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HQ Training Command - Personnel 1968 - 1977


[1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977]

This was reformed on 1 June 1968 by amalgamating Flying Training Command and Technical Training Command.

1969

Source - October 1969 Air Force List

1970

Also HQ, Air Commander, Home Defence Forces

Address Controlled
RAF Brampton Grange, Huntingdon

Groups: -

  • No 22 (Training) Group

  • No 23 (Training) Group

  • No 24 (Training) Group

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Leslie D Mavor  1 Apr 1969 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, AFC
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr J D Hutchinson 1 Apr 1969 PSO to AOC-in-C, MBE
Flt Lt J V Harding 17 Aug 1969 ADC to AOC-in-C; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM William D Hodgkinson 14 Jul 1969 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DFC, AFC; later ACM

Plans

Gp Capt R H G Allen  1 Jun 1968 DFC
Wg Cdr J M B Edwards  1 Jun 1968
Wg Cdr A A Cartwright 17 Feb 1969
Sqn Ldr J M Brant  1 Jun 1968 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr D J Germain  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr E Stacey 10 Apr 1969 AFC
Sqn Ldr R B Myles  2 Jun 1969 BA

Training (Flying)

Gp Capt Ian M Pedder  9 Dec 1968 OBE, DFC; later AM
Wg Cdr J Cartwright  1 Jun 1968 MBE
Wg Cdr G S Goodsell 14 Jul 1969
Wg Cdr J R Shepherd 25 Jan 1969 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr W F J Stevens  1 Jun 1968 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr D L Parsons  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr E T E Evans  1 Jun 1968 GM
Sqn Ldr L W Stapleton  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr D Symons 22 Jul 1968
Sqn Ldr P J Carty 19 Aug 1968
Sqn Ldr R W Marshall 27 Jan 1969 DFC*
Sqn Ldr

Anthony J McCreery

17 Feb 1969 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J E Brown 21 Jul 1969
Sqn Ldr C R Palmer 22 Sep 1969 MBE, AFC

Training (General Service)

Gp Capt I B Butler  1 Jun 1968 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr R Whittam  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr J Tyson  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr P J Frame 12 Feb 1969

Training (Ground)

Gp Capt W L Clarke  5 Jan 1970 DCAe, CEng, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr P Kirk  1 Jun 1968 DFM
Wg Cdr E H Sowden  1 Jun 1968 MBE
Wg Cdr G Ellams 11 Aug 1969 OBE, AFC, MIERE
Sqn Ldr J L Alton  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr W E Colingwood  1 Jun 1968 DFM
Sqn Ldr W R Hearn  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr R W Scott  1 Sep 1968
Sqn Ldr R Craig  8 Sep 1969 DFC
Sqn Ldr L D W Coombes 27 Oct 1965
Lt Cdr A C Taber 24 Mar 1969 RN

Ground Defence

Wg Cdr J F Oliver  1 Jun 1968 Senior Ground Defence Staff Officer, OBE
Sqn Ldr A Rickerby 30 Dec 1968

Air Traffic Control

Wg Cdr R D S Orchard 18 Sep 1967 MBE
Sqn Ldr D G Gegg 27 Jan 1969
Sqn Ldr H Talton 10 Nov 1969

Security

Sqn Ldr Vacant

Flight Safety

Wg Cdr J L Bayley  1 Jul 1968
Sqn Ldr G F Peters  1 Jul 1968
Sqn Ldr R G Hanna 28 Oct 1968 AFC*

Educational Training

A/Cdre E A Stockwell  1 Jun 1968 CB, MA, FRAeS
Gp Capt R Duckett 24 Feb 1969 OBE, BSc
Wg Cdr A E Silvester 17 Mar 1969 MA
Sqn Ldr D Openshaw 14 Apr 1968 BSc
Sqn Ldr R J Rees  1 Jun 1968 BSc
Sqn Ldr H A J Butter  9 Dec 1968 BA
Sqn Ldr G O Scott 17 Mar 1969 BA
Sqn Ldr K A Richmond 27 Mar 1969 BSc
Staff of the Services (Air Staff)

Physical Education

Wg Cdr G N Brierley 16 Dec 1968 OBE, AFC, DPhysEd
Sqn Ldr A W Roberts 16 Jan 1970 DPhysEd

Trade Standards

Gp Capt H A Mills 15 Aug 1969 BEM
Sqn Ldr S Burn  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr F H Gray 18 Nov 1968 CEng, AMBIM, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A Jenkins 27 Jan 1969

Training Research

Sqn Ldr K Bradley  1 Jun 1968 MA
Sqn Ldr W A McIllroy  1 Jun 1968 AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr B N Purry  1 Jun 1968 MA
Sqn Ldr A B Stenner  1 Jun 1968 BSc (Econ)
Mr K W Tilley Principal Psychologist, MA
Mr D J James   Principal Psychologist, MA

Meteorological

Mr A J Willis   OBE

Fire Services

Mr G S Jarvis    
Administrative Staff
AVM Marcus M Gardham 16 Jun 1969 Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE

Organisation

Gp Capt R C Haine 25 Jul 1969 OBE, DFC, MBIM
Wg Cdr G F Banyard  1 Jun 1968
Wg Cdr J W Gilvey 12 May1969 OBE
Wg Cdr R W Bass 30 Jun 1969 OBE, DFC, AFM
Sqn Ldr J A Abbott  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr G A Etches  1 Jun 1968 DFC
Sqn Ldr A D Gibson  1 Jun 1968 AFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr H G P Hine  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr W C Sinclair  1 Jun 1968 AFC
Sqn Ldr G E Young  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr J McCabe 19 Dec 1968
Sqn Ldr H M Stroud  6 Jan 1968
Sqn Ldr G C White  17 Mar1969
Sqn Ldr J E V Davies  8 Sep 1969
Sqn Ldr F R Godsmark 15 Sep 1969

Personnel

Gp Capt J  Musgrave 24 Mar 1969 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DSP, TD
Wg Cdr J A Henshaw  1 Jun 1968 OBE
Wg Cdr D Pearce  3 Nov 1969 MBE
Sqn Ldr T A Phillipson  1 Jul 1968 MBE
Sqn Ldr R S Palmer  3 Sep 1968
Sqn Ldr W K Sewell  3 Jul 1968 MBE
Sqn Ldr S J J Palmer 17 Jul 1969

Personnel (Civilian)

Mr E J N Poyner Civilian Administration Officer

Equipment

Gp Capt S W Wilding  1 Jun 1968
Wg Cdr R Dyson  1 Aug 1968
Wg Cdr J H Cooke 31 May 1969 OBE
Wg Cdr V W York  9 Jun 1969 DFC
Sqn Ldr E D Campbell  1 Jun 1968 MBE
Sqn Ldr R W Twineham  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr R M Kinnard 31 Mar 1969
Sqn Ldr L R Littler 14 Apr 1969
Sqn Ldr G Ainsley  6 Oct 1969
Staff of the Services (Administrative Staff)

Accountant

Gp Capt J McD Ayre 24 Feb 1969 CBE
Wg Cdr J H C Russell  1 Jun 1968 FCA
Wg Cdr J  E Torkildsen  2 Jun 1969 MBE
Sqn Ldr N Pritchard 31 Mar 1969
Sqn Ldr J Rothwell  2 Jun 1969 DFC

Catering

Wg Cdr J K Jackson  1 Jun 1968 MBE
Sqn Ldr N Walton  2 Sep 1969

Education

Wg Cdr E M Allies  6 Jan 1969 MBE, DFC, BA
Sqn Ldr T A Alford  1 Jun 1968 BA
Sqn Ldr J Richards  1 Jun 1968 BA
Sqn Ldr V G Smith  1 Jun 1968 LLB (Lond)(BL)
Sqn Ldr R R G White  1 Jun 1968

Medical

AVM R O Yerbury  2 Sep 1969 Principal Medical Officer, CBE, MB, BS, (Lond), MRCS, LRCP, DPH
Gp Capt Mary Sparks  1 Jun 1968 LRCP&S, LRFPS
Wg Cdr G M R Birkett  1 Jun 1968
Wg Cdr E CB Bramwell  1 Jun 1968 MB, ChB, DPH
Sqn Ldr E P Collins  1 Jun 1968 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr A H Cooper  1 Jun 1968

Dental

Gp Capt H V Jessop 15 Aug 1969 Principal Dental Officer, LDS, RCS
Sqn Ldr J Armitage  1  Nov 1968
Nursing
Gp Off A S McDonald 22 Apr 1969 ARRC, RFN (Located at Ministry of Defence NSB (RAF))

Chaplains

Rev R J Richards  1 Jun 1968 Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, C of E, BA
Rev L K Darbyshire  1 Jun 1968 Assistant Principal Chaplain - CSFC
Rev J Marquis  1 Jun 1968 Assistant Principal Chaplain - RC (Northern Area)

WRAF Administrative Officer

Gp Capt B E Lumb 29 Jan 1968 WRAF
Sqn Ldr D E McG Ruse 19 Aug 1968 WRAF

Works

Mr W H Wishart-Cane MA

Statistics

Mr K G Marshall
Engineering Staff
A/Cdre Clifford J Turner 24 Feb 1969 Air Officer Engineering, MBE, CEng, FRAeS; later A/Cdre

Engineering Co-ordination

Wg Cdr D W E Davies 21 Apr 1969
Sqn Ldr J Currie  1 Jun 1968 CEng, MIME
Sqn Ldr R E F Peck 10 Mar 1969

Mechanical Engineering

Gp Capt P M Chettle  1 Jun 1968 BSc (Eng), ACGI
Wg Cdr R J A Jones  1 Jun 1968
Wg Cdr D K Kempston  8 Sep 1969
Sqn Ldr R C Cowan  1 Jun 1968 BEM
Sqn Ldr I T Nicoll  1 Jun 1968 BSc (Eng)
Sqn Ldr R Hetherington  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr J Ainsworth  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr E Kenworthy  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr G D Adams-Lewis  3 Feb 1969
Sqn Ldr H S Thomas 24 Feb 1969

Electrical Engineering

Wg Cdr W Edwards  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr E L Baines  1 Jun 1968
Sqn Ldr R J Green  8 Jul 1968
Sqn Ldr G K Scott  7 Oct 1968 DFC
Central Staff for the Air Commander (Home Defence Forces)
Gp Capt G E S Bumstead 12 Feb 1968
Wg Cdr K Fry 25 Mar 1968 DFC
Sqn Ldr D H Williams 15 Jan 1968
Sqn Ldr L S W Durston 26 Aug 1968 MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr H J Sadd 22 Jun 1968 Officer Commanding, RAF Brampton, MBE
Wg Cdr J D Ackerman  4 Apr 1968 Permanent Regional Liaison Officer, No 4 Civil Defence Region, MBE

 

Source - Spring 1970 Air Force List

1971

Source - Spring 1971 Air Force List

1972

Source - Spring 1972 Air Force List

1973

Source - Spring 1973 Air Force List

1974

Source - Spring 1974 Air Force List

1975

Source - Spring 1975 Air Force List

1976

Source - Spring 1976 Air Force List

1977

Source - Spring 1977 Air Force List

It merged with Support Command on 1 July 1977 to form RAF Support Command.

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