J Duncan (Wg Cdr from 13 Sep 1941)
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr F G Watts
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr McKern?
18 Feb 1942	Absorbed into No 1 Sqn RAAF
30 Apr 1942	Wg Cdr D Halliday DFC
xx Aug 1943	Wg Cdr E B Fielden
xx Feb 1944	Wg Cdr M L Wells DFC
xx Oct 1944	Wg Cdr R W Davy DFC
xx Sep 1945	Sqn Ldr P G Bell DFC
xx Dec 1945	Wg Cdr Peveler DSO, DFC
15 Mar 1946	DB
1 Sep 1946	Names from this point have not yet been found
10 Aug 1947	DB
xx Dec 1947	Names from this point have not yet been found
1 Jun 1949	DB
1 Feb 1960	Names from this point have not yet been found
30 Sep 1964	DB

No 63 Squadron

xx Aug 1916	Maj A C Boddam-Whetham
xx Apr 1917	Maj John C Quinnell; later A/Cdre
xx Nov 1917	Maj R A Bradley
xx Apr 1918	Maj F L Robinson MC
29 Feb 1920	absorbed into No 30 Sqn
15 Feb 1937	Sqn Ldr V S Parker DFC, AFC
11 Oct 1937	Sqn Ldr J A Hawkings; later A/Cdre
15 May 1939	Wg Cdr P J R King
26 Feb 1939	Wg Cdr W L Payne
6 Apr 1940	Absorbed into No 12 OTU
15 Jun 1942	Sqn Ldr R Gray
xx Jul 1942	Wg Cdr T K Lacey
xx Jul 1943	Wg Cdr W Cooper
xx Sep 1943	Sqn Ldr R J Hardiman DFC
xx Oct 1943	Sqn Ldr A S Mann
xx Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr M Savage
xx Sep 1944	Sqn Ldr R W Campbell
xx Oct 1944	Sqn Ldr M Savage
xx Jan 1945	DB
31 Aug 1946	Sqn Ldr P C Farnes DFM?
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found except: -
xx xxx xxxx	Sqn Ldr S Walker
24 Oct 1958	DB

No 64 Squadron

1 Aug 1916	Maj B E Smythies
6 Jan 1919	Maj Hugh G White; later AVM
14 Feb 1919	?
31 Dec 1919	DB
1 Mar 1936	Sqn Ldr P J R King
4 Dec 1937	Flt Lt R C Jonas (Temporary)
8 Dec 1937	Sqn Ldr F V Beamish AFC
9 Jan 1939	Sqn Ldr J Heber-Percy
22 Jan 1940	Sqn Ldr E G Rogers
xx Jun 1940	Sqn Ldr Odbert
xx Jul 1940	Sqn Ldr Aeneas R D MacDonell DFC; later A/Cdre
16 Mar 1941	Sqn Ldr B Heath DFC
16 Sep 1941	Sqn Ldr D Kain
13 Dec 1941	Sqn Ldr B J Wicks DFC
xx Mar 1942	Sqn Ldr W G G Duncan-Smith DFC*
1 Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr F A O Gaze DFC
2 Nov 1942	Sqn Ldr C F Gray DFC
xx Dec 1942	Sqn Ldr William V Crawford-Compton DFC*; later AVM
xx Mar 1943	Sqn Ldr M G L Donnet DFC
xx Nov 1943	Sqn Ldr E Cassidy DFC
xx Apr 1944	Sqn Ldr J N MacKenzie DFC
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr C P Rudland DFC
8 Mar 1945	Sqn Ldr R E Green DFC
28 Mar 1946	Names from this point have not yet been found
16 Jun 1967	DB
xx Jul 1970	No 228 OCU was given the 'Shadow' designation No 64 Squadron
xx Jul 1970	Wg Cdr D M Goodwin
xx Dec 1971	Wg Cdr Robert J Honey; later AVM
xx May 1974	Wg Cdr M J F Shaw
xx Jul 1977	Wg Cdr John S Allison; later ACM
xx Oct 1979	Wg Cdr Michael J Bettell; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1982	Wg Cdr Martin K Widdowson; later A/Cdre
xx Jun 1984	Wg Cdr J Nicol
xx Dec 1986	WQg Cdr D C Roome
xx Aug 1989	Wg Cdr J Walmsley
xx Dec 1990	DB

No 65 Squadron

11 Aug 1916	Capt E R L Corballis
xx Sep 1916	Capt H S Shield
29 Sep 1916	Capt J L Jackson
7 Oct 1916	Maj Lord G Wellesley (to 7 Feb 1917)
22 Feb 1917	Maj M H B Nethersole
7 Jul 1917	Maj J A Cunningham
3 Jun 1918	Maj Hugh V Champion de Crespigny MC, DFC; later AVM
4 Feb 1919	?
25 Oct 1919	DB
1 Aug 1934	Sqn Ldr Frank O Soden DFC
29 Jul 1935	Flt Lt H W Pearson-Rogers
30 Aug 1935	Fg Off J G Younghusband
3 Sep 1935	Fg Off M Dawney
30 Sep 1935	Fg Off J G Younghusband
10 Oct 1935	Plt Off M E W Scott MacKirdy
30 May 1936	Post vacant
7 Sep 1936	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr Charles F H Grace; later A/Cdre
13 Oct 1937	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr D Cooke
8 Jul 1940	Sqn Ldr H C Sawyer (KIFA 2 Aug 1940)
13 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr A L Holland
30 Oct 1940	Sqn Ldr G A W Saunders
xx Aug 1941	Sqn Ldr J W Villa DFC*
17 Dec 1941	Sqn Ldr M Czernin
21 Dec 1941	Sqn Ldr H T Gilbert
x May 1942	Sqn Ldr A C Bartley DFC
xx Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr D A P McMullen DFC**
xx Sep 1942	Cmdt R G O J Mouchotte DFC, FFAF
xx Jan 1943	Sqn Ldr J E Storrar DFC
xx Nov 1943	Sqn Ldr J C Grant DFC*, DFM
xx Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr G R A Mc Johnston
xx Mar 1944	Sqn Ldr D F Westerra DFC
xx Jul 1944	Sqn Ldr D P Lamb
15 Sep 1944	Sqn Ldr L A P Burra-Robinson
xx Jan 1945	Sqn Ldr I D S Strachan
xx Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr I G Stewart
xx Mar 1945	Sqn Ldr J W Foster
xx xxx xxxx	Sqn Ldr C Haw DFC, DFM
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found except: -
xx Apr 1959	Sqn Ldr Charles G Maughan AFC; later AVM
31 Mar 1961	DB
1 Jan 1964	Names from this point have not yet been found
30 Mar 1970	DB
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found
5 Nov 1984	Wg Cdr Richard S Peacock-Edwards; later A/Cdre

No 66 Squadron

2 Jul 1916	Capt H S Walker
27 Oct 1916	Maj R G D Small
18 Jan 1917	Maj Owen T Boyd MC; later AM
23 Jun 1917	Maj G L P Henderson MC
16 Oct 1917	Maj W R Gregory MC
6 Feb 1918	Maj J T P Whittaker MC
1 Nov 1918	Maj A L Neale MC
xx Feb 1919	Capt H K Goode DSO DFC
21 Apr 1919	?
25 Oct 1919	DB
20 Jul 1936	Sqn Ldr V Croome
5 Oct 1936	?
17 Dec 1936	Sqn Ldr V Croome
12 Feb 1938	Sqn Ldr James L F Fuller-Good; later AVM
23 Aug 1939	Sqn Ldr E J George
9 Apr 1940	Sqn Ldr Rupert H A Leigh; later A/Cdre
17 Oct 1940	Sqn Ldr Athol S Forbes DFC; later A/Cdre
2 Oct 1941	Sqn Ldr H R Allen DFC
24 Dec 1941	Sqn Ldr B L Duckenfield AFC
xx Mar 1942	Sqn Ldr D E Cremin DFC
xx May 1942	Sqn Ldr L E Malfroy DFC
xx Jun 1942	Sqn Ldr R D Yule DFC
xx Nov 1942	Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson DFC; later AVM
xx May 1943	Sqn Ldr K T Lofts DFC
xx May 1944	Sqn Ldr H A S Johnston DFC*
xx Oct 1944	Sqn Ldr R Easby
xx Mar 1945	Sqn Ldr R Mathison
30 Apr 1945	DB
1 Sep 1946	Sqn Ldr Y B de laPerrelle
xx Sep 1948	Sqn Ldr A G Todd
xx May 1950	Sqn Ldr A G Lang DFC
xx Aug 1952	Sqn Ldr D C Usher DFC, DFM
xx Nov 1954	Sqn Ldr A F Osborne DFC
xx Jul 1957	Sqn Ldr F W Cox DFC
xx Apr 1958	Sqn Ldr Peter E Bairsto AFC; later AM
xx Apr 1960	Sqn Ldr P V Pledger
30 Sep 1960	DB
15 Sep 1961	Sqn Ldr J R Dowling MBE, DFC, AFC
xx Jun 1962	Sqn Ldr P Sawyer
xx xxx 1964	Sqn Ldr P D A Austin
xx Jun 1966	Sqn Ldr P L Gray
20 Mar 1969	DB

No 67 Squadron

12 Sep 1916	Maj T Foster-Rutledge
xx Apr 1917	Maj R Williams
6 Feb 1918	redesignated No 1 Sqn AFC
12 Mar 1941	Fg Off D J C Pinckney
14 Jul 1941	Sqn Ldr R A Milward
xx Jun 1942	Sqn Ldr J H Buchmann
xx May 1943	Sqn Ldr J S Hart
xx Jul 1943	Sqn Ldr T C Parker
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr C M Humphreys
xx Dec 1944	Sqn Ldr R W R Day DFC*
xx Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr R R Helsby
xx Apr 1945	Sqn Ldr R Mayes
23 Aug 1945	DB
1 Sep 1950	Names from this point have not yet been found
xx xxx 1952	Sqn Ldr W Harbison
xx xxx 1955	Names from this point have not yet been found
31 May 1957	DB

No 68 Squadron

30 Jan 1917	Maj W O Watt
19 Jan 1918	redesignated No 2 Sqn AFC
7 Jan 1941	Sqn Ldr D L Clarkson
3 Feb 1941	Wg Cdr Hon M Aitken DFC
xx Jan 1943	Wg Cdr A P Dottridge DFC
xx Oct 1943	Wg Cdr D Hayley-Bell DFC
xx Aug 1944	Wg Cdr G Howden DFC
xx Feb 1945	Wg Cdr Leonard W G Gill; later AVM
20 Apr 1945	DB
1 Jan 1952	Names from this point have not yet been found except: -
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr Maxwell Scannell DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
20 Jan 1959	DB

No 69 Squadron

28 Dec 1916	Maj D V J Blake
19 Jan 1918	redesignated No 3 Sqn AFC
10 Jan 1941	Sqn Ldr E A Whiteley
4 Jun 1941	Sqn Ldr R D Welland
28 Jul 1941	Sqn Ldr E Tennant
21 Sep 1941	Wg Cdr J H Dowland GC
xx Jan 1942	Wg Cdr E Tennant
xx Jun 1942	Plt Off Foster
xx Aug 1942	Wg Cdr A Warburton DSO, DFC
xx Mar 1943	Wg Cdr R C Mackay DFC
xx May 1943	Wg Cdr T M Channon DSO
xx Jul 1944	Wg Cdr Frederic O S Dobell; later A/Cdre
xx Sep 1944	Wg Cdr M J A Shaw
7 Aug 1945	DB
8 Aug 1945	Names from this point have not yet been found
6 Nov 1947	DB
5 May 1954	Names from this point have not yet been found except: -
xx xxx 1955	Sqn Ldr N A J Mackie DSO, DFC
xx xxx 1956	?
1 Jul 1958	DB

No 70 Squadron

xx Jul 1916	Maj G A K Lawrence DSO [Killed 28 Jan 1917]
31 Dec 1916	Maj Arthur W Tedder; later MRAF
22 Jun 1917	Maj M H B Nethersole
16 Nov 1917	Maj H B R Grey-Edwards MC
5 Jan 1918	Maj John H S Tyssen MC; later AVM?
4 Aug 1918	Maj E L Foot MC
8 Nov 1918	Maj G W Murlis Green DSO* MC*
1 Jan 1919	Maj Patrick Huskinson MC*; later A/Cdre
29 Aug 1919	Maj G A Lawrence DSO
xx xxx 1919	?
22 Jan 1920	DB
28 Feb 1920	Sqn Ldr Sydney W Smith OBE; later A/Cdre
1 Sep 1924	Sqn Ldr Theodore Q Studd DFC
1 Dec 1925	Wg Cdr Ernest W Norton DSC; later A/Cdre
3 Sep 1926	Wg Cdr Hazelton R Nicholl OBE; later AVM
26 Nov 1928	Wg Cdr John A G De Courcey
xx Feb 1929	Wg Cdr Reginald S Maxwell MC, DFC
31 Oct 1930	Wg Cdr Charles H B Blount OBE, MC; later AVM
xx Apr 1932	Wg Cdr George C Bailey DSO; later A/Cdre
7 Apr 1934	Wg Cdr Henry K Thorold DSC, DFC, AFC; later AVM
1 Sep 1934	Wg Cdr William Sowrey DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
1 Jun 1936	Wg Cdr W R D Acland DFC, AFC
23 Apr 1938	Wg Cdr H S Broughall MC, DFC
1 Mar 1939	Wg Cdr John W F Merer; later AVM
25 Jan 1940	Sqn Ldr R V McIntyre
xx Apr 1940	Wg Cdr E B Webb
11 Mar 1941	Wg Cdr Golding DFC
xx Jun 1941	Wg Cdr G J L Read
20 Dec 1941	Wg Cdr John H T Simpson; later A/Cdre
23 May 1942	Wg Cdr G F Wood
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found
xx Apr 1947	DB
xx May 1948	Sqn Ldr R M Burns
xx Jul 1949	Sqn Ldr Percy O V Green AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Apr 1951	Sqn Ldr L Reavell-Carter MBE
xx Dec 1952	Sqn Ldr J C Ward
xx Apr 1955	Sqn Ldr T N Staples DFM
xx Jan 1956	Sqn Ldr W K Greer AFC
xx Sep 1958	Sqn Ldr P Ainley DFC
xx Apr 1961	Wg Cdr L G Holmes OBE, DFC, AFC
xx Sep 1962	Sqn Ldr L E Moran DFC
xx Feb 1963	Sqn Ldr J H W Grobler
xx Sep 1965	Sqn Ldr R M Gammon
xx Oct 1967	Sqn Ldr R M Sparkes
xx Nov 1968	Sqn Ldr M A Fish
xx Feb 1971	Sqn Ldr D L Bates
xx Feb 1972	Wg Cdr Alan C Curry; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1974	Wg Cdr R M Sparkes
xx Nov 1975	Wg Cdr P Henley
xx Sep 1977	Wg Cdr P S E Tootal
xx Jul 1979	Wg Cdr Norman J G Hodnett; later A/Cdre
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found except: -
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr A Bull
xx xxx 2007	Wg Cdr A Torrance
xx Sep 2010	DB
20 Aug 2014	Wg Cdr S Boyle
xx Mar 2017	Wg Cdr E Horne
xx Mar 2018	Wg Cdr L Roberts
xx xxx 2021	Wg Cdr C Bailey

No 71 Squadron

27 Mar 1917	Capt A Lang
10 Nov 1917	Maj Wilfred A McClaughry MC, DFC; later AVM
4 Apr 1917	Maj W Sheldon
xx Nov 1917	Maj R E A W Hughes-Chamberlain
19 Jan 1918	redesignated No 3 Sqn AFC
29 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr W M Churchill DSO, DFC
23 Jan 1941	Sqn Ldr W E G Taylor
7 Jun 1941	Sqn Ldr H de C A Woodhouse AFC
13 Aug 1941	Sqn Ldr E R Bitmead
22 Aug 1941	Sqn Ldr S T Meares (KIFA 15 Nov 1941)
17 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr C G Peterson
29 Sep 1942	Transferred to USAAF
1 Oct 1950	Sqn Ldr Hardie
xx xxx 1952	Sqn Ldr E Trees
xx xxx 1954	Sqn Ldr L Cherry
xx Jul 1955	Sqn Ldr Barnes
31 May 1957	DB
xx xxx xxxx	Reformed as 71 (Inspection & Repair) Sqn
xx Jan 2009	Sqn Ldr J Clarkson

No 72 Squadron

8 Jul 1917	Capt/Maj H W von Poelnitz (Maj from 1 Nov 1917)
10 May 1918	Capt Beatty
24 May 1918	Maj O A Westendarp
7 Jul 1918	Maj Owen T Boyd MC; later AM
6 Jan 1919	Capt Francis H Coleman; later A/Cdre
22 Sep 1919	DB (ORB states 13 Feb 1919)
22 Feb 1937	Flt Lt Edward M Donaldson; later A/Cdre
9 Jun 1937	Sqn Ldr E J L Hope
xx Dec 1937	Sqn Ldr R W Knox
15 Jan 1938	Sqn Ldr J B H Rogers (Wg Cdr from 1 Nov 1938)
14 Dec 1938	Sqn Ldr Ronald B Lees; later AM
25 Jul 1940	Sqn Ldr A R Collins
xx Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr E Graham
1 Apr 1941	Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen DFC*
4 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr C A Masterman OBE
xx Feb 1942	Sqn Ldr C B F Kingcombe DFC*
2 Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring DFC
14 - 22 Aug 1942	Sqn Ldr Archibald L Winskill; later A/Cdre [Temp]
23 Apr 1943	Sqn Ldr W F Daniel DFC
xx Dec 1943	Maj A C Bosman DFC, SAAF
xx Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr J M V Carpenter DFC
xx Apr 1944	Sqn Ldr C I R Arthur DFC
xx Nov 1944	Sqn Ldr P L Parrott DFC
15 Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr K N R Sissons
2 Apr 1945	Maj H E Wells SAAF
xx Apr 1945	Capt William E Colahan SAAF; later AVM
xx May 1945	Sqn Ldr E Cassidy DFC
xx Jul 1945	Sqn Ldr D J Johnson
xx Oct 1945	Sqn Ldr T W B Huckson
xx Feb 1946	Sqn Ldr J R Cock DFC
xx Dec 1946	DB
xx Feb 1947	Sqn Ldr R N H Courtney
xx Feb 1949	Sqn Ldr D E Kingaby DSO, DFM**
xx Apr 1952	Sqn Ldr C L C Mason
xx Nov 1952	Sqn Ldr T D Sanderson AFC
xx Jul 1955	Sqn Ldr A J H Kitley
xx Dec 1955	Wg Cdr M J A Shaw DSO
xx Jun 1957	Wg Cdr R D Doleman DSO, DFC
xx Apr 1959	Wg Cdr V G Owen-Jones DFC
xx Jun 1960	Wg Cdr R E Gardiner DFC
xx Jun 1961	DB
xx Nov 1961	Sqn Ldr J R Dowling MBE, DFC, AFC
xx Nov 1962	Sqn Ldr A T Shaw
xx Oct 1964	Sqn Ldr F Braybrook
xx May 1965	Sqn Ldr B H Smith
xx Jun 1967	Wg Cdr Philip D M Moore later A/Cdre
xx Nov 1970	Wg Cdr John W Price; later AVM
xx xxx 1972	Wg Cdr Colin H Reineck; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 1974	Wg Cdr ?
xx Dec 1976	Wg Cdr A Salter
xx Nov 1978	Wg Cdr A E Ryle
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found
xx Nov 1983	Wg Cdr John R Day
xx xxx 1985	Names from this point have not yet been found
xx xxx 2002	DB
xx Jul 2002	Names from this point have not yet been found

No 73 Squadron

2 Jul 1917	Lieutenant C A Mercer
9 Jul 1917	Maj H F A Gordon
13 Nov 1917	Maj T O’B Hubbard MC
3 Jul 1918	Maj R H Freeman MC
1 Aug 1918	Maj G R Elliott
8 Aug 1918	Maj M Le Blanc-Smith DFC
7 Feb 1919	Capt Woollett
2 Jul 1919	DB
15 Mar 1937	Flt Lt R V McIntyre
19 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr E S Finch
13 Feb 1939	Sqn Ldr R K Brougham
11 May 1939	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr B W Knox
27 Mar1940	Sqn Ldr K A K McEwan
13 Apr 1940	Sqn Ldr J W C More
5 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr Maurice W S Robinson; later A/Cdre (WIA 14 Sep 1940)
14 Sep 1940	Flt Lt Beytagh (Temporary)
27 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr A D Murray
20 Apr 1941	Sqn Ldr Peter G Wykeham-Barnes DFC*; later ACM
1 Oct 1941	Sqn Ldr D H Ward
xx Jun 1942	Sqn Ldr G R A M Johnston
xx Oct 1942	Sqn Ldr J B Selby DFC
xx Feb 1943	Sqn Ldr R V Ellis DFM
xx Jul 1943	Sqn Ldr E L Joyce DFM
xx Nov 1943	Sqn Ldr J H Chase
xx Jun 1944	Maj D W Goulding DFC, SAAF
xx Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr J H ASton DFC
xx Apr 1945	Sqn Ldr Peter Furniss DFC; later AVM
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found
xx Feb 1955	Sqn Ldr J F Manning
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this point have not yet been found
10 Jan 1969	DB

No 74 Squadron

1 Jul 1917	Maj A H O’Hara-Wood
11 Nov 1917	Maj The Hon L J E Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
1 Mar 1918	Maj A S W Dore DSO
8 Mar 1918	Maj K L Caldwell MC DFC & bar
9 Dec 1918	Capt J I T Jones DSO MC DFC MM
10 Feb 1919	?
3 Jul 1919	DB
3 Sep 1935	Sqn Ldr Henry G Crowe; later A/Cdre
19 Jul 1936	Flt Lt D S Brookes
1 Sep 1936	Sqn Ldr D S Brookes
2 May 1938	Sqn Ldr G E Sampson
1 Mar 1940	Sqn Ldr F L White
8 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr A G Malan DFC
10 Mar 1941	Sqn Ldr J C Mungo-Park DFC
30 Jun 1941	Sqn Ldr L Meares
23 Aug 1941	Sqn Ldr P H M Richey
7 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr P C N Mathews
xx Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr J Addison
xx Dec 1942	Sqn Ldr P F Illingworth
xx Mar 1943	Sqn Ldr J C F Hayter
xx Dec 1944	Sqn Ldr A J Reeves DFC
xx May 1945	Wg Cdr H C Kennard DFC
xx Sep 1945	Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn DFM
xx Jan 1946	Sqn Ldr J R Cooksey
xx Apr 1947	Sqn Ldr John H Lapsley DFC; later AM
xx Aug 1948	Sqn Ldr R L W Baelz
xx Sep 1949	Sqn Ldr A R de L Inniss DFC
xx Sep 1951	Maj G W Milholland
xx Nov 1953	Sqn Ldr W J Johnston
xx Jan 1955	Sqn Ldr K N Haselwood
xx Oct 1957	Sqn Ldr C F A Curtiss
xx Jul 1959	Sqn Ldr P W Carr
xx Feb 1960	Sqn Ldr John F G Howe AFC; later AVM
xx xxx 1962	Sqn Ldr P G Botteril
xx Dec 1964	Sqn Ldr William B Maish; later A/Cdre
xx Oct 1966	Wg Cdr Kenneth J Goodwin AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1969	Wg Cdr D E Caldwell
25 Aug 1971	DB
19 Oct 1984	Wg Cdr R Northcote
xx xxx 1986	Wg Cdr C R Spink; later AM
xx xxx 1989	Names from this point have not yet been found
xx Oct 1992	DB
5 Oct 1992	Names from this point have not yet been found
22 Sep 2000	DB

No 75 Squadron

1 Oct 1916	Maj H A Petre DSO MC
3 Jul 1917	Maj T O’B Hubbard
28 Jul 1917	Maj T F Rutledge
4 Oct 1917	Maj C S Ross
14 Nov 1918	Maj C A Ridley DSO MC
13 Jun 1919	DB
31 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr H L Rough
18 Oct 1937	Wg Cdr K E Ward
28 Sep 1938	Wg Cdr Edwin S Goodwin AFC; later AVM
8 Oct 1938	Sqn Ldr J H Hargroves (Temp)
18 Nov 1938	Wg Cdr David D’A Greig DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
30 Dec 1939	Sqn Ldr P de G H Seymour (Temp)
23 Jan 1940	Wg Cdr R A A Cole
4 Apr 1940	Wg Cdr M W Buckley
25 Nov 1940	Wg Cdr C E Kay, DFC, OBE
5 Sep 1941	Wg Cdr R Sawrey-Cookson
6 Apr 1942	Wg Cdr E G Olson
xx Jul 1942	Wg Cdr V Mitchell, DFC
18 Dec 1942	Sqn Ldr G T Fowler
1 Jan 1943	Wg Cdr G A Lane
3 May 1943	Wg Cdr M Wyatt, DFC
xx Aug 1943	Wg Cdr R D Max
xx May 1944	Wg Cdr R J A Leslie
xx Dec 1944	Wg Cdr R J Newton
2 Jan 1945	Wg Cdr C H Baigent, DFC*
xx Oct 1946	Transferred to the RNZAF

No 76 Squadron

15 Sep 1916	Maj E M Murray DSO, MC
6 Feb 1918	Maj A C Wilson
xx Mar 1919	?
13 Jun 1919	DB
12 Apr 1937	Wg Cdr S Graham
26 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr E J George
11 Jul 1938	Sqn Ldr N A Pearce
1 Jan 1939	Flt Lt L R Stewart [Temp]
10 Jan 1939	Sqn Ldr J B T Whitehead
13 Apr 1939	Wg Cdr D S Allan
8 Apr 1940	DB
30 Apr 1940	Reformed in No 2 Group
20 May 1940	DB
12 Apr 1941	Wg Cdr Sydney O Bufton DFC; later AVM
28 May 1941	Wg Cdr Geoffrey T Jarman DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
4 Sep 1941	Wg Cdr J J A Sutton DFC
10 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr J T Bouwens DFC [Temp]
15 Dec 1941	Wg Cdr D O Young DFC, AFC
14 Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr C C Calder DFC [Temp]
5 Aug 1942	Wg Cdr G L Cheshire DSO, DFC
7 Apr 1943	Wg Cdr D C Smith DFC
22 Dec 1943	Wg Cdr D Iveson DSO, DFC
14 Aug 1944	Wg Cdr R K Cassels DFC
24 Jan 1945	Wg Cdr L G A Whyte
14 Jun 1945	Wg Cdr R K Cassels DFC
xx Jul 1945	Wg Cdr P A Nicholas DFC
1 Sep 1946	DB
1 May 2007	Names from this point have not yet been found
xx May 2011	DB

No 77 Squadron

10 Oct 1916	Maj W Milne MC
13 Apr 1917	Maj K R Van der Spuy MC
1 Sep 1917	Maj A Somervail MC
xx Jan 1919	?
13 Jun 1919	DB
14 Jun 1937	?
2 Aug 1937	Sqn Ldr C H Appleton
16 Nov 1938	Wg Cdr C R Strudwick
20 Feb 1939	Wg Cdr J Bradbury
1 Nov 1939	Wg Cdr C H Appleton
1 Jun 1940	Wg Cdr J C MacDonald DFC
14 Aug 1940	Wg Cdr Geoffrey T Jarman DFC; later A/Cdre
21 May 1941	Wg Cdr D P Hanafin DFC
9 Sep 1941	Wg Cdr D O Young AFC
2 Dec 1941	Wg Cdr Donald C T Bennett; later AVM
14 Apr 1942	Wg Cdr John R A Embling; later AVM
10 Dec 1942	Wg Cdr A E Lowe MBE, DFC
12 Oct 1943	Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni DFC
15 Sep 1944	Wg Cdr D W S Clark DFC
21 Dec 1944	Wg Cdr J D R Forbes DFC, AFC
7 Jul 1945	Wg Cdr J K M Cooke DSO, DFC
1 Nov 1946	DB
xx Dec 1946	Names from this point have not yet been found
1 Jun 1949	DB
1 Sep 1958	Sqn Ldr S O Baldock
xx Sep 1961	Sqn Ldr K Hayes
10 Jul 1963	DB

No 78 Squadron

4 Nov 1916	Maj A A Van Ryneveld MC
20 Apr 1917	Maj J C Halahan
5 Jul 1917	Maj C R Rowden MC
26 Apr 1918	Maj G Allen
12 Aug 1918	Maj C J Truran
xx Oct 1918	?
31 Dec 1919	DB
1 Nov 1936	Wg Cdr Matthew B Frew DSO, MC, AFC; later AVM (also OC, No 10 Sqn)
1 Mar 1937	Wg Cdr Matthew B Frew DSO, MC, AFC; later AVM
8 Mar 1937	Wg Cdr Richard Harrison DFC, AFC; later AVM
16 Jan 1940	Wg Cdr M Wiblin
16 Sep 1940	Wg Cdr John N H Whitworth; later A/Cdre
14 Feb 1941	Wg Cdr G T Toland
6 Mar 1941	Wg Cdr B V Robinson DFC
3 Jul 1941	Wg Cdr T Sawyer DFC
1 Jan 1942	Wg Cdr Edward J Corbally; later AVM
18 May 1942	Wg Cdr A H S Lucas
10 Jul 1942	Wg Cdr J B Tait DSO, DFC
1 Nov 1942	Wg Cdr G B Warner DFC, AFC
1 Aug 1943	Wg Cdr G K Lawrence
10 Apr 1944	Wg Cdr A Markland DSO, DFC, DFM
xx Sep 1944	Sqn Ldr F A Hurley
xx Nov 1944	Wg Cdr J L Young DFC
xx Oct 1946	Sqn Ldr F J Fenton
xx May 1948	Sqn Ldr W H E Trewin
xx Nov 1949	Sqn Ldr H B Kirk
xx Jan 1951	Sqn Ldr A H Piper DFC
xx Dec 1952	Sqn Ldr V Nedved MBE, DFC
xx Nov 1953	Sqn Ldr T N Staples DFM
xx Sep 1954	DB
24 Apr 1956	Sqn Ldr R A McKay
xx Jan 1957	Sqn Ldr L L Doveton AFC
xx Jun 1958	Sqn Ldr W G Hester
xx May 1960	Sqn Ldr J N Phillips
xx May 1962	Sqn Ldr F Rimmer
xx Apr 1964	Sqn Ldr B M Burley
xx Jun 1965	Sqn Ldr F Braybrook
xx May 1967	Sqn Ldr T J C Hooper
xx Jun 1969	Sqn Ldr Colin H Reineck; later A/Cdre
xx Jul 1970	Sqn Ldr P D Cliff
xx Jun 1971	Flt Lt M D Timbers
xx Aug 1971	Sqn Ldr E H Roberts
xx Dec 1971	DB
22 May 1986	Names from this point have not yet been found except: -
xx xxx xxxx	Sqn Ldr R Sommerville
xx xxx 1998	Sqn Ldr R Robertson
xx xxx 2007	Wg Cdr/Gp Capt N Colman
30 Sep 2014	DB

No 79 Squadron

xx Jul 1917	Capt Williams [Temp]
4 Aug 1917	Maj M W Noel
22 Jun 1918	Maj A R Arnold
xx May 1919	Maj C E Bryant
15 Jul 1919	DB
22 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr Arthur W B McDonald; later AM
26 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr Norman A P Pritchett; later A/Cdre
20 Jun 1938	Sqn Ldr G D Emms
20 Jan 1939	Sqn Ldr C C McMullan (left 20 Feb 1940)
28 Feb 1940	Sqn Ldr R V Alexander
24 May 1940	Sqn Ldr J D C Joslin (KIA - 7 Jul 1940)
7 Jul 1940	Flt Lt G D L Haysom (Temporary)
11 Jul 1940	Sqn Ldr J H Hayworth
25 Jun 1941	Sqn Ldr G D L Haysom
27 Sep 1941	Sqn Ldr G L Sinclair
19 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr C D S Smith
24 Dec 1941	Sqn Ldr A V Clowes
xx Feb 1942	Sqn Ldr C A Jones
xx Feb 1944	Sqn Ldr D C Cunliffe
xx Jul 1944	Flt Lt K G Hemingway
x Dec 1944	Sqn Ldr R D May
xx Aug 1945	Sqn Ldr R Stout
xx Oct 1945	Flt Lt H A Rogers
30 Dec 1945	DB
15 Nov 1951	Sqn Ldr H M Chinnery AFC
xx Jul 1954	Sqn Ldr N K McCallum DFC, AFC
xx Feb 1957	Sqn Ldr H Harrison AFC
xx Jun 1959	Sqn Ldr R J T Buchanan AFC
1 Jan 1961	DB
2 Jan 1967	Names from this point have not yet been found
31 Aug 1992	DB

No 80 Squadron

10 Aug 1917	Maj Graham
xx Jan 1918	Maj V D Bell
xx Jan 1919	Maj F I Tanner
xx Jan 1919	Maj G Allen
xx Feb 1919	Maj C M Leman
1 Feb 1920	renumbered as No 56 Sqn
8 Mar 1937	Flt Lt W W E Oliver
19 May 1937	Sqn Ldr Paul S Blockey; later AVM
1 Dec 1938	Sqn Ldr Robert C Jonas; later A/Cdre
8 Jul 1940	Sqn Ldr Patrick H Dunn; later AM
19 Aug 1940	Flt Lt Edward G Jones; later AM
27 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr W J Hickey (KIA 21 Dec 1940)
22 Dec 1940	Sqn Ldr Edward G Jones DSO, DFC; later AM
5 Sep 1941	Sqn Ldr T M Horgan DFC
27 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr M M Stephens DSO, DFC
9 Dec 1941	Flt Lt N L Ievers (Temporary)
14 Dec 1941	Flt Lt Strachan (Temporary)
19 Dec 1941	Flt Lt N L Ievers (Temporary)
xx Jan 1942	Sqn Ldr J R Urwin-Mann DFC
xx Apr 1942	Sqn Ldr C R A Forsyth
1 Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr H West
22 Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr Dennison
xx Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr D M Jack
xx Jan 1943	Sqn Ldr R E Barry DFC
xx Jul 1943	Sqn Ldr J H Curry DFC
xx Mar 1944	Maj D H Barlow SAAF
xx May 1944	Maj B B Bjornstad DFC, RNoAF
xx Jul 1944	Sqn Ldr R L Spurdle DSO, DFC*
xx Jan 1945	Sqn Ldr E D Mackie DSO, DFC*
xx Apr 1945	Maj R A Henwick DFC, SAAF
xx Nov 1945	Sqn Ldr A H B Friendship DFM*
xx May 1946	Sqn Ldr H E Walmsley DFC
xx Nov 1947	Sqn Ldr R A Newberry
xx Nov 1948	Sqn Ldr E W Tremlett
xx Aug 1951	Sqn Ldr J M V Carpenter DFC*
xx Jan 1954	Sqn Ldr H G Cullen DFC
1 May 1955	DB
xx Jun 1955	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr E F Brown DFC
xx Dec 1958	Wg Cdr J Hurry DSO, DFC
xx Jul 1961	Wg Cdr K R Richardson DFC
xx Jan 1964	Wg Cdr Robert C Simpson; later A/Cdre
xx Dec 1965	Wg Cdr B Stansfield
xx Aug 1966	Wg Cdr R E W Nettley
xx Aug 1968	Wg Cdr Raymond J Offord; later A/Cdre
30 Sep 1969	DB
30 Sep 1969	Cdr C Wilcox RN

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31 Dec 1916

Maj Arthur W Tedder; later MRAF