20 Jun 1918

Maj J K Waugh DSC

18 Jun 1919

DB

25 Sep 1940

Wg Cdr Charles R Lousada; later A/Cdre

19 Aug 1941

Wg Cdr John L Barker; later AVM

26 Jun 1943

Wg Cdr O D E Coe DFC

20 Jan 1944

Sqn Ldr E H C Kee

24 Apr 1944

Sqn Ldr Michael H Le Bas; later AVM

 5 Nov 1944

Sqn Ldr A J Radcliffe

 3 Jun 1945

Sqn Ldr W R Turkington DSO, DFC*

14 Aug 1945

DB

20 Aug 1918

Maj T W Elsdon

15 May 1919

DB

30 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr F M Gobeil

24 Jun 1940

Sqn Ldr D R S Badar DSO, DFC

16 Mar 1941

Sqn Ldr W P F Treacy

23 Apr 1941

Sqn Ldr Whitney W Straight MC; later A/Cdre

 1 Aug 1941

Sqn Ldr W G Wells

xx Nov 1941

Vacant?

xx Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr R E P Brooker DFC

xx Mar 1942

Sqn Ldr Julian

10 Apr 1942

Sqn Ldr T C Parker

 7 Sep 1942

Sqn Ldr D Secretan

13 Mar 1943

Sqn Ldr A Eckford (posted 30 Apr 1942)

 1 Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr M C B Boddigton (arrived 21 Jun 1943)

 4 Nov 1944

DB

15 Nov 1944

Squadron reformed in Transport Command

 2 Dec 1944

Wg Cdr Harry Burton DSO; later AM

 1 Jan 1945

Wg Cdr D W Balden

 1 Mar 1945

Wg Cdr D M Walbourn DSO

30 Nov 1945

Wg Cdr E J Wicht DSO, DFC

26 Aug 1946

Wg Cdr C G S Rowan-Robinson DSO, DFC

xx Jun 1947

Wg Cdr B D Sellick DSO, DFC

xx Dec 1947

Sqn Ldr E W Tarrant DFC

25 Jan 1948

Sqn Ldr Nigel M Maynard DFC, AFC; later ACM

 1 Mar 1949

Sqn Ldr J C N Cole

 1 May 1950

DB

 1 Oct 1959

Names for this period have not yet been found

30 Sep 1964

DB

20 Aug 1918

Maj C W Scott

15 Mar 1919

DB

11 Mar 1941

Sqn Ldr G B M Bell

 6 Dec 1941

Sqn Ldr F J Howell DFC

30 Jan 1942

DB

 1 Jun 1942

Sqn Ldr A E Johnson (sick 13 Feb 1943)

20 Feb 1943

Sqn Ldr J E Walker DFC*

 3 Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr E C Mackie DFC

 6 Nov 1943

Maj W M Langerman

31 Oct 1944

DB

15 Dec 1944

Squadron reformed

15 Dec 1944

Wg Cdr T W Gillen

 5 Jul 1945

Wg Cdr W J McLean DFC, AFC

15 Apr 1946

DB

15 Aug 1918

Maj Harold M Probyn; later A/Cdre

22 Jan 1919

DB

 1 Nov 1940

Sqn Ldr H V Alloway

17 Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr F L Newall

27 Apr 1942

Wg Cdr J E C G F Gyll-Murray

xx May 1943?

Wg Cdr R C Rotherham DFC

13 Jun 1944

Wg Cdr W H Hankin DFC

19 Mar 1945

Sqn Ldr G Gates

26 Mar 1945

Sqn Ldr G Burton

 1 May 1945

DB

20 Aug 1918

Maj F D Till

xx Apr 1919

Maj L F Forbes

19 May 1919

DB

30 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr F A Tyson

 2 Nov 1939

Flt Lt J A Thomson

 6 Nov 1939

Sqn Ldr E W Whiteley DFC

19 Dec 1940

Sqn Ldr J W C Simpson DFC*

19 Jun 1941

Sqn Ldr W F Blackadder DSO

13 Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr H H B Mould

xx Oct 1942

Sqn Ldr S S Hordern

14 Sep 1943

Sqn Ldr J R Collins DFC* (KIA 11 Aug 1944)

 6 Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr A Zeigbergk DFC

10 Aug 1945

DB

10 Aug 1945

Wg Cdr M Kellett

 3 Nov 1945

Sqn Ldr T D Williams DFC

 3 Jan 1946

Sqn Ldr P M Gardiner DFC

16 Oct 1946

Sqn Ldr P J Hearns DFC (posted 11 Jun 1947)

11 Jun 1947

Flt Lt C W Coulthard (Acting); later AVM

 2 Sep 1947

Sqn Ldr E W Wootten DFC; later A/Cdre

17 Oct 1949

Sqn Ldr H C Randall DFC

xx Dec 1950

Sqn Ldr C F Counter DFC

xx Feb 1953

Sqn Ldr D G Ford (KIFA 4 Nov 1953)

xx Dec 1953

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr J H S Broughton

 1 Feb 1954

Sqn Ldr N E Bowen

 6 Jul 1956

Sqn Ldr G M Smith

30 Jun 1957

DB

21 Aug 1958

Squadron reformed from No 527 Sqn

21 Aug 1958

Sqn Ldr J E Cockfield

31 Mar 1960

Flt Lt N M North

20 Sep 1960

Sqn Ldr H J Ridout

xx xxx 1961

Names for this period have not yet been found

19 Apr 1963

DB

15 Aug 1918

Capt G C Deans

18 Dec 1918

Maj M S Simpson

19 May 1919

DB

 5 Aug 1942

?

 1 Sep 1942

Wg Cdr L M Laws

30 Apr 1943

DB

11 Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr P H L Barclay

18 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr P A Lombard DFC

xx Sep 1945

Wg Cdr S P Daniels DSO, DFC

xx Jan 1946

Wg Cdr S P Daniels DSO, DFC

xx Apr 1946

Wg Cdr S G Baggott DFC

14 May 1946

Wg Cdr J J K Fleetwood DSO

xx Oct 1946

Wg Cdr R J Burroughs

15 Oct 1946

Sqn Ldr B J Rawlins

15 Oct 1946

DB

20 Aug 1918

Capt A T Barker

22 Jan 1919

DB

 1 Aug 1940

Flt Lt G F Chater

24 Sep 1940

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr P G StG O'Brien DFC

18 May 1942

Sqn Ldr J C Melvill DFC

29 Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr E Haabjoern DFC

19 Jan 1944

Sqn Ldr J R McNair DFC

26 Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr B G Stapleton DFC

25 Dec 1944

Flt Lt B T Tatham [Temp]

24 Jan 1945

Sqn Ldr J H Bryant DFC

 1 Dec 1945

Sqn Ldr C Scott-Vos DFC

18 Dec 1946

Sqn Ldr D M Taylor DFC

17 Nov 1947

Sqn Ldr T Balmforth DFC

18 Jan 1948

Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring DSO, DFC

12 Jul 1948

Sqn Ldr A R T Beddow DFC

5 Jul 1949

Sqn Ldr P E Vaughan-Fowler DSO, DFC

18 May 1951

Sqn Ldr G J Gray DFC

19 Nov 1952

Sqn Ldr H G Pattison DFC

25 Apr 1955

Sqn Ldr L S Laughton OBE

28 Jun 1957

Sqn Ldr R A Carson

31 Dec 1957

DB

 1 Jul 1960

Sqn Ldr M R S Cunningham

xx xxx 1961

Names for this period have not yet been found

31 Dec 1963

DB

20 Aug 1918

Capt P D Robertson

xx Mar 1919

?

 8 Oct 1919

DB

30 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr J H Hutchinson

 8 Mar1940

Sqn Ldr V C F Streatfield

28 Dec 1940

Sqn Ldr J J E Coates (KIA 9 Feb 1941)

10 Mar 1941

Sqn Ldr L B B King

 6 Apr 1941

Wg Cdr S G Wise DFC

 9 Apr 1942

Wg Cdr E L Hyde DFC (KIA 29 Apr 1942)

 6 May 1942

Wg Cdr James M N Pike DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre

26 Oct 1942

Wg Cdr A Montagu-Smith

19 Jul 1943

Wg Cdr F E Burton DFC

 1 Mar 1944

Wg Cdr O J M Barron DFC (KIA 11 Apr 1944)

12 Apr 1944

Wg Cdr A D Phillips DSO, DFC (KIA 4 Jul 1944)

 5 Jul 1944

Wg Cdr G D Sise DSO, DFC

 1 Mar 1945

Wg Cdr Roy K Orrock DFC; later A/Cdre (POW 17 Mar 1945)

24 Mar 1945

Wg Cdr H N Jackson-Smith DFC

12 Oct 1945

Wg Cdr J V Hoggarth

 1 Oct 1946

DB

18 Aug 1918

Maj/Lt Col E V S Wilberforce

xx Aug 1919

Maj J E B B MacLean

 8 Oct 1919

DB

16 May 1940

Sqn Ldr John Grandy; later MRAF

13 Dec 1940

Sqn Ldr R A Barton DFC

 8 Dec 1941

Sqn Ldr E B Mortimer-Rose

 1 Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr H J S Beazley

22 Feb 1942

Sqn Ldr P S Turner DFC

 4 Mar 1942

Sqn Ldr Stanley B Grant DFC; later AVM

24 Jun 1942

Sqn Ldr P B Lucas

18 Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr R A Mitchell

25 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr E N Woods

20 Jan 1943

Sqn Ldr M G McLeod (MIA 11 Mar 1943)

12 Mar 1943

Sqn Ldr J J Lynch DFC*

30 Jul 1943

Sqn Ldr E N Woods DFC*

15 Dec 1943

Sqn Ldr D A S Colvin

25 May 1944

Sqn Ldr J Te Kloot

xx Jan 1945

Sqn Ldr C E Edmondson

xx Jun 1945

Flt Lt T H E B Ashworth (Temp)

16 Aug 1945

DB

24 Feb 1969

DB

31 May 1918

Maj R E Orton

xx Jun 1918

?

xx Nov 1918

Maj F W Merriman AFC

15 May 1919

DB

 1 Apr 1941

Sqn Ldr J E Scoular DFC

 5 Sep 1941

Sqn Ldr Edward J Morris; later A/Cdre

 7 Apr 1942

Sqn Ldr M T Judd AFC

28 Nov 1942

Sqn Ldr N P W Hancock

 4 Feb 1943

Sqn Ldr G B Johns DFC

29 Aug 1943

Maj S van B Theron

13 Apr 1944

Sqn Ldr G J Black DFC

26 May 1944

Maj  J R R Wells DFC

21 Sep 1944

Sqn Ldr P J B Bagshawe

24 Feb 1945

Maj F K Weingartz DFC

22 Jun 1945

Sqn Ldr P J B Bagshawe DFC

 2 Jan 1946

Flt Lt  C J Barrey DFC, AFC, DFM

 8 Feb 1946

Sqn Ldr A G Todd DFC

30 Dec 1946

DB

 1 May 1918

Maj J D Maude

xx Aug 1918

?

30 Jun 1919

DB

 1 Aug 1944

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr I M Fraser

 4 Nov 1944

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr J M Rumsey

14 May 1945

Wg Cdr P R Patrick

30 Oct 1945

DB

 7 May 1918

Maj R M Everett

 8 Oct 1919

DB

21 Nov 1940

?

 1 Dec 1940

Sqn Ldr R G Yaxley

25 Jun 1941

DB

14 Nov 1941

Sqn Ldr A G Wincott

16 Sep 1942

Wg Cdr P H Bragg (MIA 7 Dec 1943)

11 Dec 1942

Wg Cdr P B B Ogilvie DSO, DFC

17 May 1943

Wg Cdr D O Butler

 7 Dec 1943

Wg Cdr P H Woodruff DFC

27 Mar 1944

Wg Cdr B G Meharg AFC (KIA 1 Jun 1944)

13 Jun 1944

Wg Cdr D O Butler

30 Mar 1945

Sqn Ldr A S Hunter (Temp)

 3 May 1945

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr C M Price-Owen

 2 Nov 1945

Wg Cdr K Gray

16 Apr 1946

Wg Cdr D G Hayward

1 Dec 1946

DB

 7 Jun 1918

Maj A Durston

 5 May 1919

DB

30 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr E D Elliott

22 May 1940

Flt Lt F N Clouston (Temporary)

28 May 1940

Sqn Ldr David F W Atcherley; later AVM

 9 Jun 1940

Sqn Ldr T P Gleave

10 Aug 1940

Sqn Ldr H M Starr

 7 Sep 1940

Sqn Ldr G R Edge DFC

27 Sep 1940

Flt Lt R M B Duke-Wooley

15 Nov 1940

Sqn Ldr P R Walker DFC

12 Nov 1941

Sqn Ldr R F Watts

 9 Mar 1942

Flt Lt D S Yapp DFC (Acting)

 1 May 1942

Sqn Ldr D S Yapp DFC

10 Sep 1942

Sqn Ldr L H T Barlett

28 Jan 1944

Sqn Ldr H Hopkinson (MIA 11 May 1944)

12 May 1944

Sqn Ldr A W Watson (KIA 22 May 1944)

22 May 1944

Flt Lt P W Gilpin (Temp)

31 May 1944

Sqn Ldr Paul C Webb; later A/Cdre

27 Sep 1944

Sqn Ldr J R C H Graves

19 Aug 1946

Sqn Ldr P G Ottewill GM

16 May 1947

DB

18 Apr 1955

Names for this period have not yet been found

 2 Sep 1957

DB

31 May 1918

Maj F G Andreae

22 Feb 1919

DB

30 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr P A Hunter

28 Jan 1940

Sqn Ldr G K Fairtlough

xx Jul 1940

Sqn Ldr Edwards

xx Jul 1940

Sqn Ldr H V Hoskins

21 Jul 1941

Sqn Ldr G C B Bernard-Smith

 1 Jan 1942

Wg Cdr R H McConnell DFC

31 Aug 1942

Wg Cdr R E X Mack DFC (posted 16 Feb 1943)

19 Feb 1943

Wg Cdr R P M Gibbs DSO, DFC

27 Apr 1943

Wg Cdr C S Cooper DFC (KIA 25 Sep 1943)

26 Sep 1943

Wg Cdr A W D Miller

22 Jan 1944

Wg Cdr R E Burns DFC*

 8 Sep 1944

Wg Cdr D L Cartridge DSO, DFC*

19 Mar 1946

Wg Cdr Dinsdale

xx xxx 1946

Sqn Ldr P C Lemon DSO, DFC

14 Aug 1946

Sqn Ldr D T M Lumsden

 9 Sep 1946

Wg Cdr G H D Evans DSO, DFC

 1 Oct 1946

DB

 1 Dec 1959

Sqn Ldr D E Liddle

14 Aug 1961

Sqn Ldr E W Beer (Temp)

16 Nov 1961

Sqn Ldr D A Bailey

23 Aug 1963

DB

11 Jun 1918

Capt R R Soar

 7 Sep 1918?

Maj R G Gould (to at least 3 Nov 1918)

8 Oct 1919

DB

23 Nov 1940

Flt Lt Trousdale (Temporary)

27 Nov 1940

Sqn Ldr R Smith

13 Jun 1941

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr J S Bartlett DFC

 6 Sep 1941

Wg Cdr C M Windsor

xx Dec 1941

Wg Cdr D P D G Kelly

 8 Mar 1943

Wg Cdr J H Player DFC

 1 Aug 1943

Wg Cdr H W Eliot DFC

18 Feb 1944

Wg Cdr L W Stewart AFC

 1 Dec 1944

Wg Cdr J W R Kempe

16 Jul 1945

Wg Cdr J R H Lewis DFC

30 Apr 1946

DB

30 May 1918 

Maj T F N Gerrard DSC

18 Dec 1918

Maj J C P Wood

xx Jun 1919

DB

29 Nov 1940

Plt Off J C Ford (Temporary)

29 Dec 1940

Sqn Ldr G H Gatheral

 1 Sep 1941

Sqn Ldr E C Deanesty DFC

xx Apr 1942

Wg Cdr J S Adams

 2 Oct 1942

Wg Cdr T N Hayes

19 Jun 1943

Wg Cdr G R Park DFC

18 Feb 1944

Wg Cdr P M Dobree-Bell

 1 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr H W Eliot DSO, DFC (KIA 4 Mar 1945)

 4 Mar 1945

Sqn Ldr D Giles DFC (Temp)

30 Mar 1945

Wg Cdr H E Tappin DFC*

 3 Dec 1945

Sqn Ldr D Giles DFC (Temp)

30 Jan 1946

Wg Cdr A P Dottridge DFC

12 Sep 1946

DB

17 Nov 1952

Sqn Ldr A D Hindmarsh AFC

xx May 1955

Wg Cdr R D Max

xx Oct 1957

Wg Cdr T D Sanderson

21 Jan 1959

DB on being re-numbered No 11 Sqn

xx Jul 1918

?

xx Dec 1918

Maj H deV Leigh

30 Jun 1919

DB

16 May 1940

Sqn Ldr D W Bayne

22 Jul 1940

Sqn Ldr T Harkness

12 Sep 1940

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr R R Stanford Tuck DFC

 6 Jul 1941

Sqn Ldr H P Blatchford DFC

 8 Sep 1941

Sqn Ldr F J Soper DFC, DFM (KIA 5 Oct 1941)

12 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr R E Drake AFC (posted 25 Apr 1942)

25 Apr 1942

Flt Lt Stapleton DFC (Temp)

 1 May 1942

Sqn Ldr Peter G Wykeham-Barnes DFC*; later ACM

22 Sep 1942

Sqn Ldr G A Brown DFC

 6 Apr 1943

Sqn Ldr C L C Roberts (posted 17 May 1943)

30 May 1943

Sqn Ldr P H Lee

 3 Jul 1943

Sqn Ldr R H Fokes DFM (KIA 12 Jun 1944)

13 Jun 1944

Sqn Ldr W C Ahrens (KIA 16 Jul 1944)

19 Jul 1944

Sqn Ldr W J Johnston DFC*

14 Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr D P Jenkins DFC (posted xx Dec 1944)

xx Jan 1945

Sqn Ldr A G Todd DFC

 5 Mar 1945

DB

 1 Sep 1946

Squadron reformed by re-numbering No 129 Sqn.

 1 Sep 1946

Sqn Ldr E Garrard-Cole MC

20 Jun 1947

Sqn Ldr P G Ottewell GM

xx Sep 1948

Sqn Ldr W Pitt-Brown DFC; later A/Cdre

xx Mar 1950

Flt Lt S Kirtley

xx Sep 1950

Sqn Ldr J W Foster DFC, AFC

xx Aug 1952

Sqn Ldr B Champneys DFC

xx Oct 1953

Maj H N Tanner USAF

xx Jul 1955

Sqn Ldr J C Steele

xx Jan 1957

Sqn Ldr J B Carruthers

31 Mar 1957

DB

 1 Jul 1960

Squadron reformed as a SAM Squadron

 1 Jul 1960

Sqn Ldr F W Harle

 3 Aug 1961

Sqn Ldr F A Robertshaw

 9 Aug 1963

Sqn Ldr H McMaster AFC, AFM

25 Nov 1963

Sqn Ldr J Mitchell

31 Dec 1963

DB

15 Aug 1918

Maj E E Clarke

 5 Mar 1919

DB

24 Nov 1940

Sqn Ldr W G Clouston DFC

 1 Sep 1941

Sqn Ldr Cooke

 5 Sep 1941

Sqn Ldr Thompson

23 Feb 1942

DB

 1 Mar 1942

Reformed as 'K' Squadron

 1 Mar 1942

Reformed as 'K' Squadron

 1 Mar 1942

Redesignated 'G' Squadron

30 Mar 1942

Redesignated No 258 Squadron

30 Mar 1942

Sqn Ldr Peter C Fletcher; later ACM wef 28 Feb 1942

15 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr R J Walker

16 Mar 1943

Sqn Ldr F G Land

 4 Feb 1944

Sqn Ldr Neil Cameron DFC; later MRAF

xx Aug 1945

Sqn Ldr W B Berry

 5 Nov 1945

Flt Lt D M Finn DFC

31 Dec 1945

DB

xx Jul 1918

?

xx xxx 1918

Capt E J Webster

13 Aug 1919

DB

16 Feb 1943

Wg Cdr W N Bisdee (posted 21 Jan 1944)

21 Jan 1944

Sqn Ldr L G Virr (Base Detachment)

19 Feb 1944

Flt Lt R A Moyes (Base Detachment)

29 Feb 1944

Wg Cdr N L Smith

 1 May 1945

DB

xx Aug 1918

?

22 Feb 1919

DB

22 Nov 1940

?

 7 Dec 1940

Sqn Ldr W B Royce DFC

 9 Apr 1941

Sqn Ldr A N Cole

xx Apr 1941

Sqn Ldr Christopher J Mount DFC; later A/Cdre

15 Aug 1941

Sqn Ldr D R Walker

15 Jan 1942

Wg Cdr T B de la P Beresford; later A/Cdre

25 Mar 1942

Sqn Ldr O V Hanbury DFC*

19 Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr Hayson (posted 22 Jul 1942)

24 Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr P P Devenish DFC

 5 Nov 1942

Sqn Ldr O V Hanbury DSO, DFC*

17 May 1943

Maj E C Saville (KIA 19 Sep 1943)

19 Sep 1943

Maj P W Venter

 7 Apr 1944

Sqn Ldr L A Malins DFC

15 May 1944

Sqn Ldr D P Jandrell

31 Jul 1944

Sqn Ldr G B Johns DSO, DFC

20 Dec 1944

Sqn Ldr P S Blomfield DFC

xx xxx 1945

Flt Lt R S Brown

19 Aug 1945

DB