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Mediterranean Air Command/Mediterranean Allied Air Forces/RAF Mediterranean and Middle East Personnel, locations and units

[Dec 1943 | Jun 1944 | Jun 1945 | Jul 1945 | Aug 1945]

This Command was formed on 17 February 1943 as a multi-national command.  This section only deals with the personnel of the RAF element.

December 1943

Address Controlled
Advance HQ - La Marsa

Rear HQ - Algiers

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Arthur W Tedder 15 Feb 1943 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr G N H Bray  1 Mar 1943 Personal Staff Officer to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt Philip H G Wintle  1 Mar 1943 Personal Assistant to DAOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Grahame G Dawson 17 Feb 1943 CB, CBE
A/Cdre Robert M Foster  4 Mar 1943 DFC; later ACM
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
Gp Capt R Cleland  1 Mar 1943  
Gp Capt L T Keens 25 Mar 1943 OBE
Gp Capt Hector D McGregor  5 May 1943 DSO; later AM
Gp Capt John C Millar 16 Jun 1943 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt J C E Luard 27 Aug 1943  
Wg Cdr W L Drummond  1  Mar 1943  
Wg Cdr T H C Wardlow 16 Jul 1943  
Wg Cdr J Hurst  1 Mar 1943  
Wg Cdr R C Hockey 19 Aug 1943 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr R J le Grand  1 Mar 1943  
Sqn Ldr A K Allen  6 Jun 1943  
Sqn Ldr R S L Bowker  1 Mar 1943  
Sqn Ldr G F de Sausmarez  6 Jul 1943  
Sqn Ldr R E P Bliss 28 Aug 1943  
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre Harold D Jackman 19 Sep 1943 CBE; later AM
Gp Capt Roland G Seymour   later A/Cdre
Gp Capt A A D Sevastopulo  1 Mar 1943  
Wg Cdr William J Maggs  1 Mar 1943 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr L G Scarman  1 Mar 1943  
Wg Cdr R D Paul  4 Jun 1943  
Wg Cdr R R Goodbody  1 Mar 1943 OBE
Wg Cdr D McArthur  
Sqn Ldr R E Bourneman 19 Aug 1943  
Sqn Ldr J N Britton 16 Jul 1943  
Sqn Ldr C C H Hawken  1 Mar 1943  
Sqn Ldr G M Thackrah  1 Aug 1943  
Sqn Ldr D C L Potter  7 Jul 1943  
Sqn Ldr T K Dollahan 17 Aug 1943  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
Gp Capt W J S Barnard  1 Mar 1943 Command Engineer Officer, OBE
Signals
A/Cdre

William E G Mann

 3 Mar 1943 Command Signals Officer, CBE, DFC
Gp Capt John A Tester  3 Mar 1943 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S G Morgan 18 Mar 1943  
Sqn Ldr S W Henton 29 Mar 1943  
Sqn Ldr D A Haydon  3 Jun 1943  
Sqn Ldr M F Comer 16 Aug 1943  
Equipment
Gp Capt Leslie J V Bates 14 Mar 1943 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, later AVM
Gp Capt John E R Sowman   later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D George 25 Mar 1943 OBE
Sqn Ldr D Baber  4 Jun 1943  
Sqn Ldr R W Tyler 16 Jun 1943  
Sqn Ldr C E Ellis    

Source - December 1943 Confidential Air Force List

It was amalgamated with HQ North-West African Air Forces and redesignated HQ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces on 10 December 1943.  The RAF element became RAF Mediterranean and Middle East on 1 February 1944.

June 1944

Address Controlled
HQ MAAF - Caserta

HQ MAAF (Algiers) - Algiers

Other Units: -

  • No 259 Wing

  • No 63 Repair and Salvage Unit

  • Provision Office North Africa - Hussein Dey

  • No 13 RAF Postal HQ - Algiers

  • 'S' Force - Caserta

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir John C Slessor 14 Jan 1944 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, MAAF and Commander-in-Chief, RAF Mediterranean and Middle East, KCB, DSO, MC, later MRAF
AM Sir Francis J Linnell  6 My 1943 Deputy ACommander-in-Chief, RAF Mediterranean and Middle East, KBE, CB
AVM Bernard McEntegart 27 Jan 1944 Air Officer i/c Administration,  CB, CBE
A/Cdre Harold D Jackman 19 Sep 1943 Assistant AOA, CBE; later AM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr     Personal Staff Officer to AOC-in-C
Flt Lt     Personal Assistant to DAOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
A/Cdre Hector D McGregor  5 May 1943 DSO; later AM
A/Cdre Leonard T Pankhurst  1 Feb 1944 CBE; later AVM
A/Cdre Guy L Carter 19 Apr 1944 DSO, AFC
Gp Capt John C Millar 16 Jun 1943 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt J C E Luard 27 Aug 1943  
Gp Capt M W B Knight  1 Jan 1944 DFC
Gp Capt Fred Rump 19 Feb 1944 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T H C Wardlow 16 Jul 1943  
Wg Cdr J Hurst  1 Mar 1943  
Wg Cdr J B Turnbull  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J Balckburn  3 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr D C James  1 Jan 1944 OBE
Wg Cdr T D Craven  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr W B Wilson  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr L Mathias  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr T A H  Beddington 14 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr S G Morgan  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr M V Spurway 20 Jan 1944 OBE
Wg Cdr R E Bourneman  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J N Britton  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr H H Rose  1 Mar 1944  
Wg Cdr J D Bisdee 12 Apr 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr D E B Wheeler 11 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr Ernest W Wootten 29 Jan 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R J le Grand  1 Mar 1943  
Sqn Ldr O A G Jackson 22 Feb 1944 OBE
Sqn Ldr R S L Bowker  1 Mar 1943  
Sqn Ldr G F de Sausmarez  6 Jul 1943  
Sqn Ldr F W A Cunningham  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr T G N Pearce  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr H M Fisher  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr G R T Shillitoe  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D Bellerby  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr N M Corcos  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr Ian D N Lawson  1 Jan 1944 DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr W J E Craigen  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Sudden  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr W H Forbes-Mitchell   3 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr J N White 12 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr S A C Bartlett  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A W Motion  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr E H Maddick 25 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr T Walker  1 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr E Fielden 22 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Streater  3 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr C H C Brown 25 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr G W Holderness  1 Jan 1944  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt Roland G Seymour  1 Jan 1944 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt A A D Sevastopulo  1 Jan 1944 OBE
Gp Capt K F T Pickles  1 Jan 1944 Personnel
Gp Capt C Hanson-Abbott  1 Jan 1944 MBE
Gp Capt F H Laurence  1 Jan 1944  
Gp Capt A R V Daly  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R D Barlas  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr K S M Stock  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr C E Beer  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R E W Little  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J E Wheatley  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J H C Ward  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J R Pearson  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr E A Grant 16 Mar 1944  
Wg Cdr I H Mason  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr W H Angus  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr G J Haynes  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr H F Wicks  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr W A Cole  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr T Molloy  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr M R E Swanwick  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr S L Swain  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A D Foster  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R M Hall  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr G Brett  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr T A Symes  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D Baber  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F T Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr W F Howe  9 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr S R H Cadier  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R G Cherry  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A C Woolf  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr S Hulme 19 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr S A Palmer 22 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Davey 21 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr R S Ridgway  5 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Langley 11 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr R A D Greet 29 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr H W D Hier 29 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R A Roberts 29 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr M R Samuel 30 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Terry 22 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E G Snook 22 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr F R Cook 17 Apr 1944  
Maintenance Staff
AVM Grahame G Dawson  1 Jan 1944 CB, CBE
A/Cdre Fred B Ludlow  1 Jan 1944 CBE, MC
A/Cdre Phillip Slocombe    
Gp Capt W J S Barnard  1 Jan 1944 OBE
Gp Capt John E R Sowman  1 Jan 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R R Goodbody  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr C A Case  19 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr F H Maddox 25 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr E Wood  8 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr B S Cartmel 23 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr F E Cowtrick 25 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr S J Pursey 16 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr William J Maggs  1 Jan 1944 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr B G Carfoot  9 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr H C Page  5 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr H Lyons 11 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr Antony S Woodgate  8 Feb 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C A Deane  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr P R S Gutteridge  2 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr A M R Ramsden 15 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J D Bowdler 19 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr R F Turner 27 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr H A Druce  4 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr C C Howitt  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J C T Price  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R A Harding 12 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr E J Wells  7 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr A B Bishop  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr O R Turner  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr S C Williamson  1 Jan 1944  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
AVM Robert S Aitken 25 Feb 1944 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MC, AFC
Gp Capt Hubert H Chapman 18 Feb 1944 later AVM
Wg Cdr S Humphrey-Owen  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr F W Hudson 15 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E Fynn  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr W J Reason
 		  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr P J Dunlop  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F E Gutteridge  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr E C Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Buckley  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr T Clarke 15 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr D C Davies 21 Jan 1944  
Armament
Gp Capt Geoffrey N E Tindal-Carill-Worsley 29 Jan 1944 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr A G Beggar  3 Mar 1944  
Accountant
A/Cdre Herbert F Fuller 21 Feb 1944  
Gp Capt J M Adams  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr H R Withers  4 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr H C Staines 18 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr G L Couch  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr L R Pentelow    
Photography
Wg Cdr S J Hargrave  1 Jan 1944  
Legal
Wg Cdr E M Trounson  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J F Drabble  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr T U Liddle  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr N A Sligh 18 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Sidney-Wilmot 18 Feb 1944  
Medical
AVM T J Kelly 21 Feb 1944 MC, MD, ChB
Gp Capt W J G Walker  1 Jan 1944 MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr E B Bright  1 Jan 1944 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr T D L Bolan  1 Jan 1944 LRCP & S
Sqn Ldr W O Davies  1 Jan 1944 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr A J S Bell-Tawse 12 Apr 1944 MB, BCh, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins  1 Jun 1944  
Dental
Wg Cdr R Scoggins  6 Apr 1944 LDS
Sqn Ldr E E Frankenburg 20 Mar 1944 LDS
Educational
Mr B Steel  1 Dec 1943 MC, BA, RAFVR
Meteorological
Wg Cdr P J Meade  7 Sep 1942 OBE
Sqn Ldr T H Kirk  3 Oct 1942  
Aeronautical Inspection
Sqn Ldr P F Foss   Acting Command Aeronautical Inspection Officer
WAAF Staff Officers
Sqn Off M S Philip  1 Jan 1944 WAAF
RAF Regiment
 Col H M Salmon  1 Jan 1944
Miscellaneous Appointments
AVM Willett A B Bowen Buscarlet   Allied Control Commission to Italy, CBE, DFC
A/Cdre Laurence F Sinclair 22 Mar 1944 Local Inspectorate-General, GC, CBE, DSO; later AVM
Gp Capt C R Richdale   Provost Marshal
Gp Capt J M J C J I Rock de Bescombes  1 Jan 1944  
Gp Capt Leslie J V Bates  1 Jan 1944 later AVM
Wg Cdr E H Bellairs  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr D McArthur  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R P Crawshaw  1 Mar 1944  
Wg Cdr C S Wynne-Eyton 13 Mar 1944 DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr R E P Bliss  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A L W R Henry  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr C E Ellis  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R A Abbott  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr G T Johns 12 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr B L Kearley  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A K Allen 14 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr K O G Huntley 22 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr D J A Griffiths 12 Mar  1944  
Sqn Ldr H G Thomson  1 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr W E W Evans 18 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr E Hawkesley  1  Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr J H Lamont  1  Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr J B Robinson  1  Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr J A Stripe  1  Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr W Allen  1  Mar 1944  

Source - June 1944 Confidential Air Force List

June 1945

Address Controlled
HQ MAAF - Caserta

HQ MAAF (Algiers) - Algiers

Other Units: -

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Guy Garrod 16 Mar 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, MAAF and Commander-in-Chief, RAF Mediterranean and Middle East, KCB, OBE, MC, DFC; later ACM
AVM George B A Baker  1 Jul 1944 Chief of Staff RAF (Air), CB, CBE, MC
AVM Francis J Fogarty  2 Mar 1945 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr R A Burrows 16 Mar 1945 Personal Staff Officer to Deputy AC-in-C
Sqn Ldr N K Price  1 Jul 1944 Personal Assistant to CoS
Air Staff
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
A/Cdre John H Edwardes Jones  8 May 1945 Deputy Director of Operations, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt J C E Luard 27 Aug 1943  
Gp Capt N D Glibert-Smith 22 Apr 1944  
Gp Capt F J Sherman 10 Oct 1944  
Gp Capt Ian D N Lawson  1 Jan 1944 DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Fred J Rump 19 Feb 1944 OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt R B Packenham 28 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr T H C Wardlow 16 Jul 1943  
Wg Cdr T D Craven  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr S G Morgan  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R E Bourneman  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R J le Grand  1 Mar 1943  
Wg Cdr H M Fisher  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr E D Cummings 26 Jun 1944  
Wg Cdr J R Watson  1 Sep 1944  
Wg Cdr

Stanley B Grant

21 Nov 1944 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr E C Williams  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr N H Sharpe 20 Aug 1944  
Wg Cdr G E F Goode 10 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr J A D Sturges 28 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr H T Andrews 14 Mar 1945 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Pye 12 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr F H Ward  1 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R S L Bowker  1 Mar 1943  
Sqn Ldr A W Motion  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr E Fielden 22 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr G W Holderness  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R M Barrington-Reinganum  7 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr J M Thoday  1 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr W H Angus  1 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr P D Whiting  1 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr J G Angles  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr C C Spicer  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Charlesby  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Potts  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J G Tedd  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr H R F Yorke  8 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr J C Taylor  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F H G Bangs 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr W E McAlpine 22 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders  3 Mar 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr G R D Toogood 22 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker 14 Mar 1945  
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre Roland G Seymour  1 Jan 1944 Organisation
Gp Capt K F T Pickles  1 Jan 1944 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt C Hanson-Abbott  1 Jan 1944 MBE
Gp Capt F H Laurence  1 Jan 1944  
Gp Capt I H Mason  1 Jan 1944  
Gp Capt E S Finch 16 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr R D Barlas  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr K S M Stock  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr C E Beer  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R E W Little  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J E Wheatley  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J H C Ward  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J R Pearson  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr E A Grant 16 Mar 1944  
Wg Cdr L R Mumby 20 Aug 1944  
Wg Cdr S L Swain  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr T A Symes  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr W G N Cutts 20 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr A C Harper 18 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr C H Dunster  6 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr G J Haynes  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr M R E Swanwick  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A D Foster  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F T Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R G Cherry  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A C Woolf  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Davey 21 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Langley 11 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr W J Wyness 22 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr W C Van Wyck 19 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr G H Roker 10 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Terry 22 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr J A O'Callaghan 20 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr A N Barrowcliffe  6 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Thomas 11 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr J W Bennett 24 Jun 1944 OBE
Sqn Ldr D W Sherwen  5 Aug 1944  
Sqn Ldr H C Whitehead 12 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr A G Roberts 23 Jan 1845  
Sqn Ldr T H Morgan  4 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr W F Howe 9 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F B Sykes  1 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr I S Findley 23 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr D S Downs 19 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr C Conroy  6 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr N P Clough  9 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Cuthbertson  5 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J Digby 14 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr A A Harley 20 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr H R Middleton 21 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr S L Roberts  2 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J E Storey  5 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr P De Hann  1 Mar 1945  
Maintenance Staff
AVM Ernest J Cuckney 29 May 1945 CBE, DSC
A/Cdre John F Titmas  8 Jan 1945  
Gp Capt J S French 28 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P M G Ridsdale 11 Sep 1944  
Wg Cdr L A W Deane  3 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr R A Harding 12 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr N W Pendleton 28 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker  1 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr R H Kitley  2 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Mar 1945  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
AVM Robert S Aitken 25 Feb 1944 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MC, AFC
A/Cdre Edouard M F Grundy 15 Jan 1944 OBE; later AM
Gp Capt Alexander M Rodgers 20 Aug 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr S Humphrey-Owen  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley 14 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E Fynn  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr W J Reason  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr P J Dunlop  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F E Gutteridge  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr E C Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D C Davies 21 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr S A C Bartlett 25 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr C P J Gilroy 23 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr A Jennings 28 Aug 1944  
Armament
Gp Capt A W Geoghegan 10 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr E M Saunders  1 Mar 1944  
Accountant
A/Cdre Ivor L Wincer 12 Sep 1944  
Gp Capt E J Grout  3 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr H R Withers  4 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr H C Staines 18 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr G L Couch  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr L R Pentelow  1 Apr 1944  
Legal
Wg Cdr E M Trounson  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr T U Liddle  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E Owen-Jones  1 Jul 1944  
Medical
AVM T J Kelly 21 Feb 1944 MC, MD, ChB
Gp Capt W J G Walker  1 Jan 1944 MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr E B Bright  1 Jan 1944 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr T D L Bolan  1 Jan 1944 LRCP & S
Sqn Ldr W O Davies  1 Jan 1944 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr J H Ward 13 Aug 1944 MB, ChB, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr W N Whiteside  1 Apr 1945 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins  1 Jun 1944  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy 10 Sep 1944 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E, LTh, BA
Rev D G Brook   PMUN, MC
Rev P T O'Connell   RC, STL
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr P E Davis 30 Oct 1944  
Photography
Wg Cdr S J Hargrave  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Worthington  1 Jan 1944  
Educational
Mr B Steel  1 Dec 1943 MC, BA, RAFVR
Mr R W Fowler 25 Jan 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Works
Mr A R Macrae  4 Apr 1944 BSc (Eng), AMICE
Meteorological
Wg Cdr P J Meade  7 Sep 1942 OBE
Sqn Ldr T H Kirk  3 Oct 1942  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Gp Capt A Bowden   Financial Adviser and Chief Auditer to Deputy AC-in-C
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt E W Broadberry   Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer, MC
Wg Cdr H E Brown    
Wg Cdr C F Burden    
Sqn Ldr S Muller    
WAAF Staff Officers
Sqn Off M S Philip  1 Jan 1944 WAAF
RAF Regiment
 Col H M Salmon  1 Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr C Harding 22 Aug 1944
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt C R Richdale  1 Jan 1944 Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr L M Blone-Jones  7 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr W J Rivers 22 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R D Heanly 13 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr C E P Davies  5 Jan 1944  

 

Rear HQ
Maintenance Staff
AVM Cyril B Cooke  6 Dec 1944 CBE; later AM
A/Cdre Edward A Burridge  8 Apr 1945  
Gp Capt E W Broadberry 22 Sep 1944 MC
Gp Capt John E R Sowman 28 Aug 1943 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt J M Glaisher 19 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr E A Bradley  8 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr H E Brown 28 Jul 1944  
Wg Cdr C A Deane  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr B C A Fox 19 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr P R S Gutteridge  2 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr F H Maddox 25 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 24 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr T H Snelling 29 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 10 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr S H Latham  5 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr H V Walder 28 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 11 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley 10 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr B E Bullman 29 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr G Edney  6 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D F Fairburn 15 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Forssander 20 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr H L Hall  2 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 21 Aug 1944  
Sqn Ldr K  Jemmet 28 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr S McGinn 10 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr S Muller  3 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr J H Pallant  2 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr N Roberts 15 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Terry 27 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr O R Turner 28 Dec 1943  
Sqn Ldr C J Fox  2 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr H C Kendall 16 Apr 1945  
Administrative Staff
Sqn Ldr W J Brown 18 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr R J Custerson  9 Apr 1945  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
Wg Cdr H C Page  5 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr D S Jewell 11 Nov 1944  
Armament
Wg Cdr C F Burden  4 Jul 1944  
Wg Cdr H Lyons 11 Apr 1944  

Source - June 1945 Confidential Air Force List

July 1945

Address Controlled
HQ MAAF - Caserta

HQ MAAF (Algiers) - Algiers

Other Units: -

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Guy Garrod 16 Mar 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, MAAF and Commander-in-Chief, RAF Mediterranean and Middle East, KCB, OBE, MC, DFC; later ACM
AVM George B A Baker  1 Jul 1944 Chief of Staff RAF (Air), CB, CBE, MC
AVM Francis J Fogarty  2 Mar 1945 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr R A Burrows 16 Mar 1945 Personal Staff Officer to Deputy AC-in-C
Sqn Ldr N K Price  1 Jul 1944 Personal Assistant to CoS
Air Staff
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
A/Cdre John H Edwardes Jones  8 May 1945 Deputy Director of Operations, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt J C E Luard 27 Aug 1943  
Gp Capt F J Sherman 10 Oct 1944  
Gp Capt Fred J Rump 19 Feb 1944 OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt R B Packenham 28 Dec 1944  
Gp Capt John B Voyce 30 Apr 1945 DFC; later A/Cdre
Col  E Stableford 16 Mar 1945  
Col J Lorentz 13 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr T H C Wardlow 16 Jul 1943  
Wg Cdr T D Craven  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R E Bourneman  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R J le Grand  1 Mar 1943  
Wg Cdr H M Fisher  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J R Watson  1 Sep 1944  
Wg Cdr

Stanley B Grant

21 Nov 1944 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr E C Williams  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr N H Sharpe 20 Aug 1944  
Wg Cdr G E F Goode 10 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr J A D Sturges 28 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr H T Andrews 14 Mar 1945 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Pye 12 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr F H Ward  1 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr H H Drummond 30 Apr 1945 AFC, DFM
Wg Cdr T D Misselbrook  1 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr G N W Saunders  6 May 1945  
Wg Cdr J E Ford  6 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr R S L Bowker  1 Mar 1943  
Sqn Ldr A W Motion  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr E Fielden 22 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr G W Holderness  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R M Barrington-Reinganum  7 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr J M Thoday  1 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr W H Angus  1 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr P D Whiting  1 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr J G Angles  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr C C Spicer  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Charlesby  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Potts  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J G Tedd  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr H R F Yorke  8 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr J C Taylor  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F H G Bangs 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr W E McAlpine 22 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders  3 Mar 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr G R D Toogood 22 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker 14 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr C J J Sperring 14 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr E F Neilson  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr G R Betton-Foster 10 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr B L Higgins 29 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr A H M Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J C Burt 18 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A E Kilsby 15 Feb 1945 DFC
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre Roland G Seymour  1 Jan 1944 Organisation
Gp Capt K F T Pickles  1 Jan 1944 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt C Hanson-Abbott  1 Jan 1944 MBE
Gp Capt F H Laurence  1 Jan 1944  
Gp Capt I H M Mason  1 Jan 1944  
Gp Capt E S Finch 16 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr R D Barlas  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr K S M Stock  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr C E Beer  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R E W Little  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J H C Ward  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr E A Grant 16 Mar 1944  
Wg Cdr L R Mumby 20 Aug 1944  
Wg Cdr S L Swain  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr T A Symes  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr W G N Cutts 20 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr A C Harper 18 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr C H Dunster  6 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr F R Cook 14 Apr 1945  
Wg Cdr J Digby  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr G J Haynes  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr M R E Swanwick  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A D Foster  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F T Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R G Cherry  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A C Woolf  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Davey 21 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Langley 11 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr W J Wyness 22 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr W C Van Wyck 19 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr G H Roker 10 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Terry 22 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr J A O'Callaghan 20 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr A N Barrowcliffe  6 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Thomas 11 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr J W Bennett 24 Jun 1944 OBE
Sqn Ldr D W Sherwen  5 Aug 1944  
Sqn Ldr H C Whitehead 12 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr A G Roberts 23 Jan 1845  
Sqn Ldr T H Morgan  4 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr W F Howe 9 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F B Sykes  1 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr I S Findley 23 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr D S Downs 19 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr C Conroy  6 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr N P Clough  9 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Cuthbertson  5 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr A A Harley 20 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr H R Middleton 21 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr J E Storey  5 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J E L Harrison  4 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr W L Blackbourne 26 May 1945  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre John F Titmas  8 Jan 1945  
Gp Capt J S French 28 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P M G Ridsdale 11 Sep 1944  
Wg Cdr L A W Deane  3 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr R A Harding 12 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr N W Pendleton 28 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker  1 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr R H Kitley  2 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker  1 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R J Burry 21 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr S L Roberts  2 Mar 1945  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
AVM Robert S Aitken 25 Feb 1944 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MC, AFC
Gp Capt Alexander M Rodgers 20 Aug 1944 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt N D Gilbert-Smith 22 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr S Humphrey-Owen  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley 14 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr W J Reason  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr P J Dunlop  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F E Gutteridge  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr E C Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D C Davies 21 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr S A C Bartlett 25 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr C P J Gilroy 23 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr A Jennings 28 Aug 1944  
Armament
Gp Capt A W Geoghegan 10 Dec 1944  
Accountant
A/Cdre Ivor L Wincer 12 Sep 1944  
Gp Capt E J Grout  3 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr H R Withers  4 Feb 1944 OBE
Wg Cdr H C Staines 18 Mar 1944  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 28 Apr 1945 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G L Couch  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr L R Pentelow  1 Apr 1944  
Legal
Wg Cdr E M Trounson  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr T U Liddle  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E Owen-Jones  1 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr P H Layton  1 Jun 1945  
Medical
AVM T J Kelly 21 Feb 1944 MC, MD, ChB
Gp Capt W J G Walker  1 Jan 1944 MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr E B Bright  1 Jan 1944 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr T D L Bolan  1 Jan 1944 LRCP & S
Sqn Ldr W O Davies  1 Jan 1944 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr J H Ward 13 Aug 1944 MB, ChB, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr W N Whiteside  1 Apr 1945 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins  1 Jun 1944  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy 10 Sep 1944 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E, LTh, BA
Rev D G Brook   PMUN, MC
Rev P T O'Connell   RC, STL
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr P E Davis 30 Oct 1944  
Photography
Wg Cdr S J Hargrave  1 Jan 1944  
Educational
Mr B Steel  1 Dec 1943 MC, BA, RAFVR
Mr B J Lynch 25 Jan 1944 BSc, DPh, RAFVR
Mr R W Fowler 25 Jan 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Works
Mr A R Macrae  4 Apr 1944 BSc (Eng), AMICE
Meteorological
Wg Cdr P J Meade  7 Sep 1942 OBE
Sqn Ldr T H Kirk  3 Oct 1942  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Gp Capt A Bowden   Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt E W Broadberry   Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer, MC
Wg Cdr H E Brown    
Wg Cdr C F Burden    
Sqn Ldr S Muller    
WAAF Staff Officers
Sqn Off M S Philip  1 Jan 1944 WAAF
RAF Regiment
 Col H M Salmon  1 Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr C Harding 22 Aug 1944
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt C R Richdale  1 Jan 1944 Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr L M Blone-Jones  7 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr W J Rivers 22 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R D Heanly 13 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr C E P Davies  5 Jan 1944  

 

Rear HQ
Maintenance Staff
AVM Ernest J Cuckney 17 May 1945 CBE, DSC
A/Cdre Edward A Burridge  8 Apr 1945  
Gp Capt E W Broadberry 22 Sep 1944 MC
Gp Capt John E R Sowman 28 Aug 1943 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt J M Glaisher 19 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr E A Bradley  8 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr H E Brown 28 Jul 1944  
Wg Cdr C A Deane  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr B C A Fox 19 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr P R S Gutteridge  2 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr F H Maddox 25 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 24 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr T H Snelling 29 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 10 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr S H Latham  5 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr H V Walder 28 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 11 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley 10 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr B E Bullman 29 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr G Edney  6 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D F Fairburn 15 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Forssander 20 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr H L Hall  2 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 21 Aug 1944  
Sqn Ldr K W Jemmet 28 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr S McGinn 10 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr S Muller  3 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr J H Pallant  2 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr N Roberts 15 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Terry 27 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr O R Turner 28 Dec 1943  
Sqn Ldr C J Fox  2 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr H C Kendall 16 Apr 1945  
Administrative Staff
Sqn Ldr W J Brown 18 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr R J Custerson  9 Apr 1945  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
Wg Cdr H C Page  5 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr D S Jewell 11 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr A K Taylor 30 Nov 1944  
Armament
Wg Cdr C F Burden  4 Jul 1944  
Wg Cdr H Lyons 11 Apr 1944  

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

August 1945

Address Controlled
HQ MAAF - Caserta

HQ MAAF (Algiers) - Algiers

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Guy Garrod 16 Mar 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, MAAF and Commander-in-Chief, RAF Mediterranean and Middle East, KCB, OBE, MC, DFC; later ACM
AVM George B A Baker  1 Jul 1944 Chief of Staff RAF (Air), CB, CBE, MC
AVM Francis J Fogarty  2 Mar 1945 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr R A Burrows 16 Mar 1945 Personal Staff Officer to Deputy AC-in-C
Sqn Ldr N K Price  1 Jul 1944 Personal Assistant to CoS
Air Staff
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
A/Cdre John H Edwardes Jones  8 May 1945 Deputy Director of Operations, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt J C E Luard 27 Aug 1943  
Gp Capt F J Sherman 10 Oct 1944  
Gp Capt Fred J Rump 19 Feb 1944 OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt R B Packenham 28 Dec 1944  
Gp Capt John B Voyce 30 Apr 1945 DFC; later A/Cdre
Col  E Stableford 16 Mar 1945  
Col J Lorentz 13 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr T H C Wardlow 16 Jul 1943  
Wg Cdr T D Craven  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R E Bourneman  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R J le Grand  1 Mar 1943  
Wg Cdr H M Fisher  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J R Watson  1 Sep 1944  
Wg Cdr

Stanley B Grant

21 Nov 1944 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr E C Williams  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr N H Sharpe 20 Aug 1944  
Wg Cdr G E F Goode 10 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr J A D Sturges 28 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr R W Pye 12 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr F H Ward  1 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr H H Drummond 30 Apr 1945 AFC, DFM
Wg Cdr T D Misselbrook  1 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr G N W Saunders  6 May 1945  
Wg Cdr J E Ford  6 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr R S L Bowker  1 Mar 1943  
Sqn Ldr A W Motion  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr E Fielden 22 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr R M Barrington-Reinganum  7 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr J M Thoday  1 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr W H Angus  1 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr P D Whiting  1 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr J G Angles  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr C C Spicer  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Charlesby  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Potts  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J G Tedd  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr H R F Yorke  8 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr J C Taylor  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F H G Bangs 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr W E McAlpine 22 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders  3 Mar 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr G R D Toogood 22 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker 14 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr C J J Sperring 14 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr E F Neilson  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr G R Betton-Foster 10 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr B L Higgins 29 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr A H M Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J C Burt 18 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A E Kilsby 15 Feb 1945 DFC
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre Roland G Seymour  1 Jan 1944 Organisation
Gp Capt K F T Pickles  1 Jan 1944 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt C Hanson-Abbott  1 Jan 1944 MBE
Gp Capt F H Laurence  1 Jan 1944  
Gp Capt I H M Mason  1 Jan 1944  
Gp Capt E S Finch 16 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr R D Barlas  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr K S M Stock  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr C E Beer  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R E W Little  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J H C Ward  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr E A Grant 16 Mar 1944  
Wg Cdr L R Mumby 20 Aug 1944  
Wg Cdr S L Swain  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr T A Symes  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr W G N Cutts 20 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr A C Harper 18 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr C H Dunster  6 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr F R Cook 14 Apr 1945  
Wg Cdr J Digby  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr G J Haynes  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr M R E Swanwick  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A D Foster  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F T Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A C Woolf  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Davey 21 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Langley 11 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr W J Wyness 22 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr W C Van Wyck 19 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr G H Roker 10 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Terry 22 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr J A O'Callaghan 20 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr A N Barrowcliffe  6 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Thomas 11 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr J W Bennett 24 Jun 1944 OBE
Sqn Ldr D W Sherwen  5 Aug 1944  
Sqn Ldr H C Whitehead 12 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr A G Roberts 23 Jan 1845  
Sqn Ldr T H Morgan  4 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr W F Howe 9 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F B Sykes  1 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr I S Findley 23 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr D S Downs 19 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr C Conroy  6 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr N P Clough  9 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Cuthbertson  5 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr A A Harley 20 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr H R Middleton 21 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr J E Storey  5 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J E L Harrison  4 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr W L Blackbourne 26 May 1945  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre John F Titmas  8 Jan 1945  
Gp Capt J S French 28 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr P M G Ridsdale 11 Sep 1944  
Wg Cdr L A W Deane  3 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr R A Harding 12 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr N W Pendleton 28 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker  1 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R J Burry 21 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr S L Roberts  2 Mar 1945  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
AVM Robert S Aitken 25 Feb 1944 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MC, AFC
Gp Capt Alexander M Rodgers 20 Aug 1944 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt N D Gilbert-Smith 22 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr S Humphrey-Owen  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley 14 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr W J Reason  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr P J Dunlop  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F E Gutteridge  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr E C Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D C Davies 21 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr C P J Gilroy 23 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr A Jennings 28 Aug 1944  
Armament
Gp Capt A W Geoghegan 10 Dec 1944  
Accountant
A/Cdre Ivor L Wincer 12 Sep 1944  
Gp Capt E J Grout  3 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr H R Withers  4 Feb 1944 OBE
Wg Cdr H C Staines 18 Mar 1944  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 28 Apr 1945 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G L Couch  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr L R Pentelow  1 Apr 1944  
Legal
Wg Cdr E M Trounson  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr T U Liddle  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E Owen-Jones  1 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr P H Layton  1 Jun 1945  
Medical
AVM T J Kelly 21 Feb 1944 MC, MD, ChB
Gp Capt W J G Walker  1 Jan 1944 MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr E B Bright  1 Jan 1944 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr T D L Bolan  1 Jan 1944 LRCP & S
Sqn Ldr W O Davies  1 Jan 1944 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr J H Ward 13 Aug 1944 MB, ChB, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr W N Whiteside  1 Apr 1945 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins  1 Jun 1944  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy 10 Sep 1944 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E, LTh, BA
Rev D G Brook   PMUN, MC
Rev P T O'Connell   RC, STL
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr P E Davis 30 Oct 1944  
Photography
Wg Cdr S J Hargrave  1 Jan 1944  
Educational
Mr B Steel  1 Dec 1943 MC, BA, RAFVR
Mr B J Lynch 25 Jan 1944 BSc, DPh, RAFVR
Mr R W Fowler 25 Jan 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Works
Mr A R Macrae  4 Apr 1944 BSc (Eng), AMICE
Meteorological
Wg Cdr P J Meade  7 Sep 1942 OBE
Sqn Ldr T H Kirk  3 Oct 1942  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Gp Capt A Bowden   Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt E W Broadberry   Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer, MC
Wg Cdr H E Brown    
Wg Cdr C F Burden    
Sqn Ldr S Muller    
Flt Lt E Blade 25 Oct 1944  
Flt Lt A H Stoneham  4 Jul 1944  
Flt Lt N W Kemp  2 Mar 1945  
WAAF Staff Officers
Sqn Off M S Philip  1 Jan 1944 WAAF
RAF Regiment
 Col H M Salmon  1 Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr C Harding 22 Aug 1944
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt C R Richdale  1 Jan 1944 Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr L M Blone-Jones  7 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr W J Rivers 22 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R D Heanly 13 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr C E P Davies  5 Jan 1944  

 

Rear HQ
Maintenance Staff
AVM Ernest J Cuckney 17 May 1945 CBE, DSC
A/Cdre Edward A Burridge  8 Apr 1945  
Gp Capt E W Broadberry 22 Sep 1944 MC
Gp Capt John E R Sowman 28 Aug 1943 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt J M Glaisher 19 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr E A Bradley  8 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr H E Brown 28 Jul 1944  
Wg Cdr C A Deane  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr B C A Fox 19 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr P R S Gutteridge  2 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr F H Maddox 25 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 24 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr T H Snelling 29 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 10 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr S H Latham  5 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr H V Walder 28 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 11 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley 10 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr B E Bullman 29 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr G Edney  6 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D F Fairburn 15 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Forssander 20 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr H L Hall  2 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 21 Aug 1944  
Sqn Ldr K W Jemmet 28 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr S McGinn 10 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr S Muller  3 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr J H Pallant  2 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr N Roberts 15 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Terry 27 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr O R Turner 28 Dec 1943  
Sqn Ldr C J Fox  2 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr H C Kendall 16 Apr 1945  
Administrative Staff
Sqn Ldr W J Brown 18 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr R J Custerson  9 Apr 1945  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
Wg Cdr H C Page  5 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr D S Jewell 11 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr A K Taylor 30 Nov 1944  
Armament
Wg Cdr C F Burden  4 Jul 1944  
Wg Cdr H Lyons 11 Apr 1944  

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

HQ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces was disbanded on 31 July 1945 with the RAF element remaining as RAF Mediterranean and Middle East.

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