OCs 161 - 180 Sqns

Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Squadron Commanding Officers, Nos 161 - 200 Squadrons

[161 Sqn | 162 Sqn | 163 Sqn | 164 Sqn | 165 Sqn | 166 Sqn | 167 Sqn | 168 Sqn | 169 Sqn | 170 Sqn | 171 Sqn | 172 Sqn | 173 Sqn | 174 Sqn | 175 Sqn | 176 Sqn | 177 Sqn | 178 Sqn | 179 Sqn | 180 Sqn| No 181 Sqn | No 182 Sqn | No 183 Sqn | No 184 Sqn | No 185 Sqn | No 186 Sqn | No 187 Sqn | No 189 Sqn | No 190 Sqn | No 191 Sqn | No 192 Sqn | No 193 Sqn | No 194 Sqn | No 195 Sqn | No 196 Sqn | No 197 Sqn | No 198 Sqn | No 199 Sqn | No 200 Sqn]

No 161 Squadron

15 Feb 1942	Wg Cdr Edward H Fielden DFC, AFC; later AVM
xx Oct 1942	Wg Cdr P C Pickard, DSO**, DFC
xx May 1943	Wg Cdr Lewis M Hodges DFC*; later ACM
xx Jan 1945	Wg Cdr G Watson
xx Feb 1945	Wg Cdr M A Brogan, DFC
xx Mar 1945	Wg Cdr L F Ratcliff, DFC, AFC
5 Jun 1945	DB

No 162 Squadron

4 Jan 1942	Wg Cdr D H S Rusher DSO
xx Mar 1943	Wg Cdr G F L Scott
xx Dec 1943	Wg Cdr Appleby-Brown
xx Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr H A Lax
25 Sep 1944	DB
16 Dec 1944	Wg Cdr J D Bolton DFC
10 Apr 1945	Wg Cdr M K Sewell DFC
14 Jul 1946	DB

No 163 Squadron

10 Jul 1942	Names for this period have not yet been found
16 Jun 1943	DB
25 Jan 1945	Wg Cdr Ivor G Broom DFC; later AM
10 Aug 1945	DB

No 164 Squadron

6 Apr 1942	Sqn Ldr T Rowland
xx Feb 1943	Sqn Ldr D P McKeown DFC
xx Sep 1943	Sqn Ldr H A B Russell DFC
xx May 1944	Sqn Ldr P H Beake DFC
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr I D Waddy
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr R van Lierde DFC*
xx Jan 1945	Sqn Ldr P L Bateman-Jones
xx Aug 1945	Sqn Ldr P C Farnes DFM
31 Aug 1946	DB

No 165 Squadron

6 Apr 1942	Sqn Ldr Archibald L Winskill; later A/Cdre
12 Aug 1942	Sqn Ldr H J L Hallowes DFC
xx Mar 1943	Sqn Ldr E G A Seghers DFC
xx Jun 1943	Sqn Ldr H A S Johnston DFC
xx Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr M E Blackstone
xx Nov 1944	Sqn Ldr J E Storrar DFC
xx Mar 1945	Sqn Ldr B E Gale DFC
xx Jan 1946	Sqn Ldr K C Doran DFC*
1 Sep 1946	DB
11 Jan 1956	Names for this period have not yet been found
13 Mar 1958	DB

No 166 Squadron

13 Jun 1918	?
31 May 1919	DB
1 Nov 1936	Flt Lt C D C Boyce; later AVM
2 Jan 1937	Sqn Ldr John H C Wake; later A/Cdre
2 Oct 1937	Wg Cdr J C Foden AFC
xx Oct 1938	Sqn Ldr R W M Clark
6 Apr 1940	DB
26 Jan 1943	Wg Cdr R A C Barclay
3 Jul 1943	Wg Cdr R J Twamley
15 Dec 1943	Wg Cdr Colin Scragg; later AVM
15 Jan 1944	Wg Cdr F S Powley
30 Apr 1944	Wg Cdr D A Gamer
14 Dec 1944	Wg Cdr R L Vivian
17 Aug 1945	?
18 Nov 1945	DB

No 167 Squadron

18 Nov 1918	?
21 May 1919	DB
6 Apr 1942	Sqn Ldr D S Edwards
13 Feb 1943	Sqn Ldr Archibald C Stewart; later A/Cdre
12 Jun 1943	DB
1 Oct 1944	Wg Cdr H R Collins AFC
1 Feb 1946	DB
1 Feb 1953	Names for this period have not yet been found
15 Sep 1958	DB

No 168 Squadron

15 Jun 1942	Wg Cdr G F Watson Smyth
xx Jun 1943	Sqn Ldr P W Mason DFC
xx Jun 1944	Sqn Ldr D W Barlow DFC
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr D A D L Nichols
xx Oct 1944	Sqn Ldr L H Lambert DFC
26 Feb 1945	DB

No 169 Squadron

15 Jun 1942	Wg Cdr E G Campbell-Voullaire DFC
xx Jun 1943	Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree CBE, DFC; later AVM
30 Sep 1943	DB
1 Oct 1943	Wg Cdr E J Gracie DFC
xx Feb 1944	Wg Cdr R G Slade
xx Apr 1944	Wg Cdr N B R Bromley OBE
xx Sep 1944	Wg Cdr T A Heath DFC, AFC
xx Jan 1945	Wg Cdr N E Reeves DSO, DFC
10 Aug 1945	DB

No 170 Squadron

15 Jun 1942	Sqn Ldr G B Walford
18 Jun 1942	Wg Cdr J A C Fuller
xx Jun 1943	Sqn Ldr G P Wildish
15 Jan 1944	DB
15 Oct 1944	Wg Cdr P D W Hackforth
25 Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Basil Templeman-Rooke
15 Nov 1945	DB

No 171 Squadron

15 Jun 1942	Wg Cdr P Hadfield
31 Dec 1942	DB
7 Sep 1944	Wg Cdr M W Renault
27 Jul 1945	DB

No 172 Squadron

13 Mar 1942	Wg Cdr John B Russell; later AVM
24 Oct 1942	Wg Cdr J B Brolly
xx Mar 1943	Wg Cdr R G Musson
xx Aug 1943	Wg Cdr E G Palmer
xx May 1944	Wg Cdr K Petrie
xx Jun 1944	Wg Cdr S R Ramsey Smith
xx Apr 1945	Wg Cdr C E Payne
4 Jun 1945	DB

No 173 Squadron

14 Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr T H Archbell DFC
29 Feb 1944	DB
1 Feb 1953	Sqn Ldr P R Robinson
xx Jun 1953	Sqn Ldr N Briggs AFC
1 Nov 1953	Sqn Ldr P E H Thomas AFC
2 Sep 1957	DB

No 174 Squadron

9 Mar 1942	Sqn Ldr R C Wilkinson DFM*
6 May 1942	Sqn Ldr Page
1 Aug 1942	Sqn Ldr E F R Fayolle DFC
23 Aug 1942	Sqn Ldr W W McConnell DFC
xx Feb 1944	Sqn Ldr William Pitt-Brown; later A/Cdre
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr J C Melvill
xx Jan 1945	Sqn Ldr D T N Kelly
xx Mar 1945	Sqn Ldr R R Monk DFC
10 Apr 1945	DB
26 Aug 1945	Sqn Ldr D Murray DFC
7 Sep 1945	DB
7 Sep 1945	Sqn Ldr Usher DFC, DFM
20 Apr 1946	DB

No 175 Squadron

9 Mar 1942	Sqn Ldr F M Smith
31 Mar 1942	Sqn Ldr J R Pennington-Legh DFC
xx Jul 1943	Sqn Ldr R T P Davidson
xx Sep 1943	Sqn Ldr M R Ingle-Finch
xx Nov 1944	Sqn Ldr R W Campbell
30 Sep 1945	DB

No 176 Squadron

14 Jan 1943	Wg Cdr J A O'Neill DFC
11 May 1943	Wg Cdr H G Goddard DFC, AFC
xx Feb 1944	Wg Cdr G R Nottage AFC
xx Oct 1944	Wg Cdr P G Hill
xx Jan 1945	Wg Cdr G M Merrifield AFC
xx Sep 1945	Sqn Ldr L W H Welch DFC*
1 Jun 1946	DB
11 Jan 1956	Names for this period have not yet been found
22 Oct 1958	DB

No 177 Squadron

11 Jan 1943	Fg Off A P Wills
19 Feb 1943	Plt Off W J Westood
16 Mar 1943	Plt Off H G A Scilley
28 Mar 1943	Flt Lt W J Westood
1 May 1943	Flt Lt H B Hunt
5 Jun 1943	Wg Cdr P H Baldwin
xx Jan 1944	Wg Cdr J E S Hill
xx Sep 1944	Wg Cdr H B Hunt DSO, DFC
xx Nov 1944	Wg Cdr G R Nottage DFC
1 Jul 1945	DB

No 178 Squadron

15 Jan 1943	Wg Cdr D I P McNair
12 Mar 1943	Wg Cdr J J McKay
21 Aug 1943	Wg Cdr D C Smythe GM
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
15 Apr 1946	DB

No 179 Squadron

11 Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr W B A Keppel
2 Oct 1942	Wg Cdr A N Combe AFC
xx Jul 1943	Wg Cdr Jeaffreson H Greswell DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1944	Wg Cdr R R Russell
xx Jan 1945	Wg Cdr P H Alington DFC
xx Dec 1945	Wg Cdr L M Moore
xx Feb 1946	Sqn Ldr A W Hornby (179X to Sep 1946)
xx Feb 1946	Sqn Ldr A E Henderson (179Y to Jun 1946)
30 Sep 1946	DB

No 180 Squadron

11 Sep 1942	Wg Cdr C C Hodder AFC (KIA 22 Jan 1943)
xx Jun 1943	Wg Cdr Graham R Magill DFC*; later AVM
27 Sep 1943	Wg Cdr J F Castle DFC
6 May 1944	Wg Cdr R W Goodwin
4 Jul 1944	Wg Cdr N deW Boult DFC, AFC
1 Aug 1944	Wg Cdr R I K Edwards DFC, AFC
1 Dec1944	Wg Cdr K J Powell DFC
14 Feb 1945	Wg Cdr T A Cox DSO
1 May 1945	Wg Cdr J R Davenport
31 Mar 1946	DB

No 181 Squadron

4 Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr Denis Crowley-Milling DFC; later AM
xx Aug 1943	Sqn Ldr F W M Jensen AFC
xx Nov 1943	Sqn Ldr J G Keep
xx May 1944	Sqn Ldr Christopher D North-Lewis DFC; later A/Cdre
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr A E S Vincent DFC
xx Dec 1944	Sqn Ldr W H B Short DFC
xx Dec 1944	Sqn Ldr D R Crawford
xx Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr H Ambrose DFC
30 Sep 1945	DB

No 182 Squadron

11 Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr T P Pugh DFC
xx Aug 1943	Sqn Ldr D R Walker
xx Oct 1943	Sqn Ldr M E Reid
xx Apr 1944	Maj D H Barlow SAAF
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr G J Gray DFC
xx Mar 1945	Sqn Ldr J D Derry DFC
30 Sep 1945	DB

No 183 Squadron

7 Nov 1942	APO O'Hara
20 Nov 1942	Sqn Ldr A V Gowers DFC
xx Oct 1943	Sqn Ldr W Draing
xx Apr 1944	Sqn Ldr F H Scarlett
xx Jul 1944	Sqn Ldr R W Mulliner
xx Jan 1945	Sqn Ldr H M Mason
xx Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr J R Cullen DFC
xx Oct 1945	Sqn Ldr F W M Mason DFC, AFC
15 Nov 1945	DB

No 184 Squadron

2 Dec 1942	Sqn Ldr J Rose DFC
5 Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr J W Wilson DFC
9 Oct 1944	Sqn Ldr W B Edwards DFC
10 Nov 1944	Sqn Ldr W Smith DFC
29 Aug 1945	DB

No 185 Squadron

21 Oct 1918	?
14 Apr 1919	DB
1 Jun 1938	Flt Lt D Addenbrooke
15 Oct 1938	Sqn Ldr A E Louks
21 Apr 1939	Sqn Ldr C Guppy
xx May 1939	Wg Cdr E D Barnes; later A/Cdre
8 Apr 1940	DB
12 May 1941	Sqn Ldr P W O Mould DFC
1 Oct 1941	Sqn Ldr J M N Pike
xx Jan 1942	Sqn Ldr McGregor
xx Feb 1942	Sqn Ldr P D Chaffe
xx Mar 1942	Sqn Ldr M Rose
xx May 1942	Sqn Ldr Lloyd DFC
xx Jun 1942	Sqn Ldr Lawrence
xx Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr W G New
xx Aug 1942	Maj C J O Swales SAAF
xx Nov 1942	Sqn Ldr B E G White
xx Feb 1943	Sqn Ldr H A Crafts
xx Jun 1943	Sqn Ldr Ian N MacDougall DFC; later A/Cdre
xx Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr T W Wilmott DFM
xx Sep 1944	Sqn Ldr M V Christopherson
14 Aug 1945	DB
15 Sep 1951	Sqn Ldr R A Inness
xx Sep 1952	Sqn Ldr P H P Roberts
1 May 1953	DB

No 186 Squadron

31 Dec 1918	?
1 Feb 1920	DB
27 Apr 1943	-
14 Aug 1943	Sqn Ldr F E G Hayter
xx Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr W H Ireson
5 Apr 1944	DB
1 Oct 1944	?
7 Oct 1944	Wg Cdr John H Giles DFC; later A/Cdre
16 Mar 1945	Wg Cdr E L Hancock
17 Jul 1945	DB

No 187 Squadron

27 Feb 1945	Wg Cdr R I Alexander DFC
xx Sep 1945	Wg Cdr V G Daw DFC, AFC
xx Mar 1946	Wg Cdr P Fleming
1 Dec 1946	DB
1 Feb 1953	Names for this period have not yet been found
2 Sep 1957	DB

No 189 Squadron

26 Oct 1944	Wg Cdr J S Shorthouse DFC
xx Jun 1945	?
20 Nov 1945	DB

No 190 Squadron

17 Feb 1943	?
1 Mar 1943	Wg Cdr P H Alington DFC
1 Jan 1944	DB
5 Jan 1944	Wg Cdr G E Harrison
xx Oct 1944	Wg Cdr R H Bunker DSO, DFC*
24 Mar 1945	Wg Cdr G H Briggs DFC
xx Jul 1945	Wg CdrL C Bartram
21 Jan 1946	DB

No 191 Squadron

17 May 1943	?
1 Jun 1943	Wg Cdr K E Cornabe
xx Oct 1944	Wg Cdr R A Phillips
xx Apr 1945	Wg Cdr Arthur F Johnson DFC; later A/Cdre
15 Jun 1945	DB

No 192 Squadron

4 Jan 1943	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Charles V D Willis; later A/Cdre
12 Mar 1944	Wg Cdr E P M Fernbank (Temp)
xx Jun 1944	Wg Cdr D W Donaldson DSO, DFC
xx xxx 1945	Sqn Ldr J Crotch DFC (Caretaker)
22 Aug 1945	DB
15 Jul 1951	Sqn Ldr W A C Emmett
18 Jan 1954	Sqn Ldr Norman H Hoad, AFC
xx xxx 1955	Sqn Ldr W M Dixon DSO, DFC, AFC (promoted W/C 1 Jan 56)
7 July 1958	Wg Cdr D S V Rake OBE, AFC (took command 1 Aug 58)
21 Aug 1958	DB

No 193 Squadron

18 Dec 1942	Fg Off G T M Webb
29 Dec 1942	Sqn Ldr W H A Wright
xx Jan 1943	Sqn Ldr G W Petrie
xx Feb 1944	Sqn Ldr D G Ross DFC
xx Jun 1944	Sqn Ldr J C Button
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr J M G Plamondon
xx Nov 1944	Sqn Ldr C D Erasmus DFC
xxApr 1945	Sqn Ldr D M Taylor
31 Aug 1945	DB

No 194 Squadron

14 Oct 1942	Wg Cdr A C Pearson
xx Jun 1944	Wg Cdr R T Chisholm
xx Dec 1944	Wg Cdr R C Crawford
xx Jun 1945	Sqn Ldr P M Bristow
xx Aug 1945	Wg Cdr D Penman DSO, DFC
15 Feb 1946	DB
2 Feb 1953	Sqn Ldr G R G Henderson, AFC
xx xxx 1955	Sqn Ldr C R Turner
xx xxx 1957	Sqn Ldr F Barnes
3 Jun 1959	DB

No 195 Squadron

17 Nov 1942	Sqn Ldr D M Taylor
15 Feb 1944	DB
1 Oct 1944	Wg Cdr D H Burnside, DFC*
10 Apr 1945	Wg Cdr B R W Forster
17 Apr 1944	Wg Cdr D H Burnside, DFC*
25 Apr 1945	Wg Cdr A E Cairnes
14 Aug 1945	DB

No 196 Squadron

7 Nov 1942	Wg Cdr R H Waterhouse
31 Mar 1943	Wg Cdr A Duguid
26 Jun 1943	Wg Cdr N Alexander DFC
xx Aug 1944	Wg Cdr M W L Baker
xx Feb 1945	Wg Cdr R T F Turner DFC, MC
8 Jan 1946	Wg Cdr J Blackburn DSO, DFC
16 Mar 1946	DB

No 197 Squadron

21 Nov 1942	Sqn Ldr L O Prevot DFC
xx Jun 1943	Sqn Ldr A H Corkett
xx Jul 1943	Sqn Ldr M P C Holmes DFC
xx Jan 1944	Sqn Ldr D M Taylor DFC
xx Jul 1944	Sqn Ldr A H Smith DFC*
xx Jan 1945	Sqn Ldr R C Curwen DFC
xx Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr K J Harding DFC
xx Aug 1945	Sqn Ldr R E G Sherward DFC
31 Aug 1945	DB

No 198 Squadron

17 Dec 1942	Sqn Ldr J W Villa DFC
xx May 1943	Sqn Ldr J Manak DFC
xx Aug 1943	Sqn Ldr C C F Cooper
xx Aug 1943	Sqn Ldr J M Bryan DFC
xx Nov 1943	Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin DSO, DFC*
xx Apr 1944	Sqn Ldr J M Bryan DFC
xx May 1944	Sqn Ldr J Niblett DFC
xx June 1944	Sqn Ldr I J Davies DFC
xx June 1944	Sqn Ldr Y P E H Ezanno
xx Oct 1944	Sqn Ldr A W Ridler
xx Dec 1944	Sqn Ldr N J Durrant DFC
15 Sep 1945	DB

No 199 Squadron

7 Nov 1942	Wg Cdr C R Hattersley
xx Dec 1942	Wg Cdr A S B Blomfield
20 Mar 1943	Wg Cdr L W Howard DFC
6 Oct 1943	Wg Cdr N A N Bray DFC
xx Aug 1944	Names for this period have not yet been found
29 Jul 1945	DB
15 Jul 1951	Names for this period have not yet been found
17 Dec 1958	DB

No 200 Squadron

25 May 1941	Wg Cdr C D Candy
30 Jun 1941	Wg Cdr B O Dias
xx Sep 1942	Wg Cdr W H Ingle
xx Sep 1943	Wg Cdr J B P Thomas
xx Nov 1944	Wg Cdr G McKenzie DFC
15 May 1945	DB

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