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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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HQ No 14 Group Personnel, locations and units
This Group was formed on 1 April 1918 at St Mary's Street, Milfordhaven from the Milford Haven Anti-Submarine Group of the RNAS. Originally in No 3 Area, this became Midland Area on 8 May 1918 and on 8 August, became No 14 (Operations) Group. It moved to Pembroke Airship Station on 1 April 1919 but disbanded on 19 May.
It reformed on 20 January 1940 from No 60 Wing of the Air Component of the BEF at Achicourt in France to control Nos 60 and 61 Wings but following the evacuation it was disbanded in the UK on 22 June 1940.
Personnel Movements Jan - Jun 1940
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| Gp Capt | Philip F Fullard | xx Jan 1940 | Posted in from HQ No 11 Group |
| Wg Cdr | John A Boret | 16 Jan 1940 | Posted in from HQ No 61 Wing? |
| Sqn Ldr | J V C Badger | 18 Jan 1940 | Arrived from the UK for duties as Sqn Ldr - Organisation |
| Gp Capt | Philip F Fullard | 19 Jan 1940 | Assumed command of No 14 Group |
| Wg Cdr | John A Boret | 19 Jan 1940 | Posted to HQ No 60 Wing as OC |
| Wg Cdr | C R Hancock | 24 Jan 1940 | Posted in from HQ RAF Component Field Force for duties as Senior Officer Administration |
| Plt Off | F F James | 25 Jan 1940 | Posted in for duties of Operations 'B' Officer |
| Fg Off | J F Hall | 26 Jan 1940 | Returned to UK for medical treatment |
| Fg Off | E R Taylor | 28 Jan 1940 | Attached from HQ CFF for technical duties connected with the new Operations Room |
| Flt Lt | G E Horne | 2 Feb 1940 | Arrived from UK for Signals duties |
| Fg Off | C F Lawson | 3 Feb 1940 | Proceeded to UK on special medical leave |
| Fg Off | R A Bradford | 3 Feb 1940 | Posted in from HQ, AASF for operational duties |
| Fg Off | F H Pearce | 9 Feb 1940 | Posted in from No 74 Wing as Engineer Officer |
| Fg Off | J A MacCarthy | 10 Feb 1940 | Arrived from the UK as Medical Officer |
| Flt Lt | P Alderson | 16 Feb 1940 | Posted in from No 61 Wing as Equipment Officer |
| Gp Capt | Philip F Fullard | 23 Feb 1940 | Proceeded to UK on sick leave |
| Sqn Ldr | H Morris | 26 Feb 1940 | Proceeded to UK on posting to No 2 Air Component |
| Flt Lt | G E Horne | 29 Feb 1940 | Reported for Signals duties |
| Fg Off | F H Bickerton | 29 Feb 1940 | Reported from the UK for 'P' Staff duties |
| Wg Cdr | Arthur V Harvey | 17 Mar 1940 | Arrived from UK and assumed duties of SOA |
| Wg Cdr | C R Hancock | 17 Mar 1940 | Relinquished duties of Senior Officer Administration and assumed duties of SASO |
| Fg Off | J Olorenshaw | 21 Mar 1940 | Posted in from the UK for Operations 'B' duties |
| Sqn Ldr | E Rhodes | 25 Mar 1940 | Posted in from HQ CFF for Intelligence duties |
The records for the period April - June 1940 appear to have been lost during the evacuation of France
Source - No 14 Group ORB
It reformed again on 29 June 1940 at Drummossie Hotel near Inverness as part of Fighter Command to control all fighter units in Scotland.
Personnel Movements Jun - Dec 1940
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| Sqn Ldr | L B Irish | 15 Jul 1940 | Posted in for Intelligence duties |
| Wg Cdr | C L Lea Cox | 21 Jul 1940 | Posted in for duty as SOA |
| Plt Off | R J Millington | 27 Jul 1940 | Posted in for 'P' Staff duties |
| Sqn Ldr | C W A Ross | 29 Jul 1940 | Posted in for Signals duties |
| Flt Lt | C S Ramsay | 31 Jul 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| AVM | Malcolm Henderson | 1 Aug 1940 | Posted in from HQ No 13 Group (supernumerary) as AOC |
| Gp Capt | Philip F Fullard | 1 Aug 1940 | Posted in for duty as SASO |
| Wg Cdr | R W White | 1 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Medical duties |
| Flt Lt | F V Sheard | 1 Aug 1940 | Posted in as Camp Commandant |
| Flt Lt | A S Thomson | 1 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Equipment duties |
| Fg Off | A G C Colquhoun | 1 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Intelligence duties |
| Plt Off | G S Charlesworth | 1 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Intelligence duties |
| Plt Off | A M Wallace | 1 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Intelligence duties |
| Wg Cdr | C R Hancock | 3 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Plt Off | D Roy | 3 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Accounting duties |
| Fg Off | F H Catton | 5 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Engineer duties |
| Sqn Ldr | J W A Hunnard | 9 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Sqn Ldr | N Keeble | 9 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Organisation duties |
| Sqn Ldr | D E Dempster | 9 Aug 1940 | Posted in for 'P' Staff duties |
| Sqn Ldr | D E B Wheeler | 9 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Armament duties |
| Wg Cdr | V B Jackson | 9 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Flt Lt | H A M Weir | 9 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Plt Off | J M Bowie | 9 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Plt Off | H R Clay | 9 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Flt Lt | J MacRoberts | 9 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Plt Off | R Landau | 9 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Flt Lt | F E Tighe | 10 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Codes & Cypher duties |
| Wg Cdr | I M Bertram | 11 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Plt Off | C T S Mendl | 18 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Fg Off | W P Endersby | 21 Aug 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Fg Off | J A A Barber | 3 Sep 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| ASO | L H Rankin | 3 Sep 1940 | Posted in for WAAF Admin duties |
| ASO | D M Verdon-Smith | 8 Sep 1940 | Posted in for Codes and Cypher duties |
| ASO | J D A Barnett | 8 Sep 1940 | Posted in for Codes and Cypher duties |
| Plt Off | P G Rossell | 10 Sep 1940 | Posted in for Intelligence duties |
| Plt Off | A F Wills | 10 Sep 1940 | Posted in for Intelligence duties |
| Act Sqn Ldr | G G Braithwaite | 12 Sep 1940 | Posted in for Organisation duties |
| Plt Off | B S Browne | 12 Sep 1940 | Posted in for Defence duties |
| ASO | M H Browne | 15 Sep 1940 | Posted in for Codes and Cypher duties |
| Flt Lt | J W Telfer | 18 Sep 1940 | Posted in for 'P' Staff duties |
| Gp Capt | Wilfred H Dunn | 23 Sep 1940 | Posted in for duty as SASO |
| Flt Lt | F K Anderson | 26 Sep 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Sqn Ldr | N Dainty | 27 Sep 1940 | Posted in for Equipment duties |
| ASO | V E McMichael | 29 Sep 1940 | Posted in for WAAF Admin duties |
| Plt Off | J Cassells | 4 Oct 1940 | Posted in as Camp Commandant |
| Wg Cdr | R A Chignell | 6 Oct 1940 | Posted in for Training duties |
| Flt Lt | F V Sheard | 7 Oct 1940 | Posted to No 9 Recruit Centre |
| Flt Lt | A S Thomson | 7 Oct 1940 | Posted to RAF Duxford |
| Plt Off | D S Laurie | 10 Oct 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Sqn Ldr | J A Vick | 12 Oct 1940 | Posted in for Air Staff - Operations duties |
| ASO | O Gibbons | 14 Oct 1940 | Posted in for Codes and Cypher duties |
| Fg Off | D M Fowler | 14 Oct 1940 | Posted in for Medical duties |
| Plt Off | J Cassells | 28 Oct 1940 | Died at home |
| Plt Off | D G Porteous | 31 Oct1940 | Posted in for duty as DAPM |
| Plt Off | T G Danby | 1 Nov 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Plt Off | R G Biggs | 1 Nov 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Plt Off | D S F Vernon | 1 Nov 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Fg Off | R J Millington | 1 Nov 1940 | Posted to RAF Kirkwall |
| Fg Off | E M Saunders | 4 Nov 1940 | Posted in as Camp Commandant |
| Wg Cdr | C L Lea Cox | 5 Nov 1940 | Posted to RAF Skeabrae as OC |
| Sqn Ldr | C K Turner | 9 Nov 1940 | Posted in for 'P' Staff duties |
| Plt Off | C T S Mendl | 10 Nov 1940 | Resigned his commission |
| Flt Lt | F E Tighe | 12 Nov 1940 | Posted to RAF Kirkwall |
| Plt Off | C W W Darwin | 20 Nov 1940 | Posted in as PA to AOC |
| Plt Off | R Landau | 21 Nov 1940 | Resigned his commission |
| Flt Lt | Anthony G P Brightmore | 27 Nov 1940 | Posted in from No 12 Group for Signals duties |
| ASO | M Hunter | 27 Nov 1940 | Posted in for Administrative duties |
| Sqn Ldr | N Keeble | 29 Nov1940 | Posted to No 3 School of General Reconnaissance |
| Gp Capt | Philip F Fullard | 30 Nov 1940 | Posted to HQ No 10 Group |
| Gp Capt | Wilfred H Dunn | 1 Dec 1940 | Promoted to A/Cdre and assumed duties of SASO |
| Wg Cdr | I M Bertram | 10 Dec 1940 | Posted to HQ, No 13 Group |
| Plt Off | R W White | 12 Dec 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Plt Off | A G S Robertson | 12 Dec 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Wg Cdr | Charles F H Grace | 19 Dec 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Flt Lt | H E Parker | 19 Dec 1940 | Posted in for Codes and Cyphers duties |
| Plt Off | J Murphy | 20 Dec 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Plt Off | M E Colgan | 20 Dec 1940 | Posted in for PT duties |
| Sqn Ldr | R C Crosthwaite | 22 Dec 1940 | Posted in for Operations duties |
| Wg Cdr | R A Chignell | 26 Dec 1940 | Posted to the Far East |
Source - No 14 Group ORB
Unit Movements Jan - Dec 1940
| Unit | Date | Notes |
| RAF Castletown | 30 Aug 1940 | Assumed administrative control |
| RAF Skeabrae | 30 Aug 1940 | Assumed administrative control |
| Sector HQ, Wick | 30 Aug 1940 | Assumed administrative control |
| Sector HQ, Dyce | 30 Aug 1940 | Assumed administrative control |
| Sector HQ, Bignold Park, Kirkwall | 30 Aug 1940 | Assumed administrative control |
| No 504 Sqn | 30 Aug 1940 | Assumed administrative control |
| No 141 Sqn | 30 Aug 1940 | Assumed administrative control |
| No 3 Sqn | 30 Aug 1940 | Assumed administrative control |
| No 232 Sqn | 30 Aug 1940 | Assumed administrative control |
| No 111 Sqn (Dyce & Montrose) | 14 Oct 1940 | Assumed operation control |
| No 232 Sqn (Castletown) | 14 Oct 1940 | Assumed operation control |
| No 3 Sqn (Castletown) | 14 Oct 1940 | Assumed operation control |
| No 804 Sqn FAA (Hatston) | 14 Oct 1940 | Assumed operation control |
| No 232 Sqn | 24 Oct 1940 | Moved from RAF Castletown to RAF Drem |
| No 804 Sqn FAA | 25 Oct 1940 | Moved from RNAS Hatston to RAF Skeabrae |
| No 232 Sqn | 11 Nov 1940 | Moved from RAF Drem to RAF Castletown |
| No 260 Sqn | 17 Nov 1940 | Commenced forming at RAF Castletown |
| No 232 Sqn | 4 Dec 1940 | Moved from RAF Skitten to RAF Elgin |
| No 1 Sqn RCAF | 8 Dec 1940 | Moved from RAF Castletown to RAF Prestwick |
Source - No 14 Group ORB
| Location | Command | Controlled |
| Drummossie Hotel, near Inverness | Fighter Command |
* Station in No 18 Group ** Station in No 21 Group |
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| AVM | Malcolm Henderson | 20 Jul 1940 | Air Officer Commanding, CIE, DSO |
| Air Staff | |||
| A/Cdre | Wilfred H Dunn | 12 Sep 1940 | Senior Air Staff Officer, DSC; later A/Cdre |
| Wg Cdr | Charles F H Grace | 19 Dec 1940 | later A/Cdre |
| Wg Cdr | R C H Crosthwaite | 22 Dec 1940 | |
| Wg Cdr | R F Smith | 9 Mar 1941 | |
| Wg Cdr | J W A Hunnard | 9 Aug 1940 | |
| Sqn Ldr | J A Vick | 26 Dec 1940 | |
| Sqn Ldr | P K Devitt | 8 Feb 1941 | |
| Sqn Ldr | W B Boyce | 12 Apr 1941 | |
| Flt Lt | J M Abell | 10 Jan 1941 | |
| Flt Lt | L B Irish | 15 Jul 1940 | |
| Fg Off | G S Charlesworth | 1 Aug 1940 | |
| Fg Off | A G G Colquhoun | 1 Aug 1940 | |
| Fg Off | F St K Anderson | 26 Sep 1940 | |
| Plt Off | A M Wallace | 9 Aug 1940 | |
| Plt Off | J M Bowie | 10 Aug 1940 | |
| Plt Off | D S F Vernon | 3 Oct 1940 | |
| Plt Off | T G Danby | 4 Oct 1939 | |
| Plt Off | R G Biggs | 9 Oct 1940 | |
| Plt Off | D J Laurie | 10 Oct 1940 | |
| Plt Off | P H F White | 12 Dec 1940 | |
| Plt Off | A S G Robertson | 12 Dec 1940 | |
| Plt Off | J V Murphy | 27 Jan 1941 | |
| Plt Off | F F Scott | 8 Mar 1941 | |
| Plt Off | J C Hutchinson | 22 Mar 1941 | |
| Administrative Staff | |||
| Wg Cdr | E G Holden | 4 Apr 1941 | Senior Administrative Staff Officer |
| Flt Lt | C K Turner | 9 Nov 1940 | |
| Flt Lt | G G Braithwaite | 12 Sep 1940 | |
| Fg Off | J W Telfer | 18 Sep 1940 | |
| Fg Off | W T Eccles | 14 Jan 1941 | |
| Fg Off | D G Porteous | 31 Oct 1940 | |
| Staffs of the Services | |||
| Engineer | |||
| Sqn Ldr | F H Catten | 6 Aug 1940 | |
| Signals | |||
| Wg Cdr | Henry B Wrigley | 7 Nov 1941 | later AVM |
| Fg Off | Anthony G P Brightmore | 27 Nov 1940 | later A/Cdre |
| Armament | |||
| Sqn Ldr | D E B Wheeler | 9 Aug 1940 | |
| Equipment | |||
| Sqn Ldr | N Dainty | 27 Sep 1940 | |
| Accountant | |||
| Plt Off | W G Roy | 3 Aug 1940 | |
| Medical | |||
| Sqn Ldr | J C Smyth | 5 Apr 1941 | Senior Medical Officer, LRCP & S |
| Fg Off | J Watson | 4 Mar 1941 | MB, BCh, MRCS, LRCP |
| Chaplain | |||
| Rev | M K McLeod | 18 Feb 1941 | |
| Miscellaneous Appointments | |||
| Flt Lt | H E Parker | 19 Dec 1940 | |
| Flt Lt | W A Mckenzie | 12 Mar 1941 | |
| Fg Off | R T B Hedges | 12 Feb 1941 | |
| Fg Off | Y Yonge | 15 Apr 1941 | |
| Fg Off | L S Bill | 7 Mar 1941 | |
| Plt Off | G C S Barron | 27 Jan 1941 | |
| Plt Off | A P McIntosh | 12 Apr 1941 | |
Source - June 1941 Confidential Air Force List
| Location | Command | Controlled |
| Drummossie Hotel, near Inverness | Fighter Command |
|
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| Act AVM | Raymond Collishaw | 21 Mar 1942 | Air Officer Commanding, CB, DSO, OBE, DSC, DFC |
| Air Staff | |||
| A/Cdre | Wilfred H Dunn | 12Sep 1940 | Senior Air Staff Officer, DSC; later A/Cdre |
| Gp Capt | B S Thynne | 19 Nov 1941 | AFC |
| Wg Cdr | R F Smith | 9 Mar 1941 | |
| Wg Cdr | G A W Saunders | 16 Aug 1941 | DFC |
| Sqn Ldr | J M Bazin | 24 Feb 1942 | |
| Sqn Ldr | J E McLennan | 19 Mar 1942 | |
| Flt Lt | L B Irish | 15 Jul 1940 | |
| Flt Lt | W H M Walker | ||
| Flt Lt | J E Lloyd | ||
| Flt Lt | W P Endersby | 1 Feb 1942 | |
| Flt Lt | W Cameron | 2 Mar 1942 | |
| Flt Lt | E C Crossley | 3 Mar 1942 | |
| Flt Lt | D Secretan | 9 Apr 1942 | |
| Fg Off | A G G Colquhoun | 1 Aug 1940 | |
| Fg Off | J McBain | 29 Sep 1941 | |
| Fg Off | H A Adams | 23 Oct 1941 | |
| Fg Off | D H R Brearley | 23 Oct 1941 | |
| Fg Off | G H White | 23 Oct 1941 | |
| Fg Off | H H White | 23 Oct 1941 | |
| Fg Off | H F Fry | 23 Oct 1941 | |
| Fg Off | T B Bates | 23 Oct 1941 | |
| Fg Off | A C Forbes | 23 Oct 1941 | |
| Fg Off | D A McFarlane | 23 Oct 1941 | |
| Fg Off | R G Biggs | 9 Oct 1940 | |
| Fg Off | A S Melville | 115 Jan 1942 | |
| Fg Off | L L Walker | 28 Mar 1942 | |
| Fg Off | A S G Robertson | 12 Dec 1940 | |
| Fg Off | W G Bennett | 7 Oct 1941 | |
| Fg Off | J F Luckin | 23 Oct 1941 | |
| Fg Off | R C Rattle | 23 Oct 1941 | |
| Plt Off | C L M Haigh | 31 Oct 1941 | |
| Plt Off | G D Denty | ||
| Plt Off | S W Tidmarsh | 23 Oct 1941 | |
| Plt Off | D J McRae | 29 oct 1941 | |
| Plt Off | C Russell-Jones | 30 Jan 1942 | |
| Plt Off | A D Thomson | 10 Feb 1942 | |
| Plt Off | B A G Rolls | 26 Feb 1942 | |
| Plt Off | M D West | 4 Mar 1942 | |
| Plt Off | W E Adams | 15 Mar 1942 | |
| Plt Off | W R Pereira | 22 May 1942 | |
| Administrative Staff | |||
| Wg Cdr | E G Holden | 4 Apr 1941 | Senior Administrative Staff Officer |
| Flt Lt | C K Turner | 9 Nov 1940 | |
| Fg Off | J W Telfer | 18 Sep 1940 | |
| Fg Off | W T Eccles | 14 Jan 1941 | |
| Fg Off | H C Randall-Stevens | 19 Jan 1942 | |
| Fg Off | H G Boswell | 18 Feb 1942 | |
| Plt Off | C W Reynolds | 29 Dec 1941 | |
| Staffs of the Services | |||
| Navigation | |||
| Fg Off | G R Pushman | 28 Apr 19442 | |
| Engineer | |||
| Fg Off | R F Arnold | 2 Dec 1941 | |
| Signals | |||
| Wg Cdr | N B R Bromley | 1 May 1942 | |
| Fg Off | R S Neil | 27 Dec 1941 | |
| Armament | |||
| Sqn Ldr | H N Miller | 1 Mar1942 | |
| Photography | |||
| Fg Off | E R Jones Humphreys | 18 May 1942 | |
| Equipment | |||
| Sqn Ldr | E B Wilson | 4 Sep 1941 | |
| Plt Off | R W Elliot | 14 Mar 1942 | |
| Medical | |||
| Wg Cdr | V H Tompkins | 9 Sep 1941 | Senior Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP |
| Sqn Ldr | G A Jamieson | 6 May 1942 | MB, BS, DOMS |
| Flt Lt | C M Dickens | 16 May 1942 | |
| Chaplains | |||
| Rev | D L Smith | 6 Jan 1942 | |
| Physical Training | |||
| Fg Off | J S Edwards | 2 Jan 1942 | |
| Meteorological | |||
| Mr | W J Grassick | Senior Meteorological Officer, MA, BSc | |
| WAAF Staff Officers | |||
| SO | M G S Ramsay | 10 Dec 1941 | WAAF |
| RAF Regiment | |||
| Maj | The Earl of Cawdor | 23 Feb 1942 | |
| Fg Off | D G Porteous | 25 Apr 1942 | |
| Miscellaneous Appointments | |||
| Plt Off | E J Carrol | 14 Oct 1941 | |
| Plt Off | A P McIntosh | 12 Apr 1941 | |
Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List
It disbanded on 15 July 1943 and was absorbed into No 13 Group.
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