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Middle East Air Force - Personnel, locations and units

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It formed by renaming HQ Mediterranean & Middle East as Middle East Air Force on 1 June 1949.

July 1949

Address Controlled
Ismailia

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J Butterworth 24 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr R StC Lawrence  5 Jun 1949  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Command Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford 25 May 1949 AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr J Harding   BA, MSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R C E Scott  4 Mar 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr N T Harvey 23 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson   Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Scott  7 Mar 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G N W Groves   ALCD, C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr W C Venmore  9 Feb 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Legal
Wg Cdr M W Palmer 24 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy C-in-C

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J C Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

Source - July 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5251)

August 1949

Address Controlled
Ismailia

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J Butterworth 24 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr R StC Lawrence  5 Jun 1949  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Command Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford 25 May 1949 AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr J Harding   BA, MSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R C E Scott  4 Mar 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr N T Harvey 23 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C E Aston 20 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Scott  7 Mar 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G N W Groves   ALCD, C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr W C Venmore  9 Feb 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy C-in-C

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J C Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    

Source - August 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5251)

September 1949

Address Controlled
Ismailia

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J Butterworth 24 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr R StC Lawrence  5 Jun 1949  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Command Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford 25 May 1949 AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr J Harding   BA, MSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R C E Scott  4 Mar 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr N T Harvey 23 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C E Aston 20 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Scott  7 Mar 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G N W Groves   ALCD, C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy C-in-C, OBE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J C Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    

Source - September 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5251)

October 1949

 
Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr D A Taylor 16 Sep 1949 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford 25 May 1949 AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr J Harding   BA, MSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R C E Scott  4 Mar 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C E Aston 20 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Scott  7 Mar 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G N W Groves   ALCD, C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy C-in-C, OBE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J C Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    

Source - October 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5252)

November 1949

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr D A Taylor 16 Sep 1949 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford 25 May 1949 AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr J Harding   BA, MSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R C E Scott  4 Mar 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C E Aston 20 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Scott  7 Mar 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G N W Groves   ALCD, C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr R A Smith  3 Oct 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr I Drummond 20 Aug 1949 MA
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J C Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

Source - November 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5252)

December 1949

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr D A Taylor 16 Sep 1949 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford 25 May 1949 AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr J Harding   BA, MSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R C E Scott  4 Mar 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C E Aston 20 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Scott  7 Mar 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G N W Groves   ALCD, C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr R A Smith  3 Oct 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr I Drummond 20 Aug 1949 MA
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J C Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

Source - December 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5252)

January 1950

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr D A Taylor 16 Sep 1949 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford 25 May 1949 AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R C E Scott  4 Mar 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C E Aston 20 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Scott  7 Mar 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev G N W Groves   ALCD, C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr R A Smith  3 Oct 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr I Drummond 20 Aug 1949 MA
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J C Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

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

February 1950

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr D A Taylor 16 Sep 1949 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford 25 May 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R C E Scott  4 Mar 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C E Aston 20 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Scott  7 Mar 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr R A Smith  3 Oct 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr I Drummond 20 Aug 1949 MA
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J C Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

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

March 1950

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr D A Taylor 16 Sep 1949 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr S E Bulford 25 May 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R C E Scott  4 Mar 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C E Aston 20 Jul 1949  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Scott  7 Mar 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev M K Macleod   Assistant Principal Chaplain, PhD, MA, FSA, PMUB
Rev E W P Ainsworth   MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr R A Smith  3 Oct 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr I Drummond 20 Aug 1949 MA
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J C Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

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

April 1950

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr D A Taylor 16 Sep 1949 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr P F Illingworth 28 Jan 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Scott  7 Mar 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev M K Macleod   Assistant Principal Chaplain, PhD, MA, FSA, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth   MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr R A Smith  3 Oct 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr I Drummond 20 Aug 1949 MA
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J C Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

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

May 1950

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr D A Taylor 16 Sep 1949 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr P F Illingworth 28 Jan 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J S Mason 28 Feb 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev M K Macleod  1 Oct 1948 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PhD, MA, FSA, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr R A Smith  3 Oct 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr I Drummond 20 Aug 1949 MA
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J C Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

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

June 1950

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr D A Taylor 16 Sep 1949 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Sqn Ldr P F Illingworth 28 Jan 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J S Mason 28 Feb 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev M K Macleod  1 Oct 1948 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PhD, MA, FSA, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr R A Smith  3 Oct 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 16 Nov 1948 MA, BAI
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J C Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

July 1950

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Gp Capt D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr P F Illingworth 28 Jan 1950  
Sqn Ldr C N McLoughlin 12 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr    
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J S Mason 28 Feb 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr R A Smith  3 Oct 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 16 Nov 1948 MA, BAI
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr C D Connerton  5 Apr 1950 AMIEE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

August 1950

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Gp Capt D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr P F Illingworth 28 Jan 1950  
Sqn Ldr C N McLoughlin 12 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr    
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J S Mason 28 Feb 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr R A Smith  3 Oct 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 16 Nov 1948 MA, BAI
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr C D Connerton  5 Apr 1950 AMIEE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

September 1950

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr J R Baldwin 16 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Gp Capt D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D I Fairburn 14 Apr 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr P F Illingworth 28 Jan 1950  
Sqn Ldr C N McLoughlin 12 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr    
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J S Mason 28 Feb 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 16 Nov 1948 MA, BAI
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr C D Connerton  5 Apr 1950 AMIEE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

October 1950

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr J R Baldwin 16 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Gp Capt D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D I Fairburn 14 Apr 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr P F Illingworth 28 Jan 1950  
Sqn Ldr C N McLoughlin 12 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr    
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 16 Nov 1948 MA, BAI
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr C D Connerton  5 Apr 1950 AMIEE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

November 1950

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr J R Baldwin 16 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Gp Capt D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Wg Cdr H P Burwood 26 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr A D Webb 24 Aug 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D I Fairburn 14 Apr 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr C N McLoughlin 12 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr C S Harley  5 Jul 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 16 Nov 1948 MA, BAI
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr C D Connerton  5 Apr 1950 AMIEE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr A J Handley 17 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

December 1950

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr J R Baldwin 16 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Wg Cdr H P Burwood 26 Aug 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R G C Browning 31 Oct 1950  
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D I Fairburn 14 Apr 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr F A A H Agar-Strath 12 Aug 1949 MBE
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr C S Harley  5 Jul 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 16 Nov 1948 MA, BAI
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

January 1951

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr P R Robinson  2 Aug 1949
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr J R Baldwin 16 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr G S Nangle  3 Nov 1950 DSO, OBE

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Wg Cdr H P Burwood 26 Aug 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R G C Browning 31 Oct 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers 28 Feb 1950  
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D I Fairburn 14 Apr 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr J Scott-Hepburn  4 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr P R M Groom  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr C S Harley  5 Jul 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 16 Nov 1948 MA, BAI
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

February 1951

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr P R Robinson  2 Aug 1949
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr J R Baldwin 16 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr G S Nangle  3 Nov 1950 DSO, OBE

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Wg Cdr H P Burwood 26 Aug 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R G C Browning 31 Oct 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers 28 Feb 1950  
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D I Fairburn 14 Apr 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr J Scott-Hepburn  4 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr P R M Groom  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr C S Harley  5 Jul 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM J MacC Kilpatrick 19 Jan 1951 OBE, MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 16 Nov 1948 MA, BAI
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

March 1951

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring  8 Dec 1949 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr P R Robinson  2 Aug 1949
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr J R Baldwin 16 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr G S Nangle  3 Nov 1950 DSO, OBE

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Wg Cdr H P Burwood 26 Aug 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R G C Browning 31 Oct 1950  
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D I Fairburn 14 Apr 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr T R Burne 26 Jan 1951 DSO, AFC
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr J Scott-Hepburn  4 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr P R M Groom  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr C S Harley  5 Jul 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM J MacC Kilpatrick 19 Jan 1951 OBE, MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 16 Nov 1948 MA, BAI
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr F H Shuker    
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

April 1951

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr P R Robinson  2 Aug 1949
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr J R Baldwin 16 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr G S Nangle  3 Nov 1950 DSO, OBE

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Wg Cdr H P Burwood 26 Aug 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R G C Browning 31 Oct 1950  
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D I Fairburn 14 Apr 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr T R Burne 26 Jan 1951 DSO, AFC
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr J Scott-Hepburn  4 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr P R M Groom  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr C S Harley  5 Jul 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM J MacC Kilpatrick 19 Jan 1951 OBE, MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 16 Nov 1948 MA, BAI
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

May 1951

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr P R Robinson  2 Aug 1949
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr J R Baldwin 16 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr G S Nangle  3 Nov 1950 DSO, OBE

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Wg Cdr H P Burwood 26 Aug 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R G C Browning 31 Oct 1950  
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D I Fairburn 14 Apr 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr T R Burne 26 Jan 1951 DSO, AFC
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr J Scott-Hepburn  4 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr P R M Groom  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr C S Harley  5 Jul 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM J MacC Kilpatrick 19 Jan 1951 OBE, MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr G G Edwards  1 Apr 1951 BA
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

June 1951

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr P R Robinson  2 Aug 1949
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr J R Baldwin 16 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Command Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr G S Nangle  3 Nov 1950 DSO, OBE

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R G C Browning 31 Oct 1950  
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D I Fairburn 14 Apr 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr T R Burne 26 Jan 1951 DSO, AFC
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr J Scott-Hepburn  4 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr P R M Groom  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr N F T Robinson  1 Jul 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr C S Harley  5 Jul 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM J MacC Kilpatrick 19 Jan 1951 OBE, MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr G G Edwards  1 Apr 1951 BA
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

July 1951

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt P Lithgow 17 Aug 1948 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis 30 Sep 1948 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr P R Robinson  2 Aug 1949
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr J R Baldwin 16 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Command Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr G S Nangle  3 Nov 1950 DSO, OBE

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R G C Browning 31 Oct 1950  
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D I Fairburn 14 Apr 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr T R Burne 26 Jan 1951 DSO, AFC
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr B G Pool  4 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr J Scott-Hepburn  4 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr P R M Groom  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr E L Macro  6 Apr 1950  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr C S Harley  5 Jul 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L J Cullen 20 May 1951 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev A J Potts 15 May 1950 Assistant Principal Chaplain, PMUB
Rev L Deegan   Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr G G Edwards  1 Apr 1951 BA
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Wg Cdr C E Hartley  7 Feb 1950 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng)
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

August 1951

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • AHQ East Africa
  • No 205 Group -Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • Base Accounts Office - RAF Abu Sueir
  • RAF Medical Equipment Depot - RAF Abu Sueir
  • No 3 Wing RAF Police - RAF Ismailia
  • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit - RAF Ismailia
  • Telecommunications Centre - RAF Ismailia
  • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone) - RAF Ismailia
  • MEAF Communication Flight - RAF Ismailia
  • RAF Police School - RAF Ismailia

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt C F A Curtis  7 Mar 1951 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr R N H Courtney  7 May 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Command Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R G C Browning 31 Oct 1950  
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt Richard K Hamblin 10 Apr 1951 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr J Scott-Hepburn  4 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr P R M Groom  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Wrigley  1 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr P Dennehy  7 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr C S Harley  5 Jul 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L J Cullen 20 May 1951 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev     Assistant Principal Chaplain
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 MA, C of E
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr G G Edwards  1 Apr 1951 BA
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA, AMIMechE
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951 Command Armament Officer
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng), AFRAeS
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

September 1951

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • AHQ East Africa
  • No 205 Group -Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • Base Accounts Office - RAF Abu Sueir
  • RAF Medical Equipment Depot - RAF Abu Sueir
  • No 3 Wing RAF Regiment - RAF Abu Sueir
  • No 5 Wing RAF Regiment - RAF Abu Sueir
  • No 26 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - RAF Abu Sueir
  • No 27 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - RAF Abu Sueir
  • No 3 Wing RAF Police - RAF Ismailia
  • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit - RAF Ismailia
  • Telecommunications Centre - RAF Ismailia
  • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone) - RAF Ismailia
  • MEAF Communication Flight - RAF Ismailia
  • RAF Police School - RAF Ismailia
  • No 3 Wing RAF Regiment - El Hamra
    • No 28 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment
    • No 29 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment

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Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt C F A Curtis  7 Mar 1951 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr R N H Courtney  7 May 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Command Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R G C Browning 31 Oct 1950  
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt Richard K Hamblin 10 Apr 1951 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr J Scott-Hepburn  4 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr P R M Groom  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Wrigley  1 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr P Dennehy  7 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L J Cullen 20 May 1951 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr G G Edwards  1 Apr 1951 BA
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA, AMIMechE
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951 Command Armament Officer
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng), AFRAeS
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr G Tideswell   OBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

October 1951

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • AHQ East Africa
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • Base Accounts Office - RAF Abu Sueir
  • RAF Medical Equipment Depot - RAF Abu Sueir
  • No 3 Wing RAF Police - RAF Ismailia
  • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit - RAF Ismailia
  • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF - RAF Ismailia
  • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone) - RAF Ismailia
  • MEAF Communication Flight - RAF Ismailia
  • RAF Police School - RAF Ismailia
  • No 28 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Canal Zone
  • No 29 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Canal Zone

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt C F A Curtis  7 Mar 1951 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr W McRobbie 19 Dec 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr R N H Courtney  7 May 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Command Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R G C Browning 31 Oct 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt Richard K Hamblin 10 Apr 1951 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr P R M Groom  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Wrigley  1 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr P Dennehy  7 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L J Cullen 20 May 1951 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr F H Peterson 16 Sep 1951 MD, MRCP & S
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr G G Edwards  1 Apr 1951 BA
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA, AMIMechE
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951 Command Armament Officer
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng), AFRAeS
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

November 1951

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • AHQ East Africa
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad

  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • HQ Transport Wing

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

    • Special Communication Sqn

    Base Accounts Office - RAF Abu Sueir
  • RAF Medical Equipment Depot - RAF Abu Sueir
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • No 28 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Canal Zone
  • No 29 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment - Canal Zone

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt C F A Curtis  7 Mar 1951 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Thomas W Piper 14 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Sqn Ldr E D Griffiths  6 Jan 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Special Appointments (Training)
Wg Cdr R N H Courtney  7 May 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr D A C Hunt 23 May 1950
Flt Lt G G A Davies  7 Jun 1950 DFC
Flt Lt R R Rawlins 27 Jul 1950
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Command Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr A C Neill 19 Nov 1949
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R G C Browning 31 Oct 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr P R M Groom  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Wrigley  1 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr P Dennehy  7 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt G Blinman 20 Jun 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson 15 Sep 1949  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L J Cullen 20 May 1951 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr F H Peterson 16 Sep 1951 MD, MRCP & S
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr G G Edwards  1 Apr 1951 BA
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA, AMIMechE
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951 Command Armament Officer
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng), AFRAeS
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

December 1951

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • AHQ East Africa
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad

  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • HQ Transport Wing

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

    • Special Communication Sqn

  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • Base Accounts Office - RAF Abu Sueir
  • RAF Medical Equipment Depot - RAF Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt A R Gordon-Cumming 28 Sep 1951 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr W Hoy 15 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Command Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr Peter T Philpott 24 Sep 1951 OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Wrigley  1 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr P Dennehy  7 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr G E Firkin 28 Oct 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R A T Oldcorn  5 Oct 1951  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L J Cullen 20 May 1951 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr F H Peterson 16 Sep 1951 MD, MRCP & S
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr G G Edwards  1 Apr 1951 BA
Sqn Off M Wade 31 Dec 1949 MBE, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA, AMIMechE
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng), MIMechE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

January 1952

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt A R Gordon-Cumming 28 Sep 1951 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Wg Cdr J D Kirwan  1 Sep 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr W Hoy 15 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Command Regiment Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr Peter T Philpott 24 Sep 1951 OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor 17 Sep 1949 DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Wrigley  1 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr P Dennehy  7 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr J C Archibald  8 May 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W L Cole  5 Aug 1949  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr G E Firkin 28 Oct 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R A T Oldcorn  5 Oct 1951  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L J Cullen 20 May 1951 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr F H Peterson 16 Sep 1951 MD, MRCP & S
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt R A Smith  2 Aug 1950 BSc
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr G G Edwards  1 Apr 1951 BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA, AMIMechE
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng), MIMechE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

February 1952

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt A R Gordon-Cumming 28 Sep 1951 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Leslie Dalton-Morris 12 Dec 1949 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr W Hoy 15 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr Peter T Philpott 24 Sep 1951 OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr G E Firkin 28 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson  1 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Bashford 27 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R A T Oldcorn  5 Oct 1951  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L J Cullen 20 May 1951 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr F H Peterson 16 Sep 1951 MD, MRCP & S
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Wg Cdr L F Stanley  1 Sep 1950 MSc, ARCS, DIC
Sqn Ldr G G Edwards  1 Apr 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA, AMIMechE
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng), MIMechE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

March 1952

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John W Baker 23 Jan 1950 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt A R Gordon-Cumming 28 Sep 1951 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Francis W Long  8 Dec 1949 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr W Hoy 15 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr Peter T Philpott 24 Sep 1951 OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr G E Firkin 28 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson  1 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Bashford 27 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R A T Oldcorn  5 Oct 1951  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L J Cullen 20 May 1951 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr F H Peterson 16 Sep 1951 MD, MRCP & S
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Ldr G G T Richards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Charles E H Allen 23 Jul 1949 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, DFC, BA, AMIMechE
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng), MIMechE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

April 1952

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Victor E Groom  7 Feb 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt A R Gordon-Cumming 28 Sep 1951 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr W Hoy 15 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr Peter T Philpott 24 Sep 1951 OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr G E Firkin 28 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson  1 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Bashford 27 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R A T Oldcorn  5 Oct 1951  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L J Cullen 20 May 1951 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr F H Peterson 16 Sep 1951 MD, MRCP & S
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Ldr G G T Richards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng), MIMechE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

May 1952

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Victor E Groom  7 Feb 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders 10 Dec 1950 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt A R Gordon-Cumming 28 Sep 1951 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt R C M Collard 19 Dec 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr R T F Gates  9 Jun 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Graham R Magill 17 Sep 1949 OBE, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt Anthony G Powell  9 Mar 1950 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr W Hoy 15 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr Peter T Philpott 24 Sep 1951 OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr G E Firkin 28 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr L F Johnson  1 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Bashford 27 Nov 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H R Tredinnick 15 Nov 1949  
Wg Cdr Stanley E D Mills  1 Feb 1950 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr A R B King 15 Aug 1950  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R A T Oldcorn  5 Oct 1951  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr J B P Henniker-Heaton 12 Oct 1950 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L J Cullen 20 May 1951 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr F H Peterson 16 Sep 1951 MD, MRCP & S
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev E W P Ainsworth 16 Jan 1950 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Ldr G G T Richards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr T A Yates 22 Oct 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr L R Ridley 23 Dec 1949 OBE
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt J H Powle 20 Nov 1949 OBE, BSc (Eng), MIMechE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr O R Moseley  3 Nov 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

June 1952

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt J Harrison-Broadley 25 Apr 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D L Grout  4 Dec 1951 AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
  P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr W Hoy 15 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr G E Firkin 28 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Bashford 27 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Frost 13 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R A T Oldcorn  5 Oct 1951  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr P G Hicks 26 Feb 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J S Carslaw  4 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Gp Capt L M Crooks 19 Mar 1951 OBE, MB, MCh, FRCS
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr A W Smith 29 Feb 1952 MB, BS, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Ldr G G T Richards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Wg Cdr C Hartley 29 Jan 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

July 1952

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • No 205 Group Communication Flight, - Fayid (Lodger)

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt J Harrison-Broadley 25 Apr 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D L Grout  4 Dec 1951 AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
  P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr W Hoy 15 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr G E Firkin 28 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Bashford 27 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt John P Cave 13 Feb 1950 Command Accountant, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Frost 13 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R A T Oldcorn  5 Oct 1951  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr P G Hicks 26 Feb 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J Hill  8 Dec 1949 MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J S Carslaw  4 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Gp Capt L M Crooks 19 Mar 1951 OBE, MB, MCh, FRCS
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr A W Smith 29 Feb 1952 MB, BS, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Ldr G G T Richards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J E Allen-Jones  6 Jul 1949  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Wg Cdr C Hartley 29 Jan 1950  
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

August 1952

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • No 205 Group Communication Flight, - Fayid (Lodger)

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt J Harrison-Broadley 25 Apr 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D L Grout  4 Dec 1951 AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr W Hoy 15 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr G E Firkin 28 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Bashford 27 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Frost 13 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr R A T Oldcorn  5 Oct 1951  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr P G Hicks 26 Feb 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J S Carslaw  4 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Gp Capt L M Crooks 19 Mar 1951 OBE, MB, MCh, FRCS
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr A W Smith 29 Feb 1952 MB, BS, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Ldr G G T Richards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Legal
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Wg Cdr C Hartley 29 Jan 1950 OBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

September 1952

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • No 205 Group Communication Flight, - Fayid (Lodger)
  • MEAF Special Communication Flight, - Fayid

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt J Harrison-Broadley 25 Apr 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E H King 11 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D L Grout  4 Dec 1951 AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt B A Fraser  2 Mar 1950  
Wg Cdr D O Butler  6 Dec 1950 DFC
Sqn Ldr K Fisher  4 Apr 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr W Hoy 15 Feb 1951
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 20 Aug 1952
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt A H Garland 13 Feb 1950  
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C H Shaw 11 Jun 1951  
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D F Beardon 11 Mar 1950 AFC
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt H A Sudbury 26 Jan 1950  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr G E Firkin 28 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr J J Bashford 27 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Wg Cdr C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Frost 13 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr H Greaves 15 Apr 1950  
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Provost
Gp Capt C R Richdale  9 Sep 1950 Command Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr P G Hicks 26 Feb 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J S Carslaw  4 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Gp Capt L M Crooks 19 Mar 1951 OBE, MB, MCh, FRCS
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr A W Smith 29 Feb 1952 MB, BS, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Ldr G G T Richards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Legal
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A A Fletcher  1 May 1950 BSc, DIC, ARCS, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F Hills  2 Jul 1952 BEM
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Wg Cdr C Hartley 29 Jan 1950 OBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

October 1952

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • No 205 Group Communication Flight, - Fayid (Lodger)
  • MEAF Special Communication Flight, - Fayid

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt J Harrison-Broadley 25 Apr 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D L Grout  4 Dec 1951 AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G S Summers  1 Jan 1951  
Weapons
Wg Cdr W Hoy 15 Feb 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 20 Aug 1952
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951 AFC

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr W E Nicholas 15 Sep 1952 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr    
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs  8 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J G Kyles  9 Jul 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Frost 13 May 1952  
Wg Cdr A R B King 31 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr P Raby  3 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Wg Cdr R Chicken  1 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr F G Barr  9 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G V Lydan  5 Aug 1952  
Provost
Wg Cdr P G Hicks 26 Feb 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J S Carslaw  4 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt G H Morley 26 May 1952 OBE, FRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr A W Smith 29 Feb 1952 MB, BS, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Ldr G G T Richards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt C E Hartley 17 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F Hills  2 Jul 1952 BEM
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr B R Bergin 20 Mar 1949  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

November 1952

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • No 205 Group Communication Flight, - Fayid (Lodger)
  • MEAF Special Communication Flight, - Fayid

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt J Harrison-Broadley 25 Apr 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D L Grout  4 Dec 1951 AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs  8 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J G Kyles  9 Jul 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Frost 13 May 1952  
Wg Cdr A R B King 31 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr P Raby  3 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Wg Cdr R Chicken  1 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr F G Barr  9 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G V Lydan  5 Aug 1952  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J S Carslaw  4 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt G H Morley 26 May 1952 OBE, FRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr A W Smith 29 Feb 1952 MB, BS, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952  
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Ldr G G T Richards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS
Wg Cdr V A Ditcham    
Wg Cdr E C Hyde    
Wg Cdr W R S Hill    
Sqn Ldr J D Evans    

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt F Hills  2 Jul 1952 Command Engineer Officer, BEM
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Wg Cdr C Hartley 29 Jan 1950 OBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

December 1952

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • No 205 Group Communication Flight, - Fayid (Lodger)
  • MEAF Special Communication Flight, - Fayid

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt J Harrison-Broadley 25 Apr 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr G V W Davies 16 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr J N Kentish 20 Aug 1951  
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D L Grout  4 Dec 1951 AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr K W J Robertson
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr M J Thomas   OBE, BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr Allen J Shelfoon 24 Feb 1950 AFC; later Act A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs  8 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H D Bisley 18 Sep 1950 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr Cyril B Brown 14 Aug 1950 AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R J A Good 13 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J G Kyles  9 Jul 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Frost 13 May 1952  
Wg Cdr A R B King 31 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr P Raby  3 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Wg Cdr R Chicken  1 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr C L Moyes 27 Jun 1950  
Sqn Ldr F G Barr  9 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr R E Cooke  5 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr W G V Lydan  5 Aug 1952  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J S Carslaw  4 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt G H Morley 26 May 1952 OBE, FRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr A W Smith 29 Feb 1952 MB, BS, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952  
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS
Wg Cdr V A Ditcham    
Wg Cdr E C Hyde    
Wg Cdr W R S Hill    
Sqn Ldr J D Evans    

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off C M Ambrose 25 Jun 1951
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt F Hills  2 Jul 1952 Command Engineer Officer, BEM
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Wg Cdr C Hartley 29 Jan 1950 OBE
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr N D Humphries 11 Jan 1951  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

January 1953

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 36 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment (Lodger)
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • MEAF Transport Wing HQ

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

  • MEAF Special Communication Flight

  • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt P D C Street 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DSC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D L Grout  4 Dec 1951 AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr R J Apperley  2 Nov 1952
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs  8 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J G Kyles  9 Jul 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr S Gotto  9 Dec 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Frost 13 May 1952  
Wg Cdr A R B King 31 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Wg Cdr R Chicken  1 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr F G Barr  9 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr W G V Lydan  5 Aug 1952  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J S Carslaw  4 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt G H Morley 26 May 1952 OBE, FRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr A W Smith 29 Feb 1952 MB, BS, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952  
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS
Wg Cdr V A Ditcham    
Wg Cdr E C Hyde    
Wg Cdr W R S Hill    
Sqn Ldr J D Evans    

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins MBE
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt Christopher E Hartley 14 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F Hills  2 Jul 1952 BEM
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr W M Smedley 12 Nov 1952  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr G V Meredith 18 Sep 1951 MBE
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

February 1953

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 36 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment (Lodger)
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • MEAF Transport Wing HQ

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

  • MEAF Special Communication Flight

  • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt P D C Street 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DSC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr F G Daw 27 Jul 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr Angus A N Nicholson  8 Oct 1951 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D L Grout  4 Dec 1951 AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr R J Apperley  2 Nov 1952
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr I W Mitchem  7 Jul 1950  
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs  8 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J G Kyles  9 Jul 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr S Gotto  9 Dec 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Frost 13 May 1952  
Wg Cdr A R B King 31 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Wg Cdr R Chicken  1 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr F G Barr  9 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr W G V Lydan  5 Aug 1952  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J S Carslaw  4 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt G H Morley 26 May 1952 OBE, FRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr A W Smith 29 Feb 1952 MB, BS, DPH
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952  
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS
Wg Cdr V A Ditcham    
Wg Cdr E C Hyde    
Wg Cdr W R S Hill    
Sqn Ldr J D Evans    

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins MBE
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt Christopher E Hartley 14 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F Hills  2 Jul 1952 BEM
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr A C Kerr  9 Aug 1950  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr W M Smedley 12 Nov 1952  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

March 1953

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 36 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment (Lodger)
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • MEAF Transport Wing HQ

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

  • MEAF Special Communication Flight

  • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt P D C Street 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DSC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr K C H Browne  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J B Hewitson 21 Dec 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Charles J Luce  1 May 1951 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, DSO
Wg Cdr R J Apperley  2 Nov 1952
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr G A C Potts  6 Mar 1951  
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr T C Wood  1 Oct 1951  
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs  8 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J G Kyles  9 Jul 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr S Gotto  9 Dec 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt C G Sharpe  1 Dec 1950  
Wg Cdr H A Frost 13 May 1952  
Wg Cdr A R B King 31 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Wg Cdr R Chicken  1 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr F G Barr  9 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr W G V Lydan  5 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J A Reddington 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J S Carslaw  4 Aug 1951 MB, ChB
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt O S Williams   MRCS, LRCP, DA
Wg Cdr P A Lee 31 Jul 1950 MB, ChB, BAO
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jn 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Dental
Gp Capt R M Margand 11 Oct 1950 FDS, RCS
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952  
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS
Wg Cdr V A Ditcham    
Wg Cdr E C Hyde    
Wg Cdr W R S Hill    
Wg Cdr J D Jamie   ARICS
Sqn Ldr J D Evans    

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins MBE
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt Christopher E Hartley 14 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr W M Smedley 12 Nov 1952  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr D E Gibbs 24 Mar 1950 MBE
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

April 1953

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 36 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment (Lodger)
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • MEAF Transport Wing HQ

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

  • MEAF Special Communication Flight

  • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt P D C Street 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DSC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr K C Browne 22 Feb 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr J S W Bignal 11 Oct 1950 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J B Hewitson 21 Dec 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950  
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr R J Apperley  2 Nov 1952
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr D M B Fitzgerald-Lombard 24 Oct 1950  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt Thomas W Piper  8 Oct 1951 OBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs  8 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J G Kyles  9 Jul 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr S Gotto  9 Dec 1952 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr H A Frost 13 May 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Reddington 21 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt O S Williams 26 Jan 1953 MRCS, LRCP, DA
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt Vacant    
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J H W Haswell 15 Aug 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, BA, PMUB
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952  
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre B E Willett 11 Jan 1950 BSc, AMICE, ARICS
Wg Cdr V A Ditcham    
Wg Cdr E C Hyde    
Wg Cdr W R S Hill    
Wg Cdr J D Jamie   ARICS
Sqn Ldr J D Evans    

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins MBE
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt Christopher E Hartley 14 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

May 1953

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 36 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment (Lodger)
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • MEAF Transport Wing HQ

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

  • MEAF Special Communication Flight

  • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt P D C Street 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DSC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr K C Browne 22 Feb 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr J B Hewitson 21 Dec 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950 MA, AMIEE
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr R J Apperley  2 Nov 1952
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt F C Griffiths 22 Mar1953 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs  8 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J G Kyles  9 Jul 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr S Gotto  9 Dec 1952 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Reddington 21 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt O S Williams 26 Jan 1953 MRCS, LRCP, DA
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952  
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins MBE
Civilian Administration
Mr L D Millo
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt Christopher E Hartley 14 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr A W G Dell   Statistical Officer

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

June 1953

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 36 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment (Lodger)
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • MEAF Transport Wing HQ

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

  • MEAF Special Communication Flight

  • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt P D C Street 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DSC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr K C Browne 22 Feb 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr J B Hewitson 21 Dec 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr J M S Adams 11 Nov 1950 MA, AMIEE
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr J R N Blythe 22 Nov 1951  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt F C Griffiths 22 Mar1953 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr P H Stibbs  8 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J G Kyles  9 Jul 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr S Gotto  9 Dec 1952 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Reddington 21 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM V S Ewing  5 Jun 1951 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt O S Williams 26 Jan 1953 MRCS, LRCP, DA
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952  
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt Christopher E Hartley 14 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr A D Adams  1 Mar 1952  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE

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

July 1953

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 36 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment (Lodger)
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • MEAF Transport Wing HQ

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

  • MEAF Special Communication Flight

  • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt P D C Street 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DSC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr K C Browne 22 Feb 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr J B Hewitson 21 Dec 1952  
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr G Haworth 28 Jan 1951 DFC, DFM
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr H R Edge 11 Mar 1951 AFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt F C Griffiths 22 Mar1953 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr F H Kelly 16 May 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr J A Hunter 21 Jan 1952  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J G Kyles  9 Jul 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr S Gotto  9 Dec 1952 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Reddington 21 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt O S Williams 26 Jan 1953 MRCS, LRCP, DA
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952  
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt Christopher E Hartley 14 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE

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

August 1953

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 36 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment (Lodger)
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • MEAF Transport Wing HQ

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

  • MEAF Special Communication Flight

  • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt P D C Street 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DSC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr K C Browne 22 Feb 1951  
Air Plans
Gp Capt John G Davis 12 Jan 1951 OBE; later ACM
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G F E Loveridge 10 Jun 1951  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr R J McLeod  9 Feb 1951

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr F H Kelly 16 May 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr S Gotto  9 Dec 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Reddington 21 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt O S Williams 26 Jan 1953 MRCS, LRCP, DA
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952  
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson   Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr C F Sealy 22 Feb 1951  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt Christopher E Hartley 14 Mar 1951 Command Engineer Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A E G Pye  5 Jul 1951  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE

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

September 1953

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 36 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment (Lodger)
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • MEAF Transport Wing HQ

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

  • MEAF Special Communication Flight

  • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt P D C Street 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DSC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr David A Green  7 Mar 1951 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas 31 Jan 1951 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr K C Browne 22 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr T James  1 Jun 1953  
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr H J Hobbs  7 Mar 1951  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Cedric A Bell 14 Feb 1952 Command Signals Officer, BA
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr P Robinson 27 Apr 1951  
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Wg Cdr F H Kelly 16 May 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr D D Haig 19 May 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre John E R Sowman 18 May 1951 Senior Equipment Staff Officer,
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr S Gotto  9 Dec 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr E S Witchard  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt B J Bushe-Caryesford 14 Nov 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Reddington 21 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt O S Williams 26 Jan 1953 MRCS, LRCP, DA
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J J Roche 17 May 1951 Assistant Principal Chaplain, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA, UB
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr A W D How 25 Mar 951 OBE
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson 17 Nov 1951 Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Wg Cdr D R Levinson  9 Mar 1952 BEM
Engineer
Gp Capt G M Buxton 24 Jul 1953 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, MA, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr J A F Morgan 25 Jul 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE

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

October 1953

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 36 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment (Lodger)
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • MEAF Transport Wing HQ

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

  • MEAF Special Communication Flight

  • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur P M Sanders 19 May 1952 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, KBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt P D C Street 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DSC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr K C Browne 22 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr T James  1 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Signals
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr P C Barnes 21 Aug 1953  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr W R Crofts  9 Mar 1951 DFM
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  4 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Wg Cdr F H Kelly 16 May 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr S Gotto  9 Dec 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr J A Reddington 21 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt O S Williams 26 Jan 1953 MRCS, LRCP, DA
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA, UB
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G G Edwards 23 Dec 1951 BA
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson 17 Nov 1951 Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Wg Cdr S J Pooley 19 Sep 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt G M Buxton 24 Jul 1953 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, MA, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr J A F Morgan 25 Jul 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE

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

November 1953

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 36 (LAA) Squadron, RAF Regiment (Lodger)
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • SHQ, RAF Fayid

    • MEAF Transport Wing HQ

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

  • MEAF Special Communication Flight

  • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt P D C Street 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DSC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr K C Browne 22 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr T James  1 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr D B Gericke 26 Apr 1952  
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Signals
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr P C Barnes 21 Aug 1953  
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Wg Cdr F H Kelly 16 May 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R C S Bevan 15 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr A J Bannister  5 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr S Gotto  9 Dec 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr J A Reddington 21 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt O S Williams 26 Jan 1953 MRCS, LRCP, DA
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA, UB
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson 17 Nov 1951 Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Wg Cdr S J Pooley 19 Sep 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt G M Buxton 24 Jul 1953 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, MA, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R D Romamis 20 May 1951  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr J A F Morgan 25 Jul 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Statistics
Mr R J Duncan   Senior Executive Officer

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

December 1953

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 62 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 3 Wing RAF Police
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • Transport Force - RAF Fayid

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 204 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

    • MEAF Special Communication Flight

    • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt A E Tippell 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr K C Browne 22 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr T James  1 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Signals
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt M F D Williams 20 Jul 1952 CBE, DSO
Wg Cdr T R Burne 18 Jun 1951 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Wg Cdr F H Kelly 16 May 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr S Gotto  9 Dec 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr J A Reddington 21 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt O S Williams 26 Jan 1953 MRCS, LRCP, DA
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off A F Acheson 16 Jun 1952 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev N H Hurst 22 Feb 1952 BA, UB
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 20 Apr 1952  
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Gp Capt Reginald H E Emson 17 Nov 1951 Command Armament Officer, CBE, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Wg Cdr S J Pooley 19 Sep 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt G M Buxton 24 Jul 1953 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, MA, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr J A F Morgan 25 Jul 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr T L Reeves  5 Aug 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr R J Duncan   Statistics Officer

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

January 1954

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 62 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • Transport Force - RAF Fayid

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 84 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

    • MEAF Special Communication Flight

    • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt A E Tippell 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr K C Browne 22 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr T James  1 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Signals
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John A Gray  1 Jun 1951 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, DFC, GM
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Wg Cdr F H Kelly 16 May 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr T A Westley 20 Nov 1953 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr J A Reddington 21 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Wg Cdr L G Brown  6 Oct 1952  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt O S Williams 26 Jan 1953 MRCS, LRCP, DA
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr W D Evans 30 Nov 1953 DFC
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins 30 Dec 1952 MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt G M Buxton 24 Jul 1953 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, MA, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr J A F Morgan 25 Jul 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt N C Walker 25 Mar 1952  
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B A C Duncan   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr R J Duncan   Statistics Officer

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

February 1954

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir
  • AHQ Malta
  • AHQ Iraq
  • HQ British Forces Aden
  • No 205 Group - Fayid
  • No 206 Group - Abyad
  • SHQ, RAF Ismailia
    • No 651 (AOP) Squadron
    • No 1910 (AOP) Flight
    • No 62 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment
    • No 3651 Mobile Servicing Unit
    • HQ MEAF (Air Staff)
    • No 1 ME Meteorological Unit
    • Telecommunications Centre, MEAF
    • Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone)
    • MEAF Communication Flight
    • RAF Police School
  • Transport Force - RAF Fayid

    • No 70 Sqn

    • No 78 Sqn

    • No 84 Sqn

    • No 114 Sqn

    • No 216 Sqn

    • MEAF Special Communication Flight

    • Special Despatch Office and Special Despatch Service

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt A E Tippell 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr K C Browne 22 Feb 1951  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr T James  1 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr T W Rippingale  1 Sep 1951 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Signals
A/Cdre Philip Jones 14 Feb 1953 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MIEE
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr E J Ryder 24 Nov 1953  
Sqn Ldr C A Wood  3 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr F T Collins 25 Nov 1952 DSO
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Wg Cdr F H Kelly 16 May 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr T A Westley 20 Nov 1953 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr J A Reddington 21 Feb 1953  
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Gp Capt O S Williams 26 Jan 1953 MRCS, LRCP, DA
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr W D Evans 30 Nov 1953 DFC
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins 30 Dec 1952 MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt G M Buxton 24 Jul 1953 Command Engineer Officer, OBE, MA, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr J A F Morgan 25 Jul 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr S J Pooley 23 Nov 1953  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O Bertram   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD

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

March 1954

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt A E Tippell 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr F W Cox 11 Dec 1953 DFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Sqn Ldr D Young 30 Ja 1954  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr N E Metcalfe 24 Feb 1953  
Signals
A/Cdre Philip Jones 14 Feb 1953 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MIEE
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr E J Ryder 24 Nov 1953 MSc
Sqn Ldr A W Hannaford 16 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  5 Ja 1952 DFC
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Wg Cdr F H Kelly 16 May 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr T A Westley 20 Nov 1953 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr E Goodrick 29 Sep 1952  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr W D Evans 30 Nov 1953 DFC
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins 30 Dec 1952 MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt H J Irens 25 Feb 1954 Command Engineer Officer, BSc
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Sqn Ldr J A F Morgan 25 Jul 1953  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr S J Pooley 23 Nov 1953  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

(under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr R M Youle    
Judge Advocate General's Office

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O Bertram   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD
Miscellaneous Duties and Appointments
Mr R C Black   Statistics Officer

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

April 1954

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt A E Tippell 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr F W Cox 11 Dec 1953 DFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Sqn Ldr D Young 30 Ja 1954  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr N E Metcalfe 24 Feb 1953  
Signals
A/Cdre Philip Jones 14 Feb 1953 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MIEE
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr E J Ryder 24 Nov 1953 MSc
Sqn Ldr A W Hannaford 16 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  5 Ja 1952 DFC
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Wg Cdr F H Kelly 16 May 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr T A Westley 20 Nov 1953 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr E Goodrick 29 Sep 1952  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr W D Evans 30 Nov 1953 DFC
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins 30 Dec 1952 MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt H J Irens 25 Feb 1954 Command Engineer Officer, BSc
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr S J Pooley 23 Nov 1953  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

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

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O Bertram   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD
Miscellaneous Duties and Appointments
Mr R C Black   Statistics Officer

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

May 1954

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt A E Tippell 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr F W Cox 11 Dec 1953 DFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Sqn Ldr D Young 30 Ja 1954  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr N E Metcalfe 24 Feb 1953  
Signals
A/Cdre Philip Jones 14 Feb 1953 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MIEE
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr E J Ryder 24 Nov 1953 MSc
Sqn Ldr A W Hannaford 16 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  5 Ja 1952 DFC
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr T A Westley 20 Nov 1953 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr E Goodrick 29 Sep 1952  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr W D Evans 30 Nov 1953 DFC
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins 30 Dec 1952 MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt H J Irens 25 Feb 1954 Command Engineer Officer, BSc
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr S J Pooley 23 Nov 1953  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

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

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O Bertram   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD
Miscellaneous Duties and Appointments
Mr R C Black   Statistics Officer

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

June 1954

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt A E Tippell 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr F W Cox 11 Dec 1953 DFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Sqn Ldr D Young 30 Ja 1954  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr N E Metcalfe 24 Feb 1953  
Signals
A/Cdre Philip Jones 14 Feb 1953 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MIEE
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr E J Ryder 24 Nov 1953 MSc
Sqn Ldr A W Hannaford 16 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  5 Ja 1952 DFC
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr T A Westley 20 Nov 1953 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr E Goodrick 29 Sep 1952  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr D R W Bowman 21 Jan 1952 BSc
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr W D Evans 30 Nov 1953 DFC
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins 30 Dec 1952 MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt H J Irens 25 Feb 1954 Command Engineer Officer, BSc
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr S J Pooley 23 Nov 1953  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

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

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O Bertram   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD
Miscellaneous Duties and Appointments
Mr R C Black   Statistics Officer

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

July 1954

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt A E Tippell 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr F W Cox 11 Dec 1953 DFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Sqn Ldr D Young 30 Ja 1954  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr N E Metcalfe 24 Feb 1953  
Signals
A/Cdre Philip Jones 14 Feb 1953 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MIEE
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr E J Ryder 24 Nov 1953 MSc
Sqn Ldr A W Hannaford 16 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  5 Ja 1952 DFC
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr T A Westley 20 Nov 1953 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr E Goodrick 29 Sep 1952  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr R G Ralph xx Jun 1954 MA, PhD
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr W D Evans 30 Nov 1953 DFC
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins 30 Dec 1952 MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt H J Irens 25 Feb 1954 Command Engineer Officer, BSc
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr S J Pooley 23 Nov 1953  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

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

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O Bertram   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD
Miscellaneous Duties and Appointments
Mr R C Black   Statistics Officer

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

August 1954

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt A E Tippell 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr F W Cox 11 Dec 1953 DFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Sqn Ldr D Young 30 Ja 1954  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr N E Metcalfe 24 Feb 1953  
Signals
A/Cdre Philip Jones 14 Feb 1953 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MIEE
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr E J Ryder 24 Nov 1953 MSc
Sqn Ldr A W Hannaford 16 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  5 Ja 1952 DFC
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr T A Westley 20 Nov 1953 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr E Goodrick 29 Sep 1952  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev C B Verity  9 May 1952 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, MA, C of E
Rev J M Milne  6 Mar 1953 MA, BD, C of S
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr R G Ralph xx Jun 1954 MA, PhD
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr W D Evans 30 Nov 1953 DFC
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins 30 Dec 1952 MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr A K Hunter  8 Sep 1952 OBE, BSc (Eng), AMIMechE, AFRAeS, DCAe
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt H J Irens 25 Feb 1954 Command Engineer Officer, BSc
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr S J Pooley 23 Nov 1953  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

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

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O Bertram   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD
Miscellaneous Duties and Appointments
Mr R C Black   Statistics Officer

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

September 1954

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt A E Tippell 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr F W Cox 11 Dec 1953 DFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Sqn Ldr D Young 30 Ja 1954  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr N E Metcalfe 24 Feb 1953  
Signals
A/Cdre Philip Jones 14 Feb 1953 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MIEE
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr E J Ryder 24 Nov 1953 MSc
Sqn Ldr A W Hannaford 16 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  5 Ja 1952 DFC
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr T A Westley 20 Nov 1953 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr E Goodrick 29 Sep 1952  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr R G Ralph xx Jun 1954 MA, PhD
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr W D Evans 30 Nov 1953 DFC
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins 30 Dec 1952 MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr Vacant  
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt H J Irens 25 Feb 1954 Command Engineer Officer, BSc
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr S J Pooley 23 Nov 1953  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

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

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O Bertram   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD
Miscellaneous Duties and Appointments
Mr R C Black   Statistics Officer

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

October 1954

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt A E Tippell 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr F W Cox 11 Dec 1953 DFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Sqn Ldr D Young 30 Ja 1954  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr N E Metcalfe 24 Feb 1953  
Signals
A/Cdre Philip Jones 14 Feb 1953 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MIEE
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr E J Ryder 24 Nov 1953 MSc
Sqn Ldr A W Hannaford 16 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  5 Ja 1952 DFC
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr R W Woodley  1 Dec 1951 OBE
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr T A Westley 20 Nov 1953 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Sqn Ldr P Caddy 12 Feb 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Gp Capt I MacKay 27 May 1952 MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H, Dip Bact
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr E Goodrick 29 Sep 1952  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev D M Harper 22 Aug 1952 C of E
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt F J M Pryer 31 Jan 1952 BSc, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr R G Ralph xx Jun 1954 MA, PhD
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr W D Evans 30 Nov 1953 DFC
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins 30 Dec 1952 MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Herbert W Heslop 24 Mar 1952 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr Vacant  
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt H J Irens 25 Feb 1954 Command Engineer Officer, BSc
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr S J Pooley 23 Nov 1953  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

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

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O Bertram   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD
Miscellaneous Duties and Appointments
Mr R C Black   Statistics Officer

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

November 1954

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Abu Sueir

See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G Davison 25 Mar 1952 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt A E Tippell 29 Oct 1952 Personal Assistant to C-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Geoffrey R C Spencer 25 Feb 1952 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt Thomas O Prickett  8 Dec 1951 DSO, DFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Hoy 25 Nov 1952 DFC
Wg Cdr I L Campbell  1 Aug 1952 RAAF
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr P M Walker 24 Nov 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr G H S Smith  4 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr F W Cox 11 Dec 1953 DFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Sqn Ldr D Young 30 Ja 1954  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Sqn Ldr F J F Lucie 29 Jun 1953  
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr V G J Phillips  8 Sep 1951 DFC
Sqn Ldr J A Moss  6 Feb 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A G M Sutherland 22 Mar 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr A West 10 Aug 1953 AFM
Sqn Ldr N E Metcalfe 24 Feb 1953  
Signals
A/Cdre Philip Jones 14 Feb 1953 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MIEE
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr E J Ryder 24 Nov 1953 MSc
Sqn Ldr A W Hannaford 16 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE
Weapons
Sqn Ldr D W Morton 25 Jun 1951

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Sqn Ldr M F Hobden 17 Jul 1953
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Photography
Sqn Ldr J W Loxley 27 Jun 1951  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Betty  5 Dec 1951  
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr E Symmons 31 Dec 1952 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr T L Gillieson  1 Jul 1953  
Sqn Ldr J A Bush  5 Ja 1952 DFC
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin   DSO
Sqn Ldr Francis R L Mellersh 16 Jul 1952 DFC*; later AVM
Personnel
Gp Capt C E J Baines  2 Oct1951  
Wg Cdr H Budden  8 Jul 1952 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Wg Cdr J A Lombard 22 Aug 1952 RAAF
Sqn Ldr S E Pattinson 24 Jan 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt S W Needham  7 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr W R Ford 24 Sep 1951  
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R W Warr 11 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Watt  4 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr N Friend 19 Sep 1953  
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr T A Westley 20 Nov 1953 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P H Reason 12 Jul 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Sqn Ldr D W Reynolds 21 Feb 1953  
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr E Goodrick 29 Sep 1952  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev F E H Trevor   Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, BA, AKC, C of E
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt D G G O'Shea 31 Jul 1954 BA
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr R G Ralph xx Jun 1954 MA, PhD
Sqn Off M D Crichton 22 Oct 1952 MA
Legal
Wg Cdr G T Lester 11 Jun 1952  
Sqn Ldr W D Evans 30 Nov 1953 DFC
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins 30 Dec 1952 MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Paul S Blockey 15 Nov 1954 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CBE, BA, MIME
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr Vacant  
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt H J Irens 25 Feb 1954 Command Engineer Officer, BSc
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr R W Williams 16 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr V Buckman 21 Feb 1952  
Sqn Ldr J MacFie  2 Apr 1952  
Sqn Ldr D A Oliver  8 Oct 1952  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr E Easton 25 May 1952  
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr S J Pooley 23 Nov 1953  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

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

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O Bertram   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD
Miscellaneous Duties and Appointments
Mr R C Black   Statistics Officer

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

December 1954

On 1 December 1954 the Main HQ moved to Nicosia in Cyprus leaving a Rear HQ at Ismailia

Address Controlled
Ismailia and Nicosia

See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr R S Perry 14 Sep 1954 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt D H Campbell 14 Jul 1954 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John N T Stephenson 15 Jun 1954 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt J B Tait 16 May 1954 DSO***, DFC*
Wg Cdr K W McKenzie 28 Aug 1953 DFC,AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Kerridge 25 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr P J Anson  4 Jul 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr R J S Spooner 28 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr F W Cox 11 Dec 1953 DFC
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr J R Davenport 20 Jun 1962  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 25 Jan 1953 DFC
Wg Cdr J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Sqn Ldr D Young 30 Ja 1954  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Navigation
Wg Cdr T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr S L Tunstall 30 Jun 1953  
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McWhite 31 Aug 1952 CBE
Wg Cdr E L McMillan 26 Jul 1952 AFC
Sqn Ldr N E Metcalfe 24 Feb 1953  
Signals
A/Cdre Philip Jones 14 Feb 1953 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MIEE
Gp Capt J H Irvin  9 Jun 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr E J Ryder 24 Nov 1953 MSc
Sqn Ldr Sinclair M Davidson 19 May 1953 later AVM
Sqn Ldr H Fishwick 25 Jul 1953 MBE

Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr W C H Sullivan 12 May 1953
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Photography
Sqn Ldr J F Hall 12 May 1954  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 Mar 1953  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953  
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A H C Roberts 19 Jan 1953 DSO, OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr J Brain  2 Feb 1953 AFC
Wg Cdr W G Oldbury 30 Jun 1953 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr F E Runchman 20 Sep 1952  
Maj Gey Van Pittius  2 Apr 1953 SAAF
Administrative Plans
Gp Capt W E Rankin  7 Jul 1953 DSO
Wg Cdr H T Morgan 24 Feb 1954  
Personnel
Gp Capt K P Lewis 24 Mar 1954  
Wg Cdr R S J Edwards 16 Aug 1954  
Wg Cdr E V Masters 10 Nov 1952 MBE
Sqn Ldr J L Causton 30 Nov 1952 DFC
Sqn Ldr R H Knight  9 Jun 1953 DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Cleaver  5 Aug 1953 DFC
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr L D Millo Civilian Administrative Officer
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt A MacR Aberdein 16 Nov 1954  
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick  8 Jun 1953  
Sqn Ldr R Morgan 19 Nov 1952  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley    
Sqn Ldr E Gorman 31 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr T A Westley 20 Nov 1953 RAAF
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt K A Jackman 23 Jun 1952  
Wg Cdr P Griffiths 15 Dec 1952 OBE
Wg Cdr L T Starling 31 Jan 1953  
Wg Cdr H Bamforth  4 Apr 1953 MBE
Sqn Ldr J D Watson  1 Aug 1952  
Sqn Ldr J Yeadon 31 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr A L Bryant 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Off B E Lumb  1 Jul 1954  
Catering
Wg Cdr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952  
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mote 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953  
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Wg Cdr R O Yerbury 29 Jan 1953 MB, BS (Lond), MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr K Bazarnick 22 Mar 1953 MB, ChB
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev F E H Trevor   Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, BA, AKC, C of E
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 BA, RC
Rev E D Lewis  5 Jul 1953  
Educational
Gp Capt D G G O'Shea 31 Jul 1954 BA
Wg Cdr C H Sleightholme 17 Oct 1953 BSc
Sqn Ldr R G Ralph xx Jun 1954 MA, PhD
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  9 Dec 1954  
Sqn Ldr W D Evans 30 Nov 1953 DFC
Works
A/Cdre W G Pullan  5 May 1953 OBE, BSc (Eng), MICE

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off K M Collins 30 Dec 1952 MBE
Technical Staff
AVM Paul S Blockey 15 Nov 1954 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CBE, BA, MIME
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D H Grundy 14 Aug 1954 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H H Dent  5 Aug 1953  
Sqn Ldr Ivan J de la Plain 31 Jan 1953 later A/Cdre
Armament
Wg Cdr J McQ Fitch 21 Jul 1953  
Engineer
Gp Capt H J Irens 25 Feb 1954 Command Engineer Officer, BSc
Wg Cdr G S J Gibbs 19 Mar 1953 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953  
Wg Cdr N L Williamson 23 Oct 1953  
Sqn Ldr R G C Castell 10 Jan 1953  
Sqn Ldr J W Diaper 10 Nov 1951 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr J C Dixon 16 May 1953  
Sqn Ldr J Elliott  9 Jun 1953  
Radio
Wg Cdr E C Ashley 17 Nov 1954  
Sqn Ldr F S Cocker  1 Apr 1954 DFC
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr B E Dunkley 17 Nov 1954 AMIMechE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A W S Brown 19 Sep 1952  
Sqn Ldr S J Pooley 23 Nov 1953  
Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr N G O'Brien  2 Feb 1952 MBE

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor

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

(Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O Bertram   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD
Miscellaneous Duties and Appointments
Mr R C Black   Statistics Officer

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

On 31 October 1955 a Rear HQ was moved to Episkopi in Cyprus.

1955

Address Controlled
Main - RAF Nicosia

Rear - RAF Episkopi

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr R S Perry 14 Sep 1954 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt D H Campbell 14 Jul 1954 Personal Assistant to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John N T Stephenson 15 Jun 1954 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE
Operations and Training
Gp Capt J B Tait 16 May 1954 DSO***, DFC*
Air Plans
Gp Capt E E Vielle 20 Jul 1953 OBE
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt T Q Horner 24 Aug 1953
Intelligence
Gp Capt H McC White 13 Aug 1952
Signals
A/Cdre Philip Jones 14 Feb 1953 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MIEE
Ground Defence
A/Cdre Jack H Harris 14 Apr 1953 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, CB, CBE; later AVM
Photography
Sqn Ldr J F Hall 12 May 1954
Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953
Meteorological
Mr T W V Jones   BSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Fire Service
Mr L C Johnstone
Personnel
Gp Capt K P Lewis 24 Mar 1954 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr W A Morgan Civilian Administration Officer
Technical Planning Staff
Sqn Ldr H G A Scilley  3 Jan 1955 AFRAeS
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Accountant
Wg Cdr K A Jackman 17 Feb 1953 Command Accountant,
Catering
Sqn Ldr H Fallows 19 Dec 1952
Physical Fitness
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 May 1953
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953 Command Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM R H Stanbridge  2 Jun 1953 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MRCS, LRCP, DPM, DIH, QHP
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Nursing Services
Gp Off M R Gall  9 Nov 1953 RRC
Chaplains
Rev F E H Trevor 29 Jul 1954 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, BA, AKC
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain - RC, BA
Rev A J Potts 14 Sep 1954 UB,
Rev E D Lewis  3 Aug 1953 UB
Rev W L O'Neill 24 Jan 1955 C of E, MA
Rev M Parry 25 Nov 1954 C of E, BA
Educational
Gp Capt D G O'Shea 31 Jul 1954 Command Education Officer, BA
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  9 Dec 1954  
Works
A/Cdre J C R Woodside   AMICE, AMIunE
WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off M F Arkell  8 Mar 1955 WRAF

Technical Staff
AVM Paul S Blockey 15 Nov 1954 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CBE, BA, MIME

Armament
Gp Capt J McQ Fitch 23 Nov 1953 Command Armament Officer

Radio
Wg Cdr E C Ashley 17 Nov 1954  

Technical Plans
Wg Cdr D H Grundy 14 Aug 1954 AFRAeS

Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr B E Dunkley 17 Nov 1954 Command Aeronautical Inspection Officer, AMIME, AFRAeS

Local Audit (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke   Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to C-in-C, MBE

Judge Advocate General's Office (Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr O Bertram   Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD
Miscellaneous
Statistics
Mr R G Black   BSc (Econ)

Source - April 1955 Air Force List

1956

Address Controlled
Main - RAF Nicosia

Rear - RAF Episkopi

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Claude B R Pelly 15 Oct 1953 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, MC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr R S Perry 14 Sep 1954 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C, DFC
Flt Lt Darrell C A Lloyd 30 Jul 1955 ADC to C-in-C; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM John N T Stephenson 15 Jun 1954 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE
Signals
A/Cdre

Henry G Blair

 20 Aug 1955 Command Signals Officer; later A/Cdre
Operations and Training
Gp Capt J B Tait 16 May 1954 DSO***, DFC*
Air Plans
Gp Capt J Ellis 18 Nov 1953 DFC*
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr E M H Slade 13 Apr 1953 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt G T Thain  2 Jun 1955 DFC
Intelligence
Gp Capt Harry J Hickey 18 Apr 1955 OBE; later A/Cdre
Photography
Sqn Ldr J F Hall 12 May 1954
Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr N Morse 23 Mar 1953
Meteorological
Mr V R Coles   MSc
Administrative Staff
AVM Geoffrey I L Saye 30 Jan 1954 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, OBE, AFC
Organisation
Gp Capt James D Melvin  5 Nov 1953  OBE; later A/Cdre
Fire Service
Mr L C Johnstone
Personnel
Gp Capt K P Lewis 24 Mar 1954 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr W A Morgan Civilian Administration Officer
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr H T Morgan 24 Feb 1954  
Technical Planning Staff
Sqn Ldr T D Bailes 11 Jul 1955  
Equipment
A/Cdre Leonard Taylor  4 Sep 1953 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Accountant
Gp Capt W S Calder  4 Sep 1955 Command Accountant,
Movements
Gp Capt P J Mole 31 Aug 1953 CBE
Catering
Sqn Ldr F T Brain 27 May 1955
Physical Fitness
Sqn Ldr W H Ogden 11 May 1953
Provost
Gp Capt B W S Smith 28 Dec 1953 Command Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM P B L Potter 27 Nov 1955 Principal Medical Officer, CBE, MD, ChB, DPH, DTM&H, QHS
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy  9 Apr 1953 LDS
Nursing Services
Gp Off A M Williamson 29 Jun 1955 RRC
Chaplains
Rev F E H Trevor 29 Jul 1954 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, BA, AKC
Rev J K McKeown 27 Aug 1953 Assistant Principal Chaplain - RC, BA
Rev A J Potts 14 Sep 1954 UB,
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  9 Dec 1954  
Works
A/Cdre J C R Woodside   AMICE, AMIunE
WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off M F Arkell  8 Mar 1955 WRAF

Technical Staff
AVM Paul S Blockey 15 Nov 1954 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CBE, BA, MIME

Engineer
Wg Cdr R W Searles 20 Oct 1953

Armament
Wg Cdr W A Jones 27 Mar 1954  

Radio
Wg Cdr E C Ashley 17 Nov 1954  

Technical Plans
Wg Cdr D H Grundy 14 Aug 1954 AFRAeS

Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr B E Dunkley 17 Nov 1954 Command Aeronautical Inspection Officer, AMIME, AFRAeS

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke   Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to C-in-C, MBE

Judge Advocate General's Office (Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B de H Pereira   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD
Miscellaneous
Statistics
Mr R G Black   BSc (Econ)

Source - January 1956 Air Force List

The Main HQ moved to Episkopi on 1 March 1957 and absorbed the Rear HQ.

1957

 

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Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Hubert L Patch

 24 Sep 1956 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr R J Hough  5 Feb 1957 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C
Flt Lt P Hutchins 21 Aug 1956 ADC to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM

Leslie W C Bower

 25 Feb 1957 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, DSO, DFC; later AM
Operations
Gp Capt H J Cundall 14 Jan 1957 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr V S H Duclos 28 Feb 1956 DFC
Wg Cdr J S Hamilton 15 Apr 1956 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr G T Thain DFC
Sqn Ldr R A G Barlow
Sqn Ldr K Burge 29 Nov 1955
Sqn Ldr M W Hale
Sqn Ldr A E Shepherd
Flight Safety
Sqn Ldr P E Lewis
Air Plans
Gp Capt Albert A Case 31 Jan 1956 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr R L S Coulson 24 Aug 1956
Wg Cdr P H Stembridge 14 Jul 1955 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr L F Banks 26 Apr 1955 DFC, AFC
Intelligence
Gp Capt Harry J Hickey 18 Apr 1955 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R T Bainbridge AFC
Sqn Ldr A E Callard 10 Jun 1956 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J A L Currie 16 Apr 1957 DFC
Sqn Ldr W A C Emmett 29 Jun 1954
Sqn Ldr J L Gilbert 27 Mar 1955 DFC
Sqn Ldr C A Tomlinson 29 Mar 1957 AFC
Signals
A/Cdre

Henry G Blair

 20 Aug 1955 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M J Underhill 26 Feb 1956
Sqn Ldr R M Dubock 26 Mar 1957 AFC
Sqn Ldr E G A Hart 25 Jul 1956
Sqn Ldr S W Sills 21 Mar 1957 DFM
Col R G Yolland Chief Air Formation Signal Officer, OBE, BA, AMIEE
Maj P Wolfendale
Maj I McAnsh Royal Signals
Ground Defence
Gp Capt E J Rae 13 Oct 1955 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer
Sqn Ldr A Roberts 20 Jul 1954

Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Sqn Ldr R A G Barlow 16 Jul 1956 also shown in Operations
Meteorological
Mr V R Coles   MSc
Administrative Staff
AVM John F Hobler 23 Jul 1956 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt R F Aitken 12 Nov 1955 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr A W Horne 25 Jul 1955 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D L Prichard  3 Jan 1956 DSO
Sqn Ldr S M Barraclough 30 Aug 1955
Sqn Ldr M G Harris  8 Mar 1957 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr J E Janes 24 Aug 1956
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr S L Swain 23 Jul 1956  
Sqn Ldr G E Davies 24 Feb 1957 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt W G Devas  2 Jul 1956 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr R B Fleming  5 Jan 1955 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr N F Smith 25 Apr 1957 DFC
Sqn Ldr D A Hine 26 Jan 1956
Sqn Ldr P E Lewis 12 Mar 1955 possibly also Flight Safety? DFC
Sqn Ldr R W Mathers 17 Aug 1954 DFC
Sqn Ldr H K Rees  8 May 1955
Equipment
Gp Capt Kenneth T Nicklin 30 May 1957 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S J Popham-Pursey OBE
Wg Cdr H E Rossiter 25 Mar 1954
Sqn Ldr L N Campbell  3 May 1955
Sqn Ldr R W Clarke 21 Feb 1957
Sqn Ldr H C Corbett  7 Nov 1955
Sqn Ldr A Yates 30 Apr 1957
Statistics
Mr K L Astill    

Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt W S Calder  4 Sep 1955 Command Accountant,
Wg Cdr R H Harris  6 Jun 1955
Sqn Ldr G D Bell 30 Apr 1957
Catering
Wg Cdr F T Brain 27 May 1955
Movements
Gp Capt F B King 27 Feb 1955  
Sqn Ldr M L Copeland  4 Jun 1955
Sqn Ldr V J Corser 13 Apr 1955
Provost
Gp Capt S N Kettle 21 Apr 1956 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Sqn Ldr J R C Proudlock 26 Sep 1955
Legal
Wg Cdr W D Evans 13 Mar 1957 DFC
Sqn Ldr E E W Lloyd-Jones 28 May 1956  
Medical
AVM A F Cook  3 Jan 1957 Principal Medical Officer, CBE, LRCP&S, DPH, QHP
Gp Capt F V Maclaine  1 Aug 1955 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr H L Jones 14 Aug 1956 MB, ChB
Works
A/Cdre J C R Woodside 15 Feb 1955 AMICE, AMIunE
Fire Service
Mr L C Johnstone
Dental
Gp Capt D I Malcomson 14 Mar 1956 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Chaplains
Rev T Hankin 17 Jan 1957 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, BA
Rev D M Rowlands 26 Mar 1956 Assistant Principal Chaplain - UB
Rev L Deegan 18 May 1956 Assistant Principal Chaplain - RC
Rev W L O'Neill 24 Jan 1955 MA
Nursing
Gp Off A Lowery  9 Jul 1956 PMRAFNS
Educational
Gp Capt P H Legg 14 Aug 1956 OBE, BSc, AFRAeS
WRAF Administrative Officer
Wg Off J A Bannatyne 28 Jan 1957 WRAF
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr E J P Poyner Civilian Administration Officer

Technical Staff
A/Cdre Herbert L Messiter 13 May 1956 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB
Technical Planning Staff
Wg Cdr D H Grundy 14 Aug 1954 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr R Woodward 28 Jan 1955  

Armament
Wg Cdr D G Perry 15 Jul 1956  

Engineer
Gp Capt C E Sims  7 Mar 1955 Command Engineer Officer
Wg Cdr D P Davies 12 Jun 1955 MBE
Wg Cdr T U Dunn 16 Apr 1957 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr H J R Hallstone 18 Jul 1956 OBE
Sqn Ldr A C Needham  5 May 1954  

Radio
Wg Cdr R G Seymour 29 Mar 1957  
Sqn Ldr S L Gordon 13 Mar1957  
Sqn Ldr G T Smyth  4 Aug 1954  

Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr R E Smith  7 Aug 1954
Miscellaneous Establishments
Wg Cdr D N Fearon  3 May 1957 Unit Commander
Wg Cdr Colin C M Baker 10 Jun 1957 Secretary to JIC (ME), OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Allen H Mawer  4 Jan 1957 Secretary to PSO, PAO and Theatre Defence Committee, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P R Casement 10 Jun 1957 Joint Planning Staff (Strategic), DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr H Simmons 24 Aug 1956 Airfield Construction, AMICE, AMIMunE
Sqn Ldr W H Hallatt 16 Sep 1955 Joint Planning Staff (Executive)
Sqn Ldr A E Callard  3 Jun 1956 Joint Intelligence Staff (Middle East)
Sqn Ldr R E Harrison 18 Nov 1956 Land-Air Warfare Training Team
Sqn Ldr E C Bennett 31 Jan 1956 Maritime HQ (Cyprus)
Sqn Ldr J L Fellowes  3 Jun 1956 Middle East Communication Board
Sqn Ldr S M W Cadwallader 30 Aug 1955 RAF Representative with JIB

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke   OBE

Judge Advocate General's Office (Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B de H Pereira   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD

Source - July 1957 Air Force List

1958

Address Controlled
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Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Hubert L Patch

 24 Sep 1956 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr R J Hough  5 Feb 1957 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C
Flt Lt P Hutchins 21 Aug 1956 ADC to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM

Leslie W C Bower

 25 Feb 1957 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, DSO, DFC; later AM
Operations
Gp Capt H J Cundall 14 Jan 1957 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr V S H Duclos 28 Feb 1956 DFC
Wg Cdr G Sproates 12 Nov 1957
Sqn Ldr R A G Barlow
Sqn Ldr K Burge 29 Nov 1955
Sqn Ldr M W Hale
Sqn Ldr L Scott 29 Oct 1957
Flight Safety
Sqn Ldr P E Lewis
Air Plans
Gp Capt Albert A Case 31 Jan 1956 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr R L S Coulson 24 Aug 1956
Wg Cdr P H Stembridge 14 Jul 1955 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr L F Banks 26 Apr 1955 DFC, AFC
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr G C Brunner 12 Jul 1957 AFC*
Intelligence
Gp Capt Harry J Hickey 18 Apr 1955 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R T Bainbridge AFC
Sqn Ldr K Barnes  2 Sep 1957
Sqn Ldr J A L Currie 16 Apr 1957 DFC
Sqn Ldr W A C Emmett 29 Jun 1954
Sqn Ldr R H C Hustwith 31 Oct 1957
Sqn Ldr C A Tomlinson 29 Mar 1957 AFC
Signals
A/Cdre

Henry G Blair

 20 Aug 1955 Command Signals Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M J Underhill 26 Feb 1956
Sqn Ldr R M Dubock 26 Mar 1957 AFC
Sqn Ldr E G A Hart 25 Jul 1956
Sqn Ldr S W Sills 21 Mar 1957 DFM
Col J H L Crichton 20 Jul 1957 Chief Air Formation Signal Officer
Maj J K Brown 15 May 1957
Maj I McAnsh Royal Signals
Ground Defence
Gp Capt E J Rae 13 Oct 1955 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer
Sqn Ldr A Roberts 20 Jul 1954

Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Sqn Ldr R A G Barlow 16 Jul 1956 also shown in Operations
Meteorological
Dr J Pepper   MA, BSc, PhD
Administrative Staff
AVM John F Hobler 23 Jul 1956 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt R F Aitken 12 Nov 1955 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr A W Horne 25 Jul 1955 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr J H Newberry 26 Sep 1957 DFC
Sqn Ldr S M Barraclough 30 Aug 1955
Sqn Ldr M G Harris  8 Mar 1957 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr J E Janes 24 Aug 1956
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr S L Swain 23 Jul 1956  
Sqn Ldr G E Davies 24 Feb 1957 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt W G Devas  2 Jul 1956 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W N Kenyon  8 Aug 1957 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr N F Smith 25 Apr 1957 DFC
Sqn Ldr J E Brough 20 Sep 1957
Sqn Ldr P E Lewis 12 Mar 1955 possibly also Flight Safety? DFC
Sqn Ldr R W Mathers 17 Aug 1954 DFC
Sqn Ldr H K Rees  8 May 1955
Equipment
Gp Capt Kenneth T Nicklin 30 May 1957 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S J Popham-Pursey OBE
Wg Cdr H E Rossiter 25 Mar 1954
Sqn Ldr R W Clarke 21 Feb 1957
Sqn Ldr H C Corbett  7 Nov 1955
Statistics
Mr K L Astill    

Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt W S Calder  4 Sep 1955 Command Accountant,
Wg Cdr W J Evans 27 Aug 1957 ASAA
Sqn Ldr G D Bell 30 Apr 1957
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 25 Oct 1957
Movements
Gp Capt F B King 27 Feb 1955  
Sqn Ldr M L Copeland  4 Jun 1955
Sqn Ldr V J Corser 13 Apr 1955
Provost
Gp Capt S N Kettle 21 Apr 1956 Command Provost Marshal, OBE
Sqn Ldr A Smart 28 Aug 1957 BEM
Legal
Wg Cdr W D Evans 13 Mar 1957 DFC
Medical
AVM A F Cook  3 Jan 1957 Principal Medical Officer, CBE, LRCP&S, DPH, QHP
Gp Capt Vacant    
Sqn Ldr H L Jones 14 Aug 1956 MB, ChB
Works
A/Cdre J C R Woodside 15 Feb 1955 AMICE, AMIunE
Fire Service
Mr P H Holthan
Dental
Gp Capt D I Malcomson 14 Mar 1956 LDS
Sqn Ldr W S Shennan 30 Apr 1953  
Chaplains
Rev T Hankin 17 Jan 1957 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, BA
Rev D M Rowlands 26 Mar 1956 Assistant Principal Chaplain - UB
Rev T I Robinson   C of E, MA
Nursing
Gp Off A Lowery  9 Jul 1956 PMRAFNS
Educational
Gp Capt P H Legg 14 Aug 1956 OBE, BSc, AFRAeS
WRAF Administrative Officer
Wg Off J A Bannatyne 28 Jan 1957 WRAF
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr E J P Poyner Civilian Administration Officer

Technical Staff
A/Cdre Herbert L Messiter 13 May 1956 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB
Technical Planning Staff
Wg Cdr R J Bartlett 23 Sep 1957
Sqn Ldr J A Fleming 11 Feb 1957  

Armament
Wg Cdr D G Perry 15 Jul 1956  

Engineer
Gp Capt F E Stokes  1 Sep 1957 MA, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr D P Davies 12 Jun 1955 MBE
Wg Cdr T U Dunn 16 Apr 1957 AFRAeS
Wg Cdr H J R Hallstone 18 Jul 1956 OBE
Sqn Ldr E H Jenkins 27 Nov 1956 AFRAeS

Radio
Wg Cdr R G Seymour 29 Mar 1957  
Sqn Ldr S L Gordon 13 Mar1957  
Sqn Ldr J D Palmer 15 Feb 1957 MBE, BSc, DipEl

Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr J Harvey  7 Jun 1957 Command Aeronautical Inspection Officer,
Sqn Ldr J Ainsworth  7 Jun 1957  
Sqn Ldr J Edwards  7 Jun 1957  

Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr R E Smith  7 Aug 1954
Miscellaneous Establishments
Wg Cdr D N Fearon  3 May 1957 Unit Commander
Wg Cdr Colin C M Baker 10 Jun 1957 Secretary to JIC (ME), OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Allen H Mawer  4 Jan 1957 Secretary to PSO, PAO and Theatre Defence Committee, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P R Casement 10 Jun 1957 Joint Planning Staff (Strategic), DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr H Simmons 24 Aug 1956 Airfield Construction, AMICE, AMIMunE
Sqn Ldr W H Hallatt 16 Sep 1955 Joint Planning Staff (Executive)
Sqn Ldr R E Harrison 18 Nov 1956 Land-Air Warfare Training Team
Sqn Ldr E C Bennett 31 Jan 1956 Maritime HQ (Cyprus)
Sqn Ldr J L Fellowes  3 Jun 1956 Middle East Communication Board
Sqn Ldr S M W Cadwallader 30 Aug 1955 RAF Representative with JIB

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr W J Clarke   OBE

Judge Advocate General's Office (Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B de H Pereira   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD

Source - January 1958 Air Force List

1959

Address Controlled
RAF Episkopi

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William M L MacDonald 26 Nov 1958 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr R J Hough  5 Feb 1957 Personal Staff Officer to C-in-C
Flt Lt J M Tabernacle 10 Sep 1958 ADC to C-in-C
AVM

Leslie W C Bower

 25 Feb 1957 Deputy C-in-C, CB, DSO, DFC; later AM
Flt Lt A A Norman-Macgregor 29 Mar 1957 ADC to Deputy C-in-C
Personal Appointment
Air Staff
A/Cdre

Cecil T Weir

 12 May 1958 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Operations
Gp Capt H J Cundall 14 Jan 1957 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr A M Gill 15 Dec 1958
Wg Cdr G Sproates 12 Nov 1957
Sqn Ldr M W Hale  1 Apr 1958
Sqn Ldr L Scott 29 Oct 1957
Sqn Ldr J Tyson 25 Oct 1958
Sqn Ldr R L Wallane  18 Feb 1958
Sqn Ldr J W Vick 14 Mar 1958
Sqn Ldr F E Zaccheo  1 Apr 1958
Flight Safety
Sqn Ldr J E Jacobs 21 Jan 1958
Air Plans
Gp Capt Arthur M Ruston  6 Oct 1958 Policy and Plans, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R L S Coulson 24 Aug 1956
Wg Cdr A E Marriott  6 Mar 1957
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr G C Brunner 12 Jul 1957 AFC*
Intelligence
Gp Capt R F H Clerke 23 Jan 1958 DFC, MA
Wg Cdr R T Bainbridge 30 May 1957 AFC
Sqn Ldr K Barnes  2 Sep 1957
Sqn Ldr J A L Currie 16 Apr 1957 DFC
Sqn Ldr C A Tomlinson 29 Mar 1957 AFC
Signals
A/Cdre Albert D Jackson 23 Apr 1958 Command Signals Officer, BSc; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M L L Bathe 27 Jul 1958
Sqn Ldr R M Dubock 26 Mar 1957 AFC
Sqn Ldr F Reid  7 Dec 1956
Sqn Ldr S W Sills 21 Mar 1957 DFM
Col J H L Crichton 20 Jul 1957 Chief Air Formation Signal Officer
Maj J K Brown 15 May 1957
Ground Defence
Gp Capt R J H de Brett 21 Sep 1956 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer
Sqn Ldr F J O Spender  3 May 1957

Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Sqn Ldr F R J Richardson 22 Jun 1956 DFM
Meteorological
Dr J Pepper   MA, BSc, PhD
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre Charles S Moore 28 Jun 1958 Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE; later AVM
Organisation
Gp Capt J D E Hughes  7 Jan 1957  
Wg Cdr J H Newberry 26 Sep 1957 DFC
Wg Cdr N F Smith  5 Apr 1957 DFC, also listed as Work Study
Wg Off B G Martin 19 May 1958 WRAF
Sqn Ldr M G Harris  8 Mar 1957 DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr J F Irton 14 Mar 1958
Sqn Ldr J E Janes 24 Aug 1956
Sqn Ldr D Monks 14 Mar 1958
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr S L Swain 23 Jul 1956  
Sqn Ldr G E Davies 24 Feb 1957 DFC
Personnel
Gp Capt G B Warner 27 Mar 1958 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W N Kenyon  8 Aug 1957 OBE, AFC
Sqn Ldr J E Brough 20 Sep 1957
Sqn Ldr C E Butterworth 17 Feb 1957
Sqn Ldr A W Harding  8 Feb 1956 MBE
Equipment
Gp Capt Kenneth T Nicklin 30 May 1957 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T J da C Andrade  4 Jul 1957 OBE
Wg Cdr J P M Woolley 18 Oct 1956
Sqn Ldr R W Clarke 21 Feb 1957
Sqn Ldr G K King 24 May 1957 DFC
Sqn Ldr W J Parham 30 Dec 1956 MBE
Statistics
Mr K L Astill    

Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt Peter H Roscoe 30 Jun 1958 Command Accountant, ACA; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W J Brown 10 Apr 1958
Sqn Ldr G D Bell 30 Apr 1957
Catering
Wg Cdr N H Bennett 25 Oct 1957
Movements
Gp Capt A Selby 30 Dec 1956 Command Movements Officer
Sqn Ldr L G Prest 29 Mar 1957
Sqn Ldr K Taylor 27 Nov 1957 DFC
Provost
Wg Cdr H M Shepherd 28 Aug 1957 Command Provost Marshal
Sqn Ldr A Smart 28 Aug 1957 BEM
Legal
Wg Cdr W D Evans 13 Mar 1957 DFC
Sqn Ldr R A Jones 16 Jan 1957  
Medical
AVM T C Macdonald 26 Aug 1958 Principal Medical Officer, AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt J W Patrick 30 Oct 1956 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr B A J Barrow  6 Sep 1958 MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr R C Rylance 14 Aug 1956 MB, ChB
Work Study
Wg Cdr N F Smith 15 Feb 1958 DFC, also listed in Organisation
Dental
Gp Capt H M G Williams 18 Jun 1958 LDS
Works
Gp Capt N L Costain 18 Mar 1958 BSc (Eng), AMICE
Fire Service
Mr P H Holthan
Chaplains
Rev T Hankin 17 Jan 1957 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, BA
Rev D M Rowlands 26 Mar 1956 Assistant Principal Chaplain - UB
Nursing
Gp Off Vacant    
Educational
Gp Capt P H Legg 14 Aug 1956 OBE, BSc, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr C A Farrow  1 Dec 1956 BSc
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr E J P Poyner Civilian Administration Officer

Technical Staff
A/Cdre Herbert L Messiter 13 May 1956 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB
Technical Planning Staff
Wg Cdr R J Bartlett 23 Sep 1957
Sqn Ldr J A Fleming 11 Feb 1957  

Armament
Wg Cdr D G Perry 15 Jul 1956  

Engineer
Gp Capt F E Stokes  1 Sep 1957 MA, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr T U Dunn 16 Apr 1957 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr H Townley  4 Jan 1957  

Radio
Wg Cdr R G Seymour 29 Mar 1957  
Sqn Ldr S L Gordon 13 Mar1957  
Sqn Ldr J D Palmer 15 Feb 1957 MBE, BSc, DipEl

Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr J Harvey  7 Jun 1957 Command Aeronautical Inspection Officer,
Sqn Ldr J Ainsworth  7 Jun 1957  

Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr R E Smith  7 Aug 1954
Miscellaneous Establishments
Wg Cdr D N Fearon  3 May 1957 Unit Commander
Wg Cdr Colin C M Baker 10 Jun 1957 Secretary to JIC (ME), OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Allen H Mawer  4 Jan 1957 Secretary to PSO, PAO and Theatre Defence Committee, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P R Casement 10 Jun 1957 Joint Planning Staff (Strategic), DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr H Simmons 24 Aug 1956 Airfield Construction, AMICE, AMIMunE
Wg Cdr J F Olliver 11 Feb 1957 Senior Internal Security Staff Officer
Sqn Ldr W H Hallatt 16 Sep 1955 Joint Planning Staff (Executive)
Sqn Ldr R E Harrison 18 Nov 1956 Land-Air Warfare Training Team
Sqn Ldr J F D Elkington 12 Nov 1957 Maritime HQ (Cyprus)
Sqn Ldr R H C Hustwith 31 Oct 1957 MEAF Targeting Section
Sqn Ldr J L Fellowes  3 Jun 1956 Middle East Communication Board
Sqn Ldr D F Baker 30 Jan 1958 RAF Representative with JIB

Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr H Owen    

Judge Advocate General's Office (Lord Chancellor's Establishment)
Mr B de H Pereira   Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF), TD

Source - January 1959 Air Force List

1960

Address Controlled
RAF Episkopi

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William M L MacDonald 26 Nov 1958 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC, later ACM
AVM Cecil T Weir 23 Apr 1959 Deputy C-in-C, CBE, DFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr R J Wilson 12 Jun 1959 PSO to C-in-C,
Flt Lt J M Tabernacle 10 Sep 1958 ADC to C-in-C
Flt Lt J D Barwell 23 Apr 1959 ADC to Deputy C-in-C
Personal Appointment
Air Staff
A/Cdre Vacant Senior Air Staff Officer
Operations
Gp Capt F B Sutton  3 Jul 1959 DFC
Wg Cdr A M Gill 15 Dec 1958
Wg Cdr G Sproates 12 Nov 1957
Sqn Ldr K W Johnson 29 Apr 1959
Sqn Ldr R H Leviseur 30 Nov 1959
Sqn Ldr L Scott 29 Oct 1957
Sqn Ldr J Tyson 25 Oct 1958
Sqn Ldr J W Vick 14 Mar 1958
Sqn Ldr R L Wallane  18 Feb 1958
Flight Safety
Sqn Ldr J E Jacobs 21 Jan 1958
Air Plans
Gp Capt Arthur M Ruston  6 Oct 1958 Policy and Plans, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G Mackie 23 Nov 1959
Wg Cdr G F Morley-Mower 23 Mar 1959
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr F W Dewell 26 Nov 1959 AFC
Intelligence
Gp Capt R F H Clerke 23 Jan 1958 DFC, MA
Wg Cdr J R Goodman DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr K Barnes  2 Sep 1957
Sqn Ldr J V Desemonie 22 Sep 1959
Sqn Ldr J H Pearce 20 Aug 1959
Signals
A/Cdre Albert D Jackson 23 Apr 1958 Command Signals Officer, BSc; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M L L Bathe 27 Jul 1958
Sqn Ldr P M Passmore  9 May 1959
Sqn Ldr J E Simmonds 20 Aug 1959
Col J D B Thornton  1 Jan 1960 Chief of Air Force Signals Officer, MBE
Maj J K Brown 15 May 1957
Ground Defence
Gp Capt H Sullivan  9 Feb 1959 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer
Sqn Ldr G A F Minningin 29 Oct 1959 DCM, MM

Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)
Photography
Sqn Ldr S Hoskin 11 Dec 1958
Meteorological
Mr R Murray   MA

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr R J Steele  4 Jul 1959  
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre Charles S Moore 28 Jun 1958 Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE; later AVM
Organisation
Gp Capt A J Mason 18 Jul 1959 DFC
Wg Cdr A Powell  7 Apr 1959
Wg Off B G Martin 19 May 1958 WRAF
Sqn Ldr P A Blanks 23 Jan 1959
Sqn Ldr F P J L Danckwardt 20 Aug 1959
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D E Longley  7 May 1959 OBE
Sqn Ldr N Friend 17 Jun 1959
Sqn Ldr J B Jay 16 Jul 1959
Personnel
Gp Capt Duncan F Hyland-Smith 26 Nov 1959 MVO, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G K N Lloyd 16 Apr 1959 AFC, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr M R Sisley 24 Aug 1959 AFC
Sqn Ldr J E Brough 20 Sep 1957
Sqn Ldr G Ibbotson 20 Mar 1959
Equipment
Gp Capt William J Maggs 29 Oct 1959 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OBE, MA; later AVM
Wg Cdr A J Cunningham 17 Sep 1959
Wg Cdr J W Rotherham 13 Apr 1959
Sqn Ldr D Botwright 11 Oct 1959
Sqn Ldr P S Hose 15 Mar 1959
Statistics
Mr K L Astill    

Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt Peter H Roscoe 30 Jun 1958 Command Accountant, ACA; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W J Brown 10 Apr 1958
Sqn Ldr E W F Cooper 21 Apr 1959
Catering
Wg Cdr L Penny 18 May 1959
Movements
Gp Capt J H Nancarrow 30 May 1959 Command Movements Officer
Sqn Ldr K Taylor 27 Nov 1957 DFC
Sqn Ldr M B Cave 11 Aug 1959
Provost
Wg Cdr W H McCulloch 26 Feb 1959
Sqn Ldr B C Player 26 Nov 1959
Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot  1 Jan 1961 OBE
Sqn Ldr R M Juanals 16 Mar 1959
Medical
AVM T C Macdonald 26 Aug 1958 Principal Medical Officer, AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt C E G Wickham 25 Apr 1959 MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, DPH
Sqn Ldr B A J Barrow  6 Sep 1958 MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr A M Hammerton-Fraser 11 Feb 1959 LMSSA
Work Study
Wg Cdr C E F Goode 29 Oct 1959 OBE, DFC, BCom
Sqn Ldr J G Ireton 14 Mar 1958
Sqn Ldr D Monks 14 Mar 1958
Dental
Gp Capt Vacant    
Works
Gp Capt N L Costain 18 Mar 1958 BSc (Eng), AMICE
Fire Service
Mr P H Holthan
Chaplains
Rev T A Jenkins 20 Jan 1959 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief - C of E, BA
Rev I E Newell  3 Jul 1959 Assistant Principal Chaplain, MA
Rev J T Carberry 26 Feb 1958 Assistant Principal Chaplain - RC
Nursing
Gp Off V M Ashworth RRC, PMRAFNS
Educational
Gp Capt S A Campbell 23 Feb 1958 Command Education Officer, MEng, AMIME
Sqn Ldr J C Foulkes 16 Apr 1959
Personnel (Civilian)
Mr C R Whiles Civilian Administration Officer

Technical Staff
A/Cdre Albert A F Hickman 19 Jan 1959 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, AFRAeS
Technical Planning Staff
Sqn Ldr J R Tilleard 21 Jul 1959

Armament
Wg Cdr G Goodman  9 Feb 1959 OBE, DFC

Engineer
Gp Capt R H C Brousson OBE, MA, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr D G Dunphy 23 May 1959 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr G R Candy 10 May 1959
Sqn Ldr W R Woodcraft 11 Jun 1959

Radio
Wg Cdr J Staff-Brett 23 May 1959
Sqn Ldr J H Breadner  3 Jul 1959  
Sqn Ldr A Mercer  8 Sep 1958  

Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr G W Wakefield 12 Feb 1959

Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr A V J Hicks 28 Jun 1959
Miscellaneous Establishments
Gp Capt P R Casement 20 Jul 1959 Head of MEAF Defence Secretariat, DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr C W M Newman 22 Oct 1959 Unit Commander, DFC
Wg Cdr John L Mitchell 30 Nov 1959 Secretary to JIC (ME), MVO, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P J Evans 31 Jul 1959 Secretary to PSO, PAO and Theatre Defence Committee
Wg Cdr F Ruskell 23 Oct 1959 Joint Planning Staff - Strategic, DFC
Wg Cdr A J Potts  2 Dec 1959 Airfield Construction, BSc, ACGI, AMICE
Wg Cdr M Meehan 23 Oct 1959 Senior Internal Security Staff Officer
Wg Cdr A H Simmonds 21 Nov 1958 Permanent President for Courts Martial
Sqn Ldr

Ernest G P Jeffrey

  1 Apr 1959 Land-Air Warfare Training Team, later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr L H Tester  7 Jan 1959 British Joint Communication Electronics Board ME
Sqn Ldr D F Baker 30 Jan 1958 RAF Rep with JIB
Financial Adviser and Chief Auditer
Mr G W H Champness
Judge Advocate General's Office
Mr F H Dean Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF)

Source - January 1960 Air Force List

1961

Address Controlled
RAF Episkopi

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William M L MacDonald  6 Nov 1958 Commander-in-Chief, KCB, CBE, DFC, later ACM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr R J Wilson 12 Jun  1959 PSO to C-in-C,
Fg Off W W G Hardy 30 Jul 1960 ADC to C-in-C
Air Staff
AVM John Worrall 19 Sep 1960 Senior Air Staff Officer, DFC

Operations
Gp Capt F B Sutton  3 Jul 1959 DFC
Wg Cdr A M Gill 29 Dec 1958 DFC
Wg Cdr D F Hanson 29 Jul 1960 AFC
Wg Cdr A J Picknett 25 May 1960 DFC
Sqn Ldr K W Johnson 29 Apr 1959
Sqn Ldr R H Leviseur 30 Nov 1959
Sqn Ldr J R Marshall  5 Sep 1960 DFM
Sqn Ldr C P Norfolk 14 Jun 1960
Sqn Ldr J F Rothwell 21 Jul 1960
Sqn Ldr J Tyson 25 Oct 1958

Flight Safety
Sqn Ldr W W Bibby 14 Jun 1960

Air Plans
Gp Capt Arthur M Ruston  6 Oct 1958 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G Mackie 23 Nov 1959
Wg Cdr G F Morley-Mower 23 Mar 1959
Sqn Ldr John Gingell  5 Jan 1960 later ACM

Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr F W Dewell 26 Nov 1959 AFC

Intelligence
Gp Capt J L Mitchell  6 Jun 1960 Command Intelligence Officer, MVO, DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr J V Desemonie 22 Sep 1959
Sqn Ldr P B Dignan 18 Apr 1960

Signals
Gp Capt R E Beeny 10 Nov 1960 Chief Signals Officer, OBE
Wg Cdr M L L Bathe 27 Jul 1959
Sqn Ldr P M Passmore  9 May 1959
Sqn Ldr J E Simmonds 20 Aug 1959
Lt Col J D B Thornton  1 Jan 1960 Chief of Air Force Signals Officer, MBE
Maj G B Newman 30 Apr 1960

Ground Defence
Gp Capt H Sullivan  9 Feb 1959 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer
Sqn Ldr G A F Minningin 29 Oct 1959 DCM, MM
Staff of the Services (Air Staff)

Photography
Sqn Ldr S Hoskin 11 Dec 1958

Meteorological
Mr R Murray   MA

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr R J Steele  4 Jul 1959  
Administrative Staff
AVM Charles S Moore  1 Feb 1960 Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE

Organisation
Gp Capt A F Wallace 25 May 1960 OBE, AFC
Wg Cdr G K N Lloyd 16 Apr 1959 AFC, AFRAeS
Wg Off B B Parker  9 Nov 1960 WRAF
Sqn Ldr P A Blanks 23 Jan 1959
Sqn Ldr F P J L Danckwardt 20 Aug 1959

Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr D E Longley  7 May 1959 OBE
Sqn Ldr J B Jay 16 Jul 1959

Personnel
Gp Capt Duncan F Hyland-Smith 26 Nov 1959 MVO, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M R Sisley 24 Aug 1959 AFC
Sqn Ldr M G Crotty 11 Aug 1960 DFC
Sqn Ldr P R Hawkins  3 Sep 1960
Sqn Ldr G Ibbotson 20 Mar 1959
Sqn Ldr N E Wheeler 16 Feb 1960

Equipment
Gp Capt William J Maggs 29 Oct 1959 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OBE, MA; later AVM
Wg Cdr A J Cunningham 17 Sep 1959
Wg Cdr J W Rotherham 13 Apr 1959
Sqn Ldr D Botwright 11 Oct 1959
Sqn Ldr P S Hose 15 Mar 1959

Statistics
Mr H Humphreys DPA, FSS
Staff of the Services (Administrative Staff)

Accountant
Gp Capt Peter H Roscoe 30 Jun 1958 Command Accountant, FCA; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A Powell  7 Apr 1959
Sqn Ldr E W F Cooper 21 Apr 1959

Catering
Wg Cdr L Penny 18 May 1959

Movements
Gp Capt J H Nancarrow 30 May 1959 Command Movements Officer
Sqn Ldr T C Gould 14 Jun 1960

Provost
Wg Cdr W H McCulloch 26 Feb 1959
Sqn Ldr B C Player 26 Nov 1959

Legal
Wg Cdr A Sidney-Wilmot  1 Jan 1961 OBE
Sqn Ldr R M Juanals 16 Mar 1959

Medical
A/Cdre T C Macdonald 26 Aug 1958 Principal Medical Officer, AFC, MD, ChB, DPH
Gp Capt C E G Wickham 25 Apr 1959 MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, DPH
Sqn Ldr B A J Barrow  6 Sep 1958 MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr A M Hammerton-Fraser 11 Feb 1959 LMSSA

Work Study
Wg Cdr C E F Goode 29 Oct 1959 OBE, DFC, BCom
Sqn Ldr D W E Davies 29 Aug 1960
Sqn Ldr F S Lacy  1 Apr 1960 MBE
Sqn Ldr V E Long 29 Mar 1960 AFC
Sqn Ldr P Smith 21 Jul 1960

Dental
Gp Capt F B Sumerling  9 Feb 1960 OBE, BA, BDentSc

Works
Mr G M Cole   BSc, AMICE, AMIMunE

Fire Service
Mr P H Holtham    

Chaplains
Rev E G Alsop  7 May 1960 Assistant Principal Chaplain - C of E
Rev J M Milne  4 Jan 1960 Assistant Principal Chaplain - PMUB, MA BD
Rev J Marquis  8 Aug 1960 Assistant Principal Chaplain - RC

Nursing
Gp Off 15 Jan 1960 RRC, PMRAFNS

Educational
Gp Capt Vacant Command Education Officer,
Sqn Ldr J C Foulkes 16 Apr 1959

Personnel (Civilian)
Mr P K Walker Command Administration Officer
Technical Staff
Gp Capt R H C Brousson 30 Nov 1959 Senior Technical Staff Officer, OBE, MA, MIME, AFRAeS

Technical Planning Staff
Sqn Ldr J R Tilleard 21 Jul 1959

Armament
Wg Cdr G Goodman  9 Feb 1959 OBE, DFC

Engineer
Wg Cdr D G Dunphy 23 May 1959 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr G R Candy 10 May 1959
Sqn Ldr W R Woodcraft 11 Jun 1959

Radio
Wg Cdr J Staff-Brett 23 May 1959
Sqn Ldr J W C Douglas 20 Nov 1960
Sqn Ldr T Hine 23 Jun 1960 DFC

Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr G W Wakefield 12 Feb 1959

Trade Training and Testing
Sqn Ldr A V J Hicks 28 Jun 1959
Miscellaneous Appointments
AVM Thomas W Piper  1 May 1960 Chief of Staff, CBE, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt John C T Downey 22 Feb 1960 Head of MEAF Defence Secretariat, DFC, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr P J Evans 31 Jul 1959 Secretary to PSO, PAO and Theatre Defence Committee
Wg Cdr J R Goodman  6 Jun 1960 Secretary to JLC (ME), DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr M Meehan 23 Oct 1959 Senior Internal Security Staff Officer
Wg Cdr C W M Newman 22 Oct 1959 Unit Commander, DFC
Wg Cdr A J Potts  2 Dec 1959 Airfield Construction, BSc, ACGI, AMICE
Wg Cdr F Ruskell 23 Oct 1959 Joint Planning Staff - Strategic, DFC
Wg Cdr A H Simmonds 21 Nov 1958 Permanent President for Courts Martial
Sqn Ldr D F Baker 30 Jan 1958 RAF Rep with JIB
Sqn Ldr N Friend 17 Jun 1959 Joint Admin Planning Staff
Sqn Ldr

Ernest G P Jeffrey

  1 Apr 1959 Land-Air Warfare Training Team, later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J H Pearce 13 Jun 1960 JIS (ME)
Sqn Ldr E S Storey 29 May 1960 MEAF Targetting Section
Sqn Ldr L H Tester  7 Jan 1959 British Joint Communication Electronics Board ME
Financial Adviser and Chief Auditer
Mr G W H Champness
Judge Advocate General's Office
Mr F H Dean Deputy Judge Advocate General (Army and RAF)

Source - January 1961 Air Force List

It was redesignated Near East Air Force on 1 March 1961.

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