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HQ British Air Forces of Occupation/2nd Tactical Air Force - Personnel, 1950 -1959

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January 1950

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Safety Centre

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO (UK) Liaison Staff

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Denys H Sutton 11 Apr 1947 PSO to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt R S Peters  1 Feb 1949 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Charles B S Spackman 12 Sep 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC
Gp Capt John A Tester 14 Apr 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Kenneth B B Cross 29 Jan 1947 CBE, DSO, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Gp Capt G N Hancock 30 Sep 1947 CBE
Wg Cdr G B M Bell 19 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr J M Evans  5 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr R W Cox  8 Apr 1949 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr J H Styles 14 Mar 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L A Parr 16 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A B Gaire  1 Jul 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr W Booth 21 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr C T Lynas 29 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr F D Procter  2 Jun 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr A F Binks 15 Dec 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr R G English  1 Dec 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr R B Sheardown  5 Oct 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark  4 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr P McDermott  4 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E T Scott 15 May 1948  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Sqn Ldr B M Taylor 24 Jul 1948
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt E J Laine 14 May 1948 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 17 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr O R B Wigfall  2 Nov 1947  
Wg Cdr H J A Williams 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr H J T Clamp 18 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr G Weedon 20 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr R M Ayles 10 Oct 1947 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr J Moore  5 Nov 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr K Charlwood 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Equipment
Gp Capt Cecil J Nobbs 21 Nov 1947 Senior Equipment Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr A E Connolly  5 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr J M Warner 23 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J G B O'Hagan 29 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr A P Slogrove  9 Sep 1947  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt R Chadwell  2 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr F J Bacon 24 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr J R Skelton 16 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H M Shephard 30 Oct 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal, Special Investigation Branch
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr J D Tonkinson 12 Jan 1948 MRCS, LRCP, DPH
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev H W Langford-Sainsbury   C of E
Rev L E Sanders   MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey   RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr K W Round  1 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE
WRAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J L A Conan-Doyle 23 Jul 1947
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Frederick E Vernon 14 Oct 1948 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, MA, DLC, DIC
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr F M V Watts 24 May 1949 OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr W P Oleson   Command Armament Officer, MA
Engineer
Gp Capt D W Smythe  1 Apr 1947 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr H V Hughes  5 Nov 1948 MBE, AFM
Sqn Ldr E J Watts   MBE
Sqn Ldr H E Howard   OBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan    
Sqn Ldr T L Davies 26 Jun 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay   MBE
Sqn Ldr A F Germain 21 Jul 1947  
Sqn Ldr T C Pratley  5 Dec 1947  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr C E Tucker 31 Mar 1948 BEM

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr W H Ingle  9 Nov 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A W Oldroyd  9 May 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P P D Hodson 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr G P N Newman  1 Nov 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr John T Lawrence 17 May 1949 AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr K Schadtler-Law  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A L Walker  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr A N Simmonds 11 Feb 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr W H Brett  1 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr W J Winter  7 Jun 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr B E Crawley 15 Oct 1948 AFC
Mr A W G Dell   Statistics Officer

Source - January 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5253)

February 1950

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Safety Centre

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO (UK) Liaison Staff

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Denys H Sutton 11 Apr 1947 PSO to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt R S Peters  1 Feb 1949 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Charles B S Spackman 12 Sep 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC
Gp Capt John A Tester 14 Apr 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Kenneth B B Cross 29 Jan 1947 CBE, DSO, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Gp Capt G N Hancock 30 Sep 1947 CBE
Wg Cdr G B M Bell 19 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr J M Evans  5 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr R W Cox  8 Apr 1949 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr J H Styles 14 Mar 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L A Parr 16 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A B Gaire  1 Jul 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr W Booth 21 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr C T Lynas 29 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr F D Procter  2 Jun 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr A F Binks 15 Dec 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr R G English  1 Dec 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr R B Sheardown  5 Oct 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark  4 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr P McDermott  4 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E T Scott 15 May 1948  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Sqn Ldr B M Taylor 24 Jul 1948
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt E J Laine 14 May 1948 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 17 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr O R B Wigfall  2 Nov 1947  
Wg Cdr H J A Williams 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr H J T Clamp 18 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr G Weedon 20 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr R M Ayles 10 Oct 1947 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr J Moore  5 Nov 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr K Charlwood 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Equipment
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr A E Connolly  5 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr J M Warner 23 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J G B O'Hagan 29 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr A P Slogrove  9 Sep 1947  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt R Chadwell  2 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr F J Bacon 24 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr J R Skelton 16 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H M Shephard 30 Oct 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal, Special Investigation Branch
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr J D Tonkinson 12 Jan 1948 MRCS, LRCP, DPH
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev H W Langford-Sainsbury   C of E
Rev L E Sanders   MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey   RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr K W Round  1 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE
WRAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J L A Conan-Doyle 23 Jul 1947
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Frederick E Vernon 14 Oct 1948 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, MA, DLC, DIC
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr F M V Watts 24 May 1949 OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr W P Oleson   Command Armament Officer, MA
Engineer
Gp Capt D W Smythe  1 Apr 1947 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr H V Hughes  5 Nov 1948 MBE, AFM
Sqn Ldr E J Watts   MBE
Sqn Ldr H E Howard   OBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan    
Sqn Ldr T L Davies 26 Jun 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay   MBE
Sqn Ldr A F Germain 21 Jul 1947  
Sqn Ldr T C Pratley  5 Dec 1947  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr C E Tucker 31 Mar 1948 BEM

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr W H Ingle  9 Nov 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A W Oldroyd  9 May 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P P D Hodson 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr G P N Newman  1 Nov 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr John T Lawrence 17 May 1949 AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr K Schadtler-Law  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A L Walker  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr A N Simmonds 11 Feb 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr W H Brett  1 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr W J Winter  7 Jun 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr B E Crawley 15 Oct 1948 AFC
Mr A W G Dell   Statistics Officer

Source - February 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5253)

March 1950

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Safety Centre

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO (UK) Liaison Staff

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Denys H Sutton 11 Apr 1947 PSO to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt R S Peters  1 Feb 1949 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt John A Tester 14 Apr 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Kenneth B B Cross 29 Jan 1947 CBE, DSO, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Wg Cdr G B M Bell 19 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr J M Evans  5 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr R W Cox  8 Apr 1949 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr J H Styles 14 Mar 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L A Parr 16 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A B Gaire  1 Jul 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr W Booth 21 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr C T Lynas 29 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr F D Procter  2 Jun 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr A F Binks 15 Dec 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr R G English  1 Dec 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr R B Sheardown  5 Oct 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark  4 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr P McDermott  4 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E T Scott 15 May 1948  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Sqn Ldr B M Taylor 24 Jul 1948
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt E J Laine 14 May 1948 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 17 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr O R B Wigfall  2 Nov 1947  
Wg Cdr H J A Williams 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr H J T Clamp 18 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr G Weedon 20 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr R M Ayles 10 Oct 1947 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr J Moore  5 Nov 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr K Charlwood 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Equipment
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr A E Connolly  5 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr J M Warner 23 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J G B O'Hagan 29 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr A P Slogrove  9 Sep 1947  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt R Chadwell  2 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr F J Bacon 24 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr J R Skelton 16 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H M Shephard 30 Oct 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal, Special Investigation Branch
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr J D Tonkinson 12 Jan 1948 MRCS, LRCP, DPH
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev H W Langford-Sainsbury   C of E
Rev L E Sanders   MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey   RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr K W Round  1 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off N Salmon  1 Mar 1950 OBE
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr F M V Watts 24 May 1949 OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr W P Oleson   Command Armament Officer, MA
Engineer
Gp Capt D W Smythe  1 Apr 1947 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr H V Hughes  5 Nov 1948 MBE, AFM
Sqn Ldr E J Watts   MBE
Sqn Ldr H E Howard   OBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan    
Sqn Ldr T L Davies 26 Jun 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay   MBE
Sqn Ldr A F Germain 21 Jul 1947  
Sqn Ldr T C Pratley  5 Dec 1947  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr C E Tucker 31 Mar 1948 BEM

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr W H Ingle  9 Nov 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A W Oldroyd  9 May 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P P D Hodson 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr G P N Newman  1 Nov 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr John T Lawrence 17 May 1949 AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr K Schadtler-Law  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A L Walker  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr A N Simmonds 11 Feb 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr W H Brett  1 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr W J Winter  7 Jun 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr B E Crawley 15 Oct 1948 AFC
Mr A W G Dell   Statistics Officer

Source - March 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5253)

April 1950

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Safety Centre

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Denys H Sutton 11 Apr 1947 PSO to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt R S Peters  1 Feb 1949 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt John A Tester 14 Apr 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Kenneth B B Cross 29 Jan 1947 CBE, DSO, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Wg Cdr G B M Bell 19 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr J M Evans  5 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr R W Cox  8 Apr 1949 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr J H Styles 14 Mar 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L A Parr 16 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A B Gaire  1 Jul 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr W Booth 21 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr C T Lynas 29 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr F D Procter  2 Jun 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr A F Binks 15 Dec 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr R G English  1 Dec 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr R B Sheardown  5 Oct 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark  4 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr P McDermott  4 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E T Scott 15 May 1948  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Sqn Ldr B M Taylor 24 Jul 1948
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt E J Laine 14 May 1948 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 17 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr O R B Wigfall  2 Nov 1947  
Wg Cdr H J A Williams 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr H J T Clamp 18 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr G Weedon 20 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr R M Ayles 10 Oct 1947 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr J Moore  5 Nov 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr K Charlwood 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Equipment
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr A E Connolly  5 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr J M Warner 23 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J G B O'Hagan 29 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr A P Slogrove  9 Sep 1947  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt R Chadwell  2 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr F J Bacon 24 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr J R Skelton 16 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H M Shephard 30 Oct 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal, Special Investigation Branch
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr J D Tonkinson 12 Jan 1948 MRCS, LRCP, DPH
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev H W Langford-Sainsbury   C of E
Rev L E Sanders   MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey   RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr K W Round  1 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off N Salmon  1 Mar 1950 OBE
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr F M V Watts 24 May 1949 OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr W P Oleson   Command Armament Officer, MA
Engineer
Gp Capt D W Smythe  1 Apr 1947 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr H V Hughes  5 Nov 1948 MBE, AFM
Sqn Ldr E J Watts   MBE
Sqn Ldr H E Howard   OBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan    
Sqn Ldr T L Davies 26 Jun 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay   MBE
Sqn Ldr A F Germain 21 Jul 1947  
Sqn Ldr T C Pratley  5 Dec 1947  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr C E Tucker 31 Mar 1948 BEM

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr W H Ingle  9 Nov 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A W Oldroyd  9 May 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P P D Hodson 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr G P N Newman  1 Nov 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr John T Lawrence 17 May 1949 AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr K Schadtler-Law  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A L Walker  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr A N Simmonds 11 Feb 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr W H Brett  1 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr W J Winter  7 Jun 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr B E Crawley 15 Oct 1948 AFC
Mr A W G Dell   Statistics Officer

Source - April 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5254)

May 1950

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Safety Centre

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Ernest S Chandler 20 Jan 1950 PA to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt John A Tester 14 Apr 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Kenneth B B Cross 29 Jan 1947 CBE, DSO, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Wg Cdr G B M Bell 19 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr J M Evans  5 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr R W Cox  8 Apr 1949 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr J H Styles 14 Mar 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L A Parr 16 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A B Gaire  1 Jul 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr W Booth 21 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr C T Lynas 29 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr F D Procter  2 Jun 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr A F Binks 15 Dec 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr R G English  1 Dec 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr R B Sheardown  5 Oct 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark  4 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr P McDermott  4 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E T Scott 15 May 1948  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Sqn Ldr B M Taylor 24 Jul 1948
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt E J Laine 14 May 1948 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 17 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr O R B Wigfall  2 Nov 1947  
Wg Cdr H J A Williams 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr H J T Clamp 18 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr G Weedon 20 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr R M Ayles 10 Oct 1947 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr J Moore  5 Nov 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr K Charlwood 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Equipment
Gp Capt A Wall 13 Nov 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr A E Connolly  5 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr J M Warner 23 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J G B O'Hagan 29 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr A P Slogrove  9 Sep 1947  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior   OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr F J Bacon 24 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr J R Skelton 16 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr J D Tonkinson 12 Jan 1948 MRCS, LRCP, DPH
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr K W Round  1 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off N Salmon  1 Mar 1950 OBE
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr Bryan Samson 12 Oct 1949 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr W P Oleson   Command Armament Officer, MA
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr C E Tucker 17 Mar 1948 BEM
Sqn Ldr E J Watts  8 Oct 1948 MBE
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan  9 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr T L Davies 26 Jun 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay 29 Jan 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A F Germain 21 Jul 1947  
Sqn Ldr T C Pratley  5 Dec 1947  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr H Wright 13 Jan 1950 OBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr W H Ingle  9 Nov 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A W Oldroyd  9 May 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P P D Hodson 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr G P N Newman  1 Nov 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr John T Lawrence 17 May 1949 AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr K Schadtler-Law  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A L Walker  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr A N Simmonds 11 Feb 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr W H Brett  1 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr W J Winter  7 Jun 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr B E Crawley 15 Oct 1948 AFC
Mr A W G Dell   Statistics Officer

Source - May 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5254)

June 1950

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Safety Centre

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Communication Squadron

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • Barrack Equipment Depot

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 5 MT Base Depot

  • No 1 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit

  • No 431 Equipment Depot

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 56 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Ernest S Chandler 20 Jan 1950 PA to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 24 Oct 1949 OBE
Gp Capt John A Tester 14 Apr 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G B M Bell 19 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr J M Evans  5 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr M C F Witty 19 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W Booth 21 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr F D Procter  2 Jun 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark  4 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr R St C Lawrence 24 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley 21 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr C A Martin  1 Jul 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E T Scott 15 May 1948  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt E J Laine 14 May 1948 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 17 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr O R B Wigfall  2 Nov 1947  
Wg Cdr H J A Williams 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr H J L Hawkins  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr H J T Clamp 18 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr A P Slogrove 24 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H S H Hall 15 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr F A Piper 15 Jun 1948  
Equipment
Gp Capt A Wall 13 Nov 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing    
Sqn Ldr J M Warner 23 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J G B O'Hagan 29 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr G C H Ade    
Sqn Ldr A F Wait    
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior   OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 15 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr G Weedon 19 Jan 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr K W Round  1 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr A J Goatly 22 Dec 1949  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off N Salmon  1 Mar 1950 OBE
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr Bryan Samson 12 Oct 1949 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr W P Oleson   Command Armament Officer, MA
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr C E Tucker 17 Mar 1948 BEM
Sqn Ldr E J Watts  8 Oct 1948 MBE
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan  9 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr T L Davies 26 Jun 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay 29 Jan 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr T C Pratley  5 Dec 1947  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry    
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr H Wright 13 Jan 1950 OBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr W H Ingle  9 Nov 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A W Oldroyd  9 May 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 18 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr K Schadtler-Law  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr B E Crawley 15 Oct 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C Patrick  3 Oct 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - June 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5254)

July 1950

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Safety Centre

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Communication Squadron

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • Barrack Equipment Depot

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 5 MT Base Depot

  • No 1 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 56 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Ernest S Chandler 20 Jan 1950 PA to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 24 Oct 1949 OBE
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G B M Bell 19 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr J M Evans  5 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr M C F Witty 19 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr F D Procter  2 Jun 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark  4 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr R St C Lawrence 24 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley 21 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr C A Martin  1 Jul 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E T Scott 15 May 1948  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt E J Laine 14 May 1948 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 17 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr O R B Wigfall  2 Nov 1947  
Wg Cdr H J A Williams 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr H J L Hawkins  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr H J T Clamp 18 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr A P Slogrove 24 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H S Hemsley-Hall 15 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr F A Piper 15 Jun 1948  
Equipment
Gp Capt A Wall 13 Nov 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing    
Sqn Ldr J M Warner 23 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr G C H Ade 14 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr A F Wait 24 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 15 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr K W Round  1 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr A J Goatly 22 Dec 1949  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr W P Oleson 10 Mar 1949 Command Armament Officer, MA
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr C E Tucker 17 Mar 1948 BEM
Sqn Ldr E J Watts  8 Oct 1948 MBE
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan  9 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr T L Davies 26 Jun 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay 29 Jan 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr H Wright 13 Jan 1950 OBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr W H Ingle  9 Nov 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A W Oldroyd  9 May 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 18 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr K Schadtler-Law  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr B E Crawley 15 Oct 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C Patrick  3 Oct 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - July 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5255)

August 1950

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Safety Centre

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • Barrack Equipment Depot

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 1 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 56 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Ernest S Chandler 20 Jan 1950 PA to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 24 Oct 1949 OBE
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G B M Bell 19 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr J M Evans  5 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr M C F Witty 19 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr F D Procter  2 Jun 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark  4 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr R St C Lawrence 24 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley 21 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr C A Martin  1 Jul 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E T Scott 15 May 1948  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt E J Laine 14 May 1948 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 17 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr O R B Wigfall  2 Nov 1947  
Wg Cdr H J A Williams 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr H J L Hawkins  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr H J T Clamp 18 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr A P Slogrove 24 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H S Hemsley-Hall 15 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr F A Piper 15 Jun 1948  
Equipment
Gp Capt A Wall 13 Nov 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing    
Sqn Ldr J M Warner 23 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr G C H Ade 14 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr A F Wait 24 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 15 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr K W Round  1 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr A J Goatly 22 Dec 1949  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr Vacant   Command Armament Officer
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr C E Tucker 17 Mar 1948 BEM
Sqn Ldr E J Watts  8 Oct 1948 MBE
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan  9 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr T L Davies 26 Jun 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay 29 Jan 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr H Wright 13 Jan 1950 OBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr W H Ingle  9 Nov 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A W Oldroyd  9 May 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 18 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr K Schadtler-Law  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr B E Crawley 15 Oct 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C Patrick  3 Oct 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - August 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5255)

September 1950

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • Barrack Equipment Depot

  • Navigational Aid Unit

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 1 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • No 365 Signals Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Ernest S Chandler 20 Jan 1950 PA to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 24 Oct 1949 OBE
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G B M Bell 19 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr J M Evans  5 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr M C F Witty 19 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr F D Procter  2 Jun 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark  4 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr R St C Lawrence 24 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley 21 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr C A Martin  1 Jul 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E T Scott 15 May 1948  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt E J Laine 14 May 1948 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 17 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr O R B Wigfall  2 Nov 1947  
Wg Cdr H J A Williams 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr H J L Hawkins  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr H J T Clamp 18 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr A P Slogrove 24 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H S Hemsley-Hall 15 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr F A Piper 15 Jun 1948  
Equipment
Gp Capt A Wall 13 Nov 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing    
Sqn Ldr J M Warner 23 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr G C H Ade 14 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr A F Wait 24 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 15 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr K W Round  1 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr A J Goatly 22 Dec 1949  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr C E Tucker 17 Mar 1948 BEM
Sqn Ldr E J Watts  8 Oct 1948 MBE
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan  9 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr T L Davies 26 Jun 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay 29 Jan 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr H Wright 13 Jan 1950 OBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr W H Ingle  9 Nov 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A W Oldroyd  9 May 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 18 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr K Schadtler-Law  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr B E Crawley 15 Oct 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C Patrick  3 Oct 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - September 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5255)

October 1950

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • Barrack Equipment Depot

  • Navigational Aid Unit

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 1 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • No 365 Signals Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Ernest S Chandler 20 Jan 1950 PA to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 24 Oct 1949 OBE
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G B M Bell 19 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr J M Evans  5 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr M C F Witty 19 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr F D Procter  2 Jun 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark  4 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr R St C Lawrence 24 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley 21 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr C A Martin  1 Jul 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E T Scott 15 May 1948  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt E J Laine 14 May 1948 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr O R B Wigfall  2 Nov 1947  
Wg Cdr H J A Williams 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr H J L Hawkins  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr H J T Clamp 18 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr A P Slogrove 24 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H S Hemsley-Hall 15 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr F A Piper 15 Jun 1948  
Equipment
Gp Capt A Wall 13 Nov 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing    
Sqn Ldr J M Warner 23 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr G C H Ade 14 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 15 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr K W Round  1 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr A J Goatly 22 Dec 1949  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr C E Tucker 17 Mar 1948 BEM
Sqn Ldr E J Watts  8 Oct 1948 MBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan  9 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr T L Davies 26 Jun 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay 29 Jan 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr H Wright 13 Jan 1950 OBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr W H Ingle  9 Nov 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A W Oldroyd  9 May 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 18 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr B E Crawley 15 Oct 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C Patrick  3 Oct 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - October 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5256)

November 1950

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • Barrack Equipment Depot

  • Navigational Aid Unit

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 1 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • No 365 Signals Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Ernest S Chandler 20 Jan 1950 PA to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 24 Oct 1949 OBE
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G B M Bell 19 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr J M Evans  5 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr M C F Witty 19 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr F D Procter  2 Jun 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark  4 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr R St C Lawrence 24 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley 21 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr C A Martin  1 Jul 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E T Scott 15 May 1948  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt E J Laine 14 May 1948 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr O R B Wigfall  2 Nov 1947  
Wg Cdr H J A Williams 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr H J L Hawkins  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr H J T Clamp 18 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr A P Slogrove 24 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H S Hemsley-Hall 15 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr F A Piper 15 Jun 1948  
Equipment
Gp Capt A Wall 13 Nov 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing    
Sqn Ldr J M Warner 23 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr G C H Ade 14 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 15 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr K W Round  1 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr A J Goatly 22 Dec 1949  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr C E Tucker 17 Mar 1948 BEM
Sqn Ldr E J Watts  8 Oct 1948 MBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan  9 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr T L Davies 26 Jun 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay 29 Jan 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr H Wright 13 Jan 1950 OBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr W H Ingle  9 Nov 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr A W Oldroyd  9 May 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 18 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr B E Crawley 15 Oct 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C Patrick  3 Oct 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - November 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5256)

December 1950

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Communication Squadron

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • Barrack Equipment Depot

  • Navigational Aid Unit

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • No 365 Signals Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 2 Squadron

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Ernest S Chandler 20 Jan 1950 PA to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 24 Oct 1949 OBE
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr M C F Witty 19 Oct 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley 21 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C Patrick  3 Oct 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr G Packe 22 Sep 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr E D Elliot  4 Aug 1950  
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr A P Slogrove 24 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr E G Rands 12 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr H M Sanderson  3 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr E H Hayes  1 Sep 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt A Wall 13 Nov 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing    
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr G C H Ade 14 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr R Taylor  1 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr T E Ekins 14 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 15 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr J C Griffiths 11 Oct 1950  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr E J Watts  8 Oct 1948 MBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan  9 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L C Noon    
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay 29 Jan 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr Stanley J Marchbank  5 Sep 1950 OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - December 1950 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5256)

January 1951

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Communication Squadron

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • Barrack Equipment Depot

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • No 365 Signals Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 2 Squadron

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Ernest S Chandler 20 Jan 1950 PA to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 24 Oct 1949 OBE
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr M C F Witty 19 Oct 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley 21 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C Patrick  3 Oct 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr G Packe 22 Sep 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr E D Elliot  4 Aug 1950  
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr E G Rands 12 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr H M Sanderson  3 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr E H Hayes  1 Sep 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt A Wall 13 Nov 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing    
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr G C H Ade 14 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr R Taylor  1 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr T E Ekins 14 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 15 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr J C Griffiths 11 Oct 1950  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr E J Watts  8 Oct 1948 MBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan  9 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L C Noon    
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay 29 Jan 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr Stanley J Marchbank  5 Sep 1950 OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - January 1951 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5413)

February 1951

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Communication Squadron

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • Barrack Equipment Depot

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • No 365 Signals Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 2 Squadron

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Ernest S Chandler 20 Jan 1950 PA to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 24 Oct 1949 OBE
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P W Dawson 12 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr M G L Foster 20 May 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr M C F Witty 19 Oct 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr C Dunkerley 21 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C Patrick  3 Oct 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr G Packe 22 Sep 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter J Seward  1 Feb 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr E D Elliot  4 Aug 1950  
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Sqn Ldr D M Lynch-Staunton 23 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr E H Tideswell 18 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr E G Rands 12 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr H M Sanderson  3 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr E H Hayes  1 Sep 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt A Wall 13 Nov 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing    
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr G C H Ade 14 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr R Taylor  1 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr T E Ekins 14 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 27 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 15 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr J C Griffiths 11 Oct 1950  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr E J Watts  8 Oct 1948 MBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan  9 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L C Noon    
Radio
Wg Cdr J Lindsay 29 Jan 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr Stanley J Marchbank  5 Sep 1950 OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr W S Adams  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - February 1951 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5413)

March 1951

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Communication Squadron

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • Barrack Equipment Depot

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • No 365 Signals Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 2 Squadron

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Ernest S Chandler 20 Jan 1950 PA to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr G Packe 22 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr M C F Witty 19 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce 21 Sep 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A S Cooper
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H M Sanderson  3 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr E G Rands 12 Jun 1950  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr W S Adams 17 Oct 1950  
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr R Taylor  1 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr J C Griffiths 11 Oct 1950  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr E J Watts  8 Oct 1948 MBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan  9 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L C Noon    
Radio
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr Stanley J Marchbank  5 Sep 1950 OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E D Elliott  5 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - March 1951 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5413)

April 1951

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Communication Squadron

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • No 365 Signals Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 2 Squadron

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Ernest S Chandler 20 Jan 1950 PA to AOC-in-C; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt G N Amison  1 May 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr T C Musgrave 12 Aug 1948 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr G Packe 22 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr M C F Witty 19 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
Wg Cdr A S Cooper 14 Mar 1949
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr F C Clarke  5 Jul 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H M Sanderson  3 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr E G Rands 12 Jun 1950  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr E Goldsmith 12 Aug 1948 AFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr W S Adams 17 Oct 1950  
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G C Gilbert 10 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr B C R Edrupt 29 Apr 1948  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr R Taylor  1 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr J C Griffiths 11 Oct 1950  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr E J Watts  8 Oct 1948 MBE
Sqn Ldr C E Jordan  9 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L C Noon    
Radio
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr Stanley J Marchbank  5 Sep 1950 OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E D Elliott  5 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - April 1951 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5414)

May 1951

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Communication Squadron

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • No 365 Signals Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 350 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 523 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 524 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 5183 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 5184 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 55126 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 55127 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 2 Squadron

  • No 14 Squadron

  • No 98 Squadron

  • No 112 Squadron

  • No 118 Squadron

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr R C Porteous  9 Apr 1951 DSO
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr G Packe 22 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 CBE
Wg Cdr A S Cooper 14 Mar 1949
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt Clayton D C Boyce 27 Sep 1948 Organisation, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr A F Merritt 18 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H M Sanderson  3 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr E G Rands 12 Jun 1950  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr J C Griffiths 11 Oct 1950  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L C Noon 31 May 1950  
Sqn Ldr L S Pegg 12 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr Stanley J Marchbank  5 Sep 1950 OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E D Elliott  5 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - May 1951 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5414)

June 1951

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Communication Squadron

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • No 365 Signals Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 350 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 523 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 524 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 5183 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 5184 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 55126 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 55127 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 2 Squadron

  • No 14 Squadron

  • No 98 Squadron

  • No 112 Squadron

  • No 118 Squadron

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr R C Porteous  9 Apr 1951 DSO
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 CBE
Wg Cdr A S Cooper 14 Mar 1949
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr A F Merritt 18 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H M Sanderson  3 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr E G Rands 12 Jun 1950  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr T E J Hewitt 22 Nov 1948 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr J C Griffiths 11 Oct 1950  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L C Noon 31 May 1950  
Sqn Ldr L S Pegg 12 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr Stanley J Marchbank  5 Sep 1950 OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E D Elliott  5 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - June 1951 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5414)

July 1951

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Communication Squadron

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • No 365 Signals Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 350 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 523 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 524 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 5183 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 5184 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 55126 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 55127 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 2 Squadron

  • No 14 Squadron

  • No 98 Squadron

  • No 112 Squadron

  • No 118 Squadron

  • No 541 Squadron

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Thomas M Williams 30 Oct 1948 Commander-in-Chief, CB, OBE, MC, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr R C Porteous  9 Apr 1951 DSO
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 CBE
Wg Cdr A S Cooper 14 Mar 1949
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr A F Merritt 18 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H M Sanderson  3 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr E G Rands 12 Jun 1950  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt A F Cook  4 Apr 1949 OBE, LRCP & S, DPH
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr J C Griffiths 11 Oct 1950  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off B M Annand 20 Jul 1949
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L C Noon 31 May 1950  
Sqn Ldr L S Pegg 12 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt Stanley J Marchbank  5 Sep 1950 OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr E D Elliott  5 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - July 1951 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5415)

August 1951

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Traffic Control Centre

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment

  • BAFO Communication Squadron

  • BAFO Drafting Unit

  • BAFO Ground Combat Training School

  • BAFO Police School

  • BAFO Signals Centre

  • BAFO Rest Centre

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post

  • No 5 Universal Ground Control Approach Unit

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit

  • No 365 Signals Unit

  • RAF Hospital BAFO

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

  • No 350 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 523 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 524 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 5183 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 5184 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 55126 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 55127 Mobile Signals Unit

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 24 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 25 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • No 2 Squadron

  • No 14 Squadron

  • No 98 Squadron

  • No 112 Squadron

  • No 118 Squadron

  • No 541 Squadron

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Vacant   Commander-in-Chief
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr R C Porteous  9 Apr 1951 DSO
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 CBE
Wg Cdr A S Cooper 14 Mar 1949
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr A F Merritt 18 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H M Sanderson  3 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr E G Rands 12 Jun 1950  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr J C Griffiths 11 Oct 1950  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L C Noon 31 May 1950  
Sqn Ldr L S Pegg 12 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt Stanley J Marchbank  5 Sep 1950 OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr E D Elliott  5 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - August 1951 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5415)

It reverted to the title 2nd Tactical Air Force on 1 September 1951

September 1951

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment - Buckeburg

  • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron - Buckeburg

  • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit - Buckeburg

  • 2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School - Fassberg

  • 2nd TAF Police School - Buckeburg

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post - Butzweilerhof

  • No 5 Universal Ground Control Approach Unit - Gatow

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Bad Eilsen

  • MT Repair Unit (German) - Uetersen

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column - Uetersen

  • No 401 Air Stores Park - Altona

  • No 402 Air Stores Park - Altona

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • No 365 Signals Unit - Uetersen

  • RAF Hospital 2nd TAF - Rinteln

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ - Buckeburg

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Luneburg

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Butzweilerhof

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 350 Mobile Signals Unit - Bad Eilsen

  • No 523 Mobile Signals Unit - Bad Eilsen

  • No 524 Mobile Signals Unit - Bad Eilsen

  • No 5183 Mobile Signals Unit - Bad Eilsen

  • No 5184 Mobile Signals Unit - Bad Eilsen

  • No 55126 Mobile Signals Unit - Bad Eilsen

  • No 55127 Mobile Signals Unit - Bad Eilsen

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant) - Butzweilerhof

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment - Uetersen

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment - Luneburg

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Luneburg

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Luneburg

  • No 24 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Uetersen

  • No 25 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Uetersen

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Luneburg

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 2 Squadron - Buckeburg

  • No 14 Squadron - Fassberg

  • No 98 Squadron - Fassberg

  • No 112 Squadron - Fassberg

  • No 118 Squadron - Fassberg

  • No 541 Squadron - Buckeburg

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Rank Name Date Notes
AM Vacant   Commander-in-Chief
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr R C Porteous  9 Apr 1951 DSO
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr Frank Hume 18 Aug 1948 later A/Cdre
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C F L Scott 22 Apr 1949  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr P V Rowbotham 17 Oct 1949  
Sqn Ldr W N Gibson 21 Jan 1949 BEM
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 CBE
Wg Cdr A S Cooper 14 Mar 1949
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C B Millett  9 Sep 1948  
Wg Cdr A F Merritt 18 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr C V Brown  1 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr H M Sanderson  3 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr E G Rands 12 Jun 1950  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr C A Ball 10 Mar 1949  
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr H A G Warren 30 Nov 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Wg Cdr R H Pratt  5 Sep 1949 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr R A Armstrong 18 Mar 1949 LMSSA
Sqn Ldr B Fellows 14 Mar 1950 MBE, Quartermaster
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 19 Jan 1949 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 MA, C of E
Rev L E Sanders  2 Sep 1948 MBE, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr J C Griffiths 11 Oct 1950  
Welfare
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy  1 Jan 1949 DFC
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr L C Noon 31 May 1950  
Sqn Ldr L S Pegg 12 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr P Halligey 14 May 1950 AMIEE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt Stanley J Marchbank  5 Sep 1950 OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr E D Elliott  5 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr J D McCathie  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr T James 14 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - September 1951 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5415)

October 1951

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Jever

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment - Buckeburg

  • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron - Buckeburg

  • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit - Buckeburg

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Police School - Buckeburg

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 15053 Forward Director Post - Butzweilerhof

  • No 5 Universal Ground Control Approach Unit - Gatow

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Bad Eilsen

  • MT Repair Unit (German) - Uetersen

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column - Uetersen

  • No 401 Air Stores Park - Altona

  • No 402 Air Stores Park - Altona

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • No 365 Signals Unit - Uetersen

  • RAF Hospital 2nd TAF - Rinteln

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ - Buckeburg

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Luneburg

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Butzweilerhof

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant) - Butzweilerhof

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment - Uetersen

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment - Luneburg

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Luneburg

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Luneburg

  • No 24 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Uetersen

  • No 25 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Uetersen

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Luneburg

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 2 Squadron - Buckeburg

  • No 541 Squadron - Buckeburg

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr Michael H Le Bas 25 Jul 1951 DSO; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Ball  8 Aug 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 Command Regiment Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr W O Jones 10 Oct 1951
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr G H Nelson-Edwards 11 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy 14 Jun 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E J Poole  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E N Lewis  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pattison 31 Oct 1951  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J S Wilson 23 Sep 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr N Stainsby 30 Aug 1951  
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev A W Hopkins  5 Aug 2951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths    
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones 27 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - October 1951 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5416)

November 1951

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment - Buckeburg

  • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron - Buckeburg

  • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit - Buckeburg

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Police School - Buckeburg

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 724 Signals Unit - Butzweilerhof

  • No 5 Universal Ground Control Approach Unit - Gatow

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Bad Eilsen

  • MT Repair Unit (German) - Uetersen

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 317 Supply and Transport Column - Uetersen

  • No 401 Air Stores Park - Altona

  • No 402 Air Stores Park - Altona

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • No 365 Signals Unit - Uetersen

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 2 RAF Police Wing HQ - Buckeburg

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Luneburg

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Butzweilerhof

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant) - Butzweilerhof

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment - Uetersen

  • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment - Luneburg

  • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Luneburg

  • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Luneburg

  • No 24 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Uetersen

  • No 25 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Uetersen

  • No 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 54 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Luneburg

  • No 57 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 2 Squadron - Buckeburg

  • No 541 Squadron - Buckeburg

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr Michael H Le Bas 25 Jul 1951 DSO; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Ball  8 Aug 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 Command Regiment Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr W O Jones 10 Oct 1951
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr G H Nelson-Edwards 11 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E J Poole  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E N Lewis  1 Sep 1951 AFC, AFM
Sqn Ldr W A Pattison 31 Oct 1951  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J S Wilson 23 Sep 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr N Stainsby 30 Aug 1951  
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev A W Hopkins  5 Aug 2951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths    
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones 27 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - November 1951 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5416)

December 1951

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Altona

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

    • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 2 Squadron

    • No 541 Squadron

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

    • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment -

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 724 Signals Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 54 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • RAF Station, Sundern

    • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • No 365 Signals Unit

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

    • No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 32 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 33 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Wahn

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 5 Universal Ground Control Approach Unit - Gatow

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Bad Eilsen

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Bad Eilsen

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

  • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John F Davis 13 Oct 1949 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr Michael H Le Bas 25 Jul 1951 DSO; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Ball  8 Aug 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 Command Regiment Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr W O Jones 10 Oct 1951
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr G H Nelson-Edwards 11 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E J Poole  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E N Lewis  1 Sep 1951 AFC, AFM
Sqn Ldr W A Pattison 31 Oct 1951  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J S Wilson 23 Sep 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr N Stainsby 30 Aug 1951  
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev A W Hopkins  5 Aug 2951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Staff Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths    
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones 27 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - December 1951 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5416)

January 1952

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Altona

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

    • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 2 Squadron

    • No 541 Squadron

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

    • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment -

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 724 Signals Unit

    • No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 54 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • RAF Station, Sundern

    • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • No 365 Signals Unit

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

    • No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 32 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 33 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Wahn

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 5 Universal Ground Control Approach Unit - Gatow

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Bad Eilsen

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Bad Eilsen

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

  • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr Michael H Le Bas 25 Jul 1951 DSO; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 Command Regiment Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr W O Jones 10 Oct 1951
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Ball  8 Aug 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr G H Nelson-Edwards 11 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E J Poole  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E N Lewis  1 Sep 1951 AFC, AFM
Sqn Ldr W A Pattison 31 Oct 1951  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J S Wilson 23 Sep 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr N Stainsby 30 Aug 1951  
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev A W Hopkins  5 Aug 2951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off A M Muir 30 May 1950
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths    
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones 27 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - January 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5417)

February 1952

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Altona

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

    • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 2 Squadron

    • No 541 Squadron

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

    • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment -

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 724 Signals Unit

    • No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 54 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • RAF Station, Sundern

    • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • No 365 Signals Unit

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

    • No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 32 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 33 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Wahn

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 5 Universal Ground Control Approach Unit - Gatow

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Bad Eilsen

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Bad Eilsen

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

  • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr Michael H Le Bas 25 Jul 1951 DSO; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr W O Jones 10 Oct 1951
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Ball  8 Aug 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr G H Nelson-Edwards 11 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E J Poole  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E N Lewis  1 Sep 1951 AFC, AFM
Sqn Ldr W A Pattison 31 Oct 1951  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt William I G Kerby 20 Apr 1949 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J S Wilson 23 Sep 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr N Stainsby 30 Aug 1951  
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev A W Hopkins  5 Aug 2951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 24 Jul 1948 MInstCE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths    
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones 27 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - February 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5417)

March 1952

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Altona

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

    • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 2 Squadron

    • No 541 Squadron

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

    • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment -

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 724 Signals Unit

    • No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 30 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 54 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • RAF Station, Sundern

    • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • No 365 Signals Unit

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

    • No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 32 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 33 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Wahn

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 5 Universal Ground Control Approach Unit - Gatow

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Bad Eilsen

  • No 1 MT Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Bad Eilsen

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

  • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Feb 1950 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr Michael H Le Bas 25 Jul 1951 DSO; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr W O Jones 10 Oct 1951
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Ball  8 Aug 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr G H Nelson-Edwards 11 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr E W D Roy 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E J Poole  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E N Lewis  1 Sep 1951 AFC, AFM
Sqn Ldr W A Pattison 31 Oct 1951  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J S Wilson 23 Sep 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr N Stainsby 30 Aug 1951  
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev A W Hopkins  5 Aug 2951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre C E Loveridge 24 Dec 1951 CBE, BSc (Eng), AMICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H E Howard  5 Apr 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths    
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones 27 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - March 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5417)

April 1952

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Altona

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

    • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

    • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment -

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 724 Signals Unit

    • No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit

    • Forward Repair Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 30 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 54 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Sundern

    • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • No 365 Signals Unit

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

    • No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 32 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 33 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Bad Eilsen

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

  • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr Michael H Le Bas 25 Jul 1951 DSO; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CBE
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Ball  8 Aug 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr G H Nelson-Edwards 11 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E J Poole  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E N Lewis  1 Sep 1951 AFC, AFM
Sqn Ldr W A Pattison 31 Oct 1951  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J S Wilson 23 Sep 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr N Stainsby 30 Aug 1951  
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev A W Hopkins  5 Aug 2951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre C E Loveridge 24 Dec 1951 CBE, BSc (Eng), AMICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths    
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones 27 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - April 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5418)

May 1952

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Altona

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

    • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

    • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment -

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 724 Signals Unit

    • No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit

    • Forward Repair Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 30 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 54 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Sundern

    • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • No 365 Signals Unit

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

    • No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 32 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 33 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Bad Eilsen

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

    • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

  • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Fg Off L C Murphy 19 Feb 1951 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Selwyn H C Gray 25 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr M G L Lovell 15 Aug 1949  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Sqn Ldr Ronald G Knott  1 Jan 1951 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Training
Wg Cdr Michael H Le Bas 25 Jul 1951 DSO; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J L Pepperman 24 Feb 1949  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt Noel C Hyde  5 Sep 1949 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr E G Couch 20 Jun 1949 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr L Coulson 12 Jul 1949  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CBE
Signals
Gp Capt N G Goodman 24 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Ball  8 Aug 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr G H Nelson-Edwards 11 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr H G Messer  9 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E J Poole  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr E N Lewis  1 Sep 1951 AFC, AFM
Sqn Ldr W A Pattison 31 Oct 1951  
Administrative Planes
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr S C Sutton 21 Oct 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr D F Shepherd  1 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr W Hannay 25 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr W J Cavett 10 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr E A Biddle 21 Aug 1949  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr W L Whitaker  2 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Wg Cdr S N Kettle 24 Oct 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J S Wilson 23 Sep 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr N Stainsby 30 Aug 1951  
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev F W Cocks 14 Apr 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev A W Hopkins  5 Aug 2951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre C E Loveridge 24 Dec 1951 CBE, BSc (Eng), AMICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C C Willott  3 Aug 1950  
Engineer
Gp Capt R P Cauthery  1 Oct 1949 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr F J D Oldland 14 Jun 1950 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths    
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R Peel 15 Jun 1950  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr R D Sheardown  7 Nov 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr D E Pinchbeck  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones 27 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - May 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5418)

June 1952

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Altona

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

    • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

    • No 11 Air Formation Signals Regiment -

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 724 Signals Unit

    • No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit

    • Forward Repair Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 4 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 3 (Armoured Car) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 30 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 54 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Sundern

    • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • No 365 Signals Unit

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

    • No 2 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 32 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 33 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Bad Eilsen

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

    • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 24 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

  • No 25 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 32 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Wunstorf

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr F A Johnson  5 Jan 1952 PSO to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr B A P Williams 24 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CBE
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pattison 31 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr D S Hoare  7 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R H Petchey 24 Apr 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr J Stewart 15 Apr 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Tyler  1 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr N Stainsby 30 Aug 1951  
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev A W Hopkins  5 Aug 2951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr J A Wilson 13 Mar 1950 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre C E Loveridge 24 Dec 1951 CBE, BSc (Eng), AMICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr F G Smith   MBE
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones 27 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J O Bradley 20 Feb 1952  
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - June 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5418)

July 1952

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Altona

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

    • No 402 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 724 Signals Unit

    • No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit

    • 2nd TAF Forward Repair Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 25 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 75 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 80 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

    • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 22 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 23 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr F A Johnson  5 Jan 1952 PSO to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr D C Smythe  9 Oct 1950 DSO, GM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr B A P Williams 24 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Edward W Towsey  9 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CBE
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr E S M Chidgey  1 Aug 1950  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Meteorological
Mr R Cranna   MA, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pattison 31 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr D S Hoare  7 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R H Petchey 24 Apr 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr J Stewart 15 Apr 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Tyler  1 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Prior  9 Mar 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 22 Jun 1949  
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr T R Champion  1 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr N Stainsby 30 Aug 1951  
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev A W Hopkins  5 Aug 2951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt J A C Critchley 19 Dec 1949 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr J A Wilson 13 Mar 1950 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre C E Loveridge 24 Dec 1951 CBE, BSc (Eng), AMICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr S W Searle 29 Aug 1950  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P Louis  1 Nov 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr L M Blome-Jones 27 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - July 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5418)

August 1952

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 724 Signals Unit

    • No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit

    • 2nd TAF Forward Repair Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 25 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 75 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 80 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

    • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 22 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 23 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr F A Johnson  5 Jan 1952 PSO to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr B A P Williams 24 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr N E Canton 27 Jun 1952 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr J Stewart 15 Apr 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Barnes  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Tyler  1 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev T Madoc Jones   Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr J A Wilson 13 Mar 1950 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre C E Loveridge 24 Dec 1951 CBE, BSc (Eng), AMICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy   OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J O Bradley 20 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W S Smith  2 Jul 1952 MBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - August 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

September 1952

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit

    • 2nd TAF Forward Repair Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 25 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 55 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 75 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 80 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 85 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

    • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 22 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 23 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr F A Johnson  5 Jan 1952 PSO to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr B A P Williams 24 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr N E Canton 27 Jun 1952 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr J Stewart 15 Apr 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr F G Farthing 25 Jul 1950  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Barnes  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Tyler  1 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev T Madoc Jones   Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr W A Russell   BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre C E Loveridge 24 Dec 1951 CBE, BSc (Eng), AMICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy 27 Jul 1950 OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J O Bradley 20 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W S Smith  2 Jul 1952 MBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - September 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

October 1952

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit

    • 2nd TAF Forward Repair Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 2 Aircraft Reception Unit

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 25 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 38 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 55 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 75 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 80 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 85 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 89 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 100 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • RAF Station, Sundern

    • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

    • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 22 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 23 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr F A Johnson  5 Jan 1952 PSO to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr O R Toyne 26 Apr 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr B A P Williams 24 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G T James  3 May 1950 AFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W F Lamb 16 Oct 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr N E Canton 27 Jun 1952 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr J Stewart 15 Apr 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr R F Rowell  1 Sep 1950  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Barnes  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Tyler  1 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G Reid  8 May 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev T Madoc Jones   Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Sqn Ldr P R G Lynch 24 Aug 1951 MBE
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre Lionel R S Freestone  6 Mar1950 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordinating Staff
Wg Cdr A H F Murphy 27 Jul 1950 OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr H Wright  3 Aug 1950 Command Armament Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J O Bradley 20 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W S Smith  2 Jul 1952 MBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Mr R Townsend   Statistics Officer

Source - October 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

November 1952

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit

    • 2nd TAF Forward Repair Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 25 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 38 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 55 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 75 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 80 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 85 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 89 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 100 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 104 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

    • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 22 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 23 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr F A Johnson  5 Jan 1952 PSO to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr B A P Williams 24 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr N E Canton 27 Jun 1952 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Nancarrow 10 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Tyler  1 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev T Madoc Jones   Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE
Wg Cdr C H Deakin 23 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr A L Jeffs 28 Jun 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Glen 26 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr F Hodson  2 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Grout 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths 28 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr P I Flint  1 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr S F Mathers 17 Sep 1951  

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C F Hunt 28 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr K F Venn  6 Aug 1952  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J O Bradley 20 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Mr R Townsend  1 Sep 1950 Statistics Officer

Source - November 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

December 1952

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Butzweilerhof

    • No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)

    • No 1 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit

    • 2nd TAF Forward Repair Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Luneburg

    • No 25 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 38 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 55 Wing, RAF Regiment

    • No 75 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 80 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 85 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 89 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 100 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

    • No 104 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Wing, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

    • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

  • No 22 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 23 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 51 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Celle

  • No 57 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Fassberg

  • No 60 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Gutersloh

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr F A Johnson  5 Jan 1952 PSO to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr B A P Williams 24 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr N E Canton 27 Jun 1952 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Nancarrow 10 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Tyler  1 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev T Madoc Jones   Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE
Wg Cdr C H Deakin 23 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr A L Jeffs 28 Jun 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Glen 26 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr F Hodson  2 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Grout 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths 28 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr P I Flint  1 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr S F Mathers 17 Sep 1951  

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C F Hunt 28 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr K F Venn  6 Aug 1952  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J O Bradley 20 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Mr R Townsend  1 Sep 1950 Statistics Officer

Source - December 1952 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

January 1953

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

    • MT Repair Unit (German)

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

    • 2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

  • Winter Survival School - Ehrum

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr F A Johnson  5 Jan 1952 PSO to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Navigation
Wg Cdr E F Tonge  7 Oct 1951  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr B A P Williams 24 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer  7 May 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr N E Canton 27 Jun 1952 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr L Barron  6 Oct 1950  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Nancarrow 10 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr F L Dibben 17 Sep 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Tyler  1 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev T Madoc Jones   Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE
Wg Cdr C H Deakin 23 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr A L Jeffs 28 Jun 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Glen 26 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr F Hodson  2 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Grout 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths 28 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr P I Flint  1 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr S F Mathers 17 Sep 1951  

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off A D Chiswell  1 Aug 1951
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C F Hunt 28 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr K F Venn  6 Aug 1952  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Sherry 10 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J O Bradley 20 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Mr R Townsend  1 Sep 1950 Statistics Officer

Source - January 1953 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5417)

February 1953

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

    • 2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

  • Winter Survival School - Ehrum

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr E L Horsfall  1 Dec 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr C S Bray  1 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr A G Douglass  1 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Nancarrow 10 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Dutton 10 Jan 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Colvill 23 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr R A Craigie  9 Feb 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr 10 Sep 1952 MA, BD
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE
Wg Cdr C H Deakin 23 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr A L Jeffs 28 Jun 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Glen 26 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr F Hodson  2 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Grout 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths 28 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr P I Flint  1 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr S F Mathers 17 Sep 1951  

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C F Hunt 28 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J O Bradley 20 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Mr R Townsend  1 Sep 1950 Statistics Officer

Source - February 1953 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5417)

March 1953

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

    • 2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

  • Winter Survival School - Ehrum

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr E L Horsfall  1 Dec 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM John R Whitley 24 Jan 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr C S Bray  1 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr A G Douglass  1 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Nancarrow 10 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Dutton 10 Jan 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Colvill 23 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr R A Craigie  9 Feb 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr 10 Sep 1952 MA, BD
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE
Wg Cdr C H Deakin 23 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr A L Jeffs 28 Jun 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Glen 26 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr F Hodson  2 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Grout 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths 28 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr P I Flint  1 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr S F Mathers 17 Sep 1951  

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C F Hunt 28 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J O Bradley 20 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Mr R Townsend  1 Sep 1950 Statistics Officer

Source - March 1953 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5417)

April 1953

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Fassberg

    • 2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr E L Horsfall  1 Dec 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr C S Bray  1 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr A G Douglass  1 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Nancarrow 10 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Dutton 10 Jan 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Colvill 23 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr R A Craigie  9 Feb 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE
Wg Cdr C H Deakin 23 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr A L Jeffs 28 Jun 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Glen 26 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr F Hodson  2 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Grout 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr H Griffiths 28 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr P I Flint  1 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr S F Mathers 17 Sep 1951  

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C F Hunt 28 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Mr R Townsend  1 Sep 1950 Statistics Officer
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J O Bradley 20 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  

Source - April 1953 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5418)

May 1953

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - No 121 Wing, Fassberg

    • 2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr E L Horsfall  1 Dec 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 23 Jul 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr C S Bray  1 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr A G Douglass  1 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt H R A Edwards 30 Oct 1950 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 29 Jan 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Nancarrow 10 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Dutton 10 Jan 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Colvill 23 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr R A Craigie  9 Feb 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt T C Macdonald 22 Aug 1951 AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W A Crawford 27 Nov 1950 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker  1 Dec 1950 DSO, MA
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C F Hunt 28 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Mr R Townsend  1 Sep 1950 Statistics Officer
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J O Bradley 20 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  

Source - May 1953 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5418)

June 1953

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - No 121 Wing, Fassberg

    • 2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr E L Horsfall  1 Dec 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr C S Bray  1 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr A G Douglass  1 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Nancarrow 10 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Dutton 10 Jan 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr R A Craigie  9 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Mr R Townsend  1 Sep 1950 Statistics Officer
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB

Source - June 1953 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5418)

July 1953

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Oldenburgh

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - No 121 Wing, Fassberg

    • 2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr E L Horsfall  1 Dec 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr C S Bray  1 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr A G Douglass  1 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Nancarrow 10 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Dutton 10 Jan 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr R A Craigie  9 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R J Kemsley 16 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Mr R Townsend  1 Sep 1950 Statistics Officer
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB

Source - July 1953 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5418)

August 1953

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schleswigland

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Oldenburgh

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern (Lodger)

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - No 121 Wing, Fassberg

    • 2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Gutersloh

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr Roy G Dutton  6 Feb 1951 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr E L Horsfall  1 Dec 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr C S Bray  1 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr A G Douglass  1 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr N M Boffee 22 Jul 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr P J Tungay 16 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt B S Cartmel 12 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr J H Nancarrow 10 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Dutton 10 Jan 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr A C Pressman 26 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr E I Thompson  2 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr R A Craigie  9 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr C S W Harte 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr H V Seal  7 Apr 1951  
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr W A Pritchard  2 Mar1951 MBE, MC
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Mr R Townsend  1 Sep 1950 Statistics Officer
Sqn Ldr M Curthoys  9 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB

Source - August 1953 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

September 1953

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Oldenburgh

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern (Lodger)

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - No 121 Wing, Fassberg

    • 2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

  • RAF Hospital - Wegburg

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Gutersloh

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr E L Horsfall  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G Wright 11 May 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Lt Col J P Welter 13 Feb 1952  
Lt Col J F F X Muller 13 Feb 1952 BAF
Maj K Van Almelo 19 May 1952  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr C S Bray  1 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr A G Douglass  1 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr R A Craigie  9 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr B F Pyne  9 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer

Source - September 1953 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

October 1953

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Oldenburgh

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern (Lodger)

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - No 121 Wing, Fassberg

    • 2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

  • RAF Hospital - Wegburg

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Gutersloh

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr E L Horsfall  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Maj W A Bedet 19 May 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G Wright 11 May 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Lt Col J P Welter 13 Feb 1952  
Lt Col J F F X Muller 13 Feb 1952 BAF
Maj K Van Almelo 19 May 1952  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr C S Bray  1 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr A G Douglass  1 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr R A Craigie  9 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt S MacKenzie  3 Sep 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr B F Pyne  9 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer

Source - October 1953 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

November 1953

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Oldenburgh

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern (Lodger)

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - No 121 Wing, Fassberg

    • 2nd TAF Ground Combat Training School

  • No 431 Equipment Depot - Altona

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

  • RAF Hospital - Wegburg

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Gutersloh

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Robert M Foster  1 Oct 1951 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 PA to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr E L Horsfall  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Maj W A Bedet 19 May 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G Wright 11 May 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Lt Col J P Welter 13 Feb 1952  
Lt Col J F F X Muller 13 Feb 1952 BAF
Maj K Van Almelo 19 May 1952  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr C S Bray  1 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr A G Douglass  1 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr R A Craigie  9 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Senior Executive Officer, Statistics Officer
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr B F Pyne  9 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB

Source - November 1953 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

December 1953

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

    • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • RAF Hospital - Rinteln

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Oldenburgh

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern (Lodger)

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - No 121 Wing, Fassberg

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

  • RAF Hospital - Wegburg

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt A H Davis 15 Jan 1952 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Frederick S Stapleton 19 Nov 1951 DSO, DFC, BA; later AVM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr E L Horsfall  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Maj W A Bedet 19 May 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E S Morton 22 Mar 1951 DFC
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr Philip H G Wintle 20 Dec 1951 DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G Wright 11 May 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Lt Col J P Welter 13 Feb 1952  
Lt Col J F F X Muller 13 Feb 1952 BAF
Maj K Van Almelo 19 May 1952  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr H A B Porteous 23 Jan 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr D Clive 16 Dec 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr A F Wilson  6 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr B R P Fisher  8 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Sqn Ldr D C Irwin 13 Apr 1952  
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt George H White  1 Apr 1951 Organisation, OBE, FCA; later AVM
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr J H Chart  1 Sep 1951 OBE
Sqn Ldr C A Newberry  1 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr A Coates  1 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr A T B Brown  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr C S Bray  1 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr A G Douglass  1 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr J S Atkinson 28 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne  9 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr R A Craigie  9 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr A C Camm 31 Oct 1951 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev P F Bailey 17 Jun 1949 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr R F W Patteson  2 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr F G Thouard  4 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Senior Executive Officer, Statistics Officer
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr B F Pyne  9 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr H I Dabinett 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB

Source - December 1953 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5419)

January 1954

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Oldenburgh

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern (Lodger)

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - No 121 Wing, Fassberg

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

  • RAF Hospital - Wegburg

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Edward G Jones 25 Oct 1953 DSO, OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr N W V U Macdonald  1 Dec 1953  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Maj W A Bedet 19 May 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr L M Moore 23 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G Wright 11 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Hill  2 Oct 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Lt Col J P Welter 13 Feb 1952  
Lt Col V J Collard   BAF
Maj K Van Almelo 19 May 1952  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr R L Collins 13 Nov 1953  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr B Drake 19 Nov 1953 DSO, DFC*
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr L F Kelly 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr D F H Bird  3 Jan 1954 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr R H Chapman 28 Oct 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E A L Wakely 22 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 18 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker 19 Nov 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr J M Ayre 29 Nov 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM & H
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A J K Gallagher 19 Oct 1953 LRCP & S
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr W A Russell 12 Jun 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A R Newman 24 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr J E M Gunning   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), OBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer
Gp Capt I B Newbigging  8 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr B F Pyne  9 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr H M Jackson  3 Dec 1953  

Source - January 1954 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5581)

February 1954

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine

  • RAF Station, Buckeburg

    • No 1912 (LL) Flight

    • No 6209 (BD) Flight

    • 2nd TAF Communication Squadron

    • No 2 RAF Police Wing

    • 2nd TAF Police School

    • 2nd TAF Drafting Unit

  • RAF Station, Eindhoven

    • No 401 Air Stores Park

  • RAF Station, Schwechat

  • No 2 Mobile Light Repair Unit - Sundern (Lodger)

  • RAF Station, Uetersen

    • No 317 Supply and Transport Column

  • Air Traffic Control Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Signals Centre - Bad Eilsen

  • No 4 Mobile Field Photographic Section - Bad Eilsen

  • 2nd TAF Rest Centre - Scharfoldendorf

  • No 1 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park - Alphen-Riel

  • No 398 Maintenance Unit - Hesedorf

  • No 5352 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Oldenburgh

  • No 5357 (Airfield Construction) Wing - Sundern (Lodger)

  • No 86 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hamburg

  • No 110 Movement Unit (Embarkation) - Hook of Holland

  • No 1 Mobile Light Repair Unit - No 121 Wing, Fassberg

  • RAF Hospital - Rostrup

  • RAF Hospital - Wegburg

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Edward G Jones 25 Oct 1953 DSO, OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr N W V U Macdonald  1 Dec 1953  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Maj W A Bedet 19 May 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr L M Moore 23 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G Wright 11 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Hill  2 Oct 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Lt Col J P Welter 13 Feb 1952  
Lt Col V J Collard   BAF
Maj K Van Almelo 19 May 1952  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr R L Collins 13 Nov 1953  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr B Drake 19 Nov 1953 DSO, DFC*
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr L F Kelly 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr D F H Bird  3 Jan 1954 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr R H Chapman 28 Oct 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E A L Wakely 22 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 18 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker 19 Nov 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr J M Ayre 29 Nov 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM & H
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A J K Gallagher 19 Oct 1953 LRCP & S
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr M E Claxton  4 Jan 1954 MEd, BSc, AMIEE
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A R Newman 24 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O C Barnett   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), CBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer
Gp Capt I B Newbigging  8 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr A Reece 16 Aug 1951 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr B F Pyne  9 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr H M Jackson  3 Dec 1953  

Source - February 1954 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5581)

March 1954

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Edward G Jones 25 Oct 1953 DSO, OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr N W V U Macdonald  1 Dec 1953  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Maj W A Bedet 19 May 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr L M Moore 23 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr V J B Lambert 10 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G Wright 11 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Hill  2 Oct 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Lt Col J P Welter 13 Feb 1952  
Lt Col V J Collard   BAF
Maj K Van Almelo 19 May 1952  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr R L Collins 13 Nov 1953  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr B Drake 19 Nov 1953 DSO, DFC*
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr L F Kelly 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr D F H Bird  3 Jan 1954 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Wg Cdr R A V Fiddick 13 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr R H Chapman 28 Oct 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E A L Wakely 22 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 18 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker 19 Nov 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr J M Ayre 29 Nov 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM & H
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A J K Gallagher 19 Oct 1953 LRCP & S
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr M E Claxton  4 Jan 1954 MEd, BSc, AMIEE
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A R Newman 24 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale   DCM, MM
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O C Barnett   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), CBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer
Gp Capt I B Newbigging  8 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr B F Pyne  9 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr H M Jackson  3 Dec 1953  

Source - March 1954 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5581)

April 1954

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Edward G Jones 25 Oct 1953 DSO, OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr N W V U Macdonald  1 Dec 1953  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Maj W A Bedet 19 May 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr L M Moore 23 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G Wright 11 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Hill  2 Oct 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Lt Col J P Welter 13 Feb 1952  
Lt Col V J Collard   BAF
Maj K Van Almelo 19 May 1952  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr R L Collins 13 Nov 1953  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr B Drake 19 Nov 1953 DSO, DFC*
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr L F Kelly 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr D F H Bird  3 Jan 1954 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr R H Chapman 28 Oct 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E A L Wakely 22 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 18 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker 19 Nov 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr J M Ayre 29 Nov 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM & H
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A J K Gallagher 19 Oct 1953 LRCP & S
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr M E Claxton  4 Jan 1954 MEd, BSc, AMIEE
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A R Newman 24 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale   DCM, MM
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O C Barnett   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), CBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer
Gp Capt I B Newbigging  8 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr B F Pyne  9 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr H M Jackson  3 Dec 1953  

Source - April 1954 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5581)

May 1954

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Edward G Jones 25 Oct 1953 DSO, OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr N W V U Macdonald  1 Dec 1953  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Maj W A Bedet 19 May 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr L M Moore 23 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P G Hill  2 Oct 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Lt Col J P Welter 13 Feb 1952  
Lt Col V J Collard   BAF
Maj K Van Almelo 19 May 1952  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr R L Collins 13 Nov 1953  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr B Drake 19 Nov 1953 DSO, DFC*
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr L F Kelly 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr D F H Bird  3 Jan 1954 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr R H Chapman 28 Oct 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E A L Wakely 22 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 18 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker 19 Nov 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr J M Ayre 29 Nov 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM & H
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A J K Gallagher 19 Oct 1953 LRCP & S
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr M E Claxton  4 Jan 1954 MEd, BSc, AMIEE
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A R Newman 24 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale   DCM, MM
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O C Barnett   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), CBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer
Gp Capt I B Newbigging  8 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr B F Pyne  9 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr H M Jackson  3 Dec 1953  

Source - May 1954 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5581)

June 1954

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Edward G Jones 25 Oct 1953 DSO, OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr N W V U Macdonald  1 Dec 1953  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Maj W A Bedet 19 May 1952  
Plans
Gp Capt John R A Embling 24 Apr 1951 DSO; later AVM
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr L M Moore 23 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P G Hill  2 Oct 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Lt Col J P Welter 13 Feb 1952  
Lt Col V J Collard   BAF
Maj K Van Almelo 19 May 1952  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr R L Collins 13 Nov 1953  
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H T Bennett 21 Nov 1951  
Wg Cdr D F Laslett  8 Oct 1951  
Wg Cdr B Drake 19 Nov 1953 DSO, DFC*
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr L F Kelly 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr D F H Bird  3 Jan 1954 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Signals
Gp Capt Henry B Wrigley 14 May 1952 later AVM
Sqn Ldr D A Sinclair 19 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr G K Birch 12 Jan 1951  
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr R H Chapman 28 Oct 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E A L Wakely 22 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E G B Hughes  1 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 18 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker 19 Nov 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr V H Webb 28 Aug 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr P G Sawyer 17 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr J M Ayre 29 Nov 1953  
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt A A Newbury 14 Jan 1952 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM & H
Sqn Ldr W M S Thomson 30 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A J K Gallagher 19 Oct 1953 LRCP & S
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins 19 Jul 1951 LDS
Chaplains
Rev J N Keeling 13 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr M E Claxton  4 Jan 1954 MEd, BSc, AMIEE
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A R Newman 24 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale   DCM, MM
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O C Barnett   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), CBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer
Gp Capt I B Newbigging  8 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson 25 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr F T Solis  8 Apr 1953  
Sqn Ldr B F Pyne  9 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr G Bates 14 Jun 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr K J F Toop 25 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J C Paterson 18 Feb 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr H M Jackson  3 Dec 1953  

Source - June 1954 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5581)

July 1954

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Edward G Jones 25 Oct 1953 DSO, OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr N W V U Macdonald  1 Dec 1953  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Hill  2 Oct 1953  
Maj C A Den Hoad    
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr R L Collins 13 Nov 1953  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Plans
Gp Capt Christopher J Mount 21 Jan 1954 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr R Simpson 10 Feb 1954  
Sqn Ldr D A Lloyd  1 Apr 1954 DFC, DFM
Lt Col V J Collard    
Lt Col C A A M Van Rest    
Training
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt George F A Skelton  6 Apr 1954 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F R Flynn 22 Mar 1954 AFC
Wg Cdr B Drake 19 Nov 1953 DSO, DFC*
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr L F Kelly 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr D F H Bird  3 Jan 1954 DFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr Donald A Pocock  7 Jan 1954 later AVM
Signals
Gp Capt Melvin K D Porter 14 Jun 1954 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Wg Cdr S V Vaizey  4 Mar 1954  
Sqn Ldr R A Ruane 15 Jun 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Col H L Lewis   CBE
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Wg Cdr L M Moore 23 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr R H Chapman 28 Oct 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E A L Wakely 22 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 18 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker 19 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr A F Betts 22 Mar 1954  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr H E Kelsey  4 Feb 1954  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr J M Ayre 29 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson  3 Jun 1954  
Plans
Wg Cdr G A V Clayton 13 Jan 1954 DFC
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr R R Twysel    
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt

William I G Kerby

  7 May 1954 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM & H
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A J K Gallagher 19 Oct 1953 LRCP & S
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin  3 Feb 1954 LDS
Chaplains
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr M E Claxton  4 Jan 1954 MEd, BSc, AMIEE
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Technical Co-ordination and Policy
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale   DCM, MM
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O C Barnett   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), CBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer

Source - July 1954 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5582)

August 1954

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Edward G Jones 25 Oct 1953 DSO, OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr N W V U Macdonald  1 Dec 1953  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Hill  2 Oct 1953  
Maj C A Den Hoad    
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr R L Collins 13 Nov 1953  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Plans
Gp Capt Christopher J Mount 21 Jan 1954 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr R Simpson 10 Feb 1954  
Sqn Ldr D A Lloyd  1 Apr 1954 DFC, DFM
Lt Col V J Collard    
Lt Col C A A M Van Rest    
Training and Accidents
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt George F A Skelton  6 Apr 1954 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F R Flynn 22 Mar 1954 AFC
Wg Cdr B Drake 19 Nov 1953 DSO, DFC*
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr L F Kelly 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr D F H Bird  3 Jan 1954 DFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr Donald A Pocock  7 Jan 1954 later AVM
Signals
Gp Capt Melvin K D Porter 14 Jun 1954 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Wg Cdr S V Vaizey  4 Mar 1954  
Sqn Ldr R A Ruane 15 Jun 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Col H L Lewis   CBE
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Wg Cdr L M Moore 23 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr R H Chapman 28 Oct 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E A L Wakely 22 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 18 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker 19 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr A F Betts 22 Mar 1954  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr H E Kelsey  4 Feb 1954  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr J M Ayre 29 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson  3 Jun 1954  
Plans
Wg Cdr G A V Clayton 13 Jan 1954 DFC
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr R R Twysel    
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt

William I G Kerby

  7 May 1954 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM & H
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A J K Gallagher 19 Oct 1953 LRCP & S
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin  3 Feb 1954 LDS
Chaplains
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr M E Claxton  4 Jan 1954 MEd, BSc, AMIEE
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Technical Co-ordination and Policy
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr C V Stammers 18 Mar 1954 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 22 Mar 1954  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale   DCM, MM
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O C Barnett   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), CBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer

Source - August 1954 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5582)

September 1954

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson 23 Feb 1953 PSO to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Edward G Jones 25 Oct 1953 DSO, OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr L A Scofield  6 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr N W V U Macdonald  1 Dec 1953  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Hill  2 Oct 1953  
Maj C A Den Hoad    
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr R L Collins 13 Nov 1953  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Plans
Gp Capt Christopher J Mount 21 Jan 1954 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H R P Pertwee 10 Apr 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr R Simpson 10 Feb 1954  
Sqn Ldr D A Lloyd  1 Apr 1954 DFC, DFM
Lt Col V J Collard    
Lt Col C A A M Van Rest    
Training and Accidents
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr J C Forbes 17 Apr 1952 DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt George F A Skelton  6 Apr 1954 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F R Flynn 22 Mar 1954 AFC
Wg Cdr B Drake 19 Nov 1953 DSO, DFC*
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr L F Kelly 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr D F H Bird  3 Jan 1954 DFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr Donald A Pocock  7 Jan 1954 later AVM
Signals
Gp Capt Melvin K D Porter 14 Jun 1954 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Wg Cdr S V Vaizey  4 Mar 1954  
Sqn Ldr R A Ruane 15 Jun 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Col H L Lewis   CBE
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Wg Cdr L M Moore 23 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr N C Tuxworth 20 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E J Clelland  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Brodie 28 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr R H Chapman 28 Oct 1953  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E A L Wakely 22 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 18 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker 19 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr A F Betts 22 Mar 1954  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson  3 Feb 1952  
Wg Cdr H E Kelsey  4 Feb 1954  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr J M Ayre 29 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson  3 Jun 1954  
Plans
Wg Cdr G A V Clayton 13 Jan 1954 DFC
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr R R Twysel    
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr G Billington 13 Jun 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt

William I G Kerby

  7 May 1954 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R Scott 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Campbell 14 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Crossley 19 Aug 1953 DFC
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM & H
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A J K Gallagher 19 Oct 1953 LRCP & S
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin  3 Feb 1954 LDS
Chaplains
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr M E Claxton  4 Jan 1954 MEd, BSc, AMIEE
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr R A Jones  1 Sep 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off E M Pitter 12 Jan 1952 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Technical Co-ordination and Policy
Wg Cdr P W Nunn  8 Apr 1953 AFRAeS
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr H L Cochrane 30 Apr 1952  
Engineer
Gp Capt W S Reed 30 Mar 1952 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr C V Stammers 18 Mar 1954 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 22 Mar 1954  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr T D Spencer 22 Jan 1953 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr R H Whipp 15 Aug 1952  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale   DCM, MM
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O C Barnett   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), CBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer

Source - September 1954 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5582)

October 1954

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr S M McKay 10 Aug 1954 PSO to AOC-in-C, AFC
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Edward G Jones 25 Oct 1953 DSO, OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr J H T Pickering 28 Aug 1954  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr N W V U Macdonald  1 Dec 1953  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Hill  2 Oct 1953  
Maj C A Den Hoad    
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr R L Collins 13 Nov 1953  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Exercise Planning
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D A Lloyd  1 Apr 1954 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr G Wright 10 Oct 1954  
Plans
Gp Capt Christopher J Mount 21 Jan 1954 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R Simpson 10 Feb 1954  
Lt Col V J Collard    
Lt Col C A A M Van Rest    
Training and Accidents
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr G H Melville-Jackson 22 Sep 1954 DFC
Intelligence
Gp Capt George F A Skelton  6 Apr 1954 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F R Flynn 22 Mar 1954 AFC
Wg Cdr B Drake 19 Nov 1953 DSO, DFC*
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr L F Kelly 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr D F H Bird  3 Jan 1954 DFC
Sqn Ldr D G Hall  3 May 1954 DFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr Donald A Pocock  7 Jan 1954 later AVM
Sqn Ldr B A James  68 Jan 1954 MC
Signals
Gp Capt Melvin K D Porter 14 Jun 1954 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Wg Cdr S V Vaizey  4 Mar 1954  
Sqn Ldr R A Ruane 15 Jun 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Col H L Lewis   CBE
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Wg Cdr L M Moore 23 Sep 1953  
Wg Cdr P G Brodie 12 Aug 1954  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr R H Chapman 28 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr H L Legh-Smith  5 Sep 1954  
Sqn Ldr S Halliwell 12 Aug 1954  
Sqn Ldr D F Liddle 26 Aug 1954  
Sqn Ldr J T Hart  7 Sep 1954  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E A L Wakely 22 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 18 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker 19 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr A F Betts 22 Mar 1954  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr T P F trudgian 30 Jun 1954  
Wg Cdr H E Kelsey  4 Feb 1954  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr J M Ayre 29 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson  3 Jun 1954  
Plans
Wg Cdr G A V Clayton 13 Jan 1954 DFC
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr R R Twysel    
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt

William I G Kerby

  7 May 1954 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM & H
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A J K Gallagher 19 Oct 1953 LRCP & S
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin  3 Feb 1954 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G W N Groves 21 Jul 1954 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, OBE, ALCD, QHC
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr M E Claxton  4 Jan 1954 MEd, BSc, AMIEE
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr R E Beesley  1 Sep 1954  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off L H Turner 12 Sep 1954 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Technical Co-ordination and Policy
Wg Cdr K G Major 21 Sep 1954 OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr A A Pedder 13 Sep 1954  
Engineer
Gp Capt Norman A Tait 25 Jul 1954 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, AFRAeS; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr C V Stammers 18 Mar 1954 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 22 Mar 1954  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr G V Hanna 30 Jul 1954  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr E Leedale 12 Jul 1954  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale   DCM, MM
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O C Barnett   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), CBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer

Source - October 1954 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5582)

November 1954

Location Controlled
c/o British Army of the Rhine See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr S M McKay 10 Aug 1954 PSO to AOC-in-C, AFC
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Edward G Jones 25 Oct 1953 DSO, OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr J H T Pickering 28 Aug 1954  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr N W V U Macdonald  1 Dec 1953  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Hill  2 Oct 1953  
Maj C A Den Hoad    
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr R L Collins 13 Nov 1953  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Exercise Planning
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D A Lloyd  1 Apr 1954 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr G Wright 10 Oct 1954  
Plans
Gp Capt Christopher J Mount 21 Jan 1954 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R Simpson 10 Feb 1954  
Lt Col V J Collard    
Lt Col C A A M Van Rest    
Training and Accidents
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr G H Melville-Jackson 22 Sep 1954 DFC
Intelligence
Gp Capt George F A Skelton  6 Apr 1954 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F R Flynn 22 Mar 1954 AFC
Wg Cdr B Drake 19 Nov 1953 DSO, DFC*
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr L F Kelly 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr D F H Bird  3 Jan 1954 DFC
Sqn Ldr D G Hall  3 May 1954 DFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr Donald A Pocock  7 Jan 1954 later AVM
Sqn Ldr B A James  68 Jan 1954 MC
Signals
Gp Capt Melvin K D Porter 14 Jun 1954 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Wg Cdr S V Vaizey  4 Mar 1954  
Sqn Ldr R A Ruane 15 Jun 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Col H L Lewis   CBE
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Wg Cdr L M Moore 23 Sep 1953  
Wg Cdr P G Brodie 12 Aug 1954  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr R H Chapman 28 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr H L Legh-Smith  5 Sep 1954  
Sqn Ldr S Halliwell 12 Aug 1954 DFC*
Sqn Ldr D F Liddle 26 Aug 1954  
Sqn Ldr J T Hart  7 Sep 1954  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E A L Wakely 22 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 18 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker 19 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr A F Betts 22 Mar 1954  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr T P F trudgian 30 Jun 1954  
Wg Cdr H E Kelsey  4 Feb 1954  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr J M Ayre 29 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson  3 Jun 1954  
Plans
Wg Cdr G A V Clayton 13 Jan 1954 DFC
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr R R Twysel    
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt

William I G Kerby

  7 May 1954 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM & H
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A J K Gallagher 19 Oct 1953 LRCP & S
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin  3 Feb 1954 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G W N Groves 21 Jul 1954 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, OBE, ALCD, QHC
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr M E Claxton  4 Jan 1954 MEd, BSc, AMIEE
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr R E Beesley  1 Sep 1954  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off L H Turner 12 Sep 1954 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Technical Co-ordination and Policy
Wg Cdr K G Major 21 Sep 1954 OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr A A Pedder 13 Sep 1954  
Engineer
Gp Capt Norman A Tait 25 Jul 1954 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, AFRAeS; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr C V Stammers 18 Mar 1954 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 22 Mar 1954  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr G V Hanna 30 Jul 1954  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr E Leedale 12 Jul 1954  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale   DCM, MM
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O C Barnett   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), CBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer

Source - November 1954 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5582)

It moved to Rheindahlen on 22 November 1954.

December 1954

Location Controlled
Rheindahlen, Germany See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr S M McKay 10 Aug 1954 PSO to AOC-in-C, AFC
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 ADC to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John H Edwardes Jones  1 Mar 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Edward G Jones 25 Oct 1953 DSO, OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P G Ottewill  5 Aug 1953 GM, AFC
Wg Cdr J H T Pickering 28 Aug 1954  
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen 12 Jun 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr N W V U Macdonald  1 Dec 1953  
Sqn Ldr G T Thomas 15 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr P G Hill  2 Oct 1953  
Maj C A Den Hoad    
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J Blackburn  4 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr R L Collins 13 Nov 1953  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Feb 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953  
Exercise Planning
Wg Cdr F M Osborn  8 Apr 1953 OBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D A Lloyd  1 Apr 1954 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr G Wright 10 Oct 1954  
Plans
Gp Capt Christopher J Mount 21 Jan 1954 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R Le Cudenec 20 Jul 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R Simpson 10 Feb 1954  
Lt Col V J Collard    
Lt Col C A A M Van Rest    
Training and Accidents
Wg Cdr R R Mitchell 21 Feb 1953 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr G H Melville-Jackson 22 Sep 1954 DFC
Intelligence
Gp Capt George F A Skelton  6 Apr 1954 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F R Flynn 22 Mar 1954 AFC
Wg Cdr B Drake 19 Nov 1953 DSO, DFC*
Sqn Ldr D B Clifford 12 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr R D Roberts 11 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr L F Kelly 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr D F H Bird  3 Jan 1954 DFC
Sqn Ldr D G Hall  3 May 1954 DFC
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr Donald A Pocock  7 Jan 1954 later AVM
Sqn Ldr B A James  68 Jan 1954 MC
Signals
Gp Capt Melvin K D Porter 14 Jun 1954 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Wg Cdr S V Vaizey  4 Mar 1954  
Sqn Ldr R A Ruane 15 Jun 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr A F Plant 10 Jun 1953 DFM
Col H L Lewis   CBE
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952  
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 10 Sep 1952 DFC
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr W S Brundish 16 Jul 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J V Marshall 22 Sep 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr H Knowles 13 Apr 1953  
Wg Cdr L M Moore 23 Sep 1953  
Wg Cdr P G Brodie 12 Aug 1954  
Sqn Ldr T Gray  3 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr J N Bamborough 12 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr G E Jones  6 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Robinson 26 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr R H Chapman 28 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr H L Legh-Smith  5 Sep 1954  
Sqn Ldr S Halliwell 12 Aug 1954 DFC*
Sqn Ldr D F Liddle 26 Aug 1954  
Sqn Ldr J T Hart  7 Sep 1954  
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Wg Cdr H E Angell  3 Aug 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr M P Thompson 31 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E F Nind 15 Sep 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr G F R Alford 15 Apr 1953 AFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr E F Wisdom 31 Oct 1952  
Wg Cdr W J Nightingale 21 Aug 1953  
Wg Cdr E A L Wakely 22 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Jones 18 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr S McN Greig 31 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr S Lang 10 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 18 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker 19 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr A F Betts 22 Mar 1954  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr T P F trudgian 30 Jun 1954  
Wg Cdr H E Kelsey  4 Feb 1954  
Sqn Ldr G F Caines 21 Mar 1953  
Sqn Ldr A M Campbell 29 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr J M Ayre 29 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson  3 Jun 1954  
Plans
Wg Cdr G A V Clayton 13 Jan 1954 DFC
Sqn Ldr T W James 31 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr R R Twysel    
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr A C Moreland 12 Nov 1952  
Provost
Gp Capt

William I G Kerby

  7 May 1954 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Medical
Gp Capt H Penman 22 Aug 1951 MB, ChB, DOMS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM & H
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins 23 Jun 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr T G Dobie  2 Apr 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A J K Gallagher 19 Oct 1953 LRCP & S
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin  3 Feb 1954 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G W N Groves 21 Jul 1954 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, OBE, ALCD, QHC
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, BD, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 BEng, AMIMechE
Wg Cdr D M B Pitt 23 May 1953 MBE, MSc
Sqn Ldr M E Claxton  4 Jan 1954 MEd, BSc, AMIEE
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Sqn Ldr R E Beesley  1 Sep 1954  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr G H Lambert  2 Oct 1951 MBE
Sqn Ldr H L Pugh 27 Sep 1951  
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE

WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off L H Turner 12 Sep 1954 OBE
Sqn Off M D Smith  1 Feb 1953
Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA
Technical Co-ordination and Policy
Wg Cdr K G Major 21 Sep 1954 OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr A A Pedder 13 Sep 1954  
Engineer
Gp Capt Norman A Tait 25 Jul 1954 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, AFRAeS; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M L Formby 16 Apr 1952 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr S A Fentum  5 Jan 1953  
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr C V Stammers 18 Mar 1954 OBE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 22 Mar 1954  
Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr W H Cauley 30 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr G V Hanna 30 Jul 1954  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr E Leedale 12 Jul 1954  
Trade Test Standard
Mr L R DeThier 23 Apr 1953  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale   DCM, MM
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O C Barnett   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), CBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr A P Mathew   Statistics Officer

Source - December 1954 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5582)

1955

Location Controlled
Rheindahlen, Germany

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Harry Broadhurst  3 Dec 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO*, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr S M McKay 10 Aug 1954 PSO to the AOC-in-C, DFC
Fg Off P E A Berry  5 Nov 1953 PA to the AOC-in-C, WRAF

Air Staff
AVM Douglas G Morris 24 Jan 1955 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSO, DFC; later AM
Plans
Gp Capt Christopher J Mount 21 Jan 1954 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Navigation
Wg Cdr V E Marshall 28 Feb 1953
Intelligence
Gp Capt George F A Skelton  6 Apr 1954 OBE; later A/Cdre
Signals
Gp Capt Melvin K D Porter 14 Jun 1954 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Weapons
Wg Cdr A B Goldie 28 Mar 1952
Photography
Sqn Ldr F H P Lewer 28 Aug 1952
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr H L Plimmer 11 Sep 1952
Ground Defence
A/Cdre John G Flewett 28 Jul 1952 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO*
Meteorological
Mr R H Clements   MA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter G Cheshire 23 Apr 1953 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE, BA; later ACM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Personnel
Gp Capt F W Wiseman-Clarke 11 Apr 1953 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Accountant
Gp Capt D Lumgair 19 Aug 1952 Command Accountant
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt

William I G Kerby

  7 May 1954 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Medical
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM&H
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin  3 Feb 1954 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G W N Groves 21 Jul 1954 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, OBE, ALCD, QHC
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain - RC,
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain - PMUB, BA, BD
Educational
Gp Capt A Gillespie 25 Aug 1952 Command Education Officer, BEng, AMIME
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr C V Stammers 18 Mar 1954 OBE
Works
A/Cdre A J Dow  1 Oct 1952 OBE, MICE
WRAF Staff Officer
Gp Off L H Turner 12 Sep 1954 OBE, WRAF

Technical Staff
A/Cdre George B M Rhind 13 Oct 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, BA

Armament
Wg Cdr W D G Watkins 10 Oct 1952 Command Armament Officer, DSO, DFM

Engineer
Gp Capt Norman A Tait 25 Jul 1954 OBE, AFRAeS; later A/Cdre

Radio
Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey 12 Aug 1953  

Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr E Leedale 12 Jul 1954  

Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale   Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to AOC-in-C, OBE, DCM, MM

Judge Advocate General's Office (Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous
Statistics
Mr A P Mathew    

Source - 1955 Air Force List

1956

Location Controlled
Rheindahlen, Germany

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM The Earl of Bandon 22 Jan 1956 Commander-in-Chief, CB, CVO, DSO; later ACM
Sqn Ldr S M McKay 10 Aug 1954 PSO to the AOC-in-C, DFC
Fg Off D T Adamson  3 Apr 1955 ADC to the AOC-in-C, WRAF

Air Staff
AVM Douglas G Morris 24 Jan 1955 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSO, DFC; later AM
Operations
Gp Capt Christopher J Mount 15 Nov 1955 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Plans
Gp Capt G A V Clayton DFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr T P Gibson 18 Aug 1955 DFC
Intelligence
Gp Capt George F A Skelton  6 Apr 1954 OBE; later A/Cdre
Signals
Gp Capt

Anthony G P Brightmore

  7 Jan 1956 Command Signals Officer; later A/Cdre
Weapons
Wg Cdr D F Dennis 15 Apr 1955 DSO, DFC*
Photography
Sqn Ldr S R Walton  4 Jan 1955 MBE
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Francis J A Tanner  7 Jan 1956 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, ADC
Meteorological
Mr S E Virgo   MSc
Research
Mr G R Nicolson   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter P G Pretty  9 May 1955 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt D D Christie 12 Nov 1953 OBE, AFC
Personnel
Gp Capt P R Walker 10 Oct 1955 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DSO, DFC
Equipment
Gp Capt J W Hunt 19 Aug 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Accountant
Gp Capt W J R Cann  5 Dec 1954 Command Accountant, FACCA
Catering
Wg Cdr J A Cope 28 Aug 1952 MBE
Movements
Wg Cdr H R E Rumsey 17 Aug 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt

William I G Kerby

  7 May 1954 Command Provost Marshal, OBE; later A/Cdre
Medical
A/Cdre L M Corbet 19 Nov 1954 Principal Medical Officer, CBE, MB, BS
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM&H
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin  3 Feb 1954 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G W N Groves 21 Jul 1954 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, OBE, ALCD, QHC
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain - RC,
Rev C A Fisk 17 Jan 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain - PMUB, BA, BD
Educational
Gp Capt T G Whitlock 11 Jun 1955 Command Education Officer, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1953 OBE
Works
A/Cdre E H Thomson 11 Oct 1955 BSc (Eng), AMICE
WRAF Staff Officer
Gp Off L H Turner 12 Sep 1954 OBE, WRAF

Technical Staff
A/Cdre Vernon D Morshead  1 Jun 1955 Senior Technical Staff Officer,

Armament
Wg Cdr K J Powell 18 Jan 1955 Command Armament Officer, BSc, AFRAeS

Engineer
Gp Capt Norman A Tait 25 Jul 1954 OBE, AFRAeS; later A/Cdre
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr C V Stammers 18 Mar 1954 OBE

Radio
Wg Cdr S V Vaisey  1 Feb 1955  

Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr E Leedale 12 Jul 1954  

Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale   Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to AOC-in-C, OBE, DCM, MM

Judge Advocate General's Office (Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous
Statistics
Mr A P Mathew    

Source - January 1956 Air Force List

1957

Location Controlled
Rheindahlen, Germany

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Humphrey Edwardes Jones  1 Jun 1957 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Mitchell 22 Jan 1956 PSO to the AOC-in-C
Flt Lt R C Rice 22 Jan 1956 ADC to the AOC-in-C, DFC

Air Staff
AVM Douglas G Morris 24 Jan 1955 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSO, DFC; later AM
Operations
A/Cdre Patrick G Jameson 10 Dec 1956 Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, DFC*
Cdre A L Cox Royal Netherlands Air Force
Wg Cdr S C Ladyman 11 Jul 1955
Wg Cdr J H T Pickering 28 Aug 1954
Wg Cdr K P Smales 28 Mar 1956 DSO, DFC,
Wg Cdr A G Wilson 11 Oct 1956 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr A A B Cleaver 14 Apr 1956 DFC
Sqn Ldr D Gallanders  4 May 1956 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr F W Lister 25 Jun 1956 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

G A Mason

 6 Feb 1956 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J S Meiklejohn 16 Jan 1956
Sqn Ldr A J Morgan 26 May 1955 AFC, AFM
Sqn Ldr T D Sanderson 20 Dec 1955 AFC
Maj S K Aerston Royal Netherlands Air Force
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr T P Gibson 18 Aug 1955 DFC
Sqn Ldr N S Dower  9 Jul 1956
Higher Training
Gp Capt

Ian J Spencer

 3 Oct 1956 DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr D W Groocock  1 Jun 1956 AFC
Sqn Ldr K A Hutchings  9 Jan 1956
Sqn Ldr B S Jones 23 May 1956 DSO, DFC
Plans
Gp Capt G A V Clayton 15 Nov 1955 DFC
Sqn Ldr R L Easterbrook  3 Jun 1956
Sqn Ldr J Singleton 11 Oct 1954 DSO, DFC, AFC
Lt Col W F Boot Royal Netherlands Air Force
Lt Col V J Collard  5 Aug 1956
Flight Safety
Wg Cdr G J Gray 15 Oct 1956 DFC
Sqn Ldr S Kirtley 15 Jul 1956
Sqn Ldr T J McElhaw  3 Mar 1956
Sqn Ldr A R Mitchell 13 Jun 1956
Intelligence
Gp Capt S P Hagger 28 Apr 1956 CBE
Wg Cdr R D Baughan  2 Jul 1956 OBE
Sqn Ldr J R Goodman  1 Jul 1956 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr F W Brown 20 Jun 1956 DFC
Sqn Ldr K H Perry 12 Jul 1955 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Ramsden  3 Mar 1955 AFC
Sqn Ldr J Satchell 15 Mar 1956
Sqn Ldr D J Vanstone 13 Feb 1955
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Francis J A Tanner  7 Jan 1956 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, ADC
Wg Cdr V E G Alton 23 Nov 1956
Sqn Ldr D L Smith 14 Sep 1955
Signals
Gp Capt

Anthony G P Brightmore

  7 Jan 1956 Command Signals Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R J Bedells 30 Dec 1954
Sqn Ldr S J Stephens 12 Jun 1955
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith 13 Aug 1957
Col H L Lewis Chief Air Formation Signal Officer, MBE
Maj H F O Hagen 13 Feb 1952
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr S R Walton  4 Jan 1955 MBE
Sqn Ldr J F Hall 15 Oct 1956
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr N J Brown 11 Sep 1952
Meteorological
Mr S E Virgo 27 Aug 1955 MSc
Research
Mr A D Cunningham   BA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter P G Pretty  9 May 1955 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt W G Oldbury 23 Sep 1956 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr Marcus M Gardham  3 Feb 1955 later AVM
Wg Cdr N C Harding 10 Sep 1956 Work Study, DFC
Wg Cdr H V Hoskins 15 Jun 1956
Wg Cdr D I McMonies  7 Sep 1955
Sqn Ldr C W Cornish 23 Jun 1955
Sqn Ldr H L Legh-Smith  5 Sep 1954
Sqn Ldr D F Liddle 26 Aug 1954
Sqn Ldr R L J Ovenden 24 Nov 1955 AFC
Sqn Ldr W A Rix 17 Oct 1955
Sqn Ldr R G Smith 15 Aug 1955
Sqn Ldr

Arthur P Vicary

  4 Apr 1956 later A/Cdre
Personnel
Gp Capt P R Walker 10 Oct 1955 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr F R Flynn 22 Mar 1954 AFC
Wg Cdr W G K Gorrie 22 Mar 1954 DFC
Wg Cdr J W Taylor 11 Sep 1955 OBE
Sqn Ldr H G Baker 28 Feb 1953 Base Personnel Officer
Sqn Ldr F H A Campbell 16 Sep 1955 MBE
Sqn Ldr P J R Lee  5 Sep 1956 Manning
Sqn Ldr A W Scott  8 Jul 1955 Manning
Equipment
Gp Capt A B Holloway 12 Feb 1956 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr F P Dawson 20 Apr 1955
Wg Cdr J V Hadland 20 Sep 1956 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould  7 Jul 1955 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J B Quarrington 15 Aug 1956
Sqn Ldr G E de la Haye 24 Jul 1956 Inspectorate
Sqn Ldr G A Foss 15 Mar 1956
Sqn Ldr J Griffiths 15 Nov 1955
Sqn Ldr J M Horner 12 May 1956
Sqn Ldr J T Prentice 16 Aug 1956
Sqn Off J E Matlock 17 May 1956 WRAF
Accountant
Gp Capt W J R Cann  5 Dec 1954 Command Accountant, FACCA
Wg Cdr V E M Harding 26 Jul 1956
Wg Cdr A J Sansom 25 Oct 1956
Sqn Ldr H Allen  1 Feb 1956
Sqn Ldr J Howell  2 May 1956
Sqn Ldr R A J Talbot 17 Nov 1955
Sqn Ldr E J Watson  3 Jun 1954
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Plans
Wg Cdr R E R Adams  1 Nov 1956  
Sqn Ldr H J Ovens 12 Feb 1956
Maj R R Twysel
Catering
Wg Cdr G Goodsell  4 Feb 1956  
Sqn Ldr A A Lamprell 15 Aug 1956  
Movements
Wg Cdr E W Poppy  7 Feb 1956  
Sqn Ldr T C Gould 13 Nov 1955
Sqn Ldr G Waite 23 Aug 1955
Provost
Gp Capt C S Harley  7 Aug 1956 Command Provost Marshal,
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Feb 1955 Deputy Command Provost Marshal,
Medical
A/Cdre G A M Knight 24 Sep 1956 Principal Medical Officer, CBE, MB, BS, DLO
Wg Cdr E B Bright  5 Dec 1953 AFC, MB, ChB, DTM&H
Dental
Gp Capt J J Lawson 12 Jul 1956 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G Hyslop  8 Mar 1957 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, CBE, MA
Rev J M Milne 28 Feb 1956 Assistant Principal Chaplain - PMUB, MA, BD
Rev J J Roche 25 Oct 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain - RC
Educational
Gp Capt T G Whitlock 11 Jul 1955 Command Education Officer, BA
Wg Cdr J W Sim  1 Sep 1955 GM, MA
Sqn Ldr D J Daybell 28 Dec 1956 MA
Sqn Ldr J A Hope 17 Dec 1956 DFC, BSc
Sqn Ldr D R Morgan  1 Jun 1956 BA
Legal
Gp Capt J E Allen-Jones 30 Jan 1957 OBE
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot 15 Oct 1955 OBE
Sqn Ldr R E Beesley  1 Sep 1954
Works
A/Cdre E H Thomson 11 Oct 1955 BSc (Eng), AMICE
Gp Capt E Earnshaw 13 Dec 1954 AMIME
Wg Cdr C B Ford  3 Mar 1956 ARICS, MRSanI
Wg Cdr C F Hoare 13 Sep 1954 BSc, AMICE, ACGI
Wg Cdr J Mitchell  5 Mar 1956 AMIStrutE, AMICE
Sqn Ldr R G Nelson 29 Oct 1954 BSc, AMICE, AIAS
Sqn Ldr A Pickford  5 Nov 1954 ARIBA
Sqn Ldr R Pixley  9 May 1954
Sqn Ldr W N Wilkins 16 Sep 1954 Works and Costs Accounts
Statistics
Mr J G McGlennon   Statistics Officer
WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off A Stephens  5 Mar 1957 MBE, WRAF
Sqn Off D M Male  9 Feb 1956 WRAF

Technical Staff
A/Cdre Vernon D Morshead  1 Jun 1955 Senior Technical Staff Officer,

Technical Co-ordination and Policy
Wg Cdr T G Young 14 Mar 1957 OBE, BEng

Armament
Wg Cdr R D Hill 20 Nov 1956 Command Armament Officer,
Sqn Ldr A A Pedder 13 Sep 1954

Engineer
Gp Capt D W Williams   OBE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr E A Cox 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D W Chadd
Sqn Ldr P M Dunstan  1 Nov 1955
Sqn Ldr E G King 19 Jun 1956
Sqn Ldr B O Ratcliffe 14 May 1956
Sqn Ldr J Syme 13 Jun 1956
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr A Ovenden  7 Mar 1957 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H Butcher 20 Aug 1956

Radio
Wg Cdr R W Wiliams 27 Aug 1956  
Sqn Ldr R H Johnson  5 Jul 1955
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)

Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr L S Martin 15 Mar 1957  

Trade Test Standard
Sqn Ldr

Colin S Thomas

   MBE; later A/Cdre

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale    OBE, DCM, MM

Judge Advocate General's Office (Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Statistics
Mr J G McGlennon   Statistics Officer
Joint Services Liaison
Gp Capt D I P McNair  7 Oct 1956 CBE
Joint Signals Board
Sqn Ldr E A N Webb 16 Aug 1956  
Western European Establishments Committee (Under Director of Organisation (Establishments), Air Ministry
Gp Capt G R Montgomery 19 May 1955

CBE
Wg Cdr G W Price 12 Mar 1956 OBE
Sqn Ldr P J Ash 18 Mar 1955 OBE

Source - July 1957 Air Force List

1958

Location Controlled
Rheindahlen, Germany

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Humphrey Edwardes Jones  1 Jun 1957 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Mitchell 22 Jan 1956 PSO to the AOC-in-C
Flt Lt D A W Todman  8 May 1957 ADC to the AOC-in-C

Air Staff
AVM Herbert J Kirkpatrick 15 Aug 1957 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DFC
Operations
A/Cdre Patrick G Jameson 10 Dec 1956 Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, DFC*
Gp Capt John H Lapsley 12 Dec 1956 OBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr S C Ladyman 11 Jul 1955
Wg Cdr A J Morgan 26 May 1955 AFC, AFM
Wg Cdr J H T Pickering 28 Aug 1954
Wg Cdr A G Wilson 11 Oct 1956 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr L D Wilson  2 Jul 1957 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W T E Bowden  2 Oct 1957
Sqn Ldr A A B Cleaver 14 Apr 1956 DFC
Sqn Ldr F W Lister 25 Jun 1956 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

G A Mason

 6 Feb 1956 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J S Meiklejohn 16 Jan 1956
Sqn Ldr E M Sparrow  6 May 1957 DFC
Lt Col W de Wolff Royal Netherlands Air Force
Maj S K Aerston Royal Netherlands Air Force
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr T P Gibson 18 Aug 1955 DFC
Sqn Ldr N S Dower  9 Jul 1956
Higher Training
Gp Capt

Ian J Spencer

 3 Oct 1956 DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr D Gallanders  4 May 1956 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr K A Hutchings  9 Jan 1956
Sqn Ldr B S Jones 23 May 1956 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 25 May 1957 DFC
Maj G G Hamilton USAF
Plans
Gp Capt G A V Clayton 15 Nov 1955 DFC
Sqn Ldr Norman E Hoad  1 Apr 1957 AFC*, later AVM
Flight Safety
Wg Cdr G J Gray 15 Oct 1956 DFC
Sqn Ldr S Kirtley 15 Jul 1956
Sqn Ldr A R Mitchell 13 Jun 1956
Sqn Ldr R H Morley 12 Aug 1957
Intelligence
Gp Capt S P Hagger 28 Apr 1956 CBE
Wg Cdr R D Baughan  2 Jul 1956 OBE
Sqn Ldr F W Brown 20 Jun 1956 DFC
Sqn Ldr G E R Parr  1 Aug 1957
Sqn Ldr J Satchell 15 Mar 1956
Sqn Ldr R E Tickner  1 Jun 1957
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Francis J A Tanner  7 Jan 1956 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, ADC
Wg Cdr V E G Alton 23 Nov 1956
Sqn Ldr P Lithgow  1 Feb 1957
Sqn Ldr D L Smith 14 Sep 1955
Signals
Gp Capt

Anthony G P Brightmore

  7 Jan 1956 Command Signals Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C S Hawley 16 Jun 1957 MBE
Sqn Ldr R L Easterbrook  3 Jun 1956
Sqn Ldr A St J F Smith 13 Aug 1957
Col H L Lewis Chief Air Formation Signal Officer, MBE
Col R T Johnson 27 Aug 1957
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Wg Cdr S R Walton  4 Jan 1955 MBE
Sqn Ldr J F Hall 15 Oct 1956
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr A Tunnicliffe  3 Oct 1957 BW, DPhysEd
Meteorological
Mr S E Virgo 27 Aug 1955 MSc
Research
Mr A D Cunningham   BA
Administrative Staff
AVM Walter P G Pretty  9 May 1955 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AM
Organisation
Gp Capt W G Oldbury 23 Sep 1956 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr R A R Coote-Robinson  2 May 1957 OBE
Wg Cdr N C Harding 10 Sep 1956 Work Study, DFC
Wg Cdr D I McMonies  7 Sep 1955
Wg Cdr W A Rix 17 Oct 1956
Sqn Ldr C W Cornish 23 Jun 1955
Sqn Ldr G E Cruwys 26 Apr 1957
Sqn Ldr D Giles 21 Jan 1957 DFC
Sqn Ldr R L J Ovenden 24 Nov 1955 AFC
Sqn Ldr R G Smith 15 Aug 1955
Sqn Ldr S P Titcombe 28 Mar 1957 OBE
Personnel
Gp Capt J H Hill 12 Aug 1957 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 15 Mar 1957
Wg Cdr F R Flynn 22 Mar 1954 AFC
Sqn Ldr F H A Campbell 16 Sep 1955 MBE
Sqn Ldr C V Haines 28 May 1956 AFC*
Sqn Ldr P J R Lee  5 Sep 1956 Manning
Sqn Ldr A W Scott  8 Jul 1955 Manning
Equipment
Gp Capt A B Holloway 12 Feb 1956 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr J V Hadland 20 Sep 1956 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould  7 Jul 1955 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J B Quarrington 15 Aug 1956 Inspectorate
Wg Cdr B R Siminson  2 Sep 1957 MBE
Sqn Ldr G E de la Haye 24 Jul 1956
Sqn Ldr G A Foss 15 Mar 1956
Sqn Ldr J Griffiths 15 Nov 1955
Sqn Ldr J M Horner 12 May 1956
Sqn Ldr H R G Lidstone 15 Feb 1957
Sqn Ldr J T Prentice 16 Aug 1956
Sqn Off J E Matlock 17 May 1956 WRAF
Accountant
Gp Capt W J R Cann  5 Dec 1954 Command Accountant, FACCA
Wg Cdr V E M Harding 26 Jul 1956
Wg Cdr A J Sansom 25 Oct 1956
Sqn Ldr H Allen  1 Feb 1956
Sqn Ldr A Cockman  1 Dec 1956 ASAA
Sqn Ldr J Howell  2 May 1956
Sqn Ldr R A J Talbot 17 Nov 1955
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Plans
Wg Cdr R E R Adams  1 Nov 1956  
Sqn Ldr H J Ovens 12 Feb 1956
Maj R R Twysel
Catering
Wg Cdr G Goodsell  4 Feb 1956  
Movements
Wg Cdr R A S Ritchie  8 Aug 1957  
Sqn Ldr T C Gould 13 Nov 1955
Sqn Ldr G Waite 23 Aug 1955
Provost
Gp Capt C S Harley  7 Aug 1956 Command Provost Marshal,
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Feb 1955 Deputy Command Provost Marshal,
Sqn Ldr B D Godsell  1 Apr 1957
Sqn Ldr D S Hodge  1 Aug 1947
Sqn Ldr H Taswell 14 May 1956
Medical
A/Cdre G A M Knight 24 Sep 1956 Principal Medical Officer, CBE, MB, BS, DLO
Wg Cdr J D Tonkinson 31 Aug 1956 MA, MRCS, LRCP, DPH
Wg Cdr L H Mercer  3 Sep 1956 LMSSA
Dental
Gp Capt J J Lawson 12 Jul 1956 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G Hyslop  8 Mar 1957 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, CBE, MA
Rev J M Milne 28 Feb 1956 Assistant Principal Chaplain - PMUB, MA, BD
Rev W E Mantle  6 Feb 1956 PMUB
Rev T R Parsons 29 Oct 1956 C of E, MBE
Rev W E C Payton  8 Feb 1956 C of E
Educational
Gp Capt T G Whitlock 11 Jul 1955 Command Education Officer, BA
Wg Cdr J W Sim  1 Sep 1955 GM, MA
Sqn Ldr D J Daybell 28 Dec 1956 MA
Sqn Ldr J A Hope 17 Dec 1956 DFC, BSc
Sqn Ldr D R Morgan  1 Jun 1956 BA
Legal
Gp Capt J E Allen-Jones 30 Jan 1957 OBE
Wg Cdr E E W Lloyd-Jones 16 Apr 1957  
Sqn Ldr R E Beesley  1 Sep 1954
Works
A/Cdre E H Thomson 11 Oct 1955 BSc (Eng), AMICE
Wg Cdr C B Ford  3 Mar 1956 ARICS, MRSanI
Sqn Ldr J J K Bratton 18 Feb 1957 BSc, AMICE
Sqn Ldr D G Nimmy  1 Mar 1957 BSc (Eng), AMICE
Statistics
Mr J G McGlennon   Statistics Officer
WRAF Administrative Officers
Gp Off A Stephens  5 Mar 1957 MBE, WRAF
Sqn Off D M Male  9 Feb 1956 WRAF

Technical Staff
A/Cdre Vernon D Morshead  1 Jun 1955 Senior Technical Staff Officer,

Technical Co-ordination and Policy
Wg Cdr T G Young 14 Mar 1957 OBE, BEng

Armament
Wg Cdr R D Hill 20 Nov 1956 Command Armament Officer,
Sqn Ldr J Jordan  1 Oct 1957

Engineer
Gp Capt D W Williams   OBE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr E A Cox 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr T H Charlton-Brown  2 Sep 1957
Sqn Ldr P M Dunstan  1 Nov 1955
Sqn Ldr E G King 19 Jun 1956
Sqn Ldr T L Nowell 18 Nov 1957
Sqn Ldr B O Ratcliffe 14 May 1956
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr A Ovenden  7 Mar 1957 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H Butcher 20 Aug 1956

Radio
Wg Cdr R W Wiliams 27 Aug 1956  
Sqn Ldr R H Johnson  5 Jul 1955
Sqn Ldr C Jordan 15 Jan 1957

Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr L S Martin 15 Mar 1957  

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr W C Gale    OBE, DCM, MM

Judge Advocate General's Office (Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Joint Services Liaison
Gp Capt C F C Wright  4 Jul 1957 DSO, DFC
Joint Signals Board
Sqn Ldr E A N Webb 16 Aug 1956  
Western European Establishments Committee (Under Director of Organisation (Establishments), Air Ministry
Gp Capt G R Montgomery 19 May 1955

CBE
Wg Cdr G W Price 12 Mar 1956 OBE
Sqn Ldr B H A V Stiles  2 Oct 1957

Source - January 1958 Air Force List

It was redesignated RAF Germany (2nd Tactical Air Force) on 1 January 1959.

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