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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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RAF Station Commanders - Mediterranean, Middle East & Africa
[Abadan | Abu Sueir | Akrotiri | Aqir | Basrah | Deversoir | Eastleigh | Ein Shemer | El Adem | Fayid | Gibraltar | Habbaniya | Hal Far | Heliopolis | Helwan | Idris | Ismailia | Jui | Kabrit | Kalafrana | Khormaksar | Luqa | Lydda | Maison Blache | Muharraq | Nakuru | Ramleh | Salalah | Setif | Shandur | Steamer Point | Ta Kali | Treviso]
xx xxx 1942 Wg Cdr A W Vincent
19 Sep 1943 Gp Capt J Grandy
21 Jun 1944 Wg Cdr C S Ellison
xx xxx 1956 Gp Capt J C MacDonald
10 Feb 1959 Gp Capt A H Humphrey
xx Sep 1960 Gp Capt D B Fitzpatrick
2 Nov 1961 Gp Capt H B Verity
10 Nov 1962 Gp Capt B P T Horsley
xx xxx 1965: A/Cdre C D North Lewis
xx xxx 1968 Gp Capt M G Beavis
xx xxx 1969 A/Cdre W J Stacey
7 Jan 1972: A/Cdre D B Craig
15 Dec 1973 A/Cdre D P Hall
27 Sep 1975 Gp Capt D Cook
10 Feb 1978 Gp Capt P L Gray
28 Mar 1980 Gp Capt A Parkes
1 Apr 1982 Gp Capt J F Willis
30 Mar 1984 Gp Capt A E Kyle
xx xxx 1987 Gp Capt C R Adams
xx xxx 1995 Gp Capt N E Taylor
xx xxx 1997 Gp Capt D R Williams
xx xxx 1999 Gp Capt I A Milne
xx xxx 2001 Gp Capt M W Halsall*
xx xxx 2003 Gp Capt N Randle*
13 May 2005 Gp Capt C A Bairsto*
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt J C Bessell
xx Dec 2010 Gp Capt D B Thomson
xx Jan 2012 Gp Capt J E Linter
xx Jan 2014 Gp Capt P D Kennett
xx Mar 2016 Gp Capt M J Blackburn
6 Jul 2018: Gp Capt C D Snaith
xx Jun 2020 Gp Capt N S Thomas
xx Jun 2022 Gp Capt S J Cloke
xx Aug 2025 Gp Capt A M Smolak
*OC Western Sovereign Base Area
26 Sep 1931 Gp Capt I G V Fowler
27 Jul 1933 Gp Capt F L Robinson
2 Oct 1935 Gp Capt D Harries
26 Oct 1938 Gp Capt C N Lowe
xx xxx 194? Gp Capt Owen
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt I N Wood
xx May 2006 Gp Capt T Cross
xx Dec 2006 Gp Capt M A B Brecht
xx xxx 2006 Gp Capt M Neville
xx xxx 1951 Gp Capt V S Bowling
xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt P T Philpott
24 Nov 1938 Wg Cdr G S Shaw
29 Apr 1940 Gp Capt W Sowrey
20 Jun 1953 Gp Capt D J Eayrs
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt P J R King (1946)
xx xxx 1948 Gp Capt W D David
xx xxx 1956 Wg Cdr P R Robinson
xx xxx 1957: Gp Capt R Law
xx xxx 1959 Gp Capt ? Bell
xx xxx 1961 Gp Capt K G Hubberd
xx xxx 1963 Gp Capt ? Briggs
xx Sep 1964 Gp Capt J W Frost
xx xxx xxxx
11 Nov 1968 Gp Capt P D G Terry
xx xxx 1941 Wg Cdr Allen
29 Oct 1941 Wg Cdr H C Parker
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr J Holland
xx xxx 2013 Wg Cdr G Smith
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr J Kane
xx xxx 2019 Wg Cdr A Doherty
19 Apr 1937 Gp Capt A S Morris
2 Feb 1938 Gp Capt R S Maxwell
25 Oct 1938 Gp Capt T Q Studd
10 May 1929 Wg Cdr C W Nutting
26 Aug 1931 Wg Cdr E R Prettyman
16 Apr 1934 Wg Cdr/Gp Capt R L G Marix
29 Apr 1936 Wg Cdr J S T Fall
29 Apr 1936 Wg Cdr M L Taylor
29 Aug 1939 Sqn Ldr W L Houlbrook
1 Jan 1940 Gp Capt O'Sullivan
3 Jun 1941 Gp Capt M L Taylor
26 Jul 1941 Wg Cdr R H Harris
26 Sep 1941 Wg Cdr R I MacDougall
xx May 1942 Wg Cdr J S Griffiths
9 Jun 1943 Gp Capt G K Gilroy
23 Nov 1943 Wg Cdr J M Thompson
18 Feb 1944 Wg Cdr D G Ogden
1 Jul 1944 Gp Capt F H Tyson
28 Aug 1944
xx Oct 1944 Gp Capt A W Bates
17 Dec 1924 Gp Capt W H de W Waller
1 Mar 1928 Gp Capt C T Maclean
25 Sep 1929 Gp Capt R E C Pierse
29 Mar 1930 Gp Capt E M Murray
4 Nov 1932 Gp Capt C W H Pulford
29 Sep 1934 Gp Capt W A McClaughry
17 Nov 1935 Wg Cdr C W Mackey
14 Aug 1936 Gp Capt/A/Cdre R Collishaw
11 Nov 1938 Wg Cdr W R Cox
16 Jan 1939 Wg Cdr C B S Spackman
24 Apr 1939 Sqn Ldr H D McGregor
10 May 1939 Gp Capt G C Gardiner
31 Aug 1939 Wg Cdr J W F Merer (OC, No 70 Sqn)
25 Jan 1940? Gp Capt G C Gardiner (died 30 Jul 1940)
xx Dec 1940 Wg Cdr A McD Bowman
24 Aug 1940 Sqn Ldr D V Johnson (Temporary)
xx Jan 1943 Wg Cdr E J Morris
xx xxx 1954 Wg Cdr P G D Farr
20 Jul 1955 Wg Cdr R Bowen
xx Jan 1957
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr W Stapleton
7 Mar 1938 Sqn Ldr J H McC Reynolds (Temporary)
22 Apr 1938 Wg Cdr W E G Mann
5-11 Oct 1938 Sqn Ldr H D McGregor (Temporary)
19 Jan 1939 Wg Cdr/Gp Capt W R Cox
3 Dec 1940 Gp Capt C N Lowe* (OC, 70 OTU from 27 Dec)
*OC, No 70 OTU
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr T Q Studd
xx xxx xxxx ?
15 May 1942 Gp Capt J S T Fall
xx Jul 1916 Flt Cdr J D Maude RNAS
29 Mar 1934 Gp Capt J Sowrey
27 Apr 1936 Gp Capt R L G Marix
26 Oct 1936 Gp Capt F E P Barrington
17 Oct 1938 Wg Cdr G W Bentley
17 Dec 1938 Gp Capt F E P Barrington
10 Jan 1941 Gp Capt G E Livock
22 Apr 1940 Gp Capt S D Macdonald
5 Nov 1935 - xx xxx 1936 Sqn Ldr H S P Walmsley
1 Apr 1939 Sqn Ldr R L Phillips
10 May 1939 ?
xx xxx 1940 Wg Cdr C Mc C Vincent
xx Nov 1958 Wg Cdr J R H Merifield
xx Dec 1960
4 Jan 1961 Gp Capt J F Davis
xx xxx 1962 Gp Capt A C Blythe
23 Oct 1964 Gp Capt M J Beetham
xx xxx 1966 Gp Capt D F M Browne
8 Jul 1940 Wg Cdr R C Jonas
xx May 1941 Gp Capt O'Sullivan
xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt C H Cahill
xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt S H V Harris
xx Jan 1942 Gp Capt J S Chick
17 Apr 1942 Gp Capt J Thomas
18 Jun 1942 Gp Capt ? Le May
xx xxx 1942 Gp Capt C Ryley?
29 Oct 1943 Gp Capt F H Tyson
1 Jul 1944
26 Oct 1945 Gp Capt K F Pickles
17 Sep 1949 Gp Capt L F Brown
xx xxx 194? Wg Cdr Murray
xx Nov 1942 Gp Capt J H Edwardes-Jones
xx xxx 1967 Wg Cdr R J Spiers
18 Oct 1935 Gp Capt W A McClaughry
9 Jun 1936 Sqn Ldr A O Lewis-Roberts
xx xxx 1964 Gp Capt B G Frow
xx Aug 1966 Gp Capt G J Storey
xx xxx 1969 Gp Capt L B Foskett
12 Oct 1970 Gp Cap E G P Jeffery
13 Mar 1940 Sqn Ldr T J Kinna*
10 Jul 1941 Gp Capt D S Allan**
28 Feb 1942 Wg Cdr T W G Eady*** (Temp)
17 April 1942 Gp Capt Nash***
xx xxx 1942 Gp Capt C Mc C Vincent***
*OC, No 70 OTU Detachment
**OC, No 70 OTU
1 Jul 1933 Wg Cdr E B Rice
7 Sep 1936 Wg Cdr R B Mansell
1 Jul 1937 Wg Cdr A H Flower
11 Nov 1938 Wg Cdr A C Sanderson
xx xxx 1940 Wg Cdr T W Mulcahy-Morgan
21 Oct 1940 Sqn Ldr R E Weld (Temporary)
26 Oct 1940 Sqn Ldr W N McKechnie (Temporary)
xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr M Macdermid (1965)
xx Dec 1966 Sqn Ldr A Tate
10 Jan 1943 Gp Capt D F W Atcherley
10 Jun 1943 Sqn Ldr D Secretan (OC, Practice Flt, Setif - Temporary)
xx xxx 1943
30 Jun 1943 Gp Capt C Mc C Vincent (No 70 OTU)
xx xxx 1963 Sqn Ldr J Jonas
xx xxx 1964
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr T Sheppard (1968)
27 Jan 1961 Gp Capt T J Hanlon
xx Oct 1940 Wg Cdr G R O'Sullivan
xx May 1941 Wg Cdr W A J Satchell
2 Dec 1941 Wg Cdr G Powell-Sheddon
xx Apr 1942 Wg Cdr E J Gracie
xx xxx 1943 Wg Cdr G Tyrrell
3 May 1945 Gp Capt H S L Dundas
Officers shown in Italics either never reached Air Rank or were not in the General Duties Branch when they did so
[Abadan | Abu Sueir | Akrotiri | Aqir | Basrah | Deversoir | Eastleigh | Ein Shemer | El Adem | Fayid | Gibraltar | Habbaniya | Hal Far | Heliopolis | Helwan | Idris | Ismailia | Jui | Kabrit | Kalafrana | Khormaksar | Luqa | Lydda | Maison Blache | Muharraq | Nakuru | Ramleh | Salalah | Setif | Shandur | Steamer Point | Ta Kali | Treviso]
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