2nd TAF Wing Leaders

Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

2nd Tactical Air Force Wing CO's & Leaders

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No 15 (Fighter) Wing

No 16 Wing

No 17 Wing

No 18 Wing

No 19 Wing

No 20 Wing

No 21 (Base Defence) Wing

No 22 (RCAF) (Fighter) Wing

No 23 (Fighter) Wing

No 24 (Base Defence) Wing

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No 25 (Base Defence) Wing

No 34 Wing

No 35 (Reconnaissance) Wing

No 39 (Reconnaissance) Wing

No 121 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr/Gp Capt C S Morice

xx Dec 1944 Gp Capt G Jones

xx Apr 1945 Gp Capt R P R Powell

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx Aug 1943 Wg Cdr D Crowley-Milling

xx Sep 1943 Wg Cdr R T P Davidson

xx Jan 1944 Wg Cdr C L Green

xx Aug 1944 Wg Cdr W Pitt Brown

xx Nov 1944 Wg Cdr M T Judd

xx Feb 1945 Wg Cdr J G Keep

No 122 Airfield/Wing

Officers Commanding: -

15 Feb 1943 Wg Cdr C F Currant

xx Jul 1944 Gp Capt P G Jameson

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx May 1943 Wg Cdr H A C Bird - Wilson

25 Nov 1943 Wg Cdr P R W Wickham

8 Jan 1944 Wg Cdr R J C Grant (killed in a flying accident on 28 Feb 1944)

28 Feb 1944 Sqn Ldr A C Stewart (Acting)

12 Mar 1944 Wg Cdr G R A M Johnston

15 Sep 1944 Wg Cdr W W J Loud

28 Sep 1944 Wg Cdr R P Beamont (Force landed and captured - 12 Oct 1944)

15 Oct 1944 Wg Cdr J B Wray

25 Dec 1944 Sqn Ldr Cotes-Preedy (Acting)

2 Jan 1945 Wg Cdr R E P Brooker (killed in action 16 Apr 1945)

xx Apr 1945 Wg Cdr E D Mackie

No 123 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr J R Davenport

xx Nov 1943 Wg Cdr R Noel Smith

xx Mar 1944 Wg Cdr/Gp Capt D J Scott

xx Feb 1945 Gp Capt J R Baldwin

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx May 1944 Wg Cdr R E P Brooker

xx Jul 1944 Wg Cdr W Dring (killed in a flying accident - 13 Jan 1945)

xx Jan 1945 Wg Cdr J C Button

No 124 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr L A Lynn

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr V E Maxwell

xx Sep 1943 Wg Cdr B G Carroll

xx Jul 1944 Gp Capt C H Appleton (killed in action - 12 Aug 1944)

xx Aug 1944 Gp Capt C L Green

xx Jan 1945 Gp Capt E R Bitmead

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx Jul 1943 Wg Cdr D E Gillam

xx Aug 1943 Wg Cdr A Ingle

xx Oct 1943 Wg Cdr D R Walker

xx Jan 1944 Wg Cdr E Haabjorn

xx Aug 1944 Wg Cdr C D North-Lewis

xx Apr 1945 Wg Cdr G F H Webb (killed in action - 2 May 1945)

xx May 1945 Wg Cdr M R Ingle-Finch

No 125 Airfield/Wing

Officers Commanding: -

27 Jun 1943 Wg Cdr J H Lapsley

xx Jul 1944 Gp Capt J Rankin

xx Aug 1944 Gp Capt F D S Scott-Malden

xx Mar 1945 Gp Capt J E Johnson

Wing Commander Flying: -

11 Aug 1943 Wg Cdr R D Yule

12 Mar 1944 Wg Cdr A C Stewart

xx Jul 1944 Wg Cdr A G Page

xx Oct 1944 Wg Cdr J Wray

xx Nov 1944 Wg Cdr G C Keefer

No 126 (RCAF) Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Jul 1943 Wg Cdr J E Walker

xx Aug 1943 Wg Cdr K L B Hodson

xx Jul 1944 Gp Capt G R McGregor

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr B D Russel

xx Oct 1943 Wg Cdr R W McNair

xx Apr 1944 Wg Cdr G C Keefer

xx Jul 1944 Wg Cdr B D Russel

xx Jan 1945 Wg Cdr G W Northcott

No 127 (RCAF) Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Jul 1943 Wg Cdr C M Brown

xx Jul 1944 Gp Capt W R MacBrien

xx Jan 1945 Gp Capt P S Turner

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx Jul 1943 Wg Cdr J E Johnson

xx Sep 1943 Wg Cdr H C Godefroy

xx Apr 1944 Wg Cdr L V Chadburn (killed in action - 12 Jun 1944)

xx Jun 1944 Wg Cdr R A Buckham

xx Jul 1944 Wg Cdr J E Johnson

xx Apr 1945 Wg Cdr J F Edwards

No 128 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Jul 1943 Sqn Ldr J M Hall

xx Aug 1943 Wg Cdr J M Godfrey

No 129 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Jul 1943 Wg Cdr E H G Moncrief

xx Feb 1944 Wg Cdr D S C Macdonald

No 130 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx xxx 1943 Wg Cdr A F Anderson

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr R Noel-Smith

No 131 (Polish) Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Nov 1943 Wg Cdr Z Krasnodebski

xx Feb 1944 Wg Cdr Z Czaykowski

xx Jul 1944 Gp Capt A Gabszewicz

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx Oct 1943 Wg Cdr S F Skalski

xx Nov 1943 Wg Cdr A Gabszewicz

xx Feb 1944 Wg Cdr S F Skalski

xx Apr 1944 Wg Cdr J Kowalski

xx Oct 1944 Wg Cdr T Sawicz

No 132 (Norwegian) Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Jun 1943 Lt Col H Mehre

xx Jun 1943 Lt Col W Mohr

xx Jun 1943 Lt Col H Mehre

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx Nov 1943 Lt Col K Birksted

xx Mar 1944 Lt Col R A Berg (killed in action - 3 Feb 1945)

xx Feb 1945 Lt Col F Ryg

No 133 (Polish) Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Nov 1943 Gp Capt T Nowierski

Wing Commander Flying: -

15 Nov 1943 Wg Cdr W Zak

xx Feb 1944 Wg Cdr J Kowalski

xx Apr 1944 Wg Cdr S F Skalski

No 134 (Czech) Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Nov 1943 Wg Cdr F Weber

xx Dec 1943 Wg Cdr F Dolezal

xx Apr 1944 Wg Cdr G D Blackwood

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx Nov 1943 Wg Cdr T Vybral

No 135 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Nov 1943 Wg Cdr A S Linney

xx Jul 1944 Gp Capt P R Walker

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx Nov 1943 Wg Cdr W V Crawford-Crompton

xx Dec 1943 Wg Cdr P J Simpson

xx Jul 1944 Wg Cdr R H Harries

xx Feb 1945 Wg Cdr H M Mason

No 135 Expeditionary Air Wing

xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr S Hulme (2014)

No 136 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr J I Kilmartin

xx Nov 1944 Gp Capt T M Horgam

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx Nov 1943 Wg Cdr B Drake

xx May 1944 Wg Cdr J M Bryan

xx Nov 1944 Wg Cdr R N Bateman

No 137 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Nov 1943 Gp Capt W L M Macdonald

xx Nov 1944 Gp Capt R L Kippenberger

No 138 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Jun 1943 Gp Capt L W Cannon

xx Jun 1943 Gp Capt L W C Bower

No 139 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Jun 1943 Gp Capt H J Burden

xx Jun 1943 Gp Capt L W Cannon

xx Jun 1943 Gp Capt C R Dunlop

xx Jan 1945 Gp Capt E L Colbeck-Welch

Wing Commander Flying: -

15 Nov 1943 Wg Cdr A D Mitchell

No 140 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Oct 1943 Gp Capt P C Pickard (killed in action - 18 Feb 1944)

xx Feb 1944 Gp Capt P G Wykeham-Barnes

xx Dec 1944 Gp Capt R N Bateman

No 141 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Aug 1944 Wg Cdr H J L Hallowes

xx Sep 1944 Wg Cdr R Oxspring

No 142 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr I E Chalmers-Watson

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr N J Starr

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr J I Kilmartin

xx Jun 1943 Wg Cdr D Mawhood

No 143 (RCAF) Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

1 Jan 1944 Wg Cdr F W Hillock

xx Jul 1944 Gp Capt P Y Davoud

xx Jan 1945 Gp Capt A D Nesbitt

Wing Commander Flying: -

1 Jan 1944 Wg Cdr R Marples

xx Jan 1944 Wg Cdr R T P Davidson

xx May 1944 Wg Cdr M T Judd

xx Oct 1944 Wg Cdr F G Grant

No 144 (RCAF) Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Mar 1944 Wg Cdr J E Walker

xx Apr 1944 Wg Cdr A D Nesbitt

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx Mar 1944 Wg Cdr J E Johnson

No 145 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Apr 1944 Wg Cdr C E Malfroy

xx May 1944 Wg Cdr A C Deere

xx Jul 1944 Gp Capt A G Malan

xx Nov 1944 Gp Capt T L B McGuiness

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx Apr 1944 Wg Cdr R Marples (killed in a flying accident - 26 Apr 1944)

xx Apr1944 Wg Cdr W V Crawford-Crompton

xx Jan 1945 Wg Cdr R W F Sampson

No 146 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Feb 1944 Wg Cdr E W W Elllis

xx Jul 1944 Gp Capt D E Gillam

xx Feb 1945 Gp Capt J C Wells

Wing Commander Flying: -

xx Feb 1944 Wg Cdr D E Gillam

xx Apr 1944 Wg Cdr E R Baker (killed in action - 16 Jun 1944)

xx Jun 1944 Wg Cdr J R Baldwin

xx Nov 1944 Wg Cdr J C Wells

xx Feb 1945 Wg Cdr J H Deall

No 147 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Mar 1943 Wg Cdr B Barthold

No 148 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx Aug 1943 Wg Cdr D F B Sheen

xx Dec 1944 Wg Cdr B Barthold

27 Mar 1945 Gp Capt J A Leathart

No 149 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

xx xxx 1944 Gp Capt V R Moon

No 150 Airfield/Wing

Officer Commanding: -

28 Apr 1944 Wg Cdr R F Aitken

Wing Commander Flying: -

15 Nov 1943 Wg Cdr R P Beamont

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