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HQ Bomber Command Personnel, locations and units 1940 - 1945

[Sep 1940 | Jun 1941 | Jul 1942 | Dec 1943 | Jun 1944 | Jun 1945 | Jul 1945 | Aug 1945 | Sep 1945]

[1937 - 1939 | 1946 +]

This  HQ moved to 'Southdown', Walter's Ash. High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire on 13 March 1940

September 1940

Address Controlled
'Southdown', Walter's Ash. High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Groups: -

Stations: -

  • Abingdon

  • Bassingbourn

  • Benson

  • Bicester

  • Binbrook

  • Bramcote

  • Cottesmore

  • Dishforth

  • Doncaster

  • Driffield

  • Feltwell

  • Finningley

  • Harwell

  • Hemswell

  • Honington

  • Horsham St Faith

  • Hucknall

  • Huntingdon

  • Kinloss

  • Leeming

  • Linton-on-Ouse

  • Lindholme

  • Lossiemouth

  • Marham

  • Mildenhall

  • Newton

  • Oakington

  • Scampton

  • Stradishall

  • Swinderby

  • Topcliffe

  • Upper Heyford

  • Upwood

  • Waddington

  • Wattisham

  • Watton

  • West Raynham

  • Wyton

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Charles F A Portal  2 Apr 1940 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, DSO, MC; later MRAF
Act AVM Francis J Linnell 25 Aug 1939 Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE; later AM
Personal Appointment
Flt Lt D G Simmons  4 Jan 1939 Personal Assistant to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
Act AVM

Norman H Bottomley

21 Feb 1938 Senior Air Staff Officer, CIE, DSO, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Alan Lees 30 Sep 1939 DSO, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr

Victor E Groom

14 Jul 1936 OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr J L Airey 12 Dec 1938
Wg Cdr Thomas C Traill 14 May 1940 OBE, DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr Walter G Cheshire 31 Dec 1938 later ACM
Wg Cdr Dermot A Boyle 28 Jun 1940 AFC; later MRAF
Wg Cdr Louis W Dickens 17 Jul 1940 DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr John N Boothman 24 Jul 1940 AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr J N Jacques 11 Apr 1939
Sqn Ldr F H A Harrison 29 Oct 1939 OBE
Sqn Ldr E Rhodes 27 May 1940
Sqn Ldr Edward J Corbally  2 Sep 1940 later AVM
Maj J E F Meadmore 21 Jan 1939 Royal Artillery
Flt Lt R Halliwell 23 Sep 1939
Fg Off G M Emerson  5 Jan 1940
Fg Off R S V Morris 13 Nov 1939
Fg Off S G Kingsley 11 Mar 1940 MC
Fg Off D R P Mills 14 May1940
Plt Off H G E Durnford  3 Sep 1939 MC
Plt Off C W Langlands  3 Sep 1939
Plt Off A P Thompson  3 Sep 1939 OBE
Plt Off V C Varcoe  3 Sep 1939
Plt Off F O Lugard 21 Sep 1939
Plt Off L H Wilkins DSC
Plt Off F A Cockburn  4 Oct1939
Plt Off E L Fuller  4 Oct 1939
Plt Off R H Windsor 16 Oct 1939
Plt Off A F P Fane 26 Oct1939
Plt Off E R Playford 26 Oct1939
Plt Off S P Williams 27 Mar 1940
Plt Off T M Warden 25 Jan 1940
Plt Off J E Clayton  4 May 1940
Plt Off S Salaman 13 Jun 1940
Plt Off C R Millbourne  3 Sep 1939
Plt Off E A Latter 16 May1940
Mr G Wild Chief Clerk
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt G S N Johnston 14 Oct 1939 OBE
Wg Cdr Henry F V Battle 24 Oct 1938 OBE, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H Dawes 10 Jan 1940 MBE
Sqn Ldr A R C Cooper 26 Oct 1939
Sqn Ldr R W Tobin 10 Nov 1939 RAFO
Sqn Ldr W L Stedman 11 Mar1940
Flt Lt N H Dimmock 26 Jun 1939 AFC
Flt Lt R H E Bennett 22 Apr 1940 MC
Fg Off E W Mason 18 Mar 1940
Fg Off G P Atkins  8 Jun 1940
Plt Off W D F Liston 10 Jan 1940
Plt Off C R Whately 22 May 1940
Staffs of the Services
Navigation
Wg Cdr

Robert L Ragg

26 Jan 1939 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K W Niblett  6 Jan 1940 DFC
Fg Off A J S Morris  1 Apr 1940
Plt Off S E Schofield  3 Aug 1940
Engineer
Gp Capt

Kenneth M St C G Leask

14 Jul 1936 MC, later AVM
Wg Cdr C E Williamson-Jones 10 Sep 1936 DFC
Wg Cdr Leslie W Cannon 27 May 1940 later AVM
Wg Cdr

William A Opie

  1 Sep 1940 later AVM
Sqn Ldr J Turner 24 Feb 1938
Sqn Ldr Maxwell E M Perkins 15 Jul 1938 later AVM
Sqn Ldr J G S Candy 25 Aug 1939 DFC
Sqn Ldr R C Jordan 25 Aug 1939
Sqn Ldr R L Bell  2 Dec 1938
Flt Lt John W Bayley 12 Mar 1940 MBE; later A/Cdre
Fg Off R D Gough 24 Nov 1938
Signals
Gp Capt William E Theak  4 Jul 1940 later AVM
Wg Cdr H J Saker 26 Aug 1939 MVO
Sqn Ldr L J Crosbie 29 Sep 1939
Sqn Ldr P R Robinson  1 May 1939
Sqn Ldr A C Watson 11 Jun 1940
Flt Lt R T Halliwell 23 Sep 1939
Fg Off C R A Page 25 Aug 1939
Fg Off W E Palmer 16 Jun 1940
Plt Off A F Allen  6 May 1940
Plt Off R S Racine-Jaques 26 Aug 1940
Armament
Gp Capt Edward D Davis 20Jan 1940 later AVM
Wg Cdr

Hubert L Patch

19 Dec 1938 later ACM
Wg Cdr Alfred C H Sharp  1 Jan 1939 later AVM
Fg Off R Hazelwood  2 Sep 1939
Fg Off H Adams 28 Sep 1939
Fg Off H W Cambell 27 May 1940
Fg Off E W Walker  5 Jun 1940 DFC
Photography
Wg Cdr S J Smetham 14 Jul 1936
Sqn Ldr P B B Ogilvie 29 Oct 1939
Fg Off T H Lucas 19 Apr 1940
Fg Off E T Scott 14 May 1940
Equipment
Gp Capt Walter Thorne 31 May 1938 later AVM
Wg Cdr F R Wilkins 25 Feb 1939  
Wg Cdr H J Payne 28 Jan 1937  
Wg Cdr W G S Wood 28 Mar 1940  
Sqn Ldr A J Roberts 26 Aug 1939  
Sqn Ldr C E H Lyster 27 Feb 1940  
Sqn Ldr W B Frederick 15 Feb 1940  
Sqn Ldr J E V Tyzack  2 Jul 1940  
Fg Off S V Locke  7 Jun 1940  
Plt Off R J Smith 22 Jul 1940  
Plt Off B E Goodwin 23 Jul 1940  
Plt Off J P Orford 23 Jan 1940  
Accountant
Gp Capt James L Robertson 14 Jul 1936 Command Accountant;
Wg Cdr C E Aston 17 Jun 1940
Sqn Ldr D Sender 31 Dec 1939
Sqn Ldr Ernest L G Le Dieu  3 Jun 1940 later A/Cdre
Medical
A/Cdre F N B Smartt 24 Jan 1938 Principal Medical Officer, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr V R Smith 26 Aug 1940 MRCS, LRCP
Flt Lt J P Huins 15 Jan 1940 MRCS, LRCP
Dental
Sqn Ldr M J Pigott 21 Nov 1939 Inspecting Dental Officer
Educational
Maj J C Booth 14 Jul 1936 Command Education Officer, BSc, RAFVR
Works
Mr A H Matheson   Chief Engineer, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Mr A E Watts   Assistant Inspector, AID, Inspector of Explosives
Miscellaneous Appointments
Fg Off J F Mahigan 14 Dec 1939
Plt Off C R MacNamara 10 Jun 1940
Plt Off J W L Antill 24 Jun 1940

Source - September 1940 Confidential Air Force List

June 1941

Address Controlled
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Groups: -

Stations: -

  • Abingdon

  • Bassingbourn

  • Benson

  • Bicester

  • Binbrook

  • Bramcote

  • Coningsby

  • Cottesmore

  • Dishforth

  • Driffield

  • Feltwell

  • Finningley

  • Harwell

  • Hemswell

  • Honington

  • Horsham St Faith

  • Kinloss

  • Leeming

  • Lichfield

  • Linton-on-Ouse

  • Lindholme

  • Lossiemouth

  • Marham

  • Middleton St George

  • Mildenhall

  • Moreton in Marsh

  • Newton

  • Oakington

  • Pershore

  • Scampton

  • Swanton Morley

  • Stradishall

  • Swinderby

  • Syerston

  • Topcliffe

  • Upper Heyford

  • Upwood

  • Waddington

  • Waterbeach

  • Wattisham

  • Watton

  • Wellesbourne Mountford

  • West Raynham

  • Wyton

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Richard E C Peirse  5 Oct 1940 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, DSO, AFC; later ACM
AVM

Ronald Graham

  1 Feb 1941 Air Officer i/c Administration, DSO, DSC, DFC; later AVM
Personal Appointment
Plt Off C D Wilson  4 Nov 1940 Personal Assistant to AOC-in-C
Air Staff
Act AVM Robert H M S Saundby 21 Nov 1940 Senior Air Staff Officer, MC, DFC, AFC; later AM
A/Cdre Alan Lees 30 Sep 1939 DSO, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt Hugh S P Walmsley 12 Mar 1941 OBE, MC, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr George H Mills 14 Apr 1941 later AM
Wg Cdr John R Whitley 19 Nov 1940 AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr F E Nuttal 10 Nov 1940
Wg Cdr Denis H F Barnett  7 Apr 1941 DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr Edward J Corbally  2 Sep 1940 later AVM
Wg Cdr A H Garland 12 Mar 1941
Wg Cdr D M lynch-Staunton  7 Apr 1941
Wg Cdr D W Reid 10 Mar 1941
Wg Cdr P I Harris 16 Apr 1941
Sqn Ldr J N Jacques 11 Apr 1939
Sqn Ldr F H A Harrison 29 Oct 1939 OBE
Flt Lt H D Raynham 24 Jan 1941
Flt Lt G J Holland 16 Dec 1940
Flt Lt K D P Murray  5 May 1941 MC
Flt Lt W S Fielding-Johnson  3 Oct 1940
Flt Lt A P Thompson  3 Sep 1939 OBE
Flt Lt C S Dawson 14 Oct 1940
Flt Lt T M Warden 25 Jan 1940
Flt Lt V C Varcoe  3 Sep 1939
Fg Off F D Lugard 21 Sep 1939
Fg Off H G E Durnford  3 Sep 1939 MC
Fg Off H Haycock 22 Nov 1940 MC
Fg Off K Onyett 14 May 1940
Fg Off F A Cockburn  4 Oct 1939
Fg Off R H Windsor 16 Oct 1939
Fg Off G D Park  2 Dec 1940
Fg Off H W Farmer  9 Aug 1940
Fg Off S Salaman 13 Jun 1940
Fg Off S P Williams 27 Mar 1940
Plt Off E A Latter 16 May1940
Plt Off E A Tilling 28 Oct 1940
Plt Off G A Morris  4 Oct 1940
Plt Off N F Rowe 21 Nov 1940
Plt Off W T Elverston  4 Mar 1941
Plt Off C G M Biggs  4 Apr 1941
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt James Silvester  1 Apr 1941 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H Dawes 10 Jan 1940 MBE
Wg Cdr W L Stedman 11 Mar 1940
Flt Lt N H Dimmock 26 Jun 1939 AFC
Flt Lt R H E Bennett 22 Apr 1940 MC
Flt Lt R W Tobin 10 Nov 1939
Flt Lt E W Mason 18 Mar 1940
Fg Off F A B Fawcett  2 Dec 1940
Fg Off G P Atkins  8 Jun 1940
Fg Off W D F Liston 10 Jan 1940
Fg Off J E Clayton 11 Nov 1940
Plt Off C R Whately 22 May 1940
Plt Off J H John 28 Mar 1941
Staffs of the Services
Navigation
Wg Cdr Geoffrey I L Saye  4 Dec 1940 OBE, AFC; later AVM
Flt Lt J L Beck 26 Feb 1941 DFC
Flt Lt J W Fordham 24 Mar 1941
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Williamson-Jones 10 Sep 1936 DFC
Wg Cdr

William A Opie

  1 Sep 1940 later AVM
Wg Cdr R C Jordan 25 Aug 1939
Sqn Ldr J G S Candy 25 Aug 1939 DFC
Sqn Ldr R L Bell  2 Dec 1938
Flt Lt J D Richardson 25 Apr 1941
Flt Lt D B Smith  3 Jan 1941
Fg Off E G Woodberry  1 Mar 1941
Plt Off P J Marsh 21 Apr 1941
Plt Off W W Warner 16 Sep 1940
Signals
Gp Capt William E Theak  4 Jul 1940 later AVM
Wg Cdr Frederick G H Ewens 30 Jan 1941 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L J Crosbie 29 Sep 1939
Wg Cdr P R Robinson  1 May 1939
Sqn Ldr Geoffrey C Eveleigh 21 Apr 1941 later AVM
Flt Lt R T Halliwell 23 Sep 1939
Fg Off C R A Page 25 Aug 1939
Fg Off W G M Money 20 May 1941
Fg Off C A Quarrington 15 Apr 1941
Fg Off W E Palmer 16 Jun 1940
Fg Off A F Allen  6 May 1940
Plt Off W A LAw 20 Apr 1941
Plt Off R V Leitch 16 Mar 1941
Plt Off R E Borneman 16 Mar 1941
Armament
Gp Capt Edward D Davis 20Jan 1940 later AVM
Wg Cdr

Hubert L Patch

19 Dec 1938 later ACM
Wg Cdr Donald M T Macdonald  5 Nov 1940 later  AVM
Flt Lt H Adams 28 Sep 1939
Fg Off E W Walker  5 Jun 1940 DFC
Fg Off R Hazelwood  2 Sep 1939
Plt Off G L E Geach 28 Sep 1940 AFC
Plt Off R M Edwards  8 Mar 1941
Photography
Wg Cdr L B Duggan  9 Apr 1941
Wg Cdr S J Smetham 14 Jul 1936
Wg Cdr F C Sturgiss 30 Oct 1940
Sqn Ldr F H Isaac
Sqn Ldr P G Heath 12 Dec 1940
Flt Lt E T Scott 14 May 1940
Equipment
Gp Capt Walter Thorne 31 May 1938 later AVM
Wg Cdr F R Wilkins 25 Feb 1939  
Wg Cdr H J Payne 28 Jan 1937  
Wg Cdr W G S Wood 28 Mar 1940  
Wg Cdr G Blinman 12 Jan 1941  
Sqn Ldr A E Connolly 10 Apr 1941  
Sqn Ldr A J Roberts 26 Aug 1939  
Sqn Ldr C E H Lyster 27 Feb 1940  
Sqn Ldr H T H Copeland  7 May 1941  
Sqn Ldr C J Polden 17 Mar 1941  
Flt Lt F G Carle 15 Oct 1940  
Fg Off G N Street  1 May 1941  
Fg Off Daniel J Walliker  1 May 1941 later A/Cdre
Fg Off R J Smith 22 Jul 1940  
Plt Off N J Bell 18 Jan 1941  
Plt Off H W Clark 22 Apr 1941  
Plt Off W G Nelson 14 Apr 1941  
Accountant
Gp Capt James L Robertson 14 Jul 1936 Command Accountant;
Wg Cdr C E Aston 17 Jun 1940
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu  3 Jun 1940 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr D Sender 31 Dec 1939
Sqn Ldr P Snelling 15 Nov 1940
Fg Off D C King  2 Apr 1941
Plt Off R D Parker  3 Feb 1941
Plt Off J F Humphreys  2 Apr 1941
Plt Off I L Ingram 16 Mar 1941
Medical
Gp Capt T J Kelly 14 Feb 1941 Principal Medical Officer, MC, MD, ChB
Wg Cdr V R Smith 26 Aug 1940 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr J P Huins 15 Jan 1940 MRCS, LRCP
Fg Off E G S Meadley 28 Feb 1941  
Dental
Wg Cdr M J Pigott 21 Nov 1939 Inspecting Dental Officer
Educational
Maj J C Booth 14 Jul 1936 Command Education Officer, BSc, RAFVR
Mr H F Browne 24 Mar 1941 Grade III, MSc, RAFVR
Works
Mr H V Snook   Chief Engineer, MIM&CE
Aeronautical Inspection
Mr A E Watts   Assistant Inspector, AID, Inspector of Explosives
Meteorological
Mt M T Spence   Senior Meteorological Officer, BSc
Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr B C Holmer   Financial Adviser to AOC-in-C* 
Miscellaneous Appointments
Flt Lt J F Mahigan 14 Dec 1939
Plt Off C R MacNamara 10 Jun 1940
Plt Off J W L Antill 24 Jun 1940
Plt Off F L Braithwaite  4 Mar 1941

*Also responsible for examination of  Equipment Accounts of Fighter, Coastal, Army Co-operation Commands and RAF in Northern Ireland.

Source - June 1941 Confidential Air Force List

July 1942

Address Controlled
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Groups: -

Stations: -

  • Abingdon

  • Ashbourne

  • Bassingbourn

  • Bicester

  • Binbrook

  • Bottesford

  • Bovingdon

  • Bramcote

  • Chelveston

  • Chipping Warden

  • Coningsby

  • Cottesmore

  • Driffield

  • Elsham Wolds

  • Feltwell

  • Finningley

  • Hardwick

  • Harwell

  • Hemswell

  • Hethel

  • Hixon

  • Holme (on Spalding Moor)

  • Honeybourne

  • Honington

  • Horsham St Faith

  • Kinloss

  • Leighton Buzzard

  • Leeming

  • Lichfield

  • Linton-on-Ouse

  • Lindholme

  • Lossiemouth

  • Marham

  • Marston Moor

  • Middleton St George

  • Mildenhall

  • Moreton in Marsh

  • North Luffenham

  • Oakington

  • Pershore

  • Pocklington

  • Polebrook

  • Scampton

  • Shipdham

  • Snaith

  • Swanton Morley

  • Stradishall

  • Swinderby

  • Syerston

  • Tempsford

  • Thurleigh

  • Topcliffe

  • Upper Heyford

  • Upwood

  • Waddington

  • Waterbeach

  • Wattisham

  • Watton

  • Wellesbourne Mountford

  • West Raynham

  • Wing

  • Wymeswold

  • Wyton

 

Rank Name Date Notes
Act AM Sir Arthur T Harris 22 Feb 1942 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, AFC; later MRAF
AVM

Ronald Graham

  1 Feb 1941 Air Officer i/c Administration, DSO, DSC, DFC; later AVM
Personal Appointment
Fg Off P A Tomlinson 26 Feb 1942 Personal Assistant to AOC-in-C
ASO M E K Wherry Duty with AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Robert H M S Saundby 21 Nov 1940 Senior Air Staff Officer, MC, DFC, AFC; later AM
A/Cdre Richard Harrison 15 Jan 1942 Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer, DFC, AFC later AVM
Act AVM Arthur J Capel  2 Jan 1941 DSO, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Lawrence F Pendred 10 Nov 1941 MBE, DFC; later AM
Gp Capt A F James 27 Jan 1942
Wg Cdr Denis H F Barnett  7 Apr 1941 DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr L W Howard DFC
Wg Cdr Clayton D C Boyce later AVM
Wg Cdr G E R Tait
Wg Cdr P I Harris 16 Apr 1941
Wg Cdr Samuel C Elworthy DSO, DFC, AFC; later MRAF
Wg Cdr D D Christie  3 Feb 1942
Wg Cdr R E Sharp 25 Mar 1942
Sqn Ldr F H A Harrison 29 Oct 1939 OBE
Sqn Ldr C A Goatcher  6 Nov 1941
Sqn Ldr R C Warner 31 Mar 1942
Sqn Ldr B G Meyer 28 Apr 1942 DFC
Sqn Ldr H L Smeddie
Flt Lt H D Raynham 24 Jan 1941
Flt Lt G W Monk 15 Nov 1941 DFC
Flt Lt D A Craik
Flt Lt C H Glover OBE
Flt Lt A P Thompson  3 Sep 1939 OBE
Flt Lt V C Varcoe  3 Sep 1939
Flt Lt K Onyett 14 May 1940
Flt Lt G E Ford 28 Aug 1941
Flt Lt D F H Bird 22 Mar 1942
Flt Lt F A B Fawcett  2 Dec 1940
Flt Lt F D Lugard 21 Sep 1939
Flt Lt H Haycock 22 Nov 1940 MC
Flt Lt C W Langlands
Flt Lt F A Cockburn  4 Oct 1939
Flt Lt S Salaman 13 Jun 1940
Flt Lt R S Radley
Capt I R Elliott
Fg Off I H Bowhill 14 Jul 1941
Fg Off E A Latter 16 May1940
Fg Off G M Brisbane  6 Nov 1941 DFC, DFM
Fg Off G A Morris  4 Oct 1940
Fg Off C D Clark 12 Feb 1942
Fg Off F C Lockwood
Plt Off R B Murdoch 20 Aug 1941
Plt Off E G Done 26 Oct 1941
Plt Off B T W Seeley  4 Feb 1942
Plt Off W Robertson
Plt Off C V Winham
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt James Silvester  1 Apr 1941 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F C Sturgiss 16 Mar 1941 OBE
Wg Cdr W L Stedman 11 Mar 1940
Wg Cdr J V Yonge 20 Mar 1942
Sqn Ldr H dawes 10 Jan 1940 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr N H Dimmock 26 Jun 1939 AFC
Sqn Ldr R H E Bennett 22 Apr 1940 MC
Sqn Ldr P E Berryman 22 Jul 1941
Sqn Ldr J A Slater 27 Aug 1941 DFC
Flt Lt K M Ball 26 Nov 1941 DSO
Flt Lt S P A Bousfield 16 Oct 1941
Flt Lt F J Powell  1 Dec1941
Flt Lt W E Cutlan  7 Feb 1941
Fg Off A S Hamlett  2 Jun 1941
Fg Off A F Crouch 11 Aug 1941
Fg Off A T Arnold  2 Mar 1942
Plt Off W L Cotesworth
Plt Off R G Clarkson
Plt Off J H John 28 Mar 1941
Staffs of the Services
Navigation
Wg Cdr Geoffrey I L Saye  4 Dec 1940 OBE, AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr R W McCarthy 30 Mar 1942
Sqn Ldr J W Fordham 24 Mar 1941
Sqn Ldr M M Fleming 25 Mar 1942 DFC
Fg Off J L W Wagland 16 Mar1942
Fg Off R C Alabaster
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Williamson-Jones 10 Sep 1936 DFC
Wg Cdr R C Jordan 25 Aug 1939
Sqn Ldr J G S Candy 25 Aug 1939 DFC
Flt Lt J D Richardson 25 Apr 1941
Flt Lt D B Smith  3 Jan 1941
Flt Lt W W Warner 16 Sep 1940
Fg Off V C Jarvis  6 Oct 1941
Fg Off Sir A L Beit 29 Dec 1941
Fg Off D H Grundy
Fg Off W J Taylor 23 Apr 1942
Plt Off M J Smith 10 Feb 1942
Signals
Gp Capt William E Theak  4 Jul 1940 later AVM
Wg Cdr Leslie Dalton-Morris later AM
Wg Cdr D Saward  7 Dec 1941
Wg Cdr P Allerston 11 Feb 1942
Flt Lt A J E Forsythe
Fg Off C A G Quarrington 15 Apr 1941
Fg Off W E Palmer 16 Jun 1940
Fg Off W A Law 20 Apr 1941
Fg Off L F Woolcott
Fg Off A Swinton-Vaughan
Plt Off E W C Emery
Plt Off F J S Culley
Plt Off H L E Watson 21 Nov 1941
Plt Off F H Reed  8 Jan 1942
Plt Off M H Whitehouse 26 Mar 1942
Armament
Wg Cdr Donald M T Macdonald  5 Nov 1940 later  AVM
Wg Cdr Eric S Butler  7 Jul 1941 OBE; later AVM
Flt Lt H Adams 28 Sep 1939
Fg Off A L Whittaker 25 Sep 1941
Fg Off F H P Austin 10 Feb 1942
Fg Off F E Pearce 18 May 1942
Fg Off R M Edwards  8 Mar 1941
Photography
Flt Lt E T Scott 14 May 1940
Plt Off C J Commons 10 Jun 1941
Equipment
Gp Capt Walter Thorne 31 May 1938 later AVM
Wg Cdr G Blinman 12 Jan 1941  
Wg Cdr C E H Lyster 27 Feb 1940 MBE
Wg Cdr E H Free 13 Oct 1941  
Wg Cdr E G Ambridge 12 Jan 1942  
Sqn Ldr A E Connolly 10 Apr 1941  
Sqn Ldr A J Roberts 26 Aug 1939  
Sqn Ldr C J Polden 17 Mar 1941  
Sqn Ldr F G Carle 15 Oct 1940  
Flt Lt W F Tuckwell 20 Oct 1941  
Fg Off H W Clark 22 Apr 1941  
Accountant
Gp Capt James L Robertson 14 Jul 1936 Command Accountant;
Gp Capt Reginald Byrne  9 Apr 1942 MC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu  3 Jun 1940 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr William N Hibbert later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R L M Hall  2 Feb 1942
Flt Lt D C King  2 Apr 1941
Medical
A/Cdre T J Kelly 14 Feb 1941 Principal Medical Officer, MC, MD, ChB
Gp Capt V R Smith 26 Aug 1940 MRCS, LRCP
Mrs (Fg Off) E G S Meadley  9 Jun 1941 MB, ChB
Dental
Wg Cdr M J Pigott 21 Nov 1939 Inspecting Dental Officer
Educational
Mr B A Smith 21 Jan 1942 Command Education Officer, BSc, RAFVR
Mr L E Hardstaff 11 Apr 1942 BSc, RAFVR
Works
Mr H V Snook   Chief Engineer, MIM&CE
Aeronautical Inspection
Mr K G Ticehurst   Assistant Inspector, AID, Command Inspector of Explosives
Plt Off A V Breeze    
Meteorological
Mr M T Spence   Senior Meteorological Officer, BSc
Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr B C Holmer   Financial Adviser to AOC-in-C* 
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off M Forbes-Sempill 11 Jan 1942 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig G M B Portman 23 Feb 1942 TD, TA, ADC
Miscellaneous Appointments
Flt Lt A G Barrett
Plt Off R J Smith
Plt Off J E Ongley

*Also responsible for examination of  Equipment Accounts of Fighter, Coastal, Army Co-operation Commands and RAF in Northern Ireland.

Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List

December 1943

Address Controlled
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Groups: -
  • Air Support Division Substitution Unit - Cottesmore
  • 1st Bombardment Wing Substitution Unit - Huntingdon
  • 2nd Bombardment Wing Substitution Unit - Horsham St Faith
  • 3rd Bombardment Wing Substitution Unit - Earls Colne
  • 4th Bombardment Wing Substitution Unit - Thetford
  • Night Bomber Tactical School - High Wycombe
  • Communication Flight - Halton

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur T Harris 22 Feb 1942 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, AFC; later MRAF
AVM Robert H M S Saundby 21 Nov 1940 Deputy AOC-in-Chief,, CB, MC, DFC, AFC; later AM
Personal Appointment
Fg Off J P E Maze 28 Sep 1943 Personal Assistant to AOC-in-C
Flt Off M E K Wherry 21 Jul 1941 Duty with AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Robert D Oxland 24 Feb 1943 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
A/Cdre John A Gray  1 Mar 1943 Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC, GM; later AVM
Gp Capt Noel S Paynter  2 Nov 1942 Chief Intelligence Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt M W D Marwood-Elton  9 May 1942 Group Captain - Operations, DFC
Wg Cdr R C Warner 31 Mar 1942
Wg Cdr H L Smeddie 19 Oct 1943 DFC
Wg Cdr H T Andrews  9 Dec 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr C H Glover 10 Dec 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr William I C Innes 19 Oct 1942 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G W Monk 15 Nov 1941 DFC
Wg Cdr G D Jones 30 Aug 1943 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E Evans 14 Jul 1943
Wg Cdr K P Smales  4 Jul 1943 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr S T Tipper 21 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr D H Dabbs 27 Nov 1942
Sqn Ldr C A Goatcher  6 Nov 1941
Sqn Ldr F A B Fawcett 12 Apr 1942
Sqn Ldr H Haycock 22 Nov 1940 MC
Sqn Ldr E A Latter 15 May1940
Sqn Ldr K Onyett  6 Sep 1939
Sqn Ldr V C Varcoe 16 Nov 1940
Sqn Ldr T H Boylan 16 Jul 1943 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr I P Grant 13 Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr F D Lugard 28 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr B G Meyer 28 Apr 1942 DFC
Administrative Staff
AVM Arthur P M Sanders  1 Jan 1943 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later ACM
A/Cdre Athol W Mylne 19 Jul 1943 Deputy Air Officer i/c Administration,
Gp Capt H Dawes 10 Jan 1940 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, OBE
Wg Cdr S P A Bousfield 16 Oct 1941
Wg Cdr F J Powell  1 Dec1941
Wg Cdr E T Nelson
Wg Cdr J G B Hutchings
Wg Cdr T D Weldon
Wg Cdr R I H Isdell-Carpenter
Sqn Ldr E S Benson
Sqn Ldr C D Clark
Sqn Ldr J H John 28 Mar 1941
Sqn Ldr A Carr
Sqn Ldr R G Clarkson
Sqn Ldr J H Lingwood
Training Staff
AVM Arthur J Capel  2 Jan 1941 Air Officer Training, CB, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt E J P Davy  8 Mar 1943
Gp Capt A F James 27 Jan 1942
Wg Cdr L E Giles 19 Oct 1943 DFC
Wg Cdr G E Ford 24 Aug 1942
Wg Cdr G Gardner 16 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr T S Horry  1 Apr 1943 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr R K Jeffries 26 Apr 1943
Wg Cdr A F M Sisley 19 Apr 1943
Wg Cdr F D Biggs  3 Aug 1943
Sqn Ldr T C Murray 23 Aug 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr O L Browne 26 Aug 1943
Sqn Ldr H S Griffiths 31 Aug 1943 DFC
Staffs of the Services
Navigation
Gp Capt O  Donaldson  3 Aug 1943 Command Navigation Officer, DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Martin 20 Jan 1943 DFC
Engineer
A/Cdre Harold J Roach  3 Aug 1942 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Gp Capt John A S Outhwaite 17 May 1943 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D B Smith 28 Aug 1942
Wg Cdr L D Dadswell  9 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr T U Pollitt  2 Jan 1943 OBE
Wg Cdr M J Smith 15 Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr Stanley W Lane  2 Sep 1942 MBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr S B Bailey  9 Feb 1943
Sqn Ldr G P Russell 15 Jul 1943
Signals
A/Cdre William E Theak  4 Jul 1940 Chief Signals Officer; later AVM
Gp Capt A C Watson  1 Apr 1943
Gp Capt D Saward  7 Dec 1941
Wg Cdr P Allerston 11 Feb 1942
Wg Cdr A J E Forsyth  9 Oct 1941
Wg Cdr C A G Quarrington 15 Apr 1941
Wg Cdr J W Fordham 19 Mar 1943
Sqn Ldr F J S Culley 25 Mar 1943
Sqn Ldr A Foden 19 Apr 1943
Sqn Ldr K M Dunsford  8 Sep 1943
Sqn Ldr F Preston  8 May 1943
Armament
Gp Capt C Crawford  3 May 1943 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr K A Merritt 15 Feb 1943
Sqn Ldr W N Rayner 21 Jun 1943
Sqn Ldr A L Whittaker 13 Oct 1941
Photography
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss  9 Apr 1942 Command Photography Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr F L Wills  1 Mar 1943
Equipment
A/Cdre Thomas Fawdry 15 Jul 1942 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OBE
Gp Capt Charles W Gore  1 Feb 1943 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G Blinman 12 Jan 1941  
Wg Cdr C E H Lyster 27 Feb 1940 MBE
Wg Cdr E H Free 13 Oct 1941  
Wg Cdr E G Ambridge 12 Jan 1942  
Sqn Ldr W J Nave 10 Oct 1943  
Sqn Ldr Edgar G F Hill  4 May 1942 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr T B Norgate  1 Aug 1942  
Sqn Ldr E F Hales 13 Oct 1943  
Sqn Ldr E J S W Foote 17 May 1943  
Sqn Ldr D F Hackett 18 Nov 1942  
Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte  6 Apr 1943 Command Accountant;
Gp Capt J Sullivan  7 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu  3 Jun 1940 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr William N Hibbert 20 Jul 1941 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr S P Austin 11 Apr 1943
Medical
AVM A Grant 17 Jun 1942 Principal Medical Officer, CBE, MB, ChB,DPH, KHS
Gp Capt V R Smith 26 Aug 1940 MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr J P Huins  6 May 1941 Flying Personnel Medical Officer, OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr (Mrs) A L J Dovey  1 Jul 1941 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 19 Apr 1943 Inspecting Dental Officer, LDS
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G A McPartlin  7 Aug 1943  
Educational
Mr J Whitley 17 Nov 1942 Command Education Officer, MA, RAFVR
Mr F G Carroll 12 Jul 1943 Grade II, BSc, ARCS, RAFVR
Works
Mr H V Snook 14 Oct 1940 Chief Engineer, MIM&CE, MRSanI
Aeronautical Inspection
Mr J W Busteed   Inspector, AID, Command Inspector of Explosives
Mr W C Thomson   Assistant Inspector, AID
Flt Lt F T Blocksidge    
Meteorological
Mr M T Spence   Senior Meteorological Officer, OBE, BSc
Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F W Verry   Financial Adviser to AOC-in-C* 
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off L M Crowther 30 Dec 1942 OBE, WAAF
Sqn Off H E Collett 15 Aug 1943 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Col G D Ames 12 Aug 1942
Wg Cdr I H Bowhill 14 Jul 1941
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr N S Roupell 14 Feb 1941 Motor Transport
Wg Cdr W A Lawrence 23 Sep 1942 Press
Sqn Ldr J A Smith 15 Dec 1942 Code and Cypher
Sqn Ldr E J Dickie 24 Jun 1942 Navigation (RDF)
Sqn Ldr D L Doyle  5 Jul 1942 Camouflage and Decoy
Sqn Ldr J Salmon 16 Feb 1943 Command Catering Officer
Sqn Ldr G A Smith  6 Mar 1943 Catering
Sqn Ldr S N King  7 Jan 1943 Anti-Gas/Fire
Sqn Ldr D E Norman 12 Jul 1943 Intelligence Security

Source - December 1943 Confidential Air Force List

*Also responsible for examination of  Equipment Accounts of ADGB, Coastal Command and RAF in Northern Ireland.

June 1944

Address Controlled
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Groups: -
  • IX Bomber Command Substitution Unit - Earls Colne
  • IX Troop Carrier Command Substitution Unit - Grantham
  • Air Support Division Substitution Unit - Cottesmore
  • 1st Bombardment Division Substitution Unit - Huntingdon
  • 2nd Bombardment Division Substitution Unit - Ketteringham Hall
  • 3rd Bombardment Division Substitution Unit - Thetford
  • Night Bomber Tactical School - Ingham
  • Communication Flight - Halton

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur T Harris 22 Feb 1942 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, AFC; later MRAF
AM Sir Robert H M S Saundby 21 Nov 1940 Deputy AOC-in-Chief,, KBE, CB, MC, DFC, AFC
Personal Appointment
Fg Off J P E Maze 28 Sep 1943 Personal Assistant to AOC-in-C
Flt Off M E K Wherry 21 Jul 1941 Duty with AOC-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Hugh S P Walmsley  8 Feb 1944 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM
AVM Robert D Oxland 24 Feb 1943 CB, CBE
A/Cdre Hugh A Constantine  1 Dec 1943 Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO; later ACM
Gp Capt Noel S Paynter  2 Nov 1942 Chief Intelligence Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt William I C Innes 19 Oct 1942 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R C Warner 31 Mar 1942
Wg Cdr H T Andrews  9 Dec 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr C H Glover 10 Dec 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Monk 15 Nov 1941 DFC
Wg Cdr G D Jones 30 Aug 1943 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E Evans 14 Jul 1943
Wg Cdr K P Smales  4 Jul 1943 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr S T Tipper 21 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr D H Dabbs 27 Nov 1942
Wg Cdr J N Kynoch 13 Sep 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr C A Goatcher  6 Nov 1941
Sqn Ldr F A B Fawcett 12 Apr 1942
Sqn Ldr H Haycock 22 Nov 1940 MC
Sqn Ldr K Onyett  6 Sep 1939
Sqn Ldr V C Varcoe 16 Nov 1940
Sqn Ldr B G Meyer 28 Apr 1942 DFC
Sqn Ldr R C Clifford-Turner 15 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr K H W Dodkin 22 Jan 1941
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 25 Oct 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr B F Boyles  6 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr G A Morris  8 Dec 1942
Administrative Staff
AVM Arthur P M Sanders  1 Jan 1943 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later ACM
A/Cdre Athol W Mylne 19 Jul 1943 Deputy Air Officer i/c Administration,
Gp Capt H Dawes 10 Jan 1940 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, OBE
Wg Cdr S P A Bousfield 16 Oct 1941
Wg Cdr F J Powell  1 Dec1941
Wg Cdr J G B Hutchings 30 Aug 1943 OBE
Wg Cdr T D Weldon  4 Mar 1943 MC
Wg Cdr R I H Isdell-Carpenter 27 May 1942
Wg Cdr D G Singleton 29 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr E S Benson 18 May 1942
Sqn Ldr E Evans 29 Nov 1942
Sqn Ldr A Carr 24 Apr 1943
Sqn Ldr R G Clarkson  1 Jun 1943
Sqn Ldr J H Lingwood 26 Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr A S Hamlett  2 Jun 1941
Sqn Ldr R D Hyem  1 Feb 1944
Training Staff
AVM Arthur J Capel  2 Jan 1941 Air Officer Training, CB, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt E J P Davy  8 Mar 1943
Gp Capt A F James 27 Jan 1942
Wg Cdr L E Giles 19 Oct 1943 DFC
Wg Cdr R K Jeffries 26 Apr 1943
Wg Cdr A F M Sisley 19 Apr 1943
Wg Cdr F D Biggs  3 Aug 1943
Wg Cdr G A W Saunders 18 Oct 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr T C Murray 23 Aug 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr H S Griffiths 31 Aug 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr D Booth  1 Sep 1943 DFC
Staffs of the Services
Navigation
Gp Capt O R Donaldson  3 Aug 1943 Command Navigation Officer, DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr M B Shapiro  1 Aug 1943
Sqn Ldr H R Hall  8 Dec 1943
Engineer
A/Cdre Harold J Roach  3 Aug 1942 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Gp Capt John A S Outhwaite 17 May 1943 OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt E C W S Smith 15 Nov 1943
Gp Capt J T Mynors 29 Nov 1943
Gp Capt L D Dadswell  9 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr D B Smith 28 Aug 1942
Wg Cdr T U Pollitt  2 Jan 1943 OBE
Wg Cdr M J Smith 15 Jul 1943
Wg Cdr B H Rolles  1 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr S B Bailey  9 Feb 1943
Sqn Ldr G P Russell 15 Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr S M Russell  6 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr C A Baker 12 May 1943
Sqn Ldr W E N Clark 10 Dec 1943
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 14 Feb 1944 Chief Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt A C Watson  1 Apr 1943
Gp Capt D Saward  7 Dec 1941 OBE
Wg Cdr P Allerston 11 Feb 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr A J E Forsyth  9 Oct 1941
Wg Cdr J W Fordham 19 Mar 1943
Wg Cdr James D Melvin 10 Feb 1944 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr F J S Culley 25 Mar 1943
Sqn Ldr A Foden 19 Apr 1943
Sqn Ldr K M Dunsford  8 Sep 1943
Sqn Ldr F Preston  8 May 1943
Sqn Ldr L V Bailhache 23 Aug 1943
Armament
A/Cdre Christopher N H Bilney 10 Jan 1944 Command Armament Officer, OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr K A Merritt 15 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr W N Rayner 21 Jun 1943
Wg Cdr A L Whittaker 13 Oct 1941
Sqn Ldr G D S Horsfall 15 Sep 1943
Photography
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss  9 Apr 1942 Command Photography Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr F L Wills  1 Mar 1943
Equipment
A/Cdre Thomas Fawdry 15 Jul 1942 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OBE
Gp Capt Charles W Gore  1 Feb 1943 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G Blinman 12 Jan 1941  
Wg Cdr C E H Lyster 27 Feb 1940 MBE
Wg Cdr E H Free 13 Oct 1941  
Wg Cdr E G Ambridge 12 Jan 1942  
Sqn Ldr W J Nave 10 Oct 1943  
Sqn Ldr Edgar G F Hill  4 May 1942 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr T B Norgate  1 Aug 1942  
Sqn Ldr E F Hales 13 Oct 1943  
Sqn Ldr D F Hackett 18 Nov 1942  
Sqn Ldr D A Turner 10 Dec 1943  
Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte  6 Apr 1943 Command Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan  7 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr William N Hibbert 20 Jul 1941  later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R F Fleming  3 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr S P Austin 11 Apr 1943
Medical
AVM A Grant 17 Jun 1942 Principal Medical Officer, CBE, MB, ChB,DPH, KHS
Gp Capt V R Smith 26 Aug 1940 MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr J P Huins  6 May 1941 Flying Personnel Medical Officer, OBE, AFC, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr (Mrs) A L J Dovey  1 Jul 1941 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 19 Apr 1943 Inspecting Dental Officer, LDS
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G A McPartlin  7 Aug 1943  
Educational
Mr D E Williams  6 Apr 1944 Command Education Officer, MBE, MA, RAFVR
Mr F G Carroll 12 Jul 1943 Grade II, BSc, ARCS, RAFVR
Works
Mr H V Snook 14 Oct 1940 Chief Engineer, MIM&CE, MRSanI
Aeronautical Inspection
Mr A E Watts   Inspector, AID
Mr W C Thomson   Assistant Inspector, AID
Mr J T Davies   Assistant Inspector, AID
Meteorological
Mr M T Spence   Senior Meteorological Officer, OBE, BSc
Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr H P Blyth   Financial Adviser to AOC-in-C* 
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off L M Crowther 30 Dec 1942 OBE, WAAF
Sqn Off B J Holmes  3 May 1941 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Col G D Ames 12 Aug 1942 MC, TD
Wg Cdr I H Bowhill 14 Jul 1941
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr N S Roupell 14 Feb 1941 Motor Transport
Wg Cdr W A Lawrence 23 Sep 1942 Press
Sqn Ldr J A Smith 15 Dec 1942 Code and Cypher, MBE
Sqn Ldr E J Dickie 24 Jun 1942 Navigation (RDF)
Sqn Ldr D L Doyle  5 Jul 1942 Camouflage and Decoy
Sqn Ldr J Salmon 16 Feb 1943 Command Catering Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr G A Smith  6 Mar 1943 Catering
Sqn Ldr S N King  7 Jan 1943 Anti-Gas/Fire
Sqn Ldr R S Barnes 11 Oct 1943 Provost and Security Liaison Officer
Sqn Ldr W J Taylor 29 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr J N Mearns 29 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr H J Ketchen 29 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr G F Godfrey  5 Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr D A Willmott 12 Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr G C Heseltine  5 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr N F Vincent  1 Dec 1943 Australian Liaison, DFC
Sqn Ldr N J Walsh 15 Nov 1943 Canadian Liaison

Source - June 1944 Confidential Air Force List

*Also responsible for examination of  Equipment Accounts of ADGB, Coastal Command and RAF in Northern Ireland.

June 1945

Address Controlled
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Groups: -
  • Troop Carrier Command Substitution Unit - Cottesmore
  • 1st Air Division Substitution Unit - Huntingdon
  • 2nd Air Division Substitution Unit - Ketteringham Hall
  • 3rd Air Division Substitution Unit - Thetford
  • Night Bomber Tactical School - Worksop
  • Communication Flight - Halton

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur T Harris 22 Feb 1942 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, AFC; later MRAF
AM Sir Robert H M S Saundby 21 Nov 1940 Deputy AOC-in-Chief,, KBE, CB, MC, DFC, AFC
AVM Arthur P M Sanders  1 Jan 1943 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE; later ACM
A/Cdre Geoffrey R C Spencer 21 Feb 1945 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr R C Clifford-Turner 25 May 1944 Personal Staff Officer to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt W F Pretyman 15 Sep 1944 Personal Assistant to AOC-in-C
Flt Off M E K Wherry 21 Jul 1941 Duty with AOC-in-C, MBE
Air Staff
AVM Denis H F Barnett 16 Jan 1945 CBE, DFC; later ACM
AVM Louis W Dickens 5 Sep 1944 DFC, AFC
A/Cdre Noel S Paynter  2 Nov 1942 Chief Intelligence Officer
Gp Capt William I C Innes 19 Oct 1942 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt J B Sims  8 Jan 1945
Gp Capt J F H du Boulay 28 Aug 1944 DFC
Gp Capt G A C Foster 30 Oct 1944 DFC, AFC
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle  9 Oct 1944 DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt E Evans 14 Jul 1943
Wg Cdr C H Glover 10 Dec 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Monk 15 Nov 1941 DFC
Wg Cdr D T Witt 2 Apr 1945
Wg Cdr S T Tipper 21 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr

Alan H C Boxer

 1 Feb 1945 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr J F Sutton  1 Apr 1944 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr R H A Coombs 28 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr S H Mansbridge 25 Dec 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr R J Oxley 25 Sep 1944 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr

Wilfred J Burnett

 8 Nov 1944 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L S Cundell 26 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr F A B Fawcett 12 Apr 1942
Wg Cdr V C Varcoe 16 Nov 1940
Sqn Ldr C A Goatcher  6 Nov 1941
Sqn Ldr H Haycock 22 Nov 1940 MC
Sqn Ldr K Onyett  6 Sep 1939
Sqn Ldr F D Lugard 28 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr B F Boyles  6 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr E L Rosman 20 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr F C Roberts  1 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr R C N Barton 24 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr H S Griffiths 31 Aug 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr W A Rochelle  6 Apr 1945
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J G B Hutchings 28 Apr 1944 OBE
Gp Capt H Dawes 10 Jan 1940 Chief Personnel Staff Officer, OBE
Gp Capt Guy W Hayes  3 May 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S P A Bousfield 16 Oct 1941 OBE
Wg Cdr F J Powell  1 Dec 1941 MC
Wg Cdr E A Natzio  3 Jan 1945
Wg Cdr D G Singleton 29 Nov 1943
Wg Cdr E S Benson 18 May 1942
Sqn Ldr R G Clarkson  1 Jun 1943
Sqn Ldr J H Lingwood 26 Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr A S Hamlett  2 Jun 1941 MBE
Sqn Ldr J R Valentine  3 Jan 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr G W Collyer 1 Oct 1944
Sqn Ldr A L Hiscox 23 May 1944
Sqn Ldr E V Pearce 19 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr N A Naylor  5 Apr 1945
Sqn Ldr R Fernie 15 Feb 1945
Training Staff
AVM Arthur J Capel  2 Jan 1941 Air Officer Training, CB, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt G K Lawrence 10 May 1944 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas 23 Aug 1944 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D K Redford  9 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  7 Mar 1945 DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts 28 Jan 1944 DFM
Sqn Ldr D Booth  1 Sep 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr C J A G Brain  8 Nov 1944 DFC
Sqn Ldr C O Taylor  3 Nov 1944
Sqn Ldr C C Sherring 16 Apr 1945
Staffs of the Services
Navigation
Wg Cdr N J Bennett 18 May 1944 Command Navigation Officer, DFC
Sqn Ldr C W B Kelly 21 Mar 1945 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr E R Butler  8 Jun 1944 DFC
Engineer
AVM Harold J Roach  3 Aug 1942 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Gp Capt John A S Outhwaite 17 May 1943 OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt L Crocker 10 Apr 1945
Gp Capt G W Peel  5 Apr 1945
Wg Cdr D B Smith 28 Aug 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr T U Pollitt  2 Jan 1943 OBE
Wg Cdr F Wall  5 Mar 1945
Wg Cdr B H Rolles  1 Dec 1943
Wg Cdr S B Bailey  9 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr

Stanley W Lane

   2 Sep 1942 MBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr N S Sellars  8 Mar 1945
Sqn Ldr G P Russell 15 Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr S M Russell  6 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr C A Baker 12 May 1943
Sqn Ldr D E Hilliard 26 Apr 1945
Sqn Ldr G M Winterbotham 15 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr R Riley 16 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr D J O'Connor 21 Nov 1944
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 14 Feb 1944 Chief Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh  6 Sep 1944 OBE; later AVM
Gp Capt D Saward  7 Dec 1941 OBE
Wg Cdr P Allerston 11 Feb 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr A J E Forsyth  9 Oct 1941
Wg Cdr N A Burges 25 Sep 1944
Wg Cdr E J Dickie 15 Sep 1944 MBE
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden 19 Apr 1943 later AVM
Sqn Ldr K M Dunsford  8 Sep 1943
Sqn Ldr F Preston  8 May 1943
Sqn Ldr L V Bailhache 23 Aug 1943
Sqn Ldr E J S Kyte 30 Apr 1944
Sqn Ldr H Morland 13 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr L Daly 18 Mar 1944
Sqn Ldr G K Larney  2 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Irwin 26 Dec 1944
Sqn Ldr F Ormonroyd 15 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr W H Thomson  1 Jun 1944
Sqn Ldr E G Done  3 Apr 1944
Armament
A/Cdre Christopher N H Bilney 10 Jan 1944 Command Armament Officer, OBE; later AVM
Gp Capt S P A Patmore  2 Apr 1944
Wg Cdr G J Downs  3 May 1944 MBE
Wg Cdr W N Rayner 21 Jun 1943
Wg Cdr R H Howse  1 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr G D S Horsfall 15 Sep 1943
Sqn Ldr W H Newman 18 Nov 1944
Equipment
A/Cdre Thomas Fawdry 15 Jul 1942 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OCBE
Gp Capt Charles W Gore  1 Feb 1943 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt T I Iliff 27 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr E H Free 13 Oct 1941  
Wg Cdr E G Ambridge 12 Jan 1942  
Wg Cdr H A May 26 Jun 1944 MBE
Wg Cdr D F Hackett 18 Nov 1942  
Sqn Ldr W J Nave 10 Oct 1943  
Sqn Ldr T B Norgate  1 Aug 1942  
Sqn Ldr F Bridger 21 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr D A Turner 10 Dec 1943  
Sqn Ldr N J R Warren  4 Sep 1944  
Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte  6 Apr 1943 Command Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan  7 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr William N Hibbert 20 Jul 1941 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Aston 26 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr S P Austin 11 Apr 1943
Photography
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss  9 Apr 1942 Command Photography Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr F L Wills  1 Mar 1943
Medical
AVM F C Cowtan  1 Dec 1944 Principal Medical Officer, CB, MRCS, LRCP, KHS
Gp Capt V R Smith 26 Aug 1940 MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr J P Huins  6 May 1941 Flying Personnel Medical Officer, OBE, AFC, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr (Miss) J McL Mackay 27 Sep 1944 MB, ChB, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 19 Apr 1943 Inspecting Dental Officer, LDS
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G A McPartlin  7 Aug 1943  
Educational
Mr E G M Neville  3 May 1945 MA, BSc, AFRAeS, RAFVR
Mr C H Heath  9 Nov 1944 BA, RAFVR
Mr K R Pilling 25 Oct 1944 MA, LLB, RAFVR
Works
Mr H V Snook 14 Oct 1940 Chief Engineer, MIM&CE, MRSanI
Aeronautical Inspection
Mr A E Watts   Inspector, AID
Mr J T Davies   Assistant Inspector, AID
Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr H P Blyth   Financial Adviser to AOC-in-C* 
Meteorological
Gp Capt M T Spence 11 Sep 1944 Senior Meteorological Officer, OBE, BSc
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 24 Jul 1943  
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off E C Bather 28 Sep 1944 OBE, WAAF
Sqn Off B J Holmes  3 May 1941 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Col G D Ames 12 Aug 1942 MC, TD
Wg Cdr L H Melville 10 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr J H Dunlop 12 Mar 1945
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt D W Stoneham 2 May 1944 MBE
Capt G D V De Mowbray RN
Wg Cdr N S Roupell 14 Feb 1941 Motor Transport
Wg Cdr W A Lawrence 23 Sep 1942 Press
Wg Cdr A V Willis  6 Nov 1944 Australian Liaison, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr J Salmon 16 Feb 1943 Command Catering Officer, OBE
Lt Cdr F W Haxworth RNVR
Lt Cdr L A K Hall RNVR
Sqn Ldr G E R Baxter 30 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr S N King  7 Jan 1943 Anti-Gas/Fire
Sqn Ldr R S Barnes 11 Oct 1943 Provost and Security Liaison Officer
Sqn Ldr W J Taylor 29 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr L V Evans 20 Apr 1945
Sqn Ldr G A Morris  8 Oct 1943 OBE
Sqn Ldr G F Godfrey  5 Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr D A Willmott 12 Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr G C Heseltine  5 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr E W Reynolds 15 Mar 1945
Sqn Ldr C Edgar  2 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr A F Clutton-Brock 11 Nov 1940
Sqn Ldr H Massingham 21 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr A S Clayton  4 Jul 1940

Source - June 1945 Confidential Air Force List

July 1945

Address Controlled
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Groups: -
  • Troop Carrier Command Substitution Unit - Cottesmore
  • 1st Air Division Substitution Unit - Huntingdon
  • 2nd Air Division Substitution Unit - Ketteringham Hall
  • 3rd Air Division Substitution Unit - Thetford
  • Communication Flight - Halton

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur T Harris 22 Feb 1942 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, AFC; later MRAF
AM Sir Robert H M S Saundby 21 Nov 1940 Deputy AOC-in-Chief,, KBE, CB, MC, DFC, AFC
AVM Arthur P M Sanders  1 Jan 1943 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE; later ACM
A/Cdre Geoffrey R C Spencer 21 Feb 1945 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr R C Clifford-Turner 25 May 1944 Personal Staff Officer to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt W F Pretyman 15 Sep 1944 Personal Assistant to AOC-in-C
Flt Off M E K Wherry 21 Jul 1941 Duty with AOC-in-C, MBE
Air Staff
AVM Thomas A Langford-Sainsbury 25 May 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, OBE, DFC, AFC; later AVM
AVM Louis W Dickens 5 Sep 1944 DFC, AFC
A/Cdre Noel S Paynter  2 Nov 1942 Chief Intelligence Officer
Gp Capt William I C Innes 19 Oct 1942 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt J B Sims  8 Jan 1945
Gp Capt J F H du Boulay 28 Aug 1944 DFC
Gp Capt G A C Foster 30 Oct 1944 DFC, AFC
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle  9 Oct 1944 DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt E Evans 14 Jul 1943
Wg Cdr C H Glover 10 Dec 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Monk 15 Nov 1941 DFC
Wg Cdr D T Witt 2 Apr 1945
Wg Cdr S T Tipper 21 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr

Alan H C Boxer

 1 Feb 1945 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr J F Sutton  1 Apr 1944 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr R H A Coombs 28 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr S H Mansbridge 25 Dec 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr R J Oxley 25 Sep 1944 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr

Wilfred J Burnett

 8 Nov 1944 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L S Cundell 26 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr F A B Fawcett 12 Apr 1942
Wg Cdr V C Varcoe 16 Nov 1940
Sqn Ldr C A Goatcher  6 Nov 1941
Sqn Ldr H Haycock 22 Nov 1940 MC
Sqn Ldr K Onyett  6 Sep 1939
Sqn Ldr F D Lugard 28 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr B F Boyles  6 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr E L Rosman 20 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr F C Roberts  1 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr R C N Barton 24 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr H S Griffiths 31 Aug 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr W A Rochelle  6 Apr 1945
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J G B Hutchings 28 Apr 1944 OBE
Gp Capt Guy W Hayes  3 May 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt H Dawes 10 Jan 1940 Chief Personnel Staff Officer, OBE
Wg Cdr S P A Bousfield 16 Oct 1941 OBE
Wg Cdr F J Powell  1 Dec 1941 MC
Wg Cdr E A Natzio  3 Jan 1945
Wg Cdr D G Singleton 29 Nov 1943
Wg Cdr E S Benson 18 May 1942
Sqn Ldr R G Clarkson  1 Jun 1943
Sqn Ldr J H Lingwood 26 Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr A S Hamlett  2 Jun 1941 MBE
Sqn Ldr J R Valentine  3 Jan 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr G W Collyer 1 Oct 1944
Sqn Ldr A L Hiscox 23 May 1944
Sqn Ldr E V Pearce 19 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr N A Naylor  5 Apr 1945
Sqn Ldr R Fernie 15 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr F J Kershaw  9 May 1945
Training Staff
AVM Arthur J Capel  2 Jan 1941 Air Officer Training, CB, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt G K Lawrence 10 May 1944 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas 23 Aug 1944 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D K Redford  9 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  7 Mar 1945 DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts 28 Jan 1944 DFM
Sqn Ldr D Booth  1 Sep 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr C J A G Brain  8 Nov 1944 DFC
Sqn Ldr C O Taylor  3 Nov 1944
Sqn Ldr C C Sherring 16 Apr 1945
Staffs of the Services
Navigation
Wg Cdr N J Bennett 18 May 1944 Command Navigation Officer, DFC
Sqn Ldr C W B Kelly 21 Mar 1945 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr E R Butler  8 Jun 1944 DFC
Engineer
AVM Harold J Roach  3 Aug 1942 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Gp Capt

Norman C S Rutter

 18 May 1945 CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt L Crocker 10 Apr 1945
Gp Capt G W Peel  5 Apr 1945
Wg Cdr D B Smith 28 Aug 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr T U Pollitt  2 Jan 1943 OBE
Wg Cdr F Wall  5 Mar 1945
Wg Cdr B H Rolles  1 Dec 1943
Wg Cdr S B Bailey  9 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr

Stanley W Lane

 2 Sep 1942 MBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr N S Sellars  8 Mar 1945
Sqn Ldr G P Russell 15 Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr S M Russell  6 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr C A Baker 12 May 1943
Sqn Ldr D E Hilliard 26 Apr 1945
Sqn Ldr G M Winterbotham 15 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr R Riley 16 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr D J O'Connor 21 Nov 1944
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 14 Feb 1944 Chief Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh  6 Sep 1944 OBE; later AVM
Gp Capt D Saward  7 Dec 1941 OBE
Wg Cdr P Allerston 11 Feb 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr A J E Forsyth  9 Oct 1941
Wg Cdr N A Burges 25 Sep 1944
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden 19 Apr 1943 later AVM
Sqn Ldr K M Dunsford  8 Sep 1943
Sqn Ldr F Preston  8 May 1943
Sqn Ldr L V Bailhache 23 Aug 1943
Sqn Ldr E J S Kyte 30 Apr 1944
Sqn Ldr H Morland 13 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr L Daly 18 Mar 1944
Sqn Ldr G K Larney  2 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Irwin 26 Dec 1944
Sqn Ldr F Ormonroyd 15 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr W H Thomson  1 Jun 1944
Sqn Ldr E G Done  3 Apr 1944
Sqn Ldr T Topham 14 May 1945 DFC
Armament
A/Cdre Christopher N H Bilney 10 Jan 1944 Command Armament Officer, OBE; later AVM
Gp Capt S P A Patmore  2 Apr 1944
Wg Cdr G J Downs  3 May 1944 MBE
Wg Cdr R H Howse  1 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr L G O Fenton  4 May 1944
Sqn Ldr G D S Horsfall 15 Sep 1943
Sqn Ldr W H Newman 18 Nov 1944
Equipment
A/Cdre Thomas Fawdry 15 Jul 1942 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OCBE
Gp Capt Charles W Gore  1 Feb 1943 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt T I Iliff 27 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr E H Free 13 Oct 1941  
Wg Cdr E G Ambridge 12 Jan 1942  
Wg Cdr H A May 26 Jun 1944 MBE
Wg Cdr D F Hackett 18 Nov 1942  
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 16 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr W J Nave 10 Oct 1943  
Sqn Ldr J A Paul  2 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr F Bridger 21 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr D A Turner 10 Dec 1943  
Sqn Ldr N J R Warren  4 Sep 1944  
Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte  6 Apr 1943 Command Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan  7 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr William N Hibbert 20 Jul 1941 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Aston 26 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr S P Austin 11 Apr 1943
Photography
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss  9 Apr 1942 Command Photography Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr F L Wills  1 Mar 1943
Medical
AVM F C Cowtan  1 Dec 1944 Principal Medical Officer, CB, MRCS, LRCP, KHS
Gp Capt V R Smith 26 Aug 1940 MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr J P Huins  6 May 1941 Flying Personnel Medical Officer, OBE, AFC, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr (Miss) J McL Mackay 27 Sep 1944 MB, ChB, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 19 Apr 1943 Inspecting Dental Officer, LDS
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G A McPartlin  7 Aug 1943  
Educational
Mr E G M Neville  3 May 1945 MA, BSc, AFRAeS, RAFVR
Mr C H Heath  9 Nov 1944 BA, RAFVR
Mr G G Edwards 29 May 1945 BA, RAFVR
Works
Mr H V Snook 14 Oct 1940 Chief Engineer, MIM&CE, MRSanI
Aeronautical Inspection
Mr A E Watts   Inspector, AID
Mr J T Davies   Assistant Inspector, AID
Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr H P Blyth   Financial Adviser to AOC-in-C* 
Meteorological
Gp Capt M T Spence 11 Sep 1944 Senior Meteorological Officer, OBE, BSc
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 24 Jul 1943  
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off E C Bather 28 Sep 1944 OBE, WAAF
Sqn Off B J Holmes  3 May 1941 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Col G D Ames 12 Aug 1942 MC, TD
Wg Cdr L H Melville 10 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr J H Dunlop 12 Mar 1945
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt D W Stoneham 2 May 1944 MBE
Capt G D V De Mowbray RN
Wg Cdr N S Roupell 14 Feb 1941 Motor Transport
Wg Cdr W A Lawrence 23 Sep 1942 Press
Wg Cdr A V Willis  6 Nov 1944 Australian Liaison, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr J Salmon 16 Feb 1943 Command Catering Officer, OBE
Lt Cdr F W Haxworth RNVR
Sqn Ldr G E R Baxter 30 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr S N King  7 Jan 1943 Anti-Gas/Fire
Sqn Ldr R S Barnes 11 Oct 1943 Provost and Security Liaison Officer
Sqn Ldr W J Taylor 29 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr L V Evans 20 Apr 1945
Sqn Ldr G A Morris  8 Oct 1943 OBE
Sqn Ldr G C Heseltine  5 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr E W Reynolds 15 Mar 1945
Sqn Ldr C Edgar  2 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr A F Clutton-Brock 11 Nov 1940
Sqn Ldr H Massingham 21 Dec 1942

Source - July 1945 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/3839)

August 1945

Address Controlled
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Groups: -
  • 1st Air Division Substitution Unit - Huntingdon
  • 2nd Air Division Substitution Unit - Ketteringham Hall
  • 3rd Air Division Substitution Unit - Thetford
  • Communication Flight - Halton

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur T Harris 22 Feb 1942 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, AFC; later MRAF
AM Sir Robert H M S Saundby 21 Nov 1940 Deputy AOC-in-Chief,, KBE, CB, MC, DFC, AFC
AVM Arthur P M Sanders  1 Jan 1943 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE; later ACM
A/Cdre Geoffrey R C Spencer 21 Feb 1945 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr R C Clifford-Turner 25 May 1944 Personal Staff Officer to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt W F Pretyman 15 Sep 1944 Personal Assistant to AOC-in-C
Flt Off M E K Wherry 21 Jul 1941 Duty with AOC-in-C, MBE
Air Staff
AVM Thomas A Langford-Sainsbury 25 May 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, OBE, DFC, AFC; later AVM
AVM Louis W Dickens 5 Sep 1944 DFC, AFC
A/Cdre Noel S Paynter  2 Nov 1942 Chief Intelligence Officer
Gp Capt William I C Innes 19 Oct 1942 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt J B Sims  8 Jan 1945
Gp Capt J F H du Boulay 28 Aug 1944 DFC
Gp Capt G A C Foster 30 Oct 1944 DFC, AFC
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle  9 Oct 1944 DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt E Evans 14 Jul 1943
Wg Cdr C H Glover 10 Dec 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Monk 15 Nov 1941 DFC
Wg Cdr D T Witt 2 Apr 1945
Wg Cdr S T Tipper 21 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr

Alan H C Boxer

 1 Feb 1945 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr J F Sutton  1 Apr 1944 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr R H A Coombs 28 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr S H Mansbridge 25 Dec 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr R J Oxley 25 Sep 1944 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr

Wilfred J Burnett

 8 Nov 1944 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L S Cundell 26 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr F A B Fawcett 12 Apr 1942
Wg Cdr V C Varcoe 16 Nov 1940
Sqn Ldr C A Goatcher  6 Nov 1941
Sqn Ldr H Haycock 22 Nov 1940 MC
Sqn Ldr K Onyett  6 Sep 1939
Sqn Ldr F D Lugard 28 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr B F Boyles  6 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr E L Rosman 20 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr F C Roberts  1 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr R C N Barton 24 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr H S Griffiths 31 Aug 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr W A Rochelle  6 Apr 1945
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J G B Hutchings 28 Apr 1944 OBE
Gp Capt Guy W Hayes  3 May 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt H Dawes 10 Jan 1940 Chief Personnel Staff Officer, OBE
Wg Cdr S P A Bousfield 16 Oct 1941 OBE
Wg Cdr F J Powell  1 Dec 1941 MC
Wg Cdr E A Natzio  3 Jan 1945
Wg Cdr D G Singleton 29 Nov 1943
Wg Cdr E S Benson 18 May 1942
Sqn Ldr R G Clarkson  1 Jun 1943
Sqn Ldr J H Lingwood 26 Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr A S Hamlett  2 Jun 1941 MBE
Sqn Ldr J R Valentine  3 Jan 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr G W Collyer 1 Oct 1944
Sqn Ldr A L Hiscox 23 May 1944
Sqn Ldr E V Pearce 19 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr N A Naylor  5 Apr 1945
Sqn Ldr R Fernie 15 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr F J Kershaw  9 May 1945
Training Staff
AVM Arthur J Capel  2 Jan 1941 Air Officer Training, CB, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt G K Lawrence 10 May 1944 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas 23 Aug 1944 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D K Redford  9 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  7 Mar 1945 DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts 28 Jan 1944 DFM
Sqn Ldr D Booth  1 Sep 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr C J A G Brain  8 Nov 1944 DFC
Sqn Ldr C O Taylor  3 Nov 1944
Sqn Ldr C C Sherring 16 Apr 1945
Staffs of the Services
Navigation
Wg Cdr N J Bennett 18 May 1944 Command Navigation Officer, DFC
Sqn Ldr C W B Kelly 21 Mar 1945 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr E R Butler  8 Jun 1944 DFC
Engineer
AVM Harold J Roach  3 Aug 1942 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Gp Capt

Norman C S Rutter

 18 May 1945 CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt L Crocker 10 Apr 1945
Wg Cdr D B Smith 28 Aug 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr T U Pollitt  2 Jan 1943 OBE
Wg Cdr F Wall  5 Mar 1945
Wg Cdr B H Rolles  1 Dec 1943
Wg Cdr S B Bailey  9 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr

Stanley W Lane

 2 Sep 1942 MBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr N S Sellars  8 Mar 1945
Sqn Ldr G P Russell 15 Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr S M Russell  6 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr C A Baker 12 May 1943
Sqn Ldr D E Hilliard 26 Apr 1945
Sqn Ldr G M Winterbotham 15 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr R Riley 16 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr D J O'Connor 21 Nov 1944
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 14 Feb 1944 Chief Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Geoffrey C Eveleigh  6 Sep 1944 OBE; later AVM
Gp Capt D Saward  7 Dec 1941 OBE
Wg Cdr P Allerston 11 Feb 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr A J E Forsyth  9 Oct 1941
Wg Cdr N A Burges 25 Sep 1944
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden 19 Apr 1943 later AVM
Sqn Ldr K M Dunsford  8 Sep 1943
Sqn Ldr F Preston  8 May 1943
Sqn Ldr L V Bailhache 23 Aug 1943
Sqn Ldr E J S Kyte 30 Apr 1944
Sqn Ldr H Morland 13 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr L Daly 18 Mar 1944
Sqn Ldr G K Larney  2 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Irwin 26 Dec 1944
Sqn Ldr F Ormonroyd 15 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr W H Thomson  1 Jun 1944
Sqn Ldr E G Done  3 Apr 1944
Sqn Ldr T Topham 14 May 1945 DFC
Armament
A/Cdre Christopher N H Bilney 10 Jan 1944 Command Armament Officer, OBE; later AVM
Gp Capt S P A Patmore  2 Apr 1944
Wg Cdr G J Downs  3 May 1944 MBE
Wg Cdr R H Howse  1 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr L G O Fenton  4 May 1944
Sqn Ldr G D S Horsfall 15 Sep 1943
Sqn Ldr W H Newman 18 Nov 1944
Equipment
A/Cdre Thomas Fawdry 15 Jul 1942 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OCBE
Gp Capt Charles W Gore  1 Feb 1943 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt T I Iliff 27 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr E H Free 13 Oct 1941  
Wg Cdr E G Ambridge 12 Jan 1942  
Wg Cdr H A May 26 Jun 1944 MBE
Wg Cdr D F Hackett 18 Nov 1942  
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 16 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr W J Nave 10 Oct 1943  
Sqn Ldr J A Paul  2 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr F Bridger 21 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr D A Turner 10 Dec 1943  
Sqn Ldr N J R Warren  4 Sep 1944  
Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte  6 Apr 1943 Command Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan  7 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr William N Hibbert 20 Jul 1941 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Aston 26 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr S P Austin 11 Apr 1943
Photography
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss  9 Apr 1942 Command Photography Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr F L Wills  1 Mar 1943
Medical
AVM F C Cowtan  1 Dec 1944 Principal Medical Officer, CB, MRCS, LRCP, KHS
Gp Capt V R Smith 26 Aug 1940 MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr J P Huins  6 May 1941 Flying Personnel Medical Officer, OBE, AFC, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr (Miss) J McL Mackay 27 Sep 1944 MB, ChB, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 19 Apr 1943 Inspecting Dental Officer, LDS
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G A McPartlin  7 Aug 1943  
Educational
Mr E G M Neville  3 May 1945 MA, BSc, AFRAeS, RAFVR
Mr C H Heath  9 Nov 1944 BA, RAFVR
Mr G G Edwards 29 May 1945 BA, RAFVR
Works
Mr H V Snook 14 Oct 1940 Chief Engineer, MIM&CE, MRSanI
Aeronautical Inspection
Mr A E Watts   Inspector, AID
Mr J T Davies   Assistant Inspector, AID
Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr H P Blyth   Financial Adviser to AOC-in-C* 
Meteorological
Gp Capt M T Spence 11 Sep 1944 Senior Meteorological Officer, OBE, BSc
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 24 Jul 1943  
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off E C Bather 28 Sep 1944 OBE, WAAF
Sqn Off B J Holmes  3 May 1941 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Col G D Ames 12 Aug 1942 MC, TD
Wg Cdr L H Melville 10 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr J H Dunlop 12 Mar 1945
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt D W Stoneham 2 May 1944 MBE
Capt G D V De Mowbray RN
Wg Cdr N S Roupell 14 Feb 1941 Motor Transport
Wg Cdr W A Lawrence 23 Sep 1942 Press
Wg Cdr A V Willis  6 Nov 1944 Australian Liaison, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr J Salmon 16 Feb 1943 Command Catering Officer, OBE
Lt Cdr F W Haxworth RNVR
Sqn Ldr G E R Baxter 30 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr S N King  7 Jan 1943 Anti-Gas/Fire
Sqn Ldr R S Barnes 11 Oct 1943 Provost and Security Liaison Officer
Sqn Ldr W J Taylor 29 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr L V Evans 20 Apr 1945
Sqn Ldr G A Morris  8 Oct 1943 OBE
Sqn Ldr G C Heseltine  5 Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr E W Reynolds 15 Mar 1945
Sqn Ldr C Edgar  2 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr A F Clutton-Brock 11 Nov 1940
Sqn Ldr H Massingham 21 Dec 1942

Source - August 1945 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/3839)

September 1945

Address Controlled
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Groups: -
  • 1st Air Division Substitution Unit - Huntingdon
  • 3rd Air Division Substitution Unit - Thetford
  • Communication Flight - Halton

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur T Harris 22 Feb 1942 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, AFC; later MRAF
AM Sir Robert H M S Saundby 21 Nov 1940 Deputy AOC-in-Chief,, KBE, CB, MC, DFC, AFC
AVM Arthur P M Sanders  1 Jan 1943 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE; later ACM
A/Cdre Geoffrey R C Spencer 21 Feb 1945 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr W A J Lawrence 18 Jul 1945 Personal Staff Officer to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt P Tomlinson 16 Jun 1945 Personal Assistant to AOC-in-C
Flt Off M E K Wherry 21 Jul 1941 Duty with AOC-in-C, MBE
Air Staff
AVM Thomas A Langford-Sainsbury 25 May 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, OBE, DFC, AFC; later AVM
A/Cdre Noel S Paynter  2 Nov 1942 Chief Intelligence Officer
Gp Capt N W D Marwood-Elton  4 Jul 1945
Gp Capt J B Sims  8 Jan 1945
Gp Capt J F H du Boulay 28 Aug 1944 DFC
Gp Capt G A C Foster 30 Oct 1944 DFC, AFC
Gp Capt P W Johnson 30 May 1945 DFC, AFC
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle  9 Oct 1944 DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt E Evans 14 Jul 1943
Wg Cdr C H Glover 10 Dec 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Monk 15 Nov 1941 DFC
Wg Cdr D T Witt 2 Apr 1945
Wg Cdr S T Tipper 21 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr

Alan H C Boxer

 1 Feb 1945 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr J F Sutton  1 Apr 1944 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr R H A Coombs 28 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr J A Slater 18 Jun 1945
Wg Cdr S H Mansbridge 25 Dec 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr

Wilfred J Burnett

 8 Nov 1944 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L S Cundell 26 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr F A B Fawcett 12 Apr 1942
Wg Cdr V C Varcoe 16 Nov 1940
Sqn Ldr B F Boyles  6 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr E L Rosman 20 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Mahood 25 Jun 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr L W Rutter 18 Jun 1945
Sqn Ldr R H Dean 18 Jul 1945
Sqn Ldr R C N Barton 24 Jan 1945
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J G B Hutchings 28 Apr 1944 OBE
Gp Capt Guy W Hayes  3 May 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt H Dawes 10 Jan 1940 Chief Personnel Staff Officer, OBE
Wg Cdr S P A Bousfield 16 Oct 1941 OBE
Wg Cdr Ian D N Lawson  5 Jun 1945 DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr E A Natzio  3 Jan 1945
Wg Cdr D G Singleton 29 Nov 1943
Wg Cdr R J Oxley 18 Jun 1945 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr R G Clarkson  1 Jun 1943
Sqn Ldr J H Lingwood 26 Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr A S Hamlett  2 Jun 1941 MBE
Sqn Ldr J R Valentine  3 Jan 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr G W Collyer 1 Oct 1944
Sqn Ldr A L Hiscox 23 May 1944
Sqn Ldr E V Pearce 19 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr N A Naylor  5 Apr 1945
Sqn Ldr R Fernie 15 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr R J K Hogg 14 Jun 1945 DSO, DFC
Training Staff
AVM George S Hodson  1 Aug 1945 Air Officer Training, CBE, AFC
Wg Cdr Thomas R Thomas 23 Aug 1944 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D K Redford  9 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  7 Mar 1945 DSO, DFM
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts 28 Jan 1944 DFM
Sqn Ldr D Booth  1 Sep 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr C J A G Brain  8 Nov 1944 DFC
Sqn Ldr C C Sherring 16 Apr 1945
Staffs of the Services
Navigation
Wg Cdr N J Bennett 18 May 1944 Command Navigation Officer, DFC
Sqn Ldr C W B Kelly 21 Mar 1945 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr E R Butler  8 Jun 1944 DFC
Engineer
AVM Harold J Roach  3 Aug 1942 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Gp Capt

Norman C S Rutter

 18 May 1945 CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt Robert Harston  9 Jul 1945 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt P F G Bradley 22 May 1945
Wg Cdr D B Smith 28 Aug 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr T U Pollitt  2 Jan 1943 OBE
Wg Cdr F Wall  5 Mar 1945
Wg Cdr B H Rolles  1 Dec 1943
Wg Cdr S B Bailey  9 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr

Stanley W Lane

 2 Sep 1942 MBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr N S Sellars  8 Mar 1945
Wg Cdr W R Peake 30 Jun 1945
Sqn Ldr G P Russell 15 Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr S M Russell  6 Dec 1943
Sqn Ldr C A Baker 12 May 1943
Sqn Ldr D E Hilliard 26 Apr 1945
Sqn Ldr G M Winterbotham 15 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr R Riley 16 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr D J O'Connor 21 Nov 1944
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 14 Feb 1944 Chief Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt D Saward  7 Dec 1941 OBE
Wg Cdr P Allerston 11 Feb 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr A J E Forsyth  9 Oct 1941
Wg Cdr N A Burges 25 Sep 1944
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden 19 Apr 1943 later AVM
Sqn Ldr K M Dunsford  8 Sep 1943
Sqn Ldr F Preston  8 May 1943
Sqn Ldr L V Bailhache 23 Aug 1943
Sqn Ldr E J S Kyte 30 Apr 1944
Sqn Ldr H Morland 13 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr L Daly 18 Mar 1944
Sqn Ldr G K Larney  2 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Irwin 26 Dec 1944
Sqn Ldr F Ormonroyd 15 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr W H Thomson  1 Jun 1944
Sqn Ldr E G Done  3 Apr 1944
Sqn Ldr T Topham 14 May 1945 DFC
Armament
A/Cdre Christopher N H Bilney 10 Jan 1944 Command Armament Officer, OBE; later AVM
Gp Capt S P A Patmore  2 Apr 1944
Wg Cdr G J Downs  3 May 1944 MBE
Wg Cdr R H Howse  1 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr L G O Fenton  4 May 1944
Sqn Ldr G D S Horsfall 15 Sep 1943
Sqn Ldr C J Collins 18 Nov 1944
Equipment
A/Cdre Thomas Fawdry 15 Jul 1942 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OCBE
Gp Capt T I Iliff 27 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr E H Free 13 Oct 1941  
Wg Cdr E G Ambridge 12 Jan 1942  
Wg Cdr H A May 26 Jun 1944 MBE
Wg Cdr D F Hackett 18 Nov 1942  
Wg Cdr A A Quayle 16 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr W J Nave 10 Oct 1943  
Sqn Ldr A R G Wolff 21 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr F Bridger 21 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr D A Turner 10 Dec 1943  
Sqn Ldr N J R Warren  4 Sep 1944  
Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte  6 Apr 1943 Command Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan  7 Feb 1943
Wg Cdr Bernard L Blofeld  7 Apr 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Aston 26 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr S P Austin 11 Apr 1943
Photography
Gp Capt F C Sturgiss  9 Apr 1942 Command Photography Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr C J Commons 25 Jun 1945
Medical
AVM F C Cowtan  1 Dec 1944 Principal Medical Officer, CB, MRCS, LRCP, KHS
Gp Capt H Penman  1 Aug 1945 MB, ChB, DOMS
Sqn Ldr (Miss) J McL Mackay 27 Sep 1944 MB, ChB, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 19 Apr 1943 Inspecting Dental Officer, LDS
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr G A McPartlin  7 Aug 1943  
Educational
Mr E G M Neville  3 May 1945 MA, BSc, AFRAeS, RAFVR
Mr C H Heath  9 Nov 1944 BA, RAFVR
Mr G G Edwards 29 May 1945 BA, RAFVR
Works
Mr H V Snook 14 Oct 1940 Chief Engineer, MIM&CE, MRSanI
Aeronautical Inspection
Mr A E Watts   Inspector, AID
Mr J T Davies   Assistant Inspector, AID
Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr H P Blyth   Financial Adviser to AOC-in-C* 
Meteorological
Gp Capt M T Spence 11 Sep 1944 Senior Meteorological Officer, OBE, BSc
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off E C Bather 28 Sep 1944 OBE, WAAF
Sqn Off B J Holmes  3 May 1941 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Wg Cdr L H Melville 10 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr J H Dunlop 12 Mar 1945
Miscellaneous Appointments
Capt G D V De Mowbray RN
Wg Cdr N S Roupell 14 Feb 1941 Motor Transport
Wg Cdr W A Lawrence 23 Sep 1942 Press
Wg Cdr A V Willis  6 Nov 1944 Australian Liaison, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr J Salmon 16 Feb 1943 Command Catering Officer, OBE
Lt Cdr F W Haxworth RNVR
Sqn Ldr S N King  7 Jan 1943 Anti-Gas/Fire
Sqn Ldr R S Barnes 11 Oct 1943 Provost and Security Liaison Officer
Sqn Ldr R S Windmill 16 Jul 1945
Sqn Ldr L V Evans 20 Apr 1945
Sqn Ldr G E R Baxter 30 Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr E W Reynolds 15 Mar 1945
Sqn Ldr A F Clutton-Brock 11 Nov 1940
Sqn Ldr H Massingham 21 Dec 1942

Source - September 1945 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/3839)

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