14 May 1941

Sqn Ldr Powell DFC

17 Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr H C Kennard DFC

 2 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr D W Wiliams DFC

29 Sep 1942

Transferred to USAAF

xx Mar 1918

Maj A S C McLaren MC

xx May 1919

?

24 May 1941

Sqn Ldr H West

19 Aug 1941

Sqn Ldr R Miller (KIA 24 Apr 1942)

28 Apr 1942

Sqn Ldr J Fajtl (Czech) (KIA 5 May 1942)

 7 May 1942

Sqn Ldr Prevot (Belgian) (KIA 30 Jul 1942)

 1 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr J R C Kilian

 3 Nov 1942

Sqn Ldr D E Kingaby DFM** (posted 23 Apr 1943)

xx May 1943

Sqn Ldr P W R Wickham DFC

 6 Dec 1943

Sqn Ldr Archibald C Stewart; later A/Cdre

10 Mar 1944

Sqn Ldr I A Morrin (KIA 8 Apr 1944)

12 Apr 1944

Sqn Ldr T H Drinkwater DFC (KIA 18 May 1944)

20 May 1944

Sqn Ldr E L Joyce DFM

18 Jun 1944

Sqn Ldr J T Shaw DSO, DFC

11 Jul 1944

Sqn Ldr R L Stillwell DFM

15 Sep 1944

Sqn Ldr J K Porteous DFC

29 Nov 1944

Sqn Ldr K H Osborne-Young DFC

13 Feb 1945

Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson DFC; later A/Cdre

xx Aug 1945

Sqn Ldr Lovell

 1 Apr 1946

DB

xx Jan 1918

?

 5 Feb 1920

DB

19 May 1941

Sqn Ldr D M Jack

1 Sep 1942

Sqn Ldr B Statham

14 Dec 1942

Sqn Ldr K C Powell

26 Mar 1943

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr K N T Lee

 6 Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr A J McGregor

10 Jun 1945

DB by being renumbered No 81 Sqn

 1 Feb 1918

?

17 Aug 1918

DB

10 May 1941

Sqn Ldr R M B Duke-Wooley DFC

 4 Jun 1942

Sqn Ldr T Balmforth DFC

 2 Jan 1943

Sqn Ldr J C Nelson DFC, (US)

23 Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr T Balmforth DFC

26 Sep 1944

Sqn Ldr G W Scott AFC

 4 Jun 1945

Sqn Ldr H W Harrison

 1 Apr 1946

DB

 1 Feb 1918

?

17 Aug 1918

DB

16 Jun 1941

Sqn Ldr H M Mitchell DFC

28 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr Kelly

 1 Dec 1941

Sqn Ldr E G Barwell

29 Jan 1942

Wg Cdr D V Ivins

 4 Jun 1942

Wg Cdr C P Green DFC (posted 14 Dec 1942)

18 Dec 1942

Wg Cdr R F H Clerke DFC

 4 Oct 1943

Wg Cdr John G Topham DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre

16 Dec 1944

Wg Cdr G L Howitt DFC (posted 5 Oct 1945)

xx Oct 1945

Wg Cdr V R Snell

20 Nov 1945

DB

 1 Apr 1955

Squadron reformed

17 Apr 1955

Sqn Ldr J F McPhie AFC

11 Jun 1955

Wg Cdr R L W Baelz DFC

 9 Jul 1956

Wg Cdr E Cassidy DFC, AFC

xx May 1957

DB

1 Feb 1918

?

17 Aug 1918

DB

28 Jun 1941

Sqn Ldr A C Rabagliati DFC

14 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr P W Lefevre DFC

21 Mar 1942

Sqn Ldr E J Gracie (Detached to Air Ministry for temporary duty 5-24 Apr 1942; OC Takali, 30 Apr 1942)

 3 May 1942

Sqn Ldr A R H Barton (to HE 03 Jul 1942)

 4 Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr J Winfield  (NE sick 26 Jul 1942)

 5 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr B J Wicks

xx Sep/Oct 1942

Sqn Ldr J R Urwin-Mann

13 Apr 1943

Sqn Ldr H S Jackson

xx Jul 1943

Sqn Ldr W T Page (KIA 16 Nov 1943)

26 Nov 1943

Sqn Ldr K B L Debenham (KOAS 16 Dec 1943)

16 Dec 1943

Flt Lt D Owen (Temp)

28 Jan 1943

Sqn Ldr W W Swinden

20 Jun 1944

Sqn Ldr J A Plagis

28 Dec 1944

Sqn Ldr J Garden DFC (KIA 10 Feb 1945)

14 Feb 1945

Maj A Austela DFC

 7 May 1945

Sqn Ldr A R Hall DFC

20 Mar 1946

Flt Lt K T T King DFC

26 Apr 1946

DB

1 Feb 1918

?

 4 Jul 1918

Absorbed into No 49 TDS

29 Jun1941

Sqn Ldr Bodman

 6 Jul 1941

Flt Lt Cremin (Temporary)

12 Jul 1941

DB

16 Sep 1941

Sqn Ldr L P O'Connor

16 Feb 1942 

Sqn Ldr D R Walker

 9 Jun 1942

Sqn Ldr C O J Pegge DFC

xx Apr 1943

Sqn Ldr D Kain

25 Jul 1943

Sqn Ldr P W Lovell

14 Oct 1943

Sqn Ldr C F Bradley

xx Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr F W Lister  DFC

xx Nov 1944

Sqn Ldr O Smik

xx Dec 1944

Sqn Ldr R W F Sampson DFC

xx Jan 1945

Sqn Ldr F W Lister  DFC

30 Apr 1945

DB

 1 Feb 1918

?

 4 Jul 1918

DB

14 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr B Drake

 9 Mar 1942

Sqn Ldr J I Kilmartin

11 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr H A B Russell

 8 Mar 1943

DB

15 Sep 1944

Wg Cdr K J Burrough DFC

31 Mar 1946

DB

 1 Mar 1918

?

 4 Jul 1918

DB

22 Jun 1941

Sqn Ldr D L Armitage (POW - 21 Sep 1941)

27 Sep 1941

Sqn Ldr R J Abrahams

 3 Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr R H Thomas

 1 Sep 1942

Sqn Ldr H A C Gonay

16 Sep 1943

Sqn Ldr P V K Tripe RCAF

xx Nov 1943

Sqn Ldr C Haw DFC

xx Jul 1944

Sqn Ldr P D Thompson DFC

16 Apr 1945

Sqn Ldr Kenneth C M Giddings DFC; later AM

 3 Jan 1946

Sqn Ldr Wright

24 Feb 1946

Sqn Ldr C F Counter DFC

xx Jun 1946

Sqn Ldr E Garrad-Cole

 1 Sep 1946

DB

 1 Mar 1918

?

 4 Jul 1918

DB

23 Jun 1941

Sqn Ldr C J Donovan

 9 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr E P P Gibbs DFC

16 Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr P J Simpson DFC

 7 Jan 1943

Sqn Ldr W H A Wright

 1 Oct 1943

Sqn Ldr J R Cooksey (posted 26 Oct 1943)

 1 Nov 1943

Sqn Ldr R F Inness

13 Feb 1944

DB

5 Apr 1944

Sqn Ldr W H Ireson

28 Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr P V K Tripe RCAF

22 Jan 1945

Sqn Ldr M R D Hume

11 Apr 1945

Sqn Ldr F G Woolley DFC

23 Jul 1946

Sqn Ldr R N A Courtney DFC

31 Jan 1947

DB

 5 Aug 1953

Squadron reformed

 6 Aug 1953

Sqn Ldr J G Mejor DFC

 1 Aug 1956

Sqn Ldr F C Ellis

30 Apr 1957

DB

xx Dec 1959

Squadron reformed as an IRBM squadron

xx Dec 1959

Sqn Ldr W J Hibbert

17 Feb 1960

Sqn Ldr D S Lister

15 Mar 1918

?

 4 Jul 1918

DB

30 Jun 1941

Sqn Ldr John M Thompson DFC; later A/Cdre

14 Nov 1941

Sqn Ldr M G F Pedley DFC

31 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr P R W Wickham

 8 Nov 1942

Sqn Ldr J S Firfield

20 Mar 1943

Sqn Ldr J J O'Meara DFC*

29 May 1944

Sqn Ldr Ian N MacDougall CBE, DFC; later A/Cdre

14 Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr C O J Pegge DFC

10 Jun 1945

DB

15 Jul 1945

Sqn Ldr C G Ford

22 Sep 1945

Flt Lt G M Smith (Temp)

 8 Oct 1945

Sqn Ldr J R Graham

31 Dec 1945

DB

 1 Mar 1918

?

23 Dec 1918

DB

 7 Jul 1941

Sqn Ldr A W A Bayne DFC

16 Feb 1942

Sqn Ldr K A Mackay

13 May 1942

Sqn Ldr J R Ritchie

 9 Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr F F Colloredo-Mansfeld DFC (KIA 14 Jan 1944)

20 Jan 1944

Sqn Ldr A G Page DFC

 7 Jul 1944

Sqn Ldr K L Charney DFC*

15 Apr 1946

DB

 1 Mar 1918

?

 4 Jul 1918

DB

29 Jul 1941

Sqn Ldr G A Brown

27 Nov 1941

Sqn Ldr E H Thomas

xx Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr C W McColpin

29 Sep 1942

Transferred to USAAF

 1 Mar 1918

?

 4 Jul 1918

DB

31 Jul 1941

Sqn Ldr A G Miller

10 Feb 1942

Sqn Ldr K T Lofts DFC

 8 Apr 1942

Sqn Ldr P W Hartley

10 Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr A M D Howes

17 Nov 1942

Sqn Ldr A C Mills

25 Jan 1943

Sqn Ldr P S Turner DFC*

18 Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr W H Stratton DFC

 9 May 1944

Sqn Ldr D K McDonald

29 Apr 1945

Sqn Ldr C G Ford

15 Jul 1945

DB

 1 Apr 1918

?

 4 Jul 1918

DB

23 Aug 1941

Sqn Ldr F C Carey DFC*, DFM

 9 Feb 1942

Sqn Ldr F B Sutton

xx xxx 1942

Sqn Ldr W J Harper

18 Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr H S Giddings (KIA 23 Jan 1943)

26 Jan 1943

Flt Lt K A Perkins (Temp)

 5 Feb 1943

Sqn Ldr I N Bayles

 1 Dec 1943

Sqn Ldr C A C Stone DFC

 1 Mar 1944

Sqn Ldr L C C Hawkins DFC

26 Jun 1945

DB

 1 Apr 1918

?

 4 Jul 1918

DB

26 Aug 1941

Sqn Ldr T A F Elsdon, DFC

13 Jun 1942

Sqn Ldr A W Ridler

xx Feb 1943

Sqn Ldr A W A Bayne, DFC

xx Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr A N Constantine

17 Mar 1944

Sqn Ldr E O Watson

28 Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr D G Soga

10 Jul 1945

Sqn Ldr A J H Kitley

 4 Oct 1945

Flt Lt. J D R Cameron

17 Dec 1945

Sqn Ldr M Paddle

 1 Jan 1946

Sqn Ldr D M Finn, DFC

18 Jan 1946

Sqn Ldr G B Smither, DFC

12 May 1946

DB

1 Apr 1918

?

 4 Jul 1918

DB

20 Sept 1941

Sqn Ldr J Sample DFC

 1 Nov 1941

Sqn Ldr H St J Coghlan

23 May 1943

Sqn Ldr J B Wray DFC

 4 Dec 1943

Sqn Ldr J R Dennehey DFC

24 Apr 1944

Sqn Ldr G Piltingsrud DFC (KIA 24 Sep 1944)

27 Sep 1944

Sqn Ldr E T Brough DFC

26 Dec 1944

Sqn Ldr R G V Barraclough

30 Mar 1945

Sqn Ldr D Murray DFC

25 Aug 1945

DB

30 Sep 1918

?

 1 Feb 1919

DB

25 Aug 1941

Wg Cdr E V Knowles DFC

18 Nov 1941

Wg Cdr W R Farley DFC

21 Apr 1942

Wg Cdr R C Hockey DSO,DFC

28 Feb 1943

Wg Cdr K S Batchelor DFC

25 May 1943

Wg Cdr R D Speare DFC

 1 May 1944

Wg Cdr W McF Russell DFC

 9 May 1944

Wg Cdr Wilfred J Burnett DFC; later A/Cdre

17 Dec 1945

Wg Cdr T B C Murray DSO, DFC

 1 Apr 1946

Wg Cdr Fleming DFC

13 Apr 1946

Sqn Ldr Grove DSFC (Temp)

15 Apr 1946

Sqn Ldr Wheble DFC

xx Dec 1946

Sqn Ldr S Baker DSO*, DFC*

16 Jun 1947

Flt Lt S Archer DFM

23 Oct 1947

Sqn Ldr S Baker DSO*, DFC*

xx Mar 1948

Sqn Ldr T J Hanlon

23 Jun 1948

Sqn Ldr A J C Hamilton

xx Mar 1949

Sqn Ldr H D Newman

 6 Jun 1950

Sqn Ldr Thomas R Pierce; later A/Cdre

 1 Sep 1950

DB

 1 Jan 1955

Squadron reformed

 1 Jan 1955

Wg Cdr R G W Oakley DSO, DFC, DFM

18 Nov 1957

Wg Cdr S Baker DSO, DFC

 1 Jul 1960

Wg Cdr H M Chinnery MVO, AFC

 1 Apr 1962

DB

 3 Jul 1918

Capt A A Harcourt-Vernon

14 Jul 1918

Maj W G Barker

30 Sep 1918

Capt S Dalrymple

23 Oct 1918

Maj H H Kitchener

25 Feb 1919

Reduced to cadre

 7 Mar 1919

DB

 1 Oct 1936

Flt Lt W L Freebody; later AVM

11 Jan 1937

Flt Lt A Moncrieff (Temporary)

25 Jan 1937

Flt Lt I McL Cameron (Temporary)

 4 Feb 1937

Flt Lt W L Freebody; later AVM

 5 Mar 1937

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Louis W Dickens; later A/Cdre

14 Jul 1940

Wg Cdr D F Lascelles

 1 Dec 1940

Wg Cdr W H Kyle; later ACM

25 Apr 1941

Wg Cdr I W Braye (KIA 1 May 1941)

 2 May 1941

Wg Cdr N E W Pepper (KIA 3 Jun 1941)

 8 Jun 1941

Wg Cdr E T T Nelson

30 Jul 1941

Wg Cdr D L R Halliday

xx Dec 1941

DB

 8 Jun 1942

Squadron reformed

15 Jun 1942

Wg Cdr A R Oakeshott DFC (KIA 2 Jul 1942)

 6 Jul 1942

Wg Cdr W P Shand DFC (KIA 21 Apr 1943)

21 Apr 1943

Sqn Ldr V R G Harcourt

4 May 1943

Wg Cdr R W Reynolds DSO, DFC

 5 Aug 1943

Gp Capt L C Slee DSO, DFC

 4 Feb 1944

Wg Cdr G H Womersley DSO, DFC

 7 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr John B Voyce; later A/Cdre

 1 Mar 1945

Wg Cdr J R G Ralston DFC, AFC, DFM

 8 Apr 1946

Wg Cdr D G Stokes

21 Apr 1947

Sqn Ldr J H Frampton

14 Nov 1947

Sqn Ldr David A Green DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre

22 Dec 1947

Sqn Ldr J W Appleton

23 Aug 1948

Sqn Ldr G W Curry DSO, DFC (KIFA 18 Sep 1948)

 1 Oct 1948

Sqn Ldr R G W Oakley DSO, DFC, DFM

15 Jan 1951

Sqn Ldr Thomas R Pierce; later A/Cdre

xx Jul 1953

Sqn Ldr A Ashworth DSO, DFC, AFC

xx Oct 1955

Sqn Ldr P R Mallorie AFC

xx Jan 1957

Wg Cdr P W Helmore DFC, AFC

23 Jun 1958

Wg Cdr G W O'N Fisher

 6 Nov 1959

Sqn Ldr J Stirrup

22 Dec 1959

Flt Lt C A Neill

31 Dec 1959

DB

 1 Feb 1962

Wg Cdr Brian W Plenderleith MA; later AVM

19 Oct 1964

Wg Cdr John G G Beddoes; later AVM

11 Oct 1965

Wg Cdr D S Bell DFC, AFC

28 Oct 1967

Wg Cdr F McClory

31 Dec 1968

DB

 1 May 1918

?

 4 Jul 1918

DB

17 Sep 1941

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr E C Le Mesurier DSO, DFC

xx xxx 1943

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr G F H Webb DFC

29 Jun 1943

Wg Cdr R I M Bowen DFC

20 Sep 1944

Wg Cdr C F M Chapman OBE (KIFA - 29 Sep 1944)

 1 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr Frederic O S Dobell; later A/Cdre

27 Apr 1945

Wg Cdr D R M Frostick

10 Nov 1945

DB