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RAF India/Indian Group/Air Forces in India Personnel, units and locations


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March 1920

Address Controlled
Raisina, Delni

52nd (Corps) Wing HQ - Dera Ismail Khan

Advanced HQ - Manzai

  1. No 1 Squadron (forming)

  2. No 3 Squadron (formng)

  3. No 5 Squadron - Quetta

  4. No 20 Squadron

    1. HQ and 2 Flights - Bannu

    2. 1 Flight - Tank

  5. No 27 Squadron - Mianwali

  6. No 28 Squadron - Ambala

  7. No 31 Squadron - Risalpur

    1. Detachment - Bannu

  8. No 60 Squadron

    1. HQ - Lahore

    2. 1 Flight - Mianwali

    3. Aerial Mail Detachments - Bombay, Karachi and Rajkot

  9. Aircraft Park - Lahore

    1. Port Detachment - Bombay

    2. Detachments - Karachi

  10. Aircraft Factory - Lahore

  11. Meteorological Station - Banda Abbas

  12. Meteorological Station - Karachi

 

Rank Name Date Notes
A/Cdre T I Webb-Bowen 20 Sep 1919 Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG; later AVM
Wg Cdr R P Mills 26 Jul 1919 Staff Officer 1st Class, MC, AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr H Stanley-Adams  4 Dec 1919 Staff Officer 2nd Class, DSC
Sqn Ldr R J F Barton  4 Dec 1919 Staff Officer 2nd Class, OBE
Sqn Ldr F H Moody  1 Sep 1919 Staff Officer 2nd Class, MC
Flt Lt L A K Butt  4 Dec 1919 Staff Officer 3rd Class
Flt Lt D F Massy  1 Sep 1919 Staff Officer 3rd Class
Flt Lt G L Hunting 25 Feb 1920 Staff Officer 3rd Class

Source - March 1920 Air Force List

May 1920

Rank Name Date Notes
A/Cdre Tom I Webb-Bowen 20 Sep 1919 Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG; later AVM
Wg Cdr Reginald P Mills 26 Jul 1919 Air Staff Duties, MC, AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr Arthur T Whitelock xx xxx 1920 Personnel Staff Officer
Sqn Ldr Herbert Stanley-Adams  4 Dec 1919 Personnel Staff Officer, DSC
Sqn Ldr Francis H Moody xx xxx 1920 Stores Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt William H L O'Neill xx xxx 1920 Personnel Staff Officer, MC
Flt Lt Leslie A K Butt  4 Dec 1919 Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt Noel Wrigley xx xxx 1920 Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off John M Mason xx xxx 1920 Supernumerary, DSC, DFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off Francis N Whiteley xx xxx 1920 Administrative Duties (Finance)
Fg Off Cyril S Gray xx xxx 1920 Supernumerary
Fg Off Donald R Mitchell xx xxx 1920 Supernumerary, MBE
Maj David Munro xx xxx 1920 Principal Medical Officer (attached from Indian Medical Service), CIE, MB
Sqn Ldr Thomas S Rippon xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer, OBE

Officers awaiting disposal

Rank Name Branch Notes
Wg Cdr Christopher L Courtney - CBE, DSO; later ACM
Wg Cdr George F Pretyman - DSO, OBE
Wg Cdr Charles D Breese - AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr Bernard E Smythies A DFC
Sqn Ldr John H S Tyssen A MC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr George G A Williams A  
Sqn Ldr Roland J Mounsey A OBE
Sqn Ldr John B Graham A MC, AFC
Sqn Ldr James McCrae T MBE
Sqn Ldr William J Shields T  
Act Sqn Ldr (Fg Off) Thomas L F Burnett T MBE
Flt Lt Geoffrey H Bowman A DSO, MC, DFC
Flt Lt Francis W H Lerwill T OBE
Flt Lt Charles H C Woolven Ad MC
Flt Lt Frank O Soden A DFC
Flt Lt William G Stephenson-Peach T MBE
Flt Lt Arthur C Snow T  
Flt Lt Francis J Vincent A & S later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Arthur Brown A  
Fg Off Geoffrey A H Pidcock A later AVM
Fg Off Donald S Evans A  
Fg Off John A Boret A MC, AFC; later AVM
Fg Off Alexander J M Ross Stores MBE
Fg Off John R Catherall A MBE
Fg Off Walter M Long Ad  
Fg Off Arthur W Saunders A DFC
Fg Off Charles R Keary A  
Fg Off George F Moody A & S  
Fg Off Reginald T B Houghton A AFC
Fg Off Thomas C James Stores  
Fg Off Henry T H Copeland Stores  
Fg Off Henry H S Scott T DSM
Fg Off Simon T Littleton T  
Fg Off Robert A Whyte A  
Fg Off George W Birkinshaw A & S later A/Cdre
Fg Off James V Gascoyne A DFC
Fg Off Harold A Haines A DFC
Fg Off Alfred H Baker T  
Fg Off Charles E Knight Ad  
Fg Off Walter W Whitehead T  
Fg Off William G Kentfield T  
Fg Off Frank W Wrench T  
Fg Off Alfred P Marchant T MBE, DSM
Fg Off George A Winckworth T  
Fg Off Sidney Upton T  
Fg Off John D Jackson T  
Fg Off Donald M I McArthur T  
Fg Off Claude V A Bucknall T  
Plt Off P Harvey Ad  
Plt Off Colin P Primrose O DFC

Source - May 1920 Air Force List

June 1920

There were the following changes: -

Officers awaiting disposal

Rank Name Branch Notes
Wg Cdr Christopher L Courtney - CBE, DSO; later ACM
Sqn Ldr John B Graham A MC, AFC
Act Sqn Ldr (Fg Off) Thomas L F Burnett T MBE
Flt Lt Francis W H Lerwill T OBE
Flt Lt Charles H C Woolven Ad MC

Officers allocated

Rank Name Date Notes
Wg Cdr Charles D Breese - Air Staff Duties, AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr Bernard E Smythies A Air Staff Duties (Communications), DFC
Fg Off Kercher A Lister-Kaye   Personnel Staff Duties,

Source - June1920 Air Force List

July 1920

Unit Location Officer Commanding
RAF School Bangalore Wg Cdr G F Pretyman
No 1 Sqn Bangalore Sqn Ldr J B Graham
No 3 Sqn Bangalore Sqn Ldr G G A Williams
Aircraft Depot Lahore Wg Cdr C G S Gould
Port Detachment, Aircraft Depot Bombay  
Detachment, Aircraft Depot Karachi  
Aircraft Factory Lahore  
Meteorological Station (forming) Banda Abbas  
Meteorological Station (forming) Karachi  
     

Officers awaiting disposal

Rank Name Branch Notes
Flt Lt William W Hart T MBE
Fg Off Frank W Wrench T  
Obs Off Patrick J Hayes O AFC
Plt Off Colin P Primrose O DFC
Flt Lt William F Wilson Med MC, MB
Flt Lt James C Smyth Med  

Officers leaving

Rank Name Date Notes
Sqn Ldr Herbert Stanley-Adams  4 Dec 1919 Personnel Staff Officer, DSC
Fg Off John M Mason xx xxx 1920 Supernumerary, DSC, DFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off Cyril S Gray xx xxx 1920 Supernumerary
Fg Off Donald R Mitchell xx xxx 1920 Supernumerary, MBE

Officers allocated

Rank Name Date Notes
Fg Off David Craik   Personnel Staff Duties,

Source - July 1920 Air Force List

August 1920

Address Controlled
Ambala
  • RAF School - Bangalore

    1. No 1 Squadron - Bangalore

    2. No 3 Squadron - Bangalore

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Bombay

    2. Detachment - Karachi

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • Meteorological Station (forming) - Banda Abbas

  • Meteorological Station (forming) - Karachi

  • No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

    1. No 5 Squadron - Quetta

    2. No 20 Squadron - Bannu

    3. No 27 Squadron - Risalpur

    4. No 60 Squadron - Risalpur

  • No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Ambala

    1. No 28 Squadron - Ambala

    2. No 31 Squadron - Mhow

 

Rank Name Date Notes
A/Cdre T I Webb-Bowen 20 Sep 1919 Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG; later AVM
Wg Cdr R P Mills 26 Jul 1919 Air Staff Duties, MC, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr Charles D Breese 28 Apr 1920 Technical Staff Duties, AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr Arthur T Whitelock 19 May 1920 Personnel Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr Bernard E Smythies 22 Apr 1920 Air Staff Duties (Communications), DFC
Sqn Ldr Francis H Moody  1 Sep 1919 Stores Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Claude A Ridley 27 Jul 1920 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt Alfred S Goodwin 27 Jul 1920 Technical Staff Duties
Flt Lt William H L O'Neill   Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Leslie A K Butt  4 Dec 1919 Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt Noel Wrigley xx xxx 1920 Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off David Craik   Personnel Staff Duties,
Medical Administration
Lt Col David Munro xx xxx 1920 Principal Medical Officer (attached from Indian Medical Service), CIE, MB
Sqn Ldr Thomas S Rippon 26 Sep 1919 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, OBE
For Disposal
Flt Lt Edward J Sayer

Stores

MC
Flt Lt Arthur F Brooke

A

 
Fg Off Charles A C Fidler T  
Fg Off John H Woodgett Ad  
Plt Off Colin P Primrose O DFC
Flt Lt William F Wilson Med MC, MB
Flt Lt James C Smyth Med  

Source - August 1920 Air Force List

Renamed Indian Group on 1 January 1921 but retaining Command status

April 1921

Address Controlled
Ambala
  • RAF School - Bangalore

    • No 1 Squadron - Bangalore

    • No 3 Squadron - Bangalore

  • Aircraft Depot - Lahore

    • Port Detachment - Bombay

    • Detachment - Karachi

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • Aircraft Factory - Lahore

  • Meteorological Station (forming) - Banda Abbas

  • Meteorological Station (forming) - Karachi

  • No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  • Advanced HQ - Manzai

    • No 5 Squadron - Quetta

    • No 20 Squadron - Tank

    • No 27 Squadron - Risalpur

    • No 60 Squadron - Risalpur

  • No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Ambala

    • No 28 Squadron - Ambala

    • No 31 Squadron - Cawnpore

 

Rank Name Date Notes
A/Cdre T I Webb-Bowen 27 Sep 1919 Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG; later AVM
Wg Cdr Reginald P Mills 26 Jul 1919 Staff Officer 1st Class, MC, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr Charles D Breese 28 Apr 1920 Technical Staff Duties, AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr Bernard E Smythies 22 Apr 1920 Air Staff Duties, DFC
Sqn Ldr Arthur T Whitelock 19 May 1920 Personnel Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr Francis H Moody  1 Sep 1919 Stores Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Claude A Ridley 27 Jul 1920 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt Reginald F S Leslie  1 Mar 1921 Supernumerary (ADC to His Excellency the Viceroy), DSC, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt Alfred S Goodwin 27 Jul 1920 Technical Staff Duties
Flt Lt Arthur H Pearce 11 Dec 1920 Personnel Staff Duties
Fg Off Stanley J Mason 23 Dec 1920 Air Staff Duties
Stores Officer
Flt Lt Edward J Sayer 10 Aug 1920 Stores Staff Duties
Medical Administration
Gp Capt David Munro  4 Dec1919 Principal Medical Officer, CIE, MB, FRCS(E)
Wg Cdr Henry Cooper 22 Feb 1921 DSO, BA
Sqn Ldr Thomas S Rippon 26 Sep 1919 OBE

Source - April 1921 Air Force List

July 1921

Address Controlled
Ambala
  1. RAF School

  2. No 3 Squadron - Ambala

  3. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Bombay

  4. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  5. Aircraft Factory - Karachi

  6. Meteorological Station (forming) - Banda Abbas

  7. Meteorological Station (forming) - Karachi

  8. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  9. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
A/Cdre T I Webb-Bowen 27 Sep 1919 Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG; later AVM
Wg Cdr R P Mills 26 Jul 1919 Staff Officer 1st Class, MC, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr Charles D Breese 28 Apr 1920 Technical Staff Duties, AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr Bernard E Smythies 22 Apr 1920 Air Staff Duties, DFC
Sqn Ldr Arthur T Whitelock 19 May 1920 Personnel Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr Francis H Moody  1 Sep 1919 Stores Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Claude A Ridley 27 Jul 1920 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt Reginald F S Leslie  1 Mar 1921 Supernumerary (ADC to His Excellency the Viceroy), DSC, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt Alfred S Goodwin 27 Jul 1920 Technical Staff Duties
Flt Lt Arthur H Pearce 11 Dec 1920 Personnel Staff Duties
Fg Off Sidney C Rose 18 Dec 919 Technical Wireless Duties
Fg Off John A Elliott 18 Dec 1919 Technical Wireless Duties
Fg Off Stanley J Mason 23 Dec 1920 Air Staff Duties
Stores Officer
Flt Lt Edward J Sayer 10 Aug 1920 Stores Staff Duties
Medical Administration
Wg Cdr Henry Cooper 22 Feb 1921 Principal Medical Officer, DSO, BA
Sqn Ldr Thomas S Rippon 26 Sep 1919 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, OBE

Source - July 1921 Air Force List

Renamed RAF India on 1 April 1922.

July 1922

Address Controlled
Ambala
  1. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  2. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Ambala

  3. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Karachi

  4. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  5. Meteorological Station - Karachi

 

Rank Name Date Notes
A/Cdre T I Webb-Bowen 27 Jan 1920 Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG; later AVM
Act Gp Capt (Sqn Ldr) Francis H Moody  1 Sep 1919 Stores Staff Duties, MC
Wg Cdr R P Mills 26 Jul 1919 Staff Officer 1st Class, MC, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr Ivor G V Fowler  5 Aug 1921 Technical Staff Duties, AFC
Sqn Ldr Ralph P Whitehead  1 Oct 1921 Air Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr William B Hargrave 31 Dec 1921 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt Claude A Ridley 27 Jul 1920 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt Edward A Beaulah  3 Dec 1921 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt Arthur W F Glenny 10 Mar 1921 Air Staff Duties, MC, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Reginald F S Leslie  1 Mar 1921 Supernumerary (ADC to His Excellency the Viceroy), DSC, DFC, AFC
Fg Off Francis S Wainscot 22 Sep 1921 Technical Wireless Duties
Fg Off John A Elliott 18 Dec 1919 Technical Wireless Duties
Fg Off Stanley J Mason 23 Dec 1920 Air Staff Duties
Medical Administration
Local Gp Capt (Wg Cdr) Henry Cooper 22 Feb 1921 Principal Medical Officer, DSO, BA
Sqn Ldr Kenneth Biggs 26 Sep 1919 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MC, DPH
For Disposal
Flt Lt Albert E Barr-Sim 21 Apr 1921  

Source - July 1922 Air Force List

I was isbanded on 1 August 1922 to be reformed in November 1922.

May 1923

Address Controlled
Ambala
  1. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  2. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Risalpur

  3. No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  4. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Kiamari

  5. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  6. No 5 Squadron - Ambala

  7. Central Accounts Office - Poona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Phillip W Game 31 Dec 1922 Air Officer Commanding, CB, DSO
Gp Capt John A Chamier 23 Feb 1923 Air Staff Duties, CMG, DSO, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Arthur L Godman

19 Jan 1923 Air Staff duties, CMG, DSO; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Ivor G V Fowler  5 Aug 1921 Technical Staff Duties, AFC
Sqn Ldr Ralph P Whitehead  1 Oct 1921 Air Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr Lionel T N Gould  7 Dec 1922 Air Staff Duties, MC
Sqn Ldr William B Hargrave 31 Dec 1921 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Maj Charles H Stockley 17 Mar 1922 Attached - Intelligence Officer, DSO, MC
Flt Lt Claude A Ridley 27 Jul 1920 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt Edward A Beaulah  3 Dec 1921 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt Reginald E G Fulljames 13 Dec 1922 Technical Staff Duties
Flt Lt Arthur L Fiddament 24 Jul 1922 Air Staff Duties, DFC; later AVM
Fg Off Eric H Richardson  1 Nov 1922 Signals Duties; later A/Cdre
Fg Off Lawrence Darvall 15 Feb 1923 PTI Duties; later AM
Fg Off Henry J Brown  1 Nov 1922 Signals Duties
Fg Off John A Elliott 18 Dec 1919 Signals Duties
Fg Off Frank W Wrench 25 Feb 1923 Signals Duties
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr William B Cushion 13 Dec 1922 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt William J King  6 Apr 1922 Stores Staff Duties, DCM
Medical Administration
Wg Cdr John  McIntyre 19 Jan 1923 Principal Medical Officer, MC, MB, MA
Sqn Ldr Kenneth Biggs 22 Nov 1921 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MC, DPH
Flt Lt Wilfred E Hodgins  1 Dec 1922 MB

Source - May 1923 Air Force List

July 1923

Address Controlled
Ambala
  1. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  2. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Ambala

  3. No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  4. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Kiamari

  5. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  6. No 5 Squadron - Ambala

  7. Central Accounts Office - Poona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Phillip W Game 31 Dec 1922 Air Officer Commanding, CB, DSO
Gp Capt John A Chamier 23 Feb 1923 Air Staff Duties, CMG, DSO, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Arthur L Godman

19 Jan 1923 Air Staff duties, CMG, DSO; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Ivor G V Fowler  5 Aug 1921 Technical Staff Duties, AFC
Sqn Ldr Lionel T N Gould  7 Dec 1922 Air Staff Duties, MC
Sqn Ldr William B Hargrave 31 Dec 1921 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Maj Charles H Stockley 17 Mar 1922 Attached - Intelligence Officer, DSO, MC
Flt Lt Claude A Ridley 27 Jul 1920 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt Edward A Beaulah  3 Dec 1921 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt Reginald E G Fulljames 13 Dec 1922 Technical Staff Duties
Flt Lt Arthur L Fiddament 24 Jul 1922 Air Staff Duties, DFC; later AVM
Fg Off Eric H Richardson  1 Nov 1922 Signals Duties; later A/Cdre
Fg Off Lawrence Darvall 15 Feb 1923 PTI Duties; later AM
Fg Off Henry J Brown  1 Nov 1922 Signals Duties
Fg Off John A Elliott 18 Dec 1919 Signals Duties
Fg Off Frank W Wrench 25 Feb 1923 Signals Duties
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr William B Cushion 13 Dec 1922 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt William J King  6 Apr 1922 Stores Staff Duties, DCM
Flt Lt Kenneth D G Collier 17 Apr 1923 Stores Staff Duties; later A/Cdre
Medical Administration
Wg Cdr John  McIntyre 19 Jan 1923 Principal Medical Officer, MC, MB, MA
Sqn Ldr Kenneth Biggs 22 Nov 1921 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MC, DPH
Flt Lt Wilfred E Hodgins  1 Dec 1922 MB

Source - July 1923 Air Force List

January 1924

Address Controlled
Ambala
  1. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  2. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Risalpur

  3. No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  4. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Kiamari

  5. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  6. No 5 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  7. Central Accounts Office - Poona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM

Sir Edward Ellington

 5 Nov 1923 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CMG, CBE; later MRAF
Gp Capt John A Chamier 23 Feb 1923 Air Staff Duties, CB, CMG, DSO, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Arthur L Godman

19 Jan 1923 Air Staff duties, CMG, DSO; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Ivor G V Fowler  5 Aug 1921 Technical Staff Duties, AFC
Sqn Ldr Lionel T N Gould  7 Dec 1922 Air Staff Duties, MC
Sqn Ldr William B Hargrave 31 Dec 1921 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Maj Charles H Stockley 17 Mar 1922 Intelligence Officer
Flt Lt Claude A Ridley 27 Jul 1920 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt Edward A Beaulah  3 Dec 1921 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt John B Cole-Hamilton 14 Sep 1923 Air Staff Duties; later AVM
Flt Lt Reginald E G Fulljames 13 Dec 1922 Technical Staff Duties
Flt Lt Vincent Greenwood 23 Nov 1923 Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Flt Lt Arthur L Fiddament 24 Jul 1922 Air Staff Duties, DFC; later AVM
Fg Off Lawrence Darvall 15 Feb 1923 PTI Duties; later AM
Fg Off Henry J Brown  1 Nov 1922 Signals Duties
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr William B Cushion 13 Dec 1922 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt William J King  6 Apr 1922 Stores Staff Duties, DCM
Flt Lt Kenneth D G Collier 17 Apr 1923 Stores Staff Duties; later A/Cdre
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr John  McIntyre 19 Jan 1923 Principal Medical Officer, MC, MB, MA
Sqn Ldr Kenneth Biggs 22 Nov 1921 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MC, DPH
Flt Lt Christopher P Barber 23 Nov 1923 Supernumerary (Pending Disposal)
Flt Lt Becher F Haythornthwaite 23 Nov 1923 Supernumerary (Pending Disposal), MB, BA
Flt Lt Charles  A Lindup 23 Nov 1923 Supernumerary (Pending Disposal)

Source - January 1924 Air Force List

May 1924

Address Controlled
Ambala
  1. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  2. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Risalpur

  3. No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  4. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Kiamari

  5. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  6. No 31 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  7. Central Accounts Office - Poona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM

Sir Edward Ellington

 5 Nov 1923 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CMG, CBE; later MRAF
Gp Capt John A Chamier 23 Feb 1923 Air Staff Duties, CB, CMG, DSO, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Arthur L Godman

19 Jan 1923 Air Staff duties, CMG, DSO; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Ivor G V Fowler  5 Aug 1921 Technical Staff Duties, AFC
Wg Cdr

Ernest H Johnstone

23 Feb 1924 Air Staff duties, OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr Lionel T N Gould  7 Dec 1922 Air Staff Duties, MC
Sqn Ldr William B Hargrave 31 Dec 1921 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Sqn Ldr Vincent Greenwood 23 Nov 1923 Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Flt Lt John B Cole-Hamilton 14 Sep 1923 Air Staff Duties; later AVM
Flt Lt Reginald E G Fulljames 13 Dec 1922 Technical Staff Duties
Flt Lt John L M de C Hughes-Chamberlain 12 Mar 1924 Stores Staff Duties
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr William B Cushion 13 Dec 1922 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt William J King  6 Apr 1922 Stores Staff Duties, DCM
Flt Lt Kenneth D G Collier 17 Apr 1923 Stores Staff Duties; later A/Cdre
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr John  McIntyre 19 Jan 1923 Principal Medical Officer, MC, MB, MA
Sqn Ldr Kenneth Biggs 22 Nov 1921 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MC, DPH
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr Christopher L Courtney  1 Mar 1924 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO; later ACM
Sqn Ldr Ralph T Leather  1 Mar 1924 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, AFC
Flt Lt John J Clarke  4 Apr 1924 Pending Disposal
Fg Off William J Hutcuinson  4 Apr 1924 Pending Disposal, MB

Source - May 1924 Air Force List

January 1925

Source - January 1925 Air Force List

February 1925

Source - February 1925 Air Force List

March 1925

Source - March 1925 Air Force List

April 1925

Source - April 1925 Air Force List

May 1925

Source - May 1925 Air Force List

June 1925

Source - June 1925 Air Force List

July 1925

Address Controlled
Ambala
  1. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  2. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Ambala

  3. No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  4. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Kiamari

  5. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  6. No 31 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  7. Central Accounts Office - Poona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM

Sir Edward Ellington

 5 Nov 1923 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CMG, CBE; later MRAF
Gp Capt John A Chamier 23 Feb 1923 Air Staff Duties, CB, CMG, DSO, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Ivor G V Fowler  5 Aug 1921 Technical Staff Duties, AFC
Wg Cdr

Ernest H Johnstone

23 Feb 1924 Air Staff duties, OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr William B Hargrave 31 Dec 1921 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Sqn Ldr Eric J Hodsoll 27 Feb 1925 Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt

Athol W Mylne

14 Feb 1925 Supernumerary for Air Staff (Training) Duties; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Frederic G Stammers 11 Apr 1924 Stores Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt John B Cole-Hamilton 14 Sep 1923 Air Staff Duties; later AVM
Flt Lt Charles K Chandler  9 Apr 1924 Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Flt Lt Ernest L Ardley 22 Feb 1924 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt

John Oliver

 2 Nov 1924 Technical Staff Duties, AFC; later A/Cdre
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr William B Cushion 13 Dec 1922 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt Reginald V J S Hogan 30 Dec 1924 Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off Alfred S Berry 16 Oct 1924 Stores Staff Duties
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr John  McIntyre 19 Jan 1923 Principal Medical Officer, MC, MB, MA
Sqn Ldr Kenneth Biggs 22 Nov 1921 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MC, DPH
Flt Lt Wilfred E Hodgins  1 Dec 1922 MB
Supernumerary
Sqn Ldr Ralph T Leather  1 Mar 1924 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, AFC
Flt Lt Stafford B Harris 10 Feb 1925 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DFC, AFC

Source - July 1925 Air Force List

March 1926

Address Controlled
Ambala
  1. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  2. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Ambala

  3. No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  4. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Kiamari

  5. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  6. No 31 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  7. Central Accounts Office - Poona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM

Sir Edward Ellington

 5 Nov 1923 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CMG, CBE; later MRAF
Gp Capt John A Chamier 23 Feb 1923 Air Staff Duties, CB, CMG, DSO, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Reynell H Verney 16 Sep 1925 Technical Staff Duties, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Ernest H Johnstone

23 Feb 1924 Air Staff duties, OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr Thomas V Lister 15 Dec 1925 Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Sqn Ldr William B Hargrave 31 Dec 1921 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Sqn Ldr Eric J Hodsoll 27 Feb 1925 Air Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr Athol W Mylne 14 Feb 1925 Supernumerary for Air Staff (Training) Duties;  later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Frederic G Stammers 11 Apr 1924 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt Charles K Chandler  9 Apr 1924 Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Flt Lt John R I Scrambler 18 Nov 1925 Personnel Staff Duties, AFC
Flt Lt Christopher H Stilwell 18 Nov 1925 Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt

John Oliver

 2 Nov 1924 Technical Staff Duties, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Henry E Farrow  8 Nov 1925 Technical Staff Duties; later A/Cdre
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr William B Cushion 13 Dec 1922 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt Reginald V J S Hogan 30 Dec 1924 Stores Staff Duties
Medical Branch
Loc Gp Capt (Wg Cdr) John  McIntyre 219 Jan 1923 Principal Medical Officer, MC, MB, MA
Sqn Ldr Andrew Grant 15 Jan 1926 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MBE, MB, DPH
Supernumerary
Flt Lt Stafford B Harris 19 Feb 1925 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DFC, AFC

Source - March 1926 Air Force List

July 1926

Address Controlled
Ambala
  1. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  2. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Ambala

  3. No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  4. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Kiamari

  5. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  6. No 31 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  7. Central Accounts Office - Poona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM

Sir Edward Ellington

 5 Nov 1923 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CMG, CBE; later MRAF
Gp Capt John A Chamier 23 Feb 1923 Air Staff Duties, CB, CMG, DSO, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Reynell H Verney 16 Sep 1925 Technical Staff Duties, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Ernest H Johnstone

23 Feb 1924 Air Staff duties, OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr Gilbert W Murlis-Green  5 Mar 1926 Personnel Staff Duties, DSO, MC
Sqn Ldr Thomas V Lister 15 Dec 1925 Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Sqn Ldr Eric J Hodsoll 27 Feb 1925 Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt Frederic G Stammers 11 Apr 1924 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt

Frederic H Laurence

26 Jun 1926 Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Christopher H Stilwell 18 Nov 1925 Air Staff Duties;
Flt Lt Henry E Farrow  8 Nov 1925 Technical Staff Duties; later A/Cdre
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr William B Cushion 13 Dec 1922 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt Reginald V J S Hogan 30 Dec 1924 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt Charles H Pownall 16 Feb 1926 Stores Staff Duties
Medical Branch
Loc Gp Capt (Wg Cdr) John  McIntyre 219 Jan 1923 Principal Medical Officer, MC, MB, MA
Sqn Ldr Andrew Grant 15 Jan 1926 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MBE, MB, DPH
Supernumerary
Sqn Ldr Geoffrey H Bowman 30 Dec 1925 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO, MC, DFC
Flt Lt Stafford B Harris 19 Feb 1925 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt Alexander Dickson 22 May 1926 Medical Branch, MB - pending disposal

Source - July 1926 Air Force List

December 1926

Address Controlled
Ambala
  1. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  2. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Risalpur

  3. No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  4. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Kiamari

  5. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  6. No 31 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  7. Central Accounts Office - Poona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Vacant   Air Officer Commanding
Gp Capt John A Chamier 23 Feb 1923 Air Staff Duties, CB, CMG, DSO, OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Reginald P Mills 21 Sep 1926 Air Staff Duties, MC; later AVM
Wg Cdr Reynell H Verney 16 Sep 1925 Technical Staff Duties, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Lawrence A Pattinson 21 Sep 1926 Air Staff duties, DSO, MC, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr

Ernest H Johnstone

23 Feb 1924 Air Staff duties, OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr Gilbert W Murlis-Green  5 Mar 1926 Personnel Staff Duties, DSO, MC
Sqn Ldr Thomas V Lister 15 Dec 1925 Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Sqn Ldr Eric J Hodsoll 27 Feb 1925 Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt Frederic G Stammers 11 Apr 1924 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt

Frederic H Laurence

26 Jun 1926 Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Christopher H Stilwell 18 Nov 1925 Air Staff Duties;
Flt Lt Henry E Farrow  8 Nov 1925 Technical Staff Duties; later A/Cdre
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr William B Cushion 13 Dec 1922 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt Reginald V J S Hogan 30 Dec 1924 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt Charles H Pownall 16 Feb 1926 Stores Staff Duties
Medical Branch
Loc Gp Capt (Wg Cdr) John  McIntyre 19 Jan 1923 Principal Medical Officer, MC, MB, MA
Sqn Ldr Andrew Grant 15 Jan 1926 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MBE, MB, DPH
Education Officer
Maj Benson Steel  6 Aug 1926 Grade III (Acting Grade II), MC, BA
Supernumerary
Sqn Ldr Geoffrey H Bowman 30 Dec 1925 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO, MC, DFC
Flt Lt Stafford B Harris 10 Feb 1925 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DFC, AFC
Flt Lt Gerald P O'Connell 17 Oct 1926 Medical Branch, MB - pending disposal
Fg Off John Magner 21 Sep 1926 Medical Branch, MB - pending disposal
Fg Off Edmond J Mockler 21 Sep 1926 Medical Branch, MB - pending disposal

Source - December 1926 Air Force List

July 1927

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla
  1. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  2. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Risalpur, Nowshera

  3. No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  4. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Kiamari

  5. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  6. No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  7. Central Accounts Office - Poona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir W Geoffrey Salmond 27 Dec 1926 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, KCMG, DSO; later ACM
Gp Capt Reginald P Mills 21 Sep 1926 Air Staff Duties, MC; later AVM
Wg Cdr Reynell H Verney 16 Sep 1925 Technical Staff Duties, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Lawrence A Pattinson 21 Sep 1926 Air Staff duties, DSO, MC, DFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr Gilbert W Murlis-Green  5 Mar 1926 Personnel Staff Duties, DSO, MC
Sqn Ldr Thomas V Lister 15 Dec 1925 Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Sqn Ldr Eric J Hodsoll 27 Feb 1925 Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt Frederic G Stammers 11 Apr 1924 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt

Cecil A Stevens

19 Apr 1927 Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Christopher H Stilwell 18 Nov 1925 Air Staff Duties;
Flt Lt Henry E Farrow  8 Nov 1925 Technical Staff Duties; later A/Cdre
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr William E Aylwin 13 Dec 1922 Stores Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt Charles M Bevan  6 Nov 1926 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt Reginald V J S Hogan 30 Dec 1924 Stores Staff Duties
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr Albert V J Richardson 10 Feb 1927 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, BA, DPH
Sqn Ldr Andrew Grant 15 Jan 1926 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MBE, MB, DPH
Education Officer
Maj Benson Steel  6 Aug 1926 Grade III (Acting Grade II), MC, BA
Supernumerary
Sqn Ldr Geoffrey H Bowman 30 Dec 1925 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO, MC, DFC
Sqn Ldr

Charles C Darley

23 Dec 1926 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, AM; later A/Cdre

Source - July 1927 Air Force List

July 1928

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla
  1. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  2. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Risalpur, Nowshera

  3. No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  4. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Kiamari

  5. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  6. No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  7. Central Accounts Office - Poona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir W Geoffrey Salmond 27 Dec 1926 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, KCMG, DSO; later ACM
Gp Capt Reginald P Mills 21 Sep 1926 Air Staff Duties, MC; later AVM
Wg Cdr Reynell H Verney 16 Sep 1925 Technical Staff Duties, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Lawrence A Pattinson 21 Sep 1926 Air Staff duties, DSO, MC, DFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr Gilbert W Murlis-Green  5 Mar 1926 Personnel Staff Duties, DSO, MC
Sqn Ldr Thomas V Lister 15 Dec 1925 Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Sqn Ldr Eric J Hodsoll 27 Feb 1925 Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt Anthony C B Harrison 20 Mar 1928 Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt

Cecil A Stevens

19 Apr 1927 Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Christopher H Stilwell 18 Nov 1925 Air Staff Duties;
Flt Lt Charles R Davison  8 Jul 1927 Technical Staff Duties, MC
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr William E Aylwin 13 Dec 1922 Stores Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt John Hobbs  7 Dec 1927 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt Reginald V J S Hogan 30 Dec 1924 Stores Staff Duties
Medical Branch
Gp Capt Albert V J Richardson 10 Feb 1927 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, BA, DPH
Sqn Ldr Andrew Grant 15 Jan 1926 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MBE, MB, DPH
Education Officer
Maj Benson Steel  6 Aug 1926 Grade III (Acting Grade II), MC, BA
Supernumerary
Sqn Ldr Geoffrey H Bowman 30 Dec 1925 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO, MC, DFC
Sqn Ldr

Charles C Darley

23 Dec 1926 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, AM; later A/Cdre

Source - July 1928 Air Force List

September 1928

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla
  1. No 1 Indian Wing HQ - Peshawar

  2. No 2 Indian Wing HQ - Risalpur, Nowshera

  3. No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  4. Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    1. Port Detachment - Kiamari

  5. Aircraft Park - Lahore

  6. No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  7. Central Accounts Office - Poona

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir W Geoffrey Salmond 27 Dec 1926 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, KCMG, DSO; later ACM
Gp Capt Reginald P Mills 21 Sep 1926 Air Staff Duties, MC; later AVM
Wg Cdr Reynell H Verney 16 Sep 1925 Technical Staff Duties, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Lawrence A Pattinson 21 Sep 1926 Air Staff duties, DSO, MC, DFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr Gilbert W Murlis-Green  5 Mar 1926 Personnel Staff Duties, DSO, MC
Sqn Ldr Thomas V Lister 15 Dec 1925 Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Sqn Ldr Eric J Hodsoll 27 Feb 1925 Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt

Cecil A Stevens

19 Apr 1927 Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Charles R Davison  8 Jul 1927 Technical Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Christopher H Stilwell 18 Nov 1925 Air Staff Duties;
Flt Lt Anthony C B Harrison 20 Mar 1928 Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr William E Aylwin 13 Dec 1922 Stores Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt John Hobbs  7 Dec 1927 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt Reginald V J S Hogan 30 Dec 1924 Stores Staff Duties
Medical Branch
Gp Capt Albert V J Richardson 10 Feb 1927 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, BA, DPH
Sqn Ldr Andrew Grant 15 Jan 1926 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MBE, MB, DPH
Education Officer
Maj Benson Steel  6 Aug 1926 Grade III (Acting Grade II), MC, BA
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr George I Carmichael  3 Jan 1928 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr

Charles C Darley

23 Dec 1926 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, AM; later A/Cdre

Source - September 1928 Air Force List

July 1929

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla
  • No 1 Indian Group - Peshawar

  • No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Port Detachment - Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir W Geoffrey Salmond 27 Dec 1926 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, KCMG, DSO; later ACM
Gp Capt Reginald P Mills 21 Sep 1926 Air Staff Duties, MC; later AVM
Wg Cdr Reynell H Verney 16 Sep 1925 Engineer Staff Duties, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Lawrence A Pattinson 21 Sep 1926 Air Staff duties, DSO, MC, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr Lachlan L MacLean 27 Dec 1928 Air Staff duties; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr Thomas V Lister 15 Dec 1925 Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Flt Lt

Cecil A Stevens

19 Apr 1927 Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Stafford B Harris 31 Aug 1928 Personal Assistant to AOC and for Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt Anthony C B Harrison 20 Mar 1928 Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry 12 Feb 1929 Air Staff Duties, DSO, DFC; later AVM
Flt Lt FrekeW Wiseman-Clarke 16 Sep 1928 Personnel Staff Duties;
Flt Lt Harold E Falkner 25 Nov 1928 Engineer Staff Duties, MC
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr William E Aylwin 13 Dec 1922 Stores Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt John Hobbs  7 Dec 1927 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt Reginald V J S Hogan 30 Dec 1924 Stores Staff Duties
Medical Branch
Gp Capt Alfred W Iredell 29 Sep 1928 Principal Medical Officer
Sqn Ldr Frederick J Murphy 12 Feb 1929 Deputy Principal Medical Officer
Education Officer
Maj Benson Steel  6 Aug 1926 Grade II, MC, BA
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr George I Carmichael  3 Jan 1928 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr

Cecil C Durston

 2 Jan 1929 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta,

Source - July 1929 Air Force List

July 1930

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla
  • No 1 Indian Group - Peshawar

  • No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Port Detachment - Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir W Geoffrey H Salmond 27 Dec 1926 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, KCMG, DSO; later ACM
Gp Capt Reginald P Mills 21 Sep 1926 Air Staff Duties, MC; later AVM
Wg Cdr Lachlan L MacLean 27 Dec 1928 Air Staff duties; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Alexander Gray

 9 Feb 1930 Engineer Staff Duties, MC, later AVM
Wg Cdr

Charles H Nicholas

20 Jan 1930 Air Staff (Training) Duties, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr Thomas V Lister 15 Dec 1925 Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Sqn Ldr Norman S Douglas  8 Oct 1929 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt

Ernest L Ardley

 7 Mar 1930 Personnel Staff Duties,
Flt Lt

William F Dickson

 4 Apr 1930 Personal Assistant to AOC and for Air Staff Duties, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Flt Lt Anthony C B Harrison 20 Mar 1928 Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry 12 Feb 1929 Air Staff Duties, DSO, DFC; later AVM
Flt Lt Harold E Falkner 25 Nov 1928 Engineer Staff Duties, MC
Stores Branch
Flt Lt John Hobbs  7 Dec 1927 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt

Frank N Trinder

21 Jan 1930 Stores Staff Duties; later AVM
Fg Off Geoffrey L Worthington 22 Apr 1929 Stores Staff Duties; later AVM
Medical Branch
Gp Capt Alfred W Iredell 29 Sep 1928 Principal Medical Officer
Sqn Ldr Frederick J Murphy 12 Feb 1929 Deputy Principal Medical Officer
Education Officer
Maj Benson Steel  6 Aug 1926 Grade II, MC, BA
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr

Cecil C Durston

 2 Jan 1929 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta,
Sqn Ldr Frank Fernihough  6 Aug 1929 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, MC

Source - July 1930 Air Force List

August 1930

Source - August 1930 Air Force List

September 1930

Source - September 1930 Air Force List

October 1930

Source - October 1930 Air Force List

November 1930

Source - November 1930 Air Force List

December 1930

Source - December 1930 Air Force List

July 1931

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla
  • No 1 Indian Group - Peshawar

  • No 3 Indian Wing - Quetta

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Port Detachment - Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir John M Steel  6 Feb 1931 Air Officer Commanding, KBE, CB, CMG; later ACM
A/Cdre Reginald P Mills 21 Sep 1926 Air Staff Duties, MC; later AVM
A/Cdre

Patrick H L Playfair

17 Dec 1930 CB, MC; later AM
Wg Cdr Lachlan L MacLean 27 Dec 1928 Air Staff duties; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Alexander Gray

 9 Feb 1930 Engineer Staff Duties, MC, later AVM
Wg Cdr

Charles H Nicholas

20 Jan 1930 Air Staff (Training) Duties, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr Norman S Douglas  8 Oct 1929 Personnel Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr Desmond H De Burgh 14 Feb 1931 Air Staff (Signals) Duties, MC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr

William F Dickson

 4 Apr 1930 Air Staff Duties, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Flt Lt

Ernest L Ardley

 7 Mar 1930 Personnel Staff Duties,
Flt Lt Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry 12 Feb 1929 Air Staff Duties, DSO, DFC; later AVM
Flt Lt Cecil A Bouchier 10 Jan 1931 Personnel Staff Duties, DFC; later AVM
Flt Lt Harold E Falkner 25 Nov 1928 Engineer Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt John G Franks 30 Dec 1930 Personal Assistant to AOC and for Armament Staff Duties; later AVM
Stores Branch
Flt Lt John Hobbs  7 Dec 1927 Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt

Frank N Trinder

21 Jan 1930 Stores Staff Duties; later AVM
Fg Off Geoffrey L Worthington 22 Apr 1929 Stores Staff Duties; later AVM
Medical Branch
Gp Capt Alfred W Iredell 29 Sep 1928 Principal Medical Officer
Sqn Ldr Frederick J Murphy 12 Feb 1929 Deputy Principal Medical Officer
Educational Service
Maj Benson Steel  6 Aug 1926 Grade II, MC, BA
Supernumerary
AM

Sir W Geoffrey H Salmond

28 Feb 1931 KCB, KCMG, DSO; later ACM
Wg Cdr

Cecil C Durston

18 Dec 1930 Pending posting for Air Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr Frank Fernihough  1 Jan 1930 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, MC
Sqn Ldr

Hugh P Lloyd

24 Jan 1931 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, MC, DFC; later ACM

Source - July 1931 Air Force List

July 1932

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla
  • No 1 (Indian) Group - Peshawar

  • No 3 (Indian) Wing - Quetta

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • Bomber Transport Flight - Lahore

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir John M Steel  6 Feb 1931 Air Officer Commanding, KBE, CB, CMG; later ACM
A/Cdre

Patrick H L Playfair

17 Dec 1930 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, MC; later AM
Wg Cdr Cecil C Durston 18 Dec 1930 Air Staff duties
Wg Cdr

Alexander Gray

 9 Feb 1930 Engineer Staff Duties, MC, later AVM
Wg Cdr

Charles H Nicholas

20 Jan 1930 Air Staff (Training) Duties, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr Norman S Douglas  8 Oct 1929 Personnel Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr Desmond H De Burgh 14 Feb 1931 Air Staff (Signals) Duties, MC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr

William F Dickson

 4 Apr 1930 Air Staff Duties, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Flt Lt Charles F le Poer Trench 27 Jan 1932 Engineer Staff Duties
Flt Lt

Victor E Groom

  Air Staff (Training) Duties, DFC; later AM
Flt Lt Cecil A Bouchier 10 Jan 1931 Personnel Staff Duties, DFC; later AVM
Flt Lt John F F Pain  7 Aug 1931 Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt John G Franks 30 Dec 1930 Personal Assistant to AOC and for Armament Staff Duties; later AVM
Flt Lt

Raymond G Hart

 5 Feb 1932 Signals Staff Duties, MC; later AM
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr

Frank N Trinder

21 Jan 1930 Stores Staff Duties; later AVM
Flt Lt

Francis A Skoulding

  Stores Staff Duties, later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Albert J Redman   Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off Geoffrey L Worthington 22 Apr 1929 Stores Staff Duties; later AVM
Educational Service
Mr David E Williams  4 Nov 1931 Grade I, MBE, MA
Supernumerary
Sqn Ldr

Meredith Thomas

24 Dec 1931 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DFC, AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Hugh P Lloyd

24 Jan 1931 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, MC, DFC; later ACM

Source - July 1932 Air Force List

July 1933

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla
  • No 1 (Indian) Group - Peshawar

  • No 3 (Indian) Wing - Quetta

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • Bomber Transport Flight - Lahore

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir John M Steel  6 Feb 1931 Air Officer Commanding, KBE, CB, CMG; later ACM
Personal Appointment
Flt Lt John G Franks 30 Dec 1930 Personal Assistant to AOC; later AVM
Air Staff
A/Cdre

Arthur S Barratt

 7 Sep 1932 Senior Air Staff Officer, CMG, MC; later ACM
Wg Cdr

David G Donald 

11 Jan 1933 DFC, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr

Alexander Gray

 9 Feb 1930 MC, later AVM
Sqn Ldr

William F Dickson

 4 Apr 1930 DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Flt Lt

Alfred R Wardle

26 Oct 1932 AFC; later A/Cdre
Personnel Staff
Sqn Ldr Norman S Douglas  8 Oct 1929 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Flt Lt

George H Mills

 7 Mar 1933 later AM
Flt Lt

Dermot A Boyle

 7 Mar 1933 later MRAF
Flt Lt John F F Pain  7 Aug 1931
Equipment Staff
Wg Cdr

Kenneth M St C G Leask

 2 Feb 1933 MC, later AVM
Engineer Section
Sqn Ldr Charles F le Poer Trench 27 Jan 1932 Engineer Staff Duties
Stores Section
Sqn Ldr

Frank N Trinder

21 Jan 1930 later AVM
Flt Lt

Francis A Skoulding

 5 Jan 1932 later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Albert J Redman 30 Oct 1931  
Fg Off Albert J Cox  7 Feb 1933 MBE
Services
Maintenance
Wg Cdr Arthur T Whitelock 14 Feb 1931 In Command of Aircraft Depot, India
Signals
Sqn Ldr Desmond H De Burgh 14 Feb 1931 Chief Signals Officer, MC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt William C Yale  7 Feb 1933  
Educational Service
Mr David E Williams  4 Nov 1931 Grade I, MBE, MA
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr

John H D'Albiac

28 Dec 1932 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO; later AM
Sqn Ldr

Meredith Thomas

24 Dec 1931 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DFC, AFC; later AVM

Source - July 1933 Air Force List

January 1934

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla
  • No 1 (Indian) Group - Peshawar

  • No 3 (Indian) Wing - Quetta

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • Bomber Transport Flight - Lahore

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir John M Steel  6 Feb 1931 Air Officer Commanding, KBE, CB, CMG; later ACM
Personal Appointment
Flt Lt John G Franks 30 Dec 1930 Personal Assistant to AOC; later AVM
Air Staff
A/Cdre

Arthur S Barratt

 7 Sep 1932 Senior Air Staff Officer, CMG, MC; later ACM
Wg Cdr

David G Donald 

11 Jan 1933 DFC, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr

Alexander Gray

 9 Feb 1930 MC, later AVM
Sqn Ldr

William F Dickson

 4 Apr 1930 DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Flt Lt

Alfred R Wardle

26 Oct 1932 AFC; later A/Cdre
Personnel Staff
Sqn Ldr Norman S Douglas  8 Oct 1929 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Flt Lt

Dermot A Boyle

 7 Mar 1933 later MRAF
Flt Lt John F F Pain  7 Aug 1931
Equipment Staff
Wg Cdr

Kenneth M St C G Leask

 2 Feb 1933 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, MC; later AVM
Engineer Section
Sqn Ldr Charles F le Poer Trench 27 Jan 1932 Engineer Staff Duties
Flt Lt

Leslie W Cannon

12 Oct 1933 later AVM
Stores Section
Sqn Ldr

Frank N Trinder

21 Jan 1930 later AVM
Flt Lt

Francis A Skoulding

 5 Jan 1932 later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Albert J Redman 30 Oct 1931  
Fg Off Albert J Cox  7 Feb 1933 MBE
Services
Maintenance
Wg Cdr Arthur T Whitelock 14 Feb 1931 In Command of Aircraft Depot, India
Signals
Sqn Ldr Desmond H De Burgh 14 Feb 1931 Chief Signals Officer, MC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt William C Yale  7 Feb 1933  
Educational Service
Mr David E Williams  4 Nov 1931 Grade I, MBE, MA
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr

John H D'Albiac

28 Dec 1932 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO; later AM
Sqn Ldr

Meredith Thomas

24 Dec 1931 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DFC, AFC; later AVM
Warrant Officers
WO Albert Hanglin For disposal
WO Arthur Figg For disposal
WO Ernest D Jackson For disposal
WO Vincent J Casey For disposal
Warrant Officers - 2nd Class
WO II John Campbell For disposal
WO II George D Merron For disposal
WO II James Burns For disposal
WO II Leslie A Butt For disposal

Source - January 1934 Air Force List

July 1934

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla
  • No 1 (Indian) Group - Peshawar

  • No 3 (Indian) Wing - Quetta

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • Bomber Transport Flight - Lahore

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir John M Steel  6 Feb 1931 Air Officer Commanding, KBE, CB, CMG; later ACM
Personal Appointment
Flt Lt John G Franks 30 Dec 1930 Personal Assistant to AOC; later AVM
Air Staff
A/Cdre

Arthur S Barratt

 7 Sep 1932 Senior Air Staff Officer, CMG, MC; later ACM
Wg Cdr

David G Donald 

11 Jan 1933 DFC, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr

Meredith Thomas

24 Dec 1931 DFC, AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Aubrey B Ellwood

26 Feb 1934 DSC, later AM
Flt Lt

Alfred R Wardle

26 Oct 1932 AFC; later A/Cdre
Personnel Staff
Wg Cdr Archibald S Maskell 26 Feb 1934 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Flt Lt

Dermot A Boyle

 7 Mar 1933 later MRAF
Flt Lt John F F Pain  7 Aug 1931
Equipment Staff
Wg Cdr

Kenneth M St C G Leask

 2 Feb 1933 MC, later AVM
Engineer Section
Flt Lt

Leslie W Cannon

12 Oct 1933 later AVM
Stores Section
Sqn Ldr

Frank N Trinder

21 Jan 1930 later AVM
Flt Lt

Francis A Skoulding

 5 Jan 1932 later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Albert J Redman 30 Oct 1931  
Fg Off Albert J Cox  7 Feb 1933 MBE
Services
Maintenance
Wg Cdr Arthur T Whitelock 14 Feb 1931 In Command of Aircraft Depot, India
Signals
Sqn Ldr Desmond H De Burgh 14 Feb 1931 Chief Signals Officer, MC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt William C Yale  7 Feb 1933  
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr Raymond W Ryan 18 Oct 1933 Principal Medical Officer (located at Lahore), MB, BS
Educational Service
Mr David E Williams  4 Nov 1931 Grade I, MBE, MA
Miscellaneous Appointments
Inspection of Civil Aircraft
Mr A W Savage Inspector in charge at Karachi
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr

John H D'Albiac

28 Dec 1932 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO; later AM
Sqn Ldr

Philip F Fullard

23 Dec 1933 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO, MC, AFC; later A/Cdre

Source - July 1934 Air Force List

July 1935

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla
  • No 1 (Indian) Group - Peshawar

  • No 3 (Indian) Wing - Karachi

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • Bomber Transport Flight - Lahore

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Edgar R Ludlow-Hewitt

 2 Mar 1935 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CMG, DSO, MC; later ACM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Bertine E Sutton  4 Oct 1934 Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, OBE, MC; later AM
Wg Cdr

David G Donald 

11 Jan 1933 DFC, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr

Meredith Thomas

24 Dec 1931 DFC, AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Aubrey B Ellwood

26 Feb 1934 DSC, later AM
Flt Lt

Alfred R Wardle

26 Oct 1932 AFC; later A/Cdre
Personnel Staff
Wg Cdr Archibald S Maskell 26 Feb 1934 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Flt Lt

Dermot A Boyle

 7 Mar 1933 later MRAF
Flt Lt James R Addams 21 Feb 1935 AFC
Equipment Staff
Wg Cdr

Walter J B Curtis

28 Nov 1934 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OBE; later AVM
Engineer Section
Wg Cdr Tilden C Thomson  7 Sep 1934  
Flt Lt

Leslie W Cannon

12 Oct 1933 later AVM
Stores Section
Flt Lt Albert J Cox  7 Feb 1933 MBE
Flt Lt Cecil W Rugg 27 Oct 1934  
Flt Lt Capel S Whellock 28 Jan 1935  
Attached to the Staff
Armament
Sqn Ldr

Allan L A Perry-Keene

23 Jan 1935 later AVM
Services
Signals
Sqn Ldr Desmond H De Burgh 14 Feb 1931 Chief Signals Officer, MC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Cedric B Hughes 10 Oct 1934  
Medical Branch
Gp Capt Andrew Grant 14 Mar 1935 Principal Medical Officer (located at Lahore), MBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Educational Service
Mr David E Williams  4 Nov 1931 Grade I, MBE, MA
Miscellaneous Appointments
Inspection of Civil Aircraft
Mr A W Savage Inspector in charge at Karachi
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr

John B Cole-Hamilton

26 Dec 1934 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Philip F Fullard

23 Dec 1933 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO, MC, AFC; later A/Cdre

Source - July 1935 Air Force List

July 1936

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla
  • No 1 (Indian) Group - Peshawar

  • No 3 (Indian) Wing - Provisionally located at Chaklala

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • Bomber Transport Flight - Lahore

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  • No 31 (Army Co-operation ) Squadron - Karachi (Provisionally)

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Edgar R Ludlow-Hewitt

 2 Mar 1935 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CMG, DSO, MC; later ACM
Personal Appointment
Fg Off P J A Riddell  4 Mar 1936 Personal Assistant to AOC
Air Staff
A/Cdre

Richard H Peck

 28 Jan 1936 Senior Air Staff Officer, OBE; later AM
Wg Cdr W B Farrington  8 Sep 1935  
Wg Cdr

Meredith Thomas

24 Dec 1931 DFC, AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Basil E Embry

 7 Mar 1936 AFC; later ACM
Flt Lt S H V Harris 17 Oct 1935  
Personnel Staff
Wg Cdr Archibald S Maskell 26 Feb 1934 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Flt Lt F C Cole 28 Oct 1935  
Flt Lt James R Addams 21 Feb 1935 AFC
Equipment Staff
Wg Cdr

Walter J B Curtis

28 Nov 1934 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OBE; later AVM
Engineer Section
Wg Cdr Tilden C Thomson  7 Sep 1934  
Flt Lt P F G Bradley 17 Oct 1935  
Stores Section
Flt Lt Albert J Cox  7 Feb 1933 MBE
Flt Lt Cecil W Rugg 27 Oct 1934  
Flt Lt Capel S Whellock 28 Jan 1935  
Attached to the Staff
Armament
Sqn Ldr

Allan L A Perry-Keene

23 Jan 1935 later AVM
Services
Signals
Wg Cdr C S Richardson  3 Oct 1935 Chief Signals Officer
Flt Lt Cedric B Hughes 10 Oct 1934  
Medical Branch
Gp Capt Andrew Grant 14 Mar 1935 Principal Medical Officer (located at Lahore), MBE, MB, ChB, DPH
Educational Service
Mr Cecil L M Brown  2 Sep 1935 Chief Education Officer, Acting Grade I (located at Lahore), MA
Mr R A Stockwell 14 Jan 1936 Grade III, BA
Works
Col M A H Scott   Chief Engineer, MC
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr

John B Cole-Hamilton

26 Dec 1934 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, later AVM
Flt Lt

Ellacott L S Ward

28 Jan 1936 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, later A/Cdre

Source - July 1936 Air Force List

August 1936

Source - August 1936 Air Force List

July 1937

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla Stations

Ambala

Chaklala

Karachi

Kohat

 

Lahore

Miranshah

Peshawar

Quetta

Risalpur

Units administered directly by HQ, RAF India: -

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • Bomber Transport Flight - Lahore

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  • No 31 (Army Co-operation ) Squadron - Karachi

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Edgar R Ludlow-Hewitt

 2 Mar 1935 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CMG, DSO, MC; later ACM
Personal Appointment
Fg Off P J A Riddell  4 Mar 1936 Personal Assistant to AOC
Air Staff
A/Cdre

Richard H Peck

 28 Jan 1936 Senior Air Staff Officer, OBE; later AM
Wg Cdr W B Farrington  8 Sep 1935  
Wg Cdr

John B Cole-Hamilton

26 Dec 1934 later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Allan L A Perry-Keene

23 Jan 1935 Armament, later AVM
Wg Cdr

Meredith Thomas

24 Dec 1931 DFC, AFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Basil E Embry

 7 Mar 1936 AFC; later ACM
Flt Lt David J Waghorn   1 Mar 1937 later A/Cdre
Maj J M B Steer GSO II, RAF Co-operation
Personnel Staff
Wg Cdr C F Horsley 24 Oct 1936 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MC
Sqn Ldr John R Whitley 16 Aug 1936 later AM
Flt Lt F C Cole 28 Oct 1935  
Flt Lt

Laurence F Sinclair

 8 May 1937 later AVM
Equipment Staff
Wg Cdr

Walter J B Curtis

28 Nov 1934 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OBE; later AVM
Engineer Section
Wg Cdr Tilden C Thomson  7 Sep 1934  
Flt Lt Maxwell E M Perkins 24 Feb 1937 later AVM
Stores Section
Sqn Ldr Cecil W Rugg 27 Oct 1934  
Flt Lt Capel S Whellock 28 Jan 1935  
Flt Lt Edgar N Lowe 29 Dec 1936 later AVM
Fg Off W Macey 15 Jun 1936
Services
Signals
Wg Cdr C S Richardson  3 Oct 1935 Chief Signals Officer
Flt Lt

Frederick G H Ewens

18 Mar 1937 later A/Cdre
Medical Branch
Gp Capt T Montgomery 11 Feb 1937 Principal Medical Officer (located at Lahore), MB, BCh, DPH
Educational Service
Mr Cecil L M Brown  2 Sep 1935 CEducation Officer, Acting Grade I (located at Lahore), MA
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr H A Whistler 14 Jan 1937 Instructor at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John G Hawtrey

 1 Jan 1937 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Ellacott L S Ward

28 Jan 1936 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr A J Cox 18 Nov 1935 Equipment Branch
Fg Off D G H Spencer 16 May 1937  
Warrant Officer
WO J Woods   For disposal

Source - July 1937 Air Force List

July 1938

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla Stations

Ambala

Fort Sandeman

Karachi

Kohat

 

Lahore

Miranshah

Peshawar

Quetta

Risalpur

Units administered directly by HQ, RAF India: -

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • Bomber Transport Flight - Lahore

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  • No 31 (Army Co-operation ) Squadron - Karachi

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Phillip B Joubert de la Ferte

29 Sep 1937 Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG, DSO; later ACM
Personal Appointment
Fg Off G A L Cheadle  9 Feb 1938 Personal Assistant to AOC
Air Staff
A/Cdre

Richard H Peck

 28 Jan 1936 Senior Air Staff Officer, OBE; later AM
Wg Cdr

Edward I Bussell

 4 Dec 1937 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Allan L A Perry-Keene

23 Jan 1935 Armament, later AVM
Sqn Ldr R H Carter 18 Oct 1937 DFC
Maj J M B Steer  2 Apr 1937 GSO II, RAF Co-operation
Flt Lt G J L Read 28 Jan 1938  
Administrative Staff Staff
Sqn Ldr

Laurence F Sinclair

 8 May 1937 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, later AVM
Flt Lt P H Dutton 21 Mar 1937 Personnel Duties
Fg Off J B Black  8 Apr 1938 Personnel Duties
Staffs of the Services
Armament
Sqn Ldr Leonard de V Chisman 13 Oct 1937 DFC; later A/Cdre
Engineer
Wg Cdr Tilden C Thomson  7 Sep 1934  
Flt Lt A L Holland  8 Mar 1938  
Signals
Wg Cdr C S Richardson  3 Oct 1935 Chief Signals Officer, MBE
Flt Lt G Nelson  5 Oct 1937  
Equipment
Wg Cdr

Harry L Woolveridge

 8 Mar 1938 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr Geoffrey L Worthington  3 Jan 1938 later AVM
Flt Lt

Edward J H Starling

 5 Oct 1937 later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Edgar N Lowe 29 Dec 1936 later AVM
Fg Off R F Folley  4 Apr 1938
Medical
Gp Capt T Montgomery 11 Feb 1937 Principal Medical Officer (located at Lahore), MD, BCh, DPH
Educational
Maj Benson Steel 23 Oct 1937 Chief Education Officer, Grade I (located at Lahore), MC, BA
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr H A Whistler 14 Jan 1937 Instructor at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John G Hawtrey

 1 Jan 1937 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, later AVM
Flt Lt

Frederick G H Ewens

20 Feb 1938 later A/Cdre
Fg Off D G H Spencer 16 May 1937  

Source - July 1938 Air Force List

This HQ was redesignated Air Forces in India on 27 December 1938

January 1939

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla Stations

Ambala

Fort Sandeman

Karachi

Kohat

 

Lahore

Miranshah

Peshawar

Quetta

Risalpur

Units administered directly by HQ, Air Forces in India: -

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

    • Bomber Transport Flight

  • Air Force Station - Ambala

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ambala

  • No 31 (Army Co-operation ) Squadron - Lahore

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Phillip B Joubert de la Ferte

29 Sep 1937 Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG, DSO; later ACM
Personal Appointment
Fg Off G A L Cheadle  9 Feb 1938 Personal Assistant to AOC
Air Staff
A/Cdre

Richard H Peck

 28 Jan 1936 Senior Air Staff Officer, OBE; later AM
Wg Cdr

Edward I Bussell

 4 Dec 1937 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Allan L A Perry-Keene

23 Jan 1935 Armament, later AVM
Sqn Ldr R H Carter 18 Oct 1937 DFC
Sqn Ldr G J L Read 28 Jan 1938  
Maj J M B Steer  2 Apr 1937 GSO II, RAF Co-operation
Administrative Staff Staff
Sqn Ldr

Laurence F Sinclair

 8 May 1937 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, later AVM
Flt Lt P H Dutton 21 Mar 1937 Personnel Duties
Fg Off J B Black  8 Apr 1938 Personnel Duties
Staffs of the Services
Armament
Sqn Ldr Leonard de V Chisman 13 Oct 1937 DFC; later A/Cdre
Engineer
Wg Cdr Tilden C Thomson  7 Sep 1934  
Sqn Ldr A L Holland  8 Mar 1938  
Signals
Wg Cdr C S Richardson  3 Oct 1935 Chief Signals Officer, MBE
Sqn Ldr M C W C Flint 20 Oct 1938 MC
Sqn Ldr Leonard J Crosbie  5 Aug 1938  
Sqn Ldr F C Daubrey  8 Nov 1938  
Equipment
Wg Cdr

Harry L Woolveridge

 8 Mar 1938 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr Geoffrey L Worthington  3 Jan 1938 later AVM
Flt Lt

Edward J H Starling

 5 Oct 1937 later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Edgar N Lowe 29 Dec 1936 later AVM
Fg Off R F Folley  4 Apr 1938
Medical
Gp Capt T Montgomery 11 Feb 1937 Principal Medical Officer (located at Lahore), MD, BCh, DPH
Educational
Maj Benson Steel 23 Oct 1937 Chief Education Officer, Grade I (located at Lahore), MC, BA
Works
Col E L Farley 26 Nov 1938 Chief Engineer, MC, RE
Capt D S Blunt   RE
Warrant Officer
WO A Houghton   For disposal
Supernumerary
Gp Capt H A Whistler 14 Jan 1937 Instructor at the Staff College, Quetta, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr

Basil E Embry

29 Sep 1938 DSO, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr

John G Hawtrey

 1 Jan 1937 whilst attending a Course at the Staff College, Quetta, later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Frederick G H Ewens

20 Feb 1938 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr

Ellacott L S Ward

11 Oct 1938 For duty at the Staff College, Quetta, later A/Cdre
Flt Lt D G H Spencer 16 May 1937  
WO R F Rowell 10 Jun 1937 Equipment Staff

Source - January 1939 Air Force List

April 1939

Address Controlled
Imperial Secretariat, South Block, New Delhi, India Stations

Ambala

Fort Sandeman

Karachi

Kohat

 

Lahore

Miranshah

Peshawar

Quetta

Risalpur

Units administered directly by HQ, Air Forces in India: -

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

    • Bomber Transport Flight

  • Air Force Station - Ambala

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Kohat

  • No 31 (Army Co-operation ) Squadron - Lahore

Indian Air Force
  • No 1 Squadron - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Phillip B Joubert de la Ferte

29 Sep 1937 Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG, DSO; later ACM
Personal Appointment
Fg Off G A L Cheadle  9 Feb 1938 Personal Assistant to AOC
Air Staff
Gp Capt H A Whistler 14 Jan 1939 Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr

Edward I Bussell

 4 Dec 1937 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Allan L A Perry-Keene

23 Jan 1935 Armament, later AVM
Sqn Ldr R H Carter 18 Oct 1937 DFC
Maj J M B Steer  2 Apr 1937 GSO II, RAF Co-operation
Fg Off L E Cryer  6 Feb 1939 DFC
Administrative Staff Staff
Wg Cdr R B Sutherland 10 Feb 1939 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Sqn Ldr

Laurence F Sinclair

 8 May 1937 Personnel Duties, later AVM
Flt Lt P H Dutton 21 Mar 1937 Personnel Duties
Staffs of the Services
Armament
Wg Cdr Leonard de V Chisman 13 Oct 1937 DFC; later A/Cdre
Engineer
Sqn Ldr A L Holland  8 Mar 1938  
Signals
Sqn Ldr M C W C Flint 20 Oct 1938 Chief Signals Officer, MC
Sqn Ldr F C Daubrey  8 Nov 1938  
Fg Off C Turi 10 Feb 1939 Commissioned Signals Officer, DSM
Equipment
Wg Cdr

Harry L Woolveridge

 8 Mar 1938 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr Geoffrey L Worthington  3 Jan 1938 later AVM
Flt Lt

Edward J H Starling

 5 Oct 1937 later A/Cdre
Fg Off R F Folley  4 Apr 1938
Medical
Gp Capt T Montgomery 11 Feb 1937 Principal Medical Officer (located at Lahore), MD, BCh, DPH
Educational
Maj Benson Steel 23 Oct 1937 Chief Education Officer, Grade I (located at Lahore), MC, BA
Works
Col E L Farley 26 Nov 1938 Chief Engineer, MC, RE
Capt D S Blunt   RE
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr

Arthur P Ledger

30 Dec 1939 MBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Henry E Nowell

23 Dec 1938 later A/Cdre
Warrant Officers
WO R F Rowell 10 Jun 1937 Equipment Staff
WO A Houghton   For disposal
WO J C Marshal   For disposal
WO J A Blanford   For disposal

Source - April 1939 Confidential Air Force List

May 1939

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla, India Stations

Ambala

Fort Sandeman

Karachi

Kohat

 

Lahore

Miranshah

Peshawar

Quetta

Risalpur

Units administered directly by HQ, Air Forces in India: -

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore

  • Air Force Station - Ambala

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Kohat

  • No 31 (Army Co-operation ) Squadron - Lahore

Indian Air Force
  • No 1 Squadron - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Phillip B Joubert de la Ferte

29 Sep 1937 Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG, DSO; later ACM
Personal Appointment
Fg Off G A L Cheadle  9 Feb 1938 Personal Assistant to AOC
Air Staff
Gp Capt H A Whistler 14 Jan 1939 Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr

Edward I Bussell

 4 Dec 1937 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Allan L A Perry-Keene

23 Jan 1935 Armament, later AVM
Sqn Ldr R H Carter 18 Oct 1937 DFC
Maj J M B Steer  2 Apr 1937 GSO II, RAF Co-operation
Fg Off L E Cryer  6 Feb 1939 DFC
Administrative Staff Staff
Wg Cdr R B Sutherland 10 Feb 1939 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Sqn Ldr

Laurence F Sinclair

 8 May 1937 Personnel Duties, later AVM
Flt Lt P H Dutton 21 Mar 1937 Personnel Duties
Staffs of the Services
Armament
Wg Cdr Leonard de V Chisman 13 Oct 1937 DFC; later A/Cdre
Engineer
Sqn Ldr A L Holland  8 Mar 1938  
Signals
Sqn Ldr M C W C Flint 20 Oct 1938 Chief Signals Officer, MC
Fg Off C Turi 10 Feb 1939 Commissioned Signals Officer, DSM
Equipment
Wg Cdr

Harry L Woolveridge

 8 Mar 1938 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr Geoffrey L Worthington  3 Jan 1938 later AVM
Flt Lt

Edward J H Starling

 5 Oct 1937 later A/Cdre
Fg Off R F Folley  4 Apr 1938
Medical
Gp Capt T Montgomery 11 Feb 1937 Principal Medical Officer (located at Lahore), MD, BCh, DPH
Educational
Maj Benson Steel 23 Oct 1937 Chief Education Officer, Grade I (located at Lahore), MC, BA
Works
Col E L Farley 26 Nov 1938 Chief Engineer, MC, RE
Capt D S Blunt   RE
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr

Arthur P Ledger

30 Dec 1939 MBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Henry E Nowell

23 Dec 1938 later A/Cdre
Warrant Officers
WO R F Rowell 10 Jun 1937 Equipment Staff
WO A Houghton   For disposal

Source - May 1939 Confidential Air Force List

 

December 1939

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla, India Stations

Ambala

Fort Sandeman

Karachi

Kohat

 

Lahore

Miranshah

Peshawar

Quetta

Risalpur

Units administered directly by HQ, Air Forces in India: -

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore (Temporarily designated RAF Station Lahore)

  • Air Force Station - Ambala

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Kohat

  • No 31 (Army Co-operation ) Squadron - Lahore

Indian Air Force
  • No 1 Squadron - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir John F A Higgins

 6 Oct 1939 Air Officer Commanding, KCB, KBE, DSO, AFC
Personal Appointment
Fg Off G A L Cheadle  9 Feb 1938 Personal Assistant to AOC
Air Staff
Gp Capt H A Whistler 14 Jan 1939 Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr

Edward I Bussell

 4 Dec 1937 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr

Allan L A Perry-Keene

23 Jan 1935 Armament, later AVM
Sqn Ldr John M D Ker  1 May 1939 later A/Cdre
Maj J M B Steer  2 Apr 1937 GSO II, RAF Co-operation
Fg Off L E Cryer  6 Feb 1939 DFC
Administrative Staff Staff
Wg Cdr R B Sutherland 10 Feb 1939 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Dutton 21 Mar 1937 Personnel Duties
Staffs of the Services
Armament
Sqn Ldr K J McKay 17 Aug 1939  
Engineer
Sqn Ldr A L Holland  8 Mar 1938  
Fg Off M W S Saunders 17 Aug 1939 Commissioned Engineer Officer
Signals
Sqn Ldr M C W C Flint 20 Oct 1938 Chief Signals Officer, MC
Flt Lt C Turi 10 Feb 1939 Commissioned Signals Officer, DSM
Equipment
Gp Capt

Harry L Woolveridge

 8 Mar 1938 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr Geoffrey L Worthington  3 Jan 1938 later AVM
Flt Lt

Edward J H Starling

 5 Oct 1937 later A/Cdre
Fg Off R F Folley  4 Apr 1938
Medical
Gp Capt T Montgomery 11 Feb 1937 Principal Medical Officer (located at Lahore), MD, BCh, DPH
Educational
Maj Benson Steel 23 Oct 1937 Chief Education Officer, Grade I (located at Lahore), MC, BA
Works
Col E L Farley 26 Nov 1938 Chief Engineer, MC, RE
Capt D S Blunt   RE
Maj R H Perry   MC, RE
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr

Arthur P Ledger

30 Dec 1939 MBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Henry E Nowell

23 Dec 1938 later A/Cdre

Source - December 1939 Confidential Air Force List

September 1940

Address Controlled
'Kelvin Grove', Simla, India Stations

Ambala

Fort Sandeman

Karachi

Kohat

 

Lahore

Miranshah

Peshawar

Quetta

Risalpur

Units administered directly by HQ, Air Forces in India: -

  • Aircraft Depot - Karachi

    • Embarkation Staff Officer- Kiamari

  • Aircraft Park - Lahore (Temporarily designated RAF Station Lahore)

  • Air Force Station - Ambala

    • No 60 (Bomber) Squadron

  • SHQ RAF Kohat

    • No 20 (Army Co-operation) Squadron

    • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron

  • SHQ RAF Lahore

    • No 5 (Army Co-operation ) Squadron - Lahore

    • No 31 (Army Co-operation ) Squadron - Lahore

  • No 1 School of Technical Training - Ambala

  • SHQ RAF Risalpur

    • No 27 Squadron

Indian Air Force
  • No 1 Squadron - Ambala

 

Rank Name Date Notes
Act AM Sir Patrick H L Playfair  5 Aug 1940 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, CVO, MC
Personal Appointment
Fg Off G A L Cheadle  9 Feb 1938 Personal Assistant to AOC
Air Staff
A/Cdre Arthur C Wright 29 Feb 1940 Senior Air Staff Officer, AFC
Gp Capt

Edward I Bussell

 4 Dec 1937 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt I G V Fowler  4 Jul 1940  
Wg Cdr

Allan L A Perry-Keene

23 Jan 1935 Armament, later AVM
Sqn Ldr A F McKenna 24 Oct 1936  
Flt Lt L E Cryer  6 Feb 1939 DFC
Administrative Staff Staff
Wg Cdr H E King 23 May 1940 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Sqn Ldr P H Dutton 21 Mar 1937 Personnel Duties
Flt Lt A G T James 15 Oct 1936  
Fg Off E C Fyson 15 Feb 1940  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
Fg Off M W S Saunders 17 Aug 1939  
Signals
Sqn Ldr M C W C Flint 20 Oct 1938 Chief Signals Officer, MC
Flt Lt C Turi 10 Feb 1939 DSM
Armament
Sqn Ldr K J McKay 17 Aug 1939  
Equipment
Gp Capt

Harry L Woolveridge

 8 Mar 1938 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr

Edward J H Starling

 5 Oct 1937 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G J E Parsons 11 Mar 1940  
Sqn Ldr R F Folley  4 Apr 1938  
Fg Off C F Wardman  8 Feb 1940
Medical
Gp Capt T Montgomery 11 Feb 1937 Principal Medical Officer (located at Lahore), MD, BCh, DPH
Educational
Maj Benson Steel 23 Oct 1937 Chief Education Officer, Grade I (located at Lahore), MC, BA
Works
Col E L Farley 26 Nov 1938 Chief Engineer, MC, RE
Capt D S Blunt   RE
Maj R H Perry   MC, RE
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr

Arthur P Ledger

30 Dec 1939 MBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr

Henry E Nowell

23 Dec 1938 later A/Cdre

Source - September 1940 Confidential Air Force List

June 1941

Address Controlled
New Delhi, India

Groups: -

Wings: -

  • Coast Defence Wing - Bombay

Stations

  • Ambala

  • Kohat

  • Lahore

  • Peshawar

  • Risalpur

Units in this Command: -

Squadrons:-

  • No 1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron IAF

  • No 5 (Army Co-operation ) Squadron

  • No 20 (Army Co-operation) Squadron

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron

  • No 31 (Army Co-operation ) Squadron

Other Units

  • No 1 School of Technical Training - Ambala

  • Central Wireless Station - Ambala

  • No 1 Flying Training School - Ambala

  • Record Office - Ambala

  • No 1 Elementary Flying Training School - Begumpet

  • Embarkation Office - Bombay

  • Communication Flight - Delhi

  • No 2 School of Technical Training - Drigh Road

  • Aircraft Depot - Drigh Road

  • Initial Training School (Officers) - Lahore

 

Rank Name Date Notes
Act AM Sir Patrick H L Playfair  5 Aug 1940 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, CVO, MC
Gp Capt

Arthur P Ledger

21 Jul 1940 Staff Officer i/c Administration, MBE; later AVM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Arthur C Wright 29 Feb 1940 Senior Air Staff Officer, AFC
Gp Capt

Allan L A Perry-Keene

23 Jan 1935 Armament, later AVM
Gp Capt

Edward I Bussell

 4 Dec 1937 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr John M D Ker  1 May 1939 later A/Cdre
Maj A S Lewis 22 Jul 1940 Army Co-operation, GSO II
Flt Lt L E Cryer  6 Feb 1939 DFC
Flt Lt N A N Bray 10 Jan 1940 DFC
Flt Lt W H Burbury 11 Jul 1940  
Fg Off C G D Lancaster 27 Jan 1941  
Administrative Staff Staff
Wg Cdr H E King 23 May 1940 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Wg Cdr P H Dutton 21 Mar 1937 Personnel Duties
Wg Cdr S P A Patmore 19 Dec 1940  
Flt Lt A G T James 15 Oct 1936  
Flt Lt A R Tooke  9 Dec 1939 MBE
Flt Lt L F M Saunders  2 Sep 1940  
Fg Off H M Baker 19 Jul 1940  
Plt Off J J Harris 20 Aug 1940  
Plt Off J J Alexandroff 24 Oct 1940  
Plt Off E T Munday  4 Nov 1940  
Plt Off R O E Pool 20 Nov 1940  
Plt Off F Whatmough  9 Mar 1941  
Staffs of the Services
Navigation
Plt Off J Hills  1 Sep 1940  
Engineer
Fg Off H G Blake 25 Nov 1940  
Signals
Sqn Ldr M C W C Flint 20 Oct 1938 Chief Signals Officer, MC
Flt Lt C Turi 10 Feb 1939 DSM
Armament
Sqn Ldr K J McKay 17 Aug 1939  
Equipment
Gp Capt Cuthbert L Archbold  17 Mar 1941 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R F Folley  4 Apr 1938  
Flt Lt C F Wardman  8 Feb 1940
Flt Lt A MacR Aberdein 20 Nov 1940  
Fg Off M W L Starling 17 Aug 1939
Medical
Gp Capt T Montgomery 11 Feb 1937 Principal Medical Officer (located at Lahore), MD, BCh, DPH
Educational
Maj Benson Steel 23 Oct 1937 Chief Education Officer, Grade I, MC, BA, RAFVR
Works
Col K B S Crawford 23 Dec 1939 Chief Engineer, MC, RE
Maj D S Blunt  1 Apr 1938 RE
Capt R S Duncan 5 Oct 1940  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Flt Lt J H Ironmonger 20 Jan 1941  
Plt Off L Wilson 27 May 1940  
Plt Off W M Brown  3 Jun 1940  
Plt Off S G Weatherall 22 Aug 1940  

Source - June 1941 Confidential Air Force List

July 1942

Address Controlled
Delhi, India

Groups: -

Wings: -

  • No 274 Wing - Calcutta

  • Coast Defence Wing - Bombay

Stations
  • Ambala

  • Asansol

  • Chakulia

  • China Bay

  • Din Jan

  • Dum Dum

  • Kohat

 

  • Kogalla

  • Lahore

  • Ondal

  • Peshawar

  • Ratmalana

  • Risalpur

 

Units in this Command: -

Squadrons:-

  • No 5 (Fighter) Squadron

  • No 11 (Bomber) Squadron

  • No 17 (Fighter) Squadron

  • No 20 (Army Co-operation) Squadron

  • No 22 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron

  • No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron

  • No 30 (Fighter) Squadron

  • No 31 (Bomber Transport) Squadron

  • No 34 (Bomber) Squadron

  • No 45 (Bomber) Squadron

  • No 60 (Bomber) Squadron

  • No 67 (Fighter) Squadron

  • No 84 (Bomber) Squadron

  • No 113 (Bomber) Squadron

  • No 135 (Fighter) Squadron

  • No 136 (Fighter) Squadron

  • No 146 (Fighter) Squadron

  • No 155 (Fighter) Squadron

  • No 205 (Flying Boat) Squadron

  • No 211 (Bomber) Squadron

  • No 215 (Bomber) Squadron

  • No 240 (Flying Boat) Squadron

  • No 258 (Fighter) Squadron

  • No 261 (Fighter) Squadron

  • No 273 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron

  • No 353 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron

  • No 413 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron RCAF

  • No 978 (Barrage Balloon) Squadron

  • No 979 (Barrage Balloon) Squadron

  • No 990 (Barrage Balloon) Squadron

Other Units

  • No 302 Maintenance Unit - Allahabad

  • No 308 Maintenance Unit - Allahabad

  • SHQ RAF Ambala

    • No 1 School of Technical Training

    • Central Wireless Station

    • No 1 Flying Training School

    • No 303 Maintenance Unit

    • Central Accounts Office

  • SHQ RAF Asansol

    • No 101 Repair and Salvage Unit

    • No 122 Repair and Salvage Unit

    • No 75 Air Stores Park

  • HQ No 225 Group - Bangalore

  • Air Reinforcement Centre - Bangalore

  • No 1 Elementary Flying Training School - Begumpet

  • No 51 Embarkation Unit - Bombay

  • Base Personnel Office - Bombay

  • HQ No 221 Group - Calcutta

  • Communication Flight - Calcutta

  • No 3 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight - Calcutta

  • No 54 Embarkation Unit - Calcutta

  • Transit Camp - Calcutta

  • No 4 Hill Depot - Chakrata

  • SHQ RAF Chakulia

  • SHQ RAF China Bay

    • Station Flight

    • Marine Craft Section

  • HQ No 222 Group - Colombo

  • No 89Air Stores Park - Colombo

  • No 62 Repair and Salvage Unit - Colombo

  • Transit Camp

  •  Dehra Dun

  • Air Landing School - Delhi

  • SHQ RAF Din Jan

  • SHQ RAF Dum Dum

  • Armament Training Unit - Fort Sandeman

  • No 2 Elementary Flying Training School - Jodhpur

  • No 317 Maintenance Unit - Jodhpur

  • No 2 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight - Jubu

  • No 5 Hill Depot - Kailana

  • No 304 Maintenance Unit - Kanchrapara

  • No 60 Repair and Salvage Unit - Kanchrapara

  • No 39 Air Stores Park - Kanchrapara

  • No 301 Maintenance Unit - Karachi

  • No 1 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight - Karachi

  • No Air Reinforcement Centre - Karachi

  • No 2 School of Technical Training - Karachi

  • SHQ RAF Kogalla

  • SHQ RAF Kohat

  • SHQ RAF Lahore

    • Initial Training School (Officers)

    • Records Office

    • No 307 Maintenance Unit

    • No 123 Repair and Salvage Unit

  • No 1 Hill Depot - Lower Topa

  • Miranshah - Care and Maintenance

  • SHQ RAF Ondal

  • No 3 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit - Pandaveswar

  • SHQ RAF Peshawar

    • HQ No 223 Group

    • Armament Training Unit

  • Air Support Control Centre - Poona

  • SHQ RAF Ratmalana

  • No 305 Maintenance Unit - Rawalpindi

  • SHQ RAF Risalpur

    • Operational Training Unit

  • No 3 Hill Depot - Shillong

  • No 2 Hill Depot - Solan

  • No 309 Maintenance Unit - Trichinopoly

  • No 321 Maintenance Unit - Trichinopoly

  • No 121 Repair and Salvage Unit - Trichinopoly

  • No 86 Air Stores Park - Trichinopoly

  • No 45 Embarkation Unit - Trincomalee

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Richard E C Peirse  6 Mar 1942 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, DSO, AFC
A/Cdre Alfred C Collier  2 Apr 1942 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointment
Fg Off C D Wilson 26 Feb 1942 Personal Assistant to AOC
Air Staff
A/Cdre John L Vachell 30 Aug 1941 Senior Air Staff Officer, MC
Gp Capt

Edward I Bussell

11 Nov 1937 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Henry E Walker 27 Sep 1941 MC, DFC; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Montagu D Ommanney 23 Apr 1942 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr W K Mercer 30 Aug 1941  
Wg Cdr H P Jenkins 21 May 1941  
Wg Cdr C A H Evans 13 Apr 1942  
Wg Cdr W N Cumming 29 Apr 1942 DFC
Wg Cdr J W C More 29 Apr 1942 OBE
Maj A S Lewis 22 Jul 1940 Army Co-operation, GSO II
Sqn Ldr Charles B E Burt-Andrews 23 Jun 1941 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H St C Smallwood 16 Jan 1942 OBE
Sqn Ldr W Dougall 13 Apr 1942  
Flt Lt D E W Adamson 26 May 1941  
Flt Lt John H Giles  1 Oct 1941 later A/Cdre
Flt Lt C M Maude  5 May 1941  
Plt Off C S Ralli 22 Sep 1941  
Administrative Staff Staff
Wg Cdr K A Meek 10 Nov 1941 MBE
Wg Cdr H E King 23 May 1940 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DFC
Wg Cdr S P A Patmore 19 Dec 1940  
Flt Lt L F M Saunders  2 Sep 1940  
Flt Lt A R Tooke  9 Dec 1939 MBE
Flt Lt H M Baker 19 Jul 1940  
Flt Lt P M Wigg 23 Aug 1941  
Fg Off F Wilders  8 Sep 1941  
Fg Off J Wilkin 15 Sep 1941  
Plt Off J J Harris 20 Aug 1940  
Plt Off J J Alexandroff 24 Oct 1940  
Plt Off E T Munday  4 Nov 1940  
Plt Off R O E Pool 20 Nov 1940  
Staffs of the Services
Navigation
Fg Off N A S Allen  4 Jun 1941  
Engineer
Gp Capt David F Lucking  7 Jan 1942 Senior Maintenance Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Robert G Bowditch 23 Jun 1941 later A/Cdre
Fg Off P G Richardson 18 Mar1942 MBE
Fg Off P de L Markham 17 Mar 1942  
Signals
Gp Capt Frederick G H Ewens  7 Feb 1942 Chief Signals Officer; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Crichton C Morton 31 Jan 1942 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C Turi 10 Feb 1939 DSM
Fg Off A J Wild  6 Jan 1942  
Fg Off F A Kemp 13 Feb 1942  
Fg Off D Muir  5 May 1942  
Plt Off L G Jerman  4 Dec 1941  
Armament
Sqn Ldr K J McKay 17 Aug 1939  
Equipment
Wg Cdr Henry E Nowell 26 Dec 1941 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C F Wardman  8 Feb 1940  
Flt Lt A MacR Aberdein 20 Nov 1940  
Fg Off M W L Starling 17 Aug 1939
Fg Off F I J De Thier 17 Sep 1941
Fg Off D W Styring  5 Jul 1941
Medical
Gp Capt A Briscoe  4 Apr 1941 Principal Medical Officer, MB, BCh
Wg Cdr F B C L Crawford  6 Jan 1942 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MB, BCh, DPH
Educational
Mr C H Sleightholme  3 Sep 1941 Command Education Officer, BSc, RAFVR
Works
Col K B S Crawford 23 Dec 1939 Chief Engineer, MC, RE
Maj D S Blunt  1 Apr 1938 RE
Capt R S Duncan 5 Oct 1940  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Flt Lt J H Ironmonger 20 Jan 1941  
Fg Off L Wilson 27 May 1940  
Fg Off C A Ellis 21 Apr 1941  
Plt Off S G Weatherall 22 Aug 1940  
Plt Off L C Brown  6 Dec 1940  
Plt Off W E C Greenham 17 Aug 1941  
Plt Off C A Ayline  6 Nov 1941  

Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List

December 1943

Address Controlled
Imperial Secretariat, New Delhi, India

Groups: -

 

Rank Name Date Notes
ACM Sir Richard E C Peirse  6 Mar 1942 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, DSO, AFC
AM Sir Alfred G R Garrod 27 Apr 1943 Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC, DFC; later ACM
AVM Robert V Goddard 16 Sep 1943 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE; later AVM
A/Cdre Henry G Crowe 27 Aug 1943 Deputy Air Officer i/c Administration, MC
Personal Appointment
Fg Off C S Raill 28 Oct 1942 Personal Assistant to Deputy AOC
Air Staff
AVM John W Baker  7 Feb 1943 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, MC, DFC; later ACM
A/Cdre Arthur W B McDonald 26 Feb 1943 AFC; later AM
A/Cdre Noel L Desoer  6 Aug 1942 later  AVM
Gp Capt The Earl of Bandon 29 Dec 1942 DSO; later ACM
Gp Capt John G Hawtrey 17 Mar 1943 later AVM
Gp Capt Robert C Jonas 10 Apr 1943 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt A W Hunt  8 Apr 1943  
Gp Capt Harold J G E Proud 11 Apr 1943 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr W G T Summers  7 Jul 1942 MC, DCM, MM
Wg Cdr P C Hilton 26 Oct 1942  
Wg Cdr Jack H Harris 18 Dec 1942 later AVM
Wg Cdr E L Tomkinson 18 Jan 1943 DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Leather 25 Apr 1942 DFC
Sqn Ldr J C E Luard  6 Nov 1042  
Sqn Ldr R E Drake  5 May 1942 AFC
Sqn Ldr F Larman 29 Sep 1942  
Sqn Ldr A E Hill 15 Feb 1942  
Sqn Ldr G A L Sinclair-Hill 27 Sep 1942 OBE
Sqn Ldr O D Freeman  3 Dec 1942  
Sqn Ldr P R O'Connor 17 Oct 1942  
Sqn Ldr M Savage  1 Mar 1942  
Sqn Ldr J Sindall 28 Jul 1942  
Sqn Ldr C H Lucas 28 Jan 1943  
Sqn Ldr S Mukerjee  1 Nov 1942  
Sqn Ldr R G Maddox 14 Apr 1943  
Sqn Ldr B E R Bowden  5 May 1943  
Administrative Staff Staff
Gp Capt H H Hilliar 25 Oct 1942  
Gp Capt J C C Slater  9 Jan 1943  
Gp Capt H J Gemmel 17 Mar 1943 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt J A McDonald 20 Jan 1943  
Gp Capt W K Mercer  1 Jan 1943  
Wg Cdr H P Jenkins 17 Oct 1942 DFC
Wg Cdr H M C Harwood 19 Sep 1942
Wg Cdr J H F Hoche 11 Apr 1943  
Sqn Ldr E W Neech  3 Sep 1942  
Sqn Ldr W Duce 23 Nov 1942  
Sqn Ldr T G Waymouth 22 Feb 1943  
Sqn Ldr D W Law  7 Jan 1943  
Sqn Ldr J W Marsden 17 Jan 1943  
Sqn Ldr K K Majumdar 14 Feb 1942 DFC
Sqn Ldr R A R Coote-Robinson 17 May 1943  
Staffs of the Services
Navigation
Sqn Ldr M L Wells 21 Jan 1943 DFC
Engineer
A/Cdre Oliver E Carter  8 Sep 1942 Chief Maintenance Staff Officer, AFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Maurice J James 29 Sep 1942 MBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt K A Meek 21 Nov 1942  
Gp Capt W Bourne 24 Mar 1942 OBE
Gp Capt Seymour S Benson 17 May 1943 AFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr B N Matson 20 Jun 1942  
Sqn Ldr M L Formby 10 Oct 1942  
Signals
A/Cdre Eric H Richardson 19 Feb 1943 Command Signals Officer
Gp Capt Crichton C Morton 31 Jan 1942 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F F Wicks  8 Mar 1942 OBE, DFC
Wg Cdr V G Macaris 13 Apr 1943  
Armament
Wg Cdr K J McKay 17 Aug 1939 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr J W Arney 16 Jan 1943  
Sqn Ldr R H Howse 11 Jun 1942  
Equipment
A/Cdre Arthur Garrity 26 Jan 1943 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE
Wg Cdr C L Gilbert  7 Dec 1942  
Sqn Ldr R Fenwick 23 Jun 1942  
Sqn Ldr D T Boyland 11 Dec 1942  
Sqn Ldr R R Wisher  5 Jan 1942  
Accountant
Gp Capt John S Griffiths 10 Apr 1942 Command Accountant; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr George H White 29 Mar 1942 later AVM
Wg Cdr A W Gray 12 Mar 1943  
Medical
A/Cdre D'A Power  3 Nov 1942 Principal Medical Officer, MC, MRCS, LRCP
Gp Capt R W White 18 Mar 1943 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr G Gilchrist 11 Apr 1942 MB, BS
Photography
Wg Cdr R J Burrough 23 Apr 1942  
Educational
Mr D G G O'Shea 27 Jul 1942 Command Education Officer, BA, RAFVR
Mr E A Stockwell 15 Dec 1942 Grade II, BA, RAFVR
Meteorological
Gp Capt W H Bigg  9 Mar 1943 Chief Meteorological Officer, OBE
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr G E B Christie   Command Aeronautical Inspection Officer
Sqn Ldr A E Watts   Command Inspector of Explosives - Inspector, AID
Sqn Ldr J Budgett    
Sqn Ldr P Groom    
Flt Lt C G W Pargeter    
Fg Off W Gibson    
Fg Off E L Brown    
Works
Col K B S Crawford 23 Dec 1939 Chief Engineer, MC, RE
Maj D S Blunt  1 Apr 1938 RE
Capt R S Duncan 5 Oct 1940  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr V G Austen 17 May 1943  
Wg Cdr H F Luck 17 May 1943 OBE
Wg Cdr W J Millen 17 May 1943  
Sqn Ldr R D W Mackay 11 Apr 1943  

Source - December 1943 Confidential Air Force List

It was redesignated AHQ India on 16 November 1943 to control Indian Air Force Units

June 1944

Location Controlled
New Delhi
  • Units of the Indian Air Force

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Meredith Thomas  8 Mar 1944 Air Officer Commanding, CBE, DFC, AFC
A/Cdre Harold J G E Proud 16 Nov 1943 Air Officer i/c Administration,
Air Staff
Gp Capt J Whitehead   Senior Air Staff Officer
Gp Capt E C Lewis 16 Nov 1943  
Gp Capt I A Critchley 16 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr R F T Doe 28 Nov 1943 DFC
Sqn Ldr E H C Seacombe 28 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr E L Dibben  1 Jan 1944  
Administrative Staff
Wg Cdr D A Upton 16 Nov 1943 Organisation
Wg Cdr W Brereton 15 Mar 1944 Personnel, MBE, AFC
Wg Cdr K E I Wallace-Crabbe 16 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr J W P Kipps 16 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr S F J R Perry 16 Nov 1943  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
Wg Cdr C N Carpenter 16 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr P de L Markham 10 Dec 1943  
Signals
Wg Cdr R C Crawford 24 Nov 1943  
Fg Off H W L Cherry 20 Nov 1943  
Armament
Wg Cdr J W Arney 16 Nov 1943  
Equipment
Wg Cdr J E Truss 10 Dec 1943 MC
Accountant
Wg Cdr C R Griffiths 10 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R H Bradley 12 Jan 1944  

Source - June 1944 Confidential Air Force List

June 1945

Location Controlled
New Delhi
  • Units of the Indian Air Force

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Meredith Thomas  8 Mar 1944 Air Officer Commanding, CBE, DFC, AFC
A/Cdre Harold J G E Proud 16 Nov 1943 Air Officer i/c Administration,
Air Staff
A/Cdre Francis W Long 11 Mar 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer, later AVM
A/Cdre Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry 24 Oct 1944 OBE, DSO, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt I A Critchley 16 Nov 1943  
Wg Cdr B D Wiggington  3 Jun 1944  
Wg Cdr A H S Browne 28 Sep 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr D L Taylor  7 May 1944  
Wg Cdr E S Barnes  7 May 1944 DFC
Sqn Ldr H M Whitehead  7 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr A W Carvell  7 May 1944  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt R A R Coote-Robinson  7 May 1944  
Wg Cdr W E H Muir 12 Oct 1944 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Wg Cdr A D McLaren 15 Dec 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr L G Mobsby 16 Jan 1945 Organisation
Sqn Ldr J W P Kipps 16 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr S F J R Perry 16 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr H A Clarke  7 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr E S Dawkins  7 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr S Rhodes  2 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 24 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr V M Bhide  2 Jan 1945  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
Wg Cdr G R M Garratt  1 Dec 1944  
Signals
Wg Cdr H W L Cherry 20 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr G Baldwin  7 May 1944  
Armament
Sqn Ldr E F Price 12 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr W J S Mills 16 May 1944  
Equipment
Wg Cdr J E Truss 10 Dec 1943 MC
Sqn Ldr C W Laing  7 May 1944  
Accountant
Wg Cdr V H Lewis 15 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr R H Bradley 12 Jan 1944  
Medical
Wg Cdr A S Amsden  1 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr H N Robinson  7 May 1944

Source - June 1945 Confidential Air Force List

July 1945

Location Controlled
New Delhi See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Meredith Thomas  8 Mar 1944 Air Officer Commanding, CBE, DFC, AFC
Air Staff
A/Cdre Francis W Long 11 Mar 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer, later AVM
A/Cdre Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry 24 Oct 1944 OBE, DSO, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt I A Critchley 16 Nov 1943  
Wg Cdr B D Wiggington  3 Jun 1944  
Wg Cdr A H S Browne 28 Sep 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr D L Taylor  7 May 1944  
Wg Cdr E S Barnes  7 May 1944 DFC
Sqn Ldr H M Whitehead  7 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr A W Carvell  7 May 1944  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt R A R Coote-Robinson  7 May 1944  
Wg Cdr W E H Muir 12 Oct 1944 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Wg Cdr A D McLaren 15 Dec 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr L G Mobsby 16 Jan 1945 Organisation
Sqn Ldr J W P Kipps 16 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr S F J R Perry 16 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr H A Clarke  7 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr E S Dawkins  7 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr S Rhodes  2 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 24 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr V M Bhide  2 Jan 1945  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
Wg Cdr G R M Garratt  1 Dec 1944  
Signals
Wg Cdr H W L Cherry 20 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr G Baldwin  7 May 1944  
Armament
Sqn Ldr E F Price 12 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr W J S Mills 16 May 1944  
Equipment
Wg Cdr J E Truss 10 Dec 1943 MC
Sqn Ldr C W Laing  7 May 1944  
Accountant
Wg Cdr V H Lewis 15 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr R H Bradley 12 Jan 1944  
Medical
Wg Cdr A S Amsden  1 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr H N Robinson  7 May 1944

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

August 1945

Location Controlled
New Delhi See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Meredith Thomas  8 Mar 1944 Air Officer Commanding, CBE, DFC, AFC
A/Cdre Cyril D Adams 18 Ju 1945 Air Officer i/c Administration,
Air Staff
A/Cdre Francis W Long 11 Mar 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer, later AVM
A/Cdre Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry 24 Oct 1944 OBE, DSO, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt I A Critchley 16 Nov 1943  
Wg Cdr B D Wiggington  3 Jun 1944  
Wg Cdr A H S Browne 28 Sep 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr D L Taylor  7 May 1944  
Wg Cdr E S Barnes  7 May 1944 DFC
Sqn Ldr H M Whitehead  7 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr A W Carvell  7 May 1944  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt R A R Coote-Robinson  7 May 1944  
Wg Cdr W E H Muir 12 Oct 1944 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Wg Cdr A D McLaren 15 Dec 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr L G Mobsby 16 Jan 1945 Organisation
Sqn Ldr J W P Kipps 16 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr S F J R Perry 16 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr H A Clarke  7 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr E S Dawkins  7 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr S Rhodes  2 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 24 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr V M Bhide  2 Jan 1945  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
Wg Cdr G R M Garratt  1 Dec 1944  
Signals
Wg Cdr H W L Cherry 20 Nov 1943  
Sqn Ldr G Baldwin  7 May 1944  
Armament
Sqn Ldr E F Price 12 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr W J S Mills 16 May 1944  
Equipment
Wg Cdr J E Truss 10 Dec 1943 MC
Sqn Ldr C W Laing  7 May 1944  
Accountant
Wg Cdr V H Lewis 15 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr R H Bradley 12 Jan 1944  
Medical
Wg Cdr A S Amsden  1 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr H N Robinson  7 May 1944

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

September 1945

Location Controlled
New Delhi See Orders of Battle Section

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Meredith Thomas  8 Mar 1944 Air Officer Commanding, CBE, DFC, AFC
A/Cdre Cyril D Adams 18 Ju 1945 Air Officer i/c Administration,
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr H N Robinson 14 Mar 1944 PSO to AOC
Fg Off T H McAndrew  9 Nov 1944 PA to AOC
Air Staff
A/Cdre Francis W Long 11 Mar 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer, later AVM
Wg Cdr B D Wiggington  3 Jun 1944  
Wg Cdr A H S Browne 28 Sep 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr D L Taylor  7 May 1944  
Wg Cdr E S Barnes  7 May 1944 DFC
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt R A R Coote-Robinson  7 May 1944  
Wg Cdr W E H Muir 12 Oct 1944 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Wg Cdr L G Mobsby 16 Jan 1945 Organisation
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
Wg Cdr G R M Garratt  1 Dec 1944  
Signals
Wg Cdr R H Holmes  1 Jun 1945  
Armament
Sqn Ldr E F Price 12 Feb 1945  
Equipment
Wg Cdr J E Truss 10 Dec 1943 MC
Accountant
Wg Cdr V H Lewis 15 Jun 1944  
Medical
Wg Cdr A S Amsden  1 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP

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

April 1946

Location Controlled
New Delhi

 

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Charles R Carr  1 Apr 1946 Air Officer Commanding, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Alfred C H Sharp   Air Officer i/c Administration, DSO
Air Staff
Wg Cdr B D Wiggington  3 Jun 1944  
Personnel Staff
Wg Cdr W E H Muir 12 Oct 1944 Senior Personnel Staff Officer

Engineer

Wg Cdr G R M Garratt  1 Dec 1944 Senior Engineer Staff Officer

Equipment

Wg Cdr J E Truss 10 Dec 1943 MC
Accountant
Gp Capt Oswald K Griffin  1 Feb 1945 Command Accountant; later A/Cdre
Medical
Wg Cdr A S Amsden  1 Feb 1945 Principal Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP

Source - April 1946 Air Force List

July 1946

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Charles R Carr  1 Apr 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
Air Staff
AVM Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry  1 Apr 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr B D Wiggington  3 Jun 1944  
Wg Cdr A H S Browne 28 Sep 1944 DFC
Wg Cdr E S Barnes  7 May 1944 DFC
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945 Senior Officer i/c Administration
Wg Cdr W E H Muir 12 Oct 1944 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Wg Cdr L G Mobsby 16 Jan 1945 Organisation
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre William G H Ewing  1 Apr 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr G R M Garratt  1 Dec 1944  
Signals
Gp Capt T P Maloney  8 Mar 1945  
Equipment
Wg Cdr J E Truss 10 Dec 1943 MC
Accountant
Gp Capt Oswald K Griffin  1 Feb 1945  
Medical
Wg Cdr A S Amsden  1 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr A E Willis    

Source - July 1946 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5239)

August 1946

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Charles R Carr  1 Apr 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Hugh S P Walmsley  1 Jun 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM
Air Staff
AVM Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry  1 Apr 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt W H Cliff 15 Feb 1946 DSO
Gp Capt A D Murray 22 Apr 1946 DFC
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre Robert F Gandy  1 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt H J Cundall 15 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Gp Capt F B Bristow  6 May 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre William G H Ewing  1 Apr 1946 OBE
Gp Capt J D Greaves 25 May 1946  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Accountant
Gp Capt Oswald K Griffin  1 Feb 1945  
Medical
Gp Capt J C Parry-Evans 15 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Educational
Wg Cdr W T Matthews 13 Mar 1945 RAFVR
Sqn Ldr F J O Taylor 26 Mar 1944 RAFVR
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr A E Willis    

Source - August 1946 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5239)

September 1946

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Charles R Carr  1 Apr 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Hugh S P Walmsley  1 Jun 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointment
Sqn Ldr J S Mitchell 25 May 1946 Personal Assistant to AOC, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry  1 Apr 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt W H Cliff 15 Feb 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr E A Warfield 10 Jul 1946 CBE, DFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 14 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr P C Price  8 Mar 1946 AFC
Wg Cdr J N Jaques 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr James Rankin 12 Jul 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr G F Reid 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R F T Doe 15 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr A A J Sanders  1 Jul 1946 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr H S Miles  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P Ellison 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Nesbit 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Cummings 15 Feb 1946  
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre Robert F Gandy  1 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt H J Cundall 15 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Gp Capt F B Bristow  6 May 1946  
Gp Capt Morton S Shapcott 15 Feb 1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt C M P Hartley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr E D Levien 15 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr W E H Muir 15 Feb 1946 MC
Wg Cdr R H Annan  1 Aug 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr R T Sturgess 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr T W Keen  5 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D H M Graham 25 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr R G Harden 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A W Heath 15 Feb 1946 AFC
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe 15 Feb 1946 DSO
Sqn Ldr J H Page 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr L J Harding  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr L R Horrox 13 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr G K Birch  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F B Taylor 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J A T Longdon 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M J Drew 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr L Graves 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr F Bracey 15 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr C Billington 18 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr G C Gibbs 15 Feb 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre William G H Ewing  1 Apr 1946 OBE
Gp Capt J D Greaves 25 May 1946  
Wg Cdr P W J Dawes  1 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr G H Harrison 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr H C Pimm 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr C M Hudson 20 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr O L Hyde 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G H Dunkley 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr D C Goodrich 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Searles  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J O'Connor 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Collins  2 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 18 Feb 1946  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr W A H Cullum 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Tibbey 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr J A C Pryde 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G W Trayford  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S Macara 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G Patterson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr D Bagalkot 29 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr E W Eades    
Sqn Ldr G R Southam 15 Feb 1946  
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Gp Capt E C M Charleson 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt T A G Hawley 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt William MacI King  1 Apr 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr E A Jackson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Folley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Cody 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr B J May 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A B Holloway 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Woolley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr H Lovegrove 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr S J Bryant 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A R G Woolfrey 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Howard G Cadwallader 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr D F Black 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F T Johnson 15 Feb 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr W T Sergeant 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J E T Murphy 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Milner 22 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Ellis 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr H F A Tristram 15 Feb 1946  
Photography
Sqn Ldr L A Eades 15 Feb 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt Oswald K Griffin  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr R F Fleming 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J H Lewis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr W A Lloyd 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R S Mapp 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson 15 Feb 1946  
Medical
Gp Capt J C Parry-Evans 15 Feb 1946 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr W D Richardson 15 Feb 1946 MBE
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin 15 Feb 1946 LDS
Educational
Wg Cdr W T Matthews 13 Mar 1945 RAFVR
Sqn Ldr F J O Taylor 26 Mar 1944 RAFVR
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr A E Willis    
Flt Lt E C Hayes    
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr W L Bowden  1 May 1946  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr L W Deacon  8 Jun 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr R W T Cole  8 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr P M Hefferman 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr N G Payne  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J B Robson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Hawkins 15 Feb 1946  

Source - September 1946 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5239)

October 1946

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Charles R Carr  1 Apr 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Hugh S P Walmsley  1 Jun 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE, MC, DFC; later ACM
Personal Appointment
Sqn Ldr J S Mitchell 25 May 1946 Personal Assistant to AOC, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry  1 Apr 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Denis H F Barnett 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt W H Cliff 15 Feb 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr E A Warfield 10 Jul 1946 CBE, DFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 14 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr P C Price  8 Mar 1946 AFC
Wg Cdr J N Jaques 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr James Rankin 12 Jul 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J C Hunter  1 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G F Reid 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A A J Sanders  1 Jul 1946 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr H S Miles  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P Ellison 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Nesbit 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Cummings 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr L S Hilton  6 Aug 1946  
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre Robert F Gandy  1 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt H J Cundall 15 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Gp Capt F B Bristow  6 May 1946  
Gp Capt Morton S Shapcott 15 Feb 1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr E D Levien 15 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr W E H Muir 15 Feb 1946 MC
Wg Cdr R H Annan  1 Aug 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr R T Sturgess 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr T W Keen  5 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D H M Graham 25 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C E A Garton 27 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe 15 Feb 1946 DSO
Sqn Ldr J H Page 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr L J Harding  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr L R Horrox 13 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr G K Birch  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F B Taylor 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Harte    
Sqn Ldr J A T Longdon 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M J Drew 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr L Graves 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr F Bracey 15 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr C Billington 18 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr G C Gibbs 15 Feb 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre William G H Ewing  1 Apr 1946 OBE
Gp Capt J D Greaves 25 May 1946  
Wg Cdr H C Pimm 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr O L Hyde 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr D C Goodrich 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Searles  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J O'Connor 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Collins  2 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 18 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Hodgson  2 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Alexander  1 Aug 1946  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr W A H Cullum 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Tibbey 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr J A C Pryde 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G W Trayford  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S Macara 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G Patterson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E W Eades    
Sqn Ldr G R Southam 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Wolstenholme 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Durkin  7 Aug 1946  
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Gp Capt E C M Charleson 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt T A G Hawley 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt William MacI King  1 Apr 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr E A Jackson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Folley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Cody 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr B J May 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A B Holloway 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Woolley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr H Lovegrove 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr S J Bryant 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A R G Woolfrey 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Howard G Cadwallader 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr D F Black 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F T Johnson 15 Feb 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr W T Sergeant 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J E T Murphy 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Milner 22 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Ellis 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr H F A Tristram 15 Feb 1946  
Photography
Sqn Ldr L A Eades 15 Feb 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt Oswald K Griffin  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr R F Fleming 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J H Lewis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R S Mapp 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Gilbert 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G H Downes 12 Aug 1946  
Medical
Gp Capt J C Parry-Evans 15 Feb 1946 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin 15 Feb 1946 LDS
Educational
Wg Cdr W T Matthews 13 Mar 1945 RAFVR
Sqn Ldr F J O Taylor 26 Mar 1944 RAFVR
Sqn Ldr R Duckett 12 Aug 1946 RAFVR
Sqn Ldr O R Orchard 28 Jul 1946 RAFVR
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr A E Willis    
Sqn Ldr W J H Miller    
Sqn Ldr C E Findlay    
Sqn Ldr E H Jenkins    
Flt Lt E C Hayes    
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr W L Bowden  1 May 1946  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr J S Mason  1 Apr 1946 Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L W Deacon  8 Jun 1946 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr C M Hudson 20 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr W Pender  1 Apr 1946 Provost Marshal
Sqn Ldr R W T Cole  8 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr P M Hefferman 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr N G Payne  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J B Robson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Fletcher    

Source - October 1946 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5240)

November 1946

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Hugh S P Walmsley  21 Nov 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
Personal Appointment
Sqn Ldr J S Mitchell 25 May 1946 Personal Assistant to AOC, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry  1 Apr 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Denis H F Barnett 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt W H Cliff 15 Feb 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr E A Warfield 10 Jul 1946 CBE, DFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 14 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr P C Price  8 Mar 1946 AFC
Wg Cdr J N Jaques 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr James Rankin 12 Jul 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J C Hunter  1 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G F Reid 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A A J Sanders  1 Jul 1946 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr H S Miles  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P Ellison 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Nesbit 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Cummings 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr L S Hilton  6 Aug 1946  
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre Robert F Gandy  1 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt H J Cundall 15 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Gp Capt F B Bristow  6 May 1946  
Gp Capt Morton S Shapcott 15 Feb 1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr E D Levien 15 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr W E H Muir 15 Feb 1946 MC
Wg Cdr R H Annan  1 Aug 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr R T Sturgess 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr T W Keen  5 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D H M Graham 25 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr R G Harden 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr C E A Garton 27 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr R C Cobbe 15 Feb 1946 DSO
Sqn Ldr J H Page 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr L J Harding  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr L R Horrox 13 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr G K Birch  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F B Taylor 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Harte    
Sqn Ldr J A T Longdon 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M J Drew 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr L Graves 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr F Bracey 15 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr C Billington 18 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr G C Gibbs 15 Feb 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre William G H Ewing  1 Apr 1946 OBE
Gp Capt J D Greaves 25 May 1946  
Wg Cdr H C Pimm 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr O L Hyde 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr D C Goodrich 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Searles  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J O'Connor 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Collins  2 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 18 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Hodgson  2 Aug 1946  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr W A H Cullum 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Tibbey 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr J A C Pryde 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G W Trayford  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S Macara 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E W Eades    
Sqn Ldr G R Southam 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Wolstenholme 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Durkin  7 Aug 1946  
Armament
Wg Cdr C J Giles 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Powell 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G T Rowed 15 Feb 1946  
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Gp Capt E C M Charleson 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt T A G Hawley 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt William MacI King  1 Apr 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr E A Jackson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Folley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Cody 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr B J May 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A B Holloway 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Woolley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr H Lovegrove 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr S J Bryant 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A R G Woolfrey 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Howard G Cadwallader 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr D F Black 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F T Johnson 15 Feb 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr W T Sergeant 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J E T Murphy 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Milner 22 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Ellis 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr H F A Tristram 15 Feb 1946  
Photography
Sqn Ldr L A Eades 15 Feb 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt Oswald K Griffin  1 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr R F Fleming 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J H Lewis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R S Mapp 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Gilbert 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G H Downes 12 Aug 1946  
Medical
Gp Capt J C Parry-Evans 15 Feb 1946 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin 15 Feb 1946 LDS
Chaplains
Rev P W Cocks   MA, C of E
Rev I E Newell   MA, PMUB
Rev J Burke   BA, RC
Educational
Wg Cdr W T Matthews 13 Mar 1945 RAFVR
Sqn Ldr F J O Taylor 26 Mar 1944 RAFVR
Sqn Ldr R Duckett 12 Aug 1946 RAFVR
Sqn Ldr O R Orchard 28 Jul 1946 RAFVR
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr A E Willis    
Sqn Ldr W J H Miller    
Sqn Ldr C E Findlay    
Sqn Ldr E H Jenkins    
Flt Lt E C Hayes    
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr W L Bowden  1 May 1946  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr J S Mason  1 Apr 1946 Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L W Deacon  8 Jun 1946 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr C M Hudson 20 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr W Pender  1 Apr 1946 Provost Marshal
Sqn Ldr R W T Cole  8 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr P M Hefferman 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr N G Payne  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J B Robson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Fletcher    

Source - November 1946 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5240)

December 1946

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Hugh S P Walmsley  21 Nov 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
Air Staff
AVM Edgar J Kingston-McClaughry  1 Apr 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Denis H F Barnett 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N J Stanley-Turner 15 Sep 1946 CBE
Gp Capt W H Cliff 15 Feb 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr E A Warfield 10 Jul 1946 CBE, DFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 14 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr P C Price  8 Mar 1946 AFC
Wg Cdr J N Jaques 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr L Jobbins  1 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr James Rankin 12 Jul 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J C Hunter  1 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G F Reid 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr H S Miles  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P Ellison 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Brice 31 May 1946  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood 30 Oct 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt F B Bristow  6 May 1946  
Gp Capt Morton S Shapcott 15 Feb 1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr E D Levien 15 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr W E H Muir 15 Feb 1946 MC
Wg Cdr R H Annan  1 Aug 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr R T Sturgess 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr T W Keen  5 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr H A S Disney  1 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D H M Graham 25 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr R G Harden 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A W Heath 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr C E A Garton 27 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Page 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Purcell 16 Oct 1946 BEM
Sqn Ldr L R Horrox 13 Jun 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr G K Birch  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F B Taylor 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Harte 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J A T Longdon 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M J Drew 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr L Graves 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr F Bracey 15 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr C Billington 18 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr G C Gibbs 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J D Wright  6 Sep 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre George W Birkinshaw 21 Oct 1946 Senior Engineer Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt J D Greaves 25 May 1946  
Wg Cdr H C Pimm 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Thomas 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr O L Hyde 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr D C Goodrich 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Searles  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J O'Connor 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 18 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Hodgson  2 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr W L Lewis 20 Sep 1946  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr W A H Cullum 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Tibbey 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr J A C Pryde 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr D T Thom  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G W Trayford  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E W Eades 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Collins  2 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Durkin  7 Aug 1946  
Armament
Wg Cdr C J Giles 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G T E Rowed 15 Feb 1946  
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Gp Capt E C M Charleson 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt T A G Hawley 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt William MacI King  1 Apr 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr E A Jackson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Folley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Cody 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr B J May 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A B Holloway 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Woolley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr H Lovegrove 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr S J Bryant 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G L Lister 24 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A R G Woolfrey 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Howard G Cadwallader 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr F T Johnson 15 Feb 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr J E T Murphy 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Milner 22 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Ellis 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr H F A Tristram 15 Feb 1946  
Photography
Sqn Ldr L A Eades 15 Feb 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan    
Wg Cdr R F Fleming 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J H Lewis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R S Mapp 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Gilbert 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G H Downes 12 Aug 1946  
Medical
Gp Capt J C Parry-Evans 15 Feb 1946 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin 15 Feb 1946 LDS
Chaplains
Rev P W Cocks   MA, C of E
Rev I E Newell   MA, PMUB
Rev J Burke   BA, RC
Educational
Wg Cdr W T Matthews 13 Mar 1945 BSc, AMIEE, RAFVR
Sqn Ldr F J O Taylor 26 Mar 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Sqn Ldr O R Orchard 28 Jul 1946 BA, RAFVR
Sqn Ldr A Beveridge 31 Oct 1946 BSc, RAFVR
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr K B J Randall 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr E C Hayes  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Hope  1 Oct 1946  
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr W L Bowden  1 May 1946  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt

Peter H Cribb

15 Jun 1946 DSO*, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R E Chapman 23 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr K B J Jackson  1 May 1946  
Wg Cdr J S Mason  1 Apr 1946 Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L W Deacon  8 Jun 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr W Pender  1 Apr 1946 Provost Marshal
Sqn Ldr P M Hefferman 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr N G Payne  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J B Robson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Fletcher    
Sqn Ldr E J Hankins 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E H Jenkins  3 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Bowden  2 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R G Wilberforce 12 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S J Buels 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Herrick  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr F Ruskell 19 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W A Cornish  5 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr F T Russell 15 Aug 1946  

Source - December 1946 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5240)

January 1947

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Hugh S P Walmsley  21 Nov 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Allan L A Perry-Keene 29 Nov 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE
Air Staff
Gp Capt Denis H F Barnett 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N J Stanley-Turner 15 Sep 1946 CBE
Gp Capt W H Cliff 15 Feb 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr E A Warfield 10 Jul 1946 CBE, DFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 14 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr P C Price  8 Mar 1946 AFC
Wg Cdr J N Jaques 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr L Jobbins  1 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr James Rankin 12 Jul 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J C Hunter  1 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G F Reid 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr H S Miles  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P Ellison 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Brice 31 May 1946  
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre John R Whitley 11 Nov 1946 CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood 30 Oct 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Morton S Shapcott 15 Feb 1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G S K Haywood 29 Nov 1946  
Wg Cdr R H Annan  1 Aug 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr R T Sturgess 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr T W Keen  5 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr H A S Disney  1 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D H M Graham 25 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr R G Harden 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A W Heath 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr C E A Garton 27 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Page 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Purcell 16 Oct 1946 BEM
Sqn Ldr L R Horrox 13 Jun 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr G K Birch  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F B Taylor 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Harte 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J A T Longdon 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M J Drew 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr L Graves 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr F Bracey 15 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr C G Miller 26 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J D Wright  6 Sep 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre George W Birkinshaw 21 Oct 1946 Senior Engineer Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt J D Greaves 25 May 1946  
Wg Cdr H C Pimm 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Thomas 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr D C Goodrich 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Searles  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J O'Connor 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 18 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Hodgson  2 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr W L Lewis 20 Sep 1946  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr W A H Cullum 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Tibbey 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr J A C Pryde 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr D T Thom  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G W Trayford  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E W Eades 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Collins  2 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Durkin  7 Aug 1946  
Armament
Wg Cdr C J Giles 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G T E Rowed 15 Feb 1946  
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Gp Capt E C M Charleson 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt T A G Hawley 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt William MacI King  1 Apr 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr E A Jackson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Folley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Cody 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr B J May 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A B Holloway 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Woolley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr H Lovegrove 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr S J Bryant 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G L Lister 24 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A R G Woolfrey 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Howard G Cadwallader 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr F T Johnson 15 Feb 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr J E T Murphy 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Milner 22 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Ellis 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr H F A Tristram 15 Feb 1946  
Photography
Sqn Ldr D A Drewitt 29 Oct 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan    
Wg Cdr R F Fleming 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J H Lewis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R S Mapp 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Gilbert 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G H Downes 12 Aug 1946  
Medical
A/Cdre E A Lumley 13 Nov 1946 MC, MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt J C Parry-Evans 15 Feb 1946 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin 15 Feb 1946 LDS
Chaplains
Rev P W Cocks   MA, C of E
Rev I E Newell   MA, PMUB
Rev J Burke   BA, RC
Educational
Wg Cdr W T Matthews 13 Mar 1945 BSc, AMIEE, RAFVR
Sqn Ldr F J O Taylor 26 Mar 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Sqn Ldr A Beveridge 31 Oct 1946 BSc, RAFVR
Legal
Sqn Ldr C O Heron  2 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G Rubenstein  2 Mar 1946  
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr K B J Randall 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Hope  1 Oct 1946  
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr W L Bowden  1 May 1946  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R E Chapman 23 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr K B J Jackson  1 May 1946  
Wg Cdr J S Mason  1 Apr 1946 Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr L W Deacon  8 Jun 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr W Pender  1 Apr 1946 Provost Marshal
Sqn Ldr P M Hefferman 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr N G Payne  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Fletcher    
Sqn Ldr M G Birt 14 Nov 1946 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E J Hankins 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Bowden  2 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R G Wilberforce 12 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S J Buels 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Herrick  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr F Ruskell 19 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W A Cornish  5 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr F T Russell 15 Aug 1946  

Source - January 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5241)

February 1947

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Hugh S P Walmsley  21 Nov 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Allan L A Perry-Keene 29 Nov 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE
Air Staff
AVM Robert S Blucke 27 Nov 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC
Gp Capt Denis H F Barnett 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N J Stanley-Turner 15 Sep 1946 CBE
Gp Capt W H Cliff 15 Feb 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr E A Warfield 10 Jul 1946 CBE, DFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 14 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr A F Wallace 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr P C Price  8 Mar 1946 AFC
Wg Cdr J N Jaques 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr L Jobbins  1 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr James Rankin 12 Jul 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J C Hunter  1 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G F Reid 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr H S Miles  3 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P Ellison 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Brice 31 May 1946  
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre John R Whitley 11 Nov 1946 CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood 30 Oct 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Morton S Shapcott 15 Feb 1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Collins 16 Dec 1946  
Wg Cdr G S K Haywood 29 Nov 1946  
Wg Cdr R H Annan  1 Aug 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr R T Sturgess 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr T W Keen  5 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr H A S Disney  1 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D H M Graham 25 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr R G Harden 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A W Heath 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr C E A Garton 27 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Purcell 16 Oct 1946 BEM
Sqn Ldr L R Horrox 13 Jun 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr G K Birch  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F B Taylor 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Harte 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J A T Longdon 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M J Drew 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Gibbs 15 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr L Graves 15 Feb 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr F Bracey 15 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr C G Miller 26 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J D Wright  6 Sep 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre George W Birkinshaw 21 Oct 1946 Senior Engineer Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt J D Greaves 25 May 1946  
Wg Cdr H C Pimm 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Thomas 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A Hodgson  2 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D C Goodrich 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Searles  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J O'Connor 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 18 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr W L Lewis 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr P F Murch  7 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr B Webster 15 Nov 1946  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr W A H Cullum 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Tibbey 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr D T Thom  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G W Trayford  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E W Eades 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Collins  2 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Durkin  7 Aug 1946  
Armament
Wg Cdr C J Giles 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G T E Rowed 15 Feb 1946  
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Gp Capt E C M Charleson 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt T A G Hawley 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt William MacI King  1 Apr 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr E A Jackson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Folley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Cody 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr B J May 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A B Holloway 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Woolley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr H Lovegrove 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr S J Bryant 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G L Lister 24 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A R G Woolfrey 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Howard G Cadwallader 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr F T Johnson 15 Feb 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr J E T Murphy 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Milner 22 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Ellis 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J C T Price 15 Feb 1946  
Photography
Sqn Ldr D A Drewitt 29 Oct 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan    
Wg Cdr R F Fleming 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J H Lewis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R S Mapp 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Gilbert 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G H Downes 12 Aug 1946  
Provost
Wg Cdr P G Hicks  3 Jan 1947 Provost Marshal
Medical
A/Cdre E A Lumley 13 Nov 1946 MC, MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt J C Parry-Evans 15 Feb 1946 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr C A Sirett 15 Oct 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin 15 Feb 1946 LDS
Chaplains
Rev P W Cocks   MA, C of E
Rev I E Newell   MA, PMUB
Rev J Burke   BA, RC
Educational
Wg Cdr W T Matthews 13 Mar 1945 BSc, AMIEE, RAFVR
Sqn Ldr F J O Taylor 26 Mar 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Sqn Ldr A Beveridge 31 Oct 1946 BSc, RAFVR
Legal
Sqn Ldr C O Heron  2 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Bradley  2 Aug 1946  
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr K B J Randall 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Hope  1 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr C G W Pargeter    
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr W L Bowden  1 May 1946  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt T J Arbuthnot  5 Nov 1946  
Gp Capt K B J Jackson  1 May 1946  
Wg Cdr R E Chapman 23 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr L W Deacon  8 Jun 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr W Pender  1 Apr 1946 Provost Marshal
Sqn Ldr P M Hefferman 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W J Cole  8 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Fletcher    
Sqn Ldr M G Birt 14 Nov 1946 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr E J Hankins 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Kempster 26 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Bowden  2 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R G Wilberforce 12 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S J Buels 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Herrick  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr F Ruskell 19 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W A Cornish  5 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr F T Russell 15 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr R McA Heggie  9 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Cumming  1 Aug 1946  

Source - February 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5241)

March 1947

This edition is not available

Source - March 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5241)

April 1947

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Hugh S P Walmsley  21 Nov 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Allan L A Perry-Keene 29 Nov 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE
Personal Appointment
Sqn Ldr Roy K Orrock 14 Jan 1947 PA to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Robert S Blucke 27 Nov 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC
Gp Capt Denis H F Barnett 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N J Stanley-Turner 15 Sep 1946 CBE
Gp Capt John N H Whitworth  4 Jan 1947 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E A Warfield 10 Jul 1946 CBE, DFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 14 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr P C Price  8 Mar 1946 AFC
Wg Cdr J N Jaques 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr L Jobbins  1 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr James Rankin 12 Jul 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J C Hunter  1 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G F Reid 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A A J Sanders  1 Jul 1946 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C H Gibbs 15 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P Ellison 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Brice 31 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr L J Hilton 30 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Catley 24 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr S G Nunn 17 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr T Helfer  2 Jan 1947  
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre John R Whitley 11 Nov 1946 CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood 30 Oct 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Collins 16 Dec 1946  
Wg Cdr R H Annan  1 Aug 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr H A S Disney  1 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D H M Graham 25 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr R G Harden 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A W Heath 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr C E A Garton 27 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr D D Rogers 7 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Purcell 16 Oct 1946 BEM
Sqn Ldr L R Horrox 13 Jun 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr G K Birch  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F B Taylor 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Harte 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M J Drew 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F Bracey 15 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr C G Miller 26 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J D Wright  6 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr E B Masefield  7 Mar 1947 AFC
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre George W Birkinshaw 21 Oct 1946 Senior Engineer Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt J D Greaves 25 May 1946  
Wg Cdr H C Pimm 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Thomas 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A Hodgson  2 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D C Goodrich 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Searles  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J O'Connor 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 18 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr W L Lewis 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr P F Murch  7 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr B Webster 15 Nov 1946  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr W A H Cullum 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Tibbey 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr Arthur Foden 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr D T Thom  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr G W Trayford  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E W Eades 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Durkin  7 Aug 1946  
Armament
Sqn Ldr G T E Rowed 15 Feb 1946  
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Gp Capt E C M Charleson 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt William MacI King  1 Apr 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr E A Jackson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Folley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Cody 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr B J May 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A B Holloway 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr S J Bryant 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G L Lister 24 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A R G Woolfrey 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Howard G Cadwallader 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr F T Johnson 15 Feb 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr J E T Murphy 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Milner 22 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J C T Price 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S J Andrews 31 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Francis 16 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr V E Darley 18 Feb 1946  
Photography
Sqn Ldr D A Drewitt 29 Oct 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan    
Wg Cdr R F Fleming 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr H A Frost  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr R S Mapp 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G H Downes 12 Aug 1946  
Provost
Wg Cdr P G Hicks  3 Jan 1947 Provost Marshal
Medical
A/Cdre E A Lumley 13 Nov 1946 MC, MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt J C Parry-Evans 15 Feb 1946 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr C A Sirett 15 Oct 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin 15 Feb 1946 LDS
Chaplains
Rev P W Cocks   MA, C of E
Rev I E Newell   MA, PMUB
Rev J Burke   BA, RC
Educational
Wg Cdr W T Matthews 13 Mar 1945 BSc, AMIEE, RAFVR
Sqn Ldr F J O Taylor 26 Mar 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Sqn Ldr A Beveridge 31 Oct 1946 BSc, RAFVR
Legal
Sqn Ldr C O Heron  2 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Bradley  2 Aug 1946  
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr K B J Randall 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Hope  1 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr C G W Pargeter    
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr J Murray  1 Mar 1947  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt T A G Hawley  1 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt K B J Jackson  1 May 1946  
Wg Cdr R E Chapman 23 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr L W Deacon  8 Jun 1946 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr F Evans 12 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr P M Hefferman 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M G Birt 14 Nov 1946 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr R Kempster 26 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr A T Ingram  7 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R G Wilberforce 12 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S J Buels 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Herrick  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr F Ruskell 19 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W A Cornish  5 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R McA Heggie  9 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr G D Dixon  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr R H Fiddaman 19 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Collins  2 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr L R J Ovendon  1 Oct 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr I M Ingram 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr N H Hayward 21 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Broadbent  5 Feb 1947  

Source - April 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5242)

May 1947

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Hugh S P Walmsley  21 Nov 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Allan L A Perry-Keene 29 Nov 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE
Personal Appointment
Sqn Ldr Roy K Orrock 14 Jan 1947 PA to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Robert S Blucke 27 Nov 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC
Gp Capt Denis H F Barnett 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N J Stanley-Turner 15 Sep 1946 CBE
Gp Capt John N H Whitworth  4 Jan 1947 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E A Warfield 10 Jul 1946 CBE, DFC
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 14 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth 17 Fen 1947 AFC
Wg Cdr P C Price  8 Mar 1946 AFC
Wg Cdr J N Jaques 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr L Jobbins  1 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr James Rankin 12 Jul 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J C Hunter  1 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr A A J Sanders  1 Jul 1946 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C H Gibbs 15 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Brice 31 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr L J Hilton 30 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr T Helfer  2 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr L W H Welch  1 Jan 1947 DFC
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre John R Whitley 11 Nov 1946 CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood 30 Oct 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Collins 16 Dec 1946  
Wg Cdr R H Annan  1 Aug 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr H A S Disney  1 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D H M Graham 25 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr R G Harden 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A W Heath 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr C E A Garton 27 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr D D Rogers 7 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Purcell 16 Oct 1946 BEM
Sqn Ldr L R Horrox 13 Jun 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr G K Birch  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F B Taylor 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Harte 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M J Drew 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 15 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr J D Wright  6 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr E B Masefield  7 Mar 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr R E Eaton  9 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Cadman  5 Mar 1947 DFC
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre George W Birkinshaw 21 Oct 1946 Senior Engineer Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt John A S Outhwaite  7 Apr 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H C Pimm 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Thomas 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A Hodgson  2 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D C Goodrich 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Searles  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr W L Lewis 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr P F Murch  7 Dec 1946  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr W A H Cullum 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Tibbey 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Sqn Ldr G W Trayford  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr Arthur Foden 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr L Wilson  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Durkin  7 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr R H Fiddaman 19 Mar 1946  
Armament
Sqn Ldr G T E Rowed 15 Feb 1946  
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Gp Capt E C M Charleson 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt William MacI King  1 Apr 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr E A Jackson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Folley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J P Cody 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr B J May 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A B Holloway 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr S J Bryant 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G L Lister 24 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A R G Woolfrey 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Howard G Cadwallader 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr F T Johnson 15 Feb 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr J E T Murphy 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J C T Price 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S J Andrews 31 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Francis 16 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr V E Darley 18 Feb 1946  
Photography
Sqn Ldr D A Drewitt 29 Oct 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan    
Wg Cdr R F Fleming 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R S Mapp 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G H Downes 12 Aug 1946  
Provost
Wg Cdr P G Hicks  3 Jan 1947 Provost Marshal
Medical
A/Cdre E A Lumley 13 Nov 1946 MC, MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt J C Parry-Evans 15 Feb 1946 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr C A Sirett 15 Oct 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin 15 Feb 1946 LDS
Chaplains
Rev P W Cocks   MA, C of E
Rev I E Newell   MA, PMUB
Rev J Burke   BA, RC
Educational
Gp Capt W T Matthews  1 Sep 1946 BSc, AMIEE
Sqn Ldr O R Orchard 15 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P H Wood 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr E T Weddell 15 Mar 1947  
Legal
Sqn Ldr C O Heron  2 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Bradley  2 Aug 1946  
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr K B J Randall 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Hope  1 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr C G W Pargeter    
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr J Murray  1 Mar 1947  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt T A G Hawley  1 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt K B J Jackson  1 May 1946  
Wg Cdr R E Chapman 23 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr L W Deacon  8 Jun 1946 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr F Evans 12 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr P M Hefferman 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W J Cole  8 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Kempster 26 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr A T Ingram  7 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R G Wilberforce 12 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S J Buels 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Herrick  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr L T Bryant-Fenn 16 Apr 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr W A Cornish  5 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L Winterburn 10 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr G D Dixon  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Collins  2 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr N H Hayward 21 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Broadbent  5 Feb 1947  

Source - May 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5242)

June 1947

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Hugh S P Walmsley  21 Nov 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Allan L A Perry-Keene 29 Nov 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE
Personal Appointment
Sqn Ldr Roy K Orrock 14 Jan 1947 PA to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Robert S Blucke 27 Nov 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC
Gp Capt Denis H F Barnett 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N J Stanley-Turner 15 Sep 1946 CBE
Gp Capt John N H Whitworth  4 Jan 1947 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E A Warfield 10 Jul 1946 CBE, DFC
Wg Cdr R G Harden 28 Mar 1947  
Wg Cdr D H M Graham 28 Mar 1947  
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 14 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth 17 Fen 1947 AFC
Wg Cdr P C Price  8 Mar 1946 AFC
Wg Cdr J N Jaques 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr L Jobbins  1 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr James Rankin 12 Jul 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A T H Willis 14 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis 28 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr A A J Sanders  1 Jul 1946 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C H Gibbs 15 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr L J Hilton 30 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr T Helfer  2 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr L W H Welch  1 Jan 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr J Catley 24 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr T H Meyer  1 Apr 1947  
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre John R Whitley 11 Nov 1946 CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*; later AM
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood 30 Oct 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Collins 16 Dec 1946  
Wg Cdr R H Annan  1 Aug 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr A W Heath 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr C E A Garton 27 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr D D Rogers 7 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Purcell 16 Oct 1946 BEM
Sqn Ldr L R Horrox 13 Jun 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr A G R Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F B Taylor 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Harte 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M J Drew 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R M Heggie  9 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 15 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr J D Wright  6 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr E B Masefield  7 Mar 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr R E Eaton  9 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Cadman  5 Mar 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr E G F Hill  1 Apr 1947  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre George W Birkinshaw 21 Oct 1946 Senior Engineer Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt John A S Outhwaite  7 Apr 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H C Pimm 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Thomas 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A Hodgson  2 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D C Goodrich 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Searles  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr W L Lewis 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr H H Horsham  1 Apr 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr A J Peart 28 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr A M Harrison  1 Apr 1947  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr W A H Cullum 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Tibbey 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Sqn Ldr G W Trayford  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr Arthur Foden 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Bone  1 Apr 1947  
Armament
Sqn Ldr G T E Rowed 15 Feb 1946  
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Gp Capt E C M Charleson 15 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt William MacI King  1 Apr 1946 later AVM
Wg Cdr E A Jackson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Folley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr B J May 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A B Holloway 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr K J Hattrick 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr S J Bryant 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G L Lister 24 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A R G Woolfrey 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Howard G Cadwallader 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr F T Johnson 15 Feb 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr J E T Murphy 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J C T Price 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S J Andrews 31 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Francis 16 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr V E Darley 18 Feb 1946  
Photography
Sqn Ldr D A Drewitt 29 Oct 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan    
Wg Cdr R F Fleming 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R S Mapp 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G H Downes 12 Aug 1946  
Provost
Wg Cdr J Clifton  6 May 1947 Command Provost Marshal
Medical
A/Cdre E A Lumley 13 Nov 1946 MC, MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt J C Parry-Evans 15 Feb 1946 MRCS, LRCP, DLO
Sqn Ldr C A Sirett 15 Oct 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H Keggin 15 Feb 1946 LDS
Chaplains
Rev P W Cocks   MA, C of E
Rev I E Newell   MA, PMUB
Rev J Burke   BA, RC
Educational
Gp Capt W T Matthews  1 Sep 1946 BSc, AMIEE
Sqn Ldr O R Orchard 15 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P H Wood 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr E T Weddell 15 Mar 1947  
Legal
Sqn Ldr C O Heron  2 Mar 1946  
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr K B J Randall 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Hope  1 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr W H Webber 15 Apr 1947  
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr J Murray  1 Mar 1947  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt T A G Hawley  1 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr R E Chapman 23 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr L W Deacon  8 Jun 1946 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr F Evans 12 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr P M Hefferman 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W J Cole  8 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Kempster 26 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr A T Ingram  7 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R G Wilberforce 12 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S J Buels 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Herrick  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr L T Bryant-Fenn 16 Apr 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr W A Cornish  5 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr L K Gibbon  1 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr G D Dixon  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Collins  2 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr N H Hayward 21 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Broadbent  5 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A W Hall 15 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr R H Fiddaman 19 Mar 1947  

Source - June 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5242)

July 1947

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Hugh S P Walmsley  21 Nov 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Allan L A Perry-Keene 29 Nov 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE
Personal Appointment
Sqn Ldr Roy K Orrock 14 Jan 1947 PA to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Robert S Blucke 27 Nov 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC
Gp Capt Denis H F Barnett 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N J Stanley-Turner 15 Sep 1946 CBE
Gp Capt John N H Whitworth  4 Jan 1947 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R G Harden 28 Mar 1947  
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 14 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth 17 Fen 1947 AFC
Wg Cdr P C Price  8 Mar 1946 AFC
Wg Cdr J N Jaques 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr L Jobbins  1 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr James Rankin 12 Jul 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A T H Willis 14 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis 28 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr A A J Sanders  1 Jul 1946 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C H Gibbs 15 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr L J Hilton 30 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr T Helfer  2 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr L W H Welch  1 Jan 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr T H Meyer  1 Apr 1947  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood 30 Oct 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Collins 16 Dec 1946  
Wg Cdr R H Annan  1 Aug 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr J S Adams  1 Mar 1947  
Wg Cdr A W Heath 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr C E A Garton 27 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr D D Rogers 7 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Purcell 16 Oct 1946 BEM
Sqn Ldr L R Horrox 13 Jun 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr F B Taylor 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Harte 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M J Drew 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R M Heggie  9 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 15 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr J D Wright  6 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr E B Masefield  7 Mar 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr R E Eaton  9 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Cadman  5 Mar 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr E G F Hill  1 Apr 1947  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre George W Birkinshaw 21 Oct 1946 Senior Engineer Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt John A S Outhwaite  7 Apr 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H C Pimm 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Thomas 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A Hodgson  2 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D C Goodrich 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Searles  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr W L Lewis 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr H H Horsham  1 Apr 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr A J Peart 28 Mar 1947  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr W A H Cullum 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Tibbey 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Sqn Ldr Arthur Foden 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Bone  1 Apr 1947  
Armament
Sqn Ldr G T E Rowed 15 Feb 1946  
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Gp Capt E C M Charleson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr E A Jackson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Folley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr B J May 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A B Holloway 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr S J Bryant 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G L Lister 24 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A R G Woolfrey 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Howard G Cadwallader 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr J E T Murphy 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R A S Ritchie 28 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr S Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S J Andrews 31 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Francis 16 Feb 1947  
Photography
Sqn Ldr D A Drewitt 29 Oct 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan    
Wg Cdr R F Fleming 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr V H Lewis 15 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson 15 Feb 1946  
Provost
Wg Cdr J Clifton  6 May 1947 Command Provost Marshal
Medical
A/Cdre E A Lumley 13 Nov 1946 MC, MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr C A Sirett 15 Oct 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 22 May 1947 LDS
Chaplains
Rev P W Cocks   MA, C of E
Rev W A Clynes   PMUB
Rev J Burke   BA, RC
Educational
Gp Capt C J Whittle 13 Jun 1947 MSc
Sqn Ldr O R Orchard 15 Aug 1946 BA
Sqn Ldr P H Wood 29 Jan 1947 BSc, AInstP
Sqn Ldr E T Weddell 15 Mar 1947  
Legal
Sqn Ldr C O Heron  2 Mar 1946  
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr K B J Randall 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Hope  1 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr W H Webber 15 Apr 1947  
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr J Murray  1 Mar 1947  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R E Chapman 23 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr L W Deacon  8 Jun 1946 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr F Evans 12 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr P M Hefferman 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W J Cole  8 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Kempster 26 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Sturgess 15 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr R G Wilberforce 12 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S J Buels 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Herrick  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr L T Bryant-Fenn 16 Apr 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr W A Cornish  5 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr L K Gibbon  1 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Collins  2 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr N H Hayward 21 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Broadbent  5 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A W Hall 15 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr R H Fiddaman 19 Mar 1947  

Source - July 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5243)

August 1947

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Hugh S P Walmsley  21 Nov 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Allan L A Perry-Keene 29 Nov 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE
Personal Appointment
Sqn Ldr Roy K Orrock 14 Jan 1947 PA to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Robert S Blucke 27 Nov 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC
Gp Capt Denis H F Barnett 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N J Stanley-Turner 15 Sep 1946 CBE
Gp Capt John N H Whitworth  4 Jan 1947 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R G Harden 28 Mar 1947  
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 14 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth 17 Fen 1947 AFC
Wg Cdr J N Jaques 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr L Jobbins  1 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr James Rankin 12 Jul 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A T H Willis 14 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis 28 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr A A J Sanders  1 Jul 1946 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C H Gibbs 15 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr L J Hilton 30 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr L W H Welch  1 Jan 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr T H Meyer  1 Apr 1947  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood 30 Oct 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Collins 16 Dec 1946  
Wg Cdr R H Annan  1 Aug 1946 DSO
Wg Cdr J S Adams  1 Mar 1947  
Wg Cdr A W Heath 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr C E A Garton 27 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr D D Rogers 7 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Purcell 16 Oct 1946 BEM
Sqn Ldr L R Horrox 13 Jun 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr F B Taylor 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Harte 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M J Drew 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R M Heggie  9 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Hoffen 15 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr J D Wright  6 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr E B Masefield  7 Mar 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr R E Eaton  9 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Cadman  5 Mar 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr E G F Hill  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr L J Perkins  1 Jun 1947  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre George W Birkinshaw 21 Oct 1946 Senior Engineer Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt John A S Outhwaite  7 Apr 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H C Pimm 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Thomas 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A Hodgson  2 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D C Goodrich 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Searles  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr W L Lewis 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr H H Horsham  1 Apr 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr A J Peart 28 Mar 1947  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr W A H Cullum 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Tibbey 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Sqn Ldr Arthur Foden 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr S F Kettell 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr A C Bone  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr E W Eades  1 Jan 1947  
Armament
Sqn Ldr G T E Rowed 15 Feb 1946  
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Gp Capt E C M Charleson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr E A Jackson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Folley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A B Holloway 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G L Lister 24 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A R G Woolfrey 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Howard G Cadwallader 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr J E T Murphy 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R A S Ritchie 28 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr S Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr F J P Haynes 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S J Andrews 31 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Francis 16 Feb 1947  
Photography
Sqn Ldr D A Drewitt 29 Oct 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan    
Wg Cdr V H Lewis 15 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr E J Watson 15 Feb 1946  
Provost
Wg Cdr J Clifton  6 May 1947 Command Provost Marshal
Medical
A/Cdre E A Lumley 13 Nov 1946 MC, MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr C A Sirett 15 Oct 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 22 May 1947 LDS
Chaplains
Rev P W Cocks   MA, C of E
Rev W A Clynes   PMUB
Rev J Burke   BA, RC
Educational
Gp Capt C J Whittle 13 Jun 1947 MSc
Sqn Ldr O R Orchard 15 Aug 1946 BA
Sqn Ldr P H Wood 29 Jan 1947 BSc, AInstP
Legal
Sqn Ldr C O Heron  2 Mar 1946  
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr K B J Randall 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Hope  1 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr W H Webber 15 Apr 1947  
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr J Murray  1 Mar 1947  
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr R E Chapman 23 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr L W Deacon  8 Jun 1946 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr F Evans 12 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr P M Hefferman 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Kempster 26 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R G Wilberforce 12 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S J Buels 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Herrick  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr L T Bryant-Fenn 16 Apr 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr W A Cornish  5 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr L K Gibbon  1 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Collins  2 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr N H Hayward 21 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Broadbent  5 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A W Hall 15 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr R H Fiddaman 19 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Barrett 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr P T H Maggs 15 Jun 1947  

Source - August 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5243)

It disbanded on 15 August 1947 following the granting of independence and the withdrawal of British forces from India, but was still shown in the September edition, presumably running down.

September 1947

Location Controlled
New Delhi  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Hugh S P Walmsley  21 Nov 1946 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
AVM Allan L A Perry-Keene 29 Nov 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration, OBE
Personal Appointment
Sqn Ldr Roy K Orrock 14 Jan 1947 PA to AOC-in-C, DFC; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
AVM Robert S Blucke 27 Nov 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSO, AFC
Gp Capt Denis H F Barnett 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DFC; later ACM
Gp Capt G N J Stanley-Turner 15 Sep 1946 CBE
Gp Capt John N H Whitworth  4 Jan 1947 DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R G Harden 28 Mar 1947  
Wg Cdr C Fothergill 14 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W P Whitworth 17 Fen 1947 AFC
Wg Cdr J N Jaques 15 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr L Jobbins  1 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr James Rankin 12 Jul 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A T H Willis 14 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr C W H Thomson  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr S W Timmis 28 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr A A J Sanders  1 Jul 1946 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C H Gibbs 15 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr L W H Welch  1 Jan 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr S G Nunn  1 Jun 1947  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt C L Troop  6 Sep 1945  
Gp Capt Willem R Brotherhood 30 Oct 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Collins 16 Dec 1946  
Wg Cdr J S Adams  1 Mar 1947  
Wg Cdr A W Heath 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr C E A Garton 27 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr D D Rogers 7 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr E G Taylor  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Purcell 16 Oct 1946 BEM
Sqn Ldr L R Horrox 13 Jun 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr F B Taylor 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R W Harte 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr M J Drew 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J D Wright  6 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr E B Masefield  7 Mar 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr R T Cadman  5 Mar 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr E G F Hill  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr L J Perkins  1 Jun 1947  
Staffs of the Services
Engineer
A/Cdre George W Birkinshaw 21 Oct 1946 Senior Engineer Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt John A S Outhwaite  7 Apr 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H C Pimm 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Thomas 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr D C Goodrich 29 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A J Peart 28 Mar 1947  
Signals
Gp Capt B G Farrow 14 Jul 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr W A H Cullum 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Arthur Foden 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr A C Nisbet 15 Feb 1946  
Armament
Sqn Ldr G T E Rowed 15 Feb 1946  
Equipment
A/Cdre James S Browne  1 Apr 1946 AFC
Gp Capt E C M Charleson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr E A Jackson 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr R F Folley 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr A B Holloway 15 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr G L Lister 24 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr A R G Woolfrey 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr Howard G Cadwallader 15 Feb 1946 later AVM
Sqn Ldr J E T Murphy 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr R A S Ritchie 28 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr S Green 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S J Andrews 31 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Francis 16 Feb 1947  
Photography
Sqn Ldr D A Drewitt 29 Oct 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J Sullivan    
Wg Cdr V H Lewis 15 Jun 1944  
Provost
Wg Cdr J Clifton  6 May 1947 Command Provost Marshal
Medical
A/Cdre E A Lumley 13 Nov 1946 MC, MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr C A Sirett 15 Oct 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Wg Cdr H M G Williams 22 May 1947 LDS
Chaplains
Rev P W Cocks   MA, C of E
Rev W A Clynes   PMUB
Rev J Burke   BA, RC
Educational
Gp Capt C J Whittle 13 Jun 1947 MSc
Sqn Ldr O R Orchard 15 Aug 1946 BA
Sqn Ldr P H Wood 29 Jan 1947 BSc, AInstP
Meteorological
Sqn Ldr C P Drake 15 Nov 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr K B J Randall 20 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr W H Webber 15 Apr 1947  
RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr J Murray  1 Mar 1947  
Miscellaneous Duties and Appointments
AM Sir Thomas Elmhirst  1 Apr 1947 Duty with Inter-Services Administration, KBE, CB, AFC
Wg Cdr R E Chapman 23 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr L W Deacon  8 Jun 1946 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr F Evans 12 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr P M Hefferman 15 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S J Buels 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Herrick  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr L T Bryant-Fenn 16 Apr 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr W A Cornish  5 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr L K Gibbon  1 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr N H Hayward 21 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Broadbent  5 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr R H Fiddaman 19 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Barrett 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr P T H Maggs 15 Jun 1947  

Source - September 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5243)

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