OCs 21 - 40 Sqns

Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Squadron Commanding Officers, Nos 21 - 40 Squadrons

[21 Sqn | 22 Sqn | 23 Sqn | 24 Sqn | 25 Sqn | 26 Sqn | 27 Sqn | 28 Sqn | 29 Sqn | 30 Sqn | 31 Sqn | 32 Sqn | 33 Sqn | 34 Sqn | 35 Sqn | 36 Sqn | 37 Sqn | 38 Sqn | 39 Sqn | 40 Sqn]

Up to 1939 the dates shown are those of the officer's appointment to the squadron but there may have been a handover period before he formally assumed command.

No 21 Squadron

23 Jul 1915	Maj F W Richey
18 Apr 1916	Maj J R Campbell-Heathcote
6 Feb 1917	Maj P E L Gethin
19 Jul 1917	Maj L T N Gould MC
6 Sep 1918	Maj Andre A Walser MC, DFC; later A/Cdre
12 Jan 1919	Maj D G Joy
8 Feb 1919	Capt J R Hopkins
1 Oct 1919	DB
xx Jan 1936	Fg Off Lawrence
23 Nov 1936	Sqn Ldr P Murgatroyd
7 Jul 1938	Flt Lt A R Sarel (Temporary)
28 Jul 1938	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr L T Keens
1 Apr 1940	Wg Cdr L C Bennett (KIA 9 Jul 1940)
xx Jul 1940	Wg Cdr M V Delap
1 Mar 1941	Wg Cdr G A Bartlett
2 May 1941	Wg Cdr P F Webster DSO, DFC
xx xxx 1941	Wg Cdr W R Selkirk
14 Mar 1942	Wg Cdr P F Webster DSO, DFC
xx xxx 1942	Wg Cdr Richard J P Prichard DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 1943	Wg Cdr R H S King
xx Jun 1943	Wg Cdr R M North DFC
xx Feb 1944	Wg Cdr I G E Dale
xx Jul 1944	Wg Cdr D F Dennis DFC
xx Oct 1944	Wg Cdr I G E Dale DFC (KIA 2 Feb 1945)
xx Feb 1945	Wg Cdr V R Oates
xx Mar 1945	Wg Cdr P A Kleboe DFC, AFC
xx Apr 1945	Wg Cdr A G Wilson DFC
xx May 1946	Wg Cdr Joel DFC
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
15 Jan 1959	DB
xx May 1959	Sqn Ldr W J Bishop MBE
xx xxx xxxx	Flt Lt E Ginger
xx xxx 1964	Flt Lt A E F Pullen
xx Jun 1965	DB at Nairobi
xx Jun 1965	Reformed at Khormaksar
xx xxx 1965	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx Feb 1969	P Cornish
xx xxx 1970	Sqn Ldr G Lea
xx xxx 1972	Sqn B Butterworth
31 Mar 1976	DB

No 22 Squadron

1 Sep 1915	Capt the Hon Lord Lucas
22 Sep 1915	Maj R B Martyn
26 Jan 1917	Maj L W Learmont DSO MC
11 Mar 1918	Maj J A McKelvie
11 Feb 1919	Maj V A H Robeson MC
26 Jun 1919	Capt E W Atkinson
17 Jul 1919	Capt J F A Day
23 Jul 1919	Maj John C Quinnell; later A/Cdre
31 Dec 1919	DB
2 Mar 1925	Sqn Ldr Tom H England
3 May 1927	Sqn Ldr Edward B L Corballis
15 Jul 1927	Sqn Ldr Jack Noakes AFC, MM
8 Jan 1929	Sqn Ldr Edwin S Goodwin AFC; later AVM
20 Mar 1933	Sqn Ldr Charles E Maitland
1 May 1934	Sqn Ldr Thomas A Warne-Browne DSC; later AM
13 Sep 1935	Sqn Ldr Rene J M de St Leger
27 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr W G Campbell
28 Mar 1938	Sqn Ldr M V Ridgway
26 Nov 1939	Wg Cdr H M Mellor
26 May 1940	Sqn Ldr R E X Mack (Temporary)
2 Jun 1940	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Francis J St G Braithwaite; later AVM
16 Aug 1941	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr J C Mayhew (KIA 2 Dec 1941)
6 Dec 1941	Wg Cdr W A L Davis
xx Jan 1942	Sqn Ldr J A Bateson
xx Oct 1943	Wg Cdr J M Lander DFC
xx Feb 1945	Wg Cdr C R Gee DFC
xx May 1946	Wg Cdr A Pleasance CBE, DFC
30 Sep 1945	DB
15 Feb 1955	Sqn Ldr P G Bowry
xx Jan 1957	Sqn Ldr J R Ritchie AFC
xx Nov 1958	Sqn Ldr A P Dunn
xx Mar 1961	Sqn Ldr G L Verran
xx Jun 1962	Sqn Ldr L A Barber
xx Jul 1964	Sqn Ldr I C Annable
xx Aug 1966	Sqn Ldr D A W Todman DFC
xx Jul 1968	Sqn Ldr A Salter
xx Aug 1970	Sqn Ldr J Weaver
xx Apr 1972	Sqn Ldr J W Hoskins
xx Nov 1974	Sqn Ldr C G Ford
xx Nov 1976	Sqn Ldr A C Sneddon
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found

No 23 Squadron

1 Sep 1915	Maj Rudolph E T Hogg; later Brig-Gen
20 Sep 1915	Maj L A Strange
11 Feb 1916	Maj Rudolph E T Hogg; later Brig-Gen
24 Apr 1916	Maj A Ross-Hume
21 Jan 1917	Maj J B T Leighton MC
10 May 1917	Maj A M Wilkinson DSO
31 Aug 1917	Maj E O Grenfell MC
28 Oct 1917	Maj C E Bryant DSO*
31 Dec 1919	DB
1 Jul 1925	Sqn Ldr Raymond Collishaw DSO, OBE, DSC, DFC; later AVM
18 Nov 1927	Flt Lt James Mac G Fairweather (Temporary)
21 Jan 1928	Sqn Ldr Arthur G Jones-Williams MC
15 Jan 1930	Sqn Ldr Henry W Woollett DSO, MC
9 Dec 1931	?
28 Dec 1931	Sqn Ldr Anthony L Paxton DFC; later AVM
16 Feb 1933	Sqn Ldr Henry G Crowe MC; later A/Cdre
1 Sep 1935	Sqn Ldr G V Howard DFC
17 Sep 1935	?
16 Nov 1936	Sqn Ldr R Y Eccles (Wg Cdr from 1 Apr 1939)
4 Jun 1939	Sqn Ldr V B J Jackson
7 Oct 1939	Sqn Ldr C E Beamish
23 Jan 1940	Sqn Ldr L C Bicknell
9 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr George F W Heycock; later A/Cdre
4 Dec 1940	Sqn Ldr C H A Colman (MIA - 3 Jan 1941)
5 Jan 1941	Wg Cdr George F W Heycock; later A/Cdre
12 May 1941	Wg Cdr Rupert H A Leigh later A/Cdre
8 Dec 1941	Wg Cdr William J Crisham; later AVM
xx Apr 1942	Wg Cdr B R O'B Hoare DFC*
xx Sep 1942	Wg Cdr Peter G Wykeham-Barnes DSO, DFC*; later ACM
xx Apr 1943	Wg Cdr J R Selby
xx Sep 1943	Wg Cdr P R Burton-Giles DSO, DFC*
xx Dec 1943	Wg Cdr A M Murphy DSO, DFC
xx Dec 1944	Wg Cdr S P Russell DFC
xx Sep 1946	Sqn Ldr Peter G K Williamson DFC*; later AVM
xx Jul 1947	Sqn Ldr D L Norris-Smith
xx Oct 1949	Sqn Ldr V S H Duclos DFC
xx Dec 1951	Sqn Ldr A J Jacomb-Hood DFC
xx Jan 1954	Sqn Ldr M H Constable-Maxwell DSO, DFC
xx Feb 1955	Sqn Ldr C R Winter DFC
xx Jul 1955	Wg Cdr Anthony N Davis DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
xx Aug 1957	Wg Cdr J E Kilduff
xx Jul 1959	Wg Cdr Graham I Chapman AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Jun 1961	Wg Cdr D B Wills DFC
xxMay 1962	Wg Cdr A J Owen DFC, AFC, DFM
xx Oct 1964	Sqn Ldr J Macleod
xx May 1966	Wg Cdr Keith A Williamson later MRAF
xx Jul 1968	Wg Cdr D McClen
xx May 1970	Wg Cdr R D Stone AFC
xx May 1972	Wg Cdr W B G Hopkins
xx Apr 1975	Wg Cdr I Thompson
xx Nov 1975	Wg Cdr William J Wratten AFC; later ACM
xx xxx 1982	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 1983	Wg Cdr Ian D MacFadyen; later AM
xx Aug 1983	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 1985	Wg Cdr Anthony J C Bagnall; later ACM
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 1996	Wg Cdr A R Cook
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr/Gp Capt Alan K Gillespie; later A/Cdre
2 Oct 2009	DB

No 24 Squadron

1 Sep 1915	Capt A G Moore MC
1 Oct 1915	Maj L G Hawker VC DSO
29 Nov 1916	Maj C E C Rabaglati MC
23 Mar 1917	Maj A G Moore MC
22 Aug 1917	Maj J G Swart MC
1 Feb 1918	Maj V A H Robeson MC
12 Feb 1919	DB
1 Apr 1920	Sqn Ldr E H Johnston
23 Oct 1922	Sqn Ldr Owen T Boyd MC; later AM
22 Oct 1923	Sqn Ldr R S Maxwell
27 Aug 1925	Sqn Ldr W H L O'Neill
25 Jul 1927	Flt Lt H W Woollett (Temporary)
28 Aug 1927	Sqn Ldr S N Cole
14 Feb 1929	Sqn Ldr Francis H Coleman DSO; later A/Cdre (Temporary)
4 Apr 1929	Sqn Ldr D S Don MVO
26 Sep 1931	Flt Lt H W Heslop OBE
5 Oct 1931	Sqn Ldr John Whitford; later AVM
1 Dec 1935	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr H K Goode
29 Jun 1939	Wg Cdr D F Anderson DFC, AFC
29 Jul 1939	Sqn Ldr H Pilling
10 Oct 1939	Wg Cdr H K Goode
26 Apr 1941	Wg Cdr H G Lee
5 Jun 1941	Wg Cdr P M W Wright
xx Jun 1942	Wg Cdr H B Collins
xx Sep 1944	Wg Cdr T H Archbell
xx Oct 1945	Wg Cdr E L A Walter
xx Sep 1946	Wg Cdr C W K Nicholls
xx Mar 1948	Wg Cdr P H Lombard
xx Mar 1950	Wg Cdr C F Read (RAAF)
xx Dec 1950	Sqn Ldr H A Nash
xx Oct 1951	Major J N Robbs (SAAF)
xx Oct 1953	Sqn Ldr J L Kerr
xx Sep 1955	Sqn Ldr R B Bolt (RNZAF)
xx Feb 1957	Sqn Ldr M M Mair
xx Oct 1957	Wg Cdr D W Hitchins (RAAF)
xx Oct 1959	Wg Cdr H D Archer
xx Nov 1961	Wg Cdr R B Sillars
xx Nov 1963	Wg Cdr R T Saunders
xx Jan 1966	Wg Cdr G Moss
xx Jan 1968	Wg Cdr John F H Tetley; later AVM
xx Jul 1970	Wg Cdr R D Bates
xx Jul 1972	Wg Cdr M J Hardy
xx Jul 1974	Wg Cdr C E Evans
xx Feb 1976	Wg Cdr M C A Davis
xx Aug 1978	Wg Cdr K Chapman
xx Oct 1980	Wg Cdr D R Jones
xx Mar 1983	Wg Cdr C J M Carrington
xx Jun 1985	Wg Cdr R M Peach
xx Dec 1987	Wg Cdr D B Farquhar
xx Apr 1990	Wg Cdr R D Iredale
xx Oct 1992	Wg Cdr M D Stringer
xx Jun 1995	Wg Cdr R M Bailey
xx Apr 1998	Wg Cdr Paul N Oborn CBE; later A/Cdre
xx Aug 2000	Sqn Ldr G C Cook
xx Dec 2000	Wg Cdr R Hobson
xx Jun 2003	Wg Cdr K Groves
xx Oct 2005	Sqn Ldr S K Marston
xx Dec 2005	Wg Cdr D Turnbull
xx Jun 2008	Wg Cdr A Bacon
xx Nov 2010	Wg Cdr P G Cochrane
xx Feb 2011	Wg Cdr T Jones
xx Dec 2012	Wg Cdr D James
xx Jan 2015	Wg Cdr D Rawlins

No 25 Squadron

25 Sep 1915	Maj Felton V Holt DSO; later AVM
14 Mar 1916	Maj T W C Carthew DSO
15 Mar 1916	Maj R G Cherry
3 Jun 1917	Maj the Hon. O M Guest
5 Oct 1917	Maj C S Duffus
26 Jan 1919	Capt J B Fox
13 Feb 1919	Capt S Jones
2 Mar 1919	Capt George M Lawson MC; later A/Cdre
15 Mar 1919	Capt Charles E H Allen; later AVM
17 Mar 1919	Capt J B Fox
1 Apr 1919	Capt C T Lally
4 Apr 1919	Maj C S Duffus
12 Apr 1919	Capt C T Lally
18 Apr 1919	Maj G G A Williams
31 Jan 1920	DB
1 May 1920	Sqn Ldr Sir Norman Leslie CBE
16 Feb 1923	Sqn Ldr A H Peck DSO MC
12 Sep 1926	Sqn Ldr E D Atkinson DFC AFC
11 Apr 1927	Sqn Ldr W H Park MC DFC
6 Sep 1928	Flt Lt W E Swann (Temporary)
1 Jan 1929	Sqn Ldr Lionel G S Payne MC, AFC; later A/Cdre
19 Feb 1930	Sqn Ldr Robert S Aitken MC, AFC; later AVM
2 Apr 1930	Wg Cdr J Sowrey AFC (Temporary)
24 Apr 1930	Sqn Ldr Robert S Aitken MC, AFC; later AVM
29 Sep 1930	Sqn Ldr Harold M Probyn DSO; later A/Cdre
28 Feb 1932	Sqn Ldr Walter E G Bryant MBE; later A/Cdre
28 Feb 1933	Sqn Ldr Anthony L Paxton DFC; later AVM
21 Jan 1935	Sqn Ldr William F Dickson DSO, OBE, AFC; later MRAF
21 Feb 1936	Sqn Ldr Harold H Down AFC; later A/Cdre
10 Sep 1937	Sqn Ldr D M Fleming
30 Jan 1939	Sqn Ldr John R Hallings Pott DSO; later AVM
8 May 1940	Sqn Ldr K A K McEwan
13 Jun 1940	Sqn Ldr W W Loxton
25 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr L J C Mitchell
4 Jan 1941	Wg Cdr David F W Atcherley DFC
25 Aug 1941	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr H P Pleasance DFC*
xx Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr E G Watkins AFC
xx Mar 1943	Sqn Ldr J L Shaw
xx Apr 1943	Wg Cdr S N L Maude DFC
xx Sep 1943	Wg Cdr Cathcart M Wight-Boycott DSO; later A/Cdre
xx Aug 1944	Wg Cdr L J C Mitchell
xx Apr 1945	Wg Cdr W Hoy DFC
xx Dec 1945	Sqn Ldr R Goucher DFC
xx May 1946	Flt Lt J Lomas AFC
xx May 1946	Sqn Ldr I Hardiman DFC
xx Apr 1947	Sqn Ldr J Singleton DSO DFC AFC
xx Nov 1948	Sqn Ldr K B McGlashan AFC
xx Jul 1950	Sqn Ldr R W Leggett
xx Jan 1952	Sqn Ldr D C Furse DFC
xx Mar 1954	Sqn Ldr J Cameron-Cox
xx May 1955	Wg Cdr P W Jamieson AFC
xx Nov 1956	Wg Cdr Denis A Trotman AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Oct 1957	Wg Cdr G H Melville-Jackson
xx Jul 1958	Wg Cdr K H H Cook DFC
xx Jan 1960	Wg Cdr J H Walton AFC
xx Oct 1961	Wg Cdr Peter G K Williamson DFC*; later AVM
xx Oct 1963	Sqn Ldr D J Fowler AFC
xx Aug 1964	Sqn Ldr M J Bridges
xx Jul 1965	Sqn Ldr M R S Cunningham
xx Oct 1966	Wg Cdr G Middlebrook MBE
xx Feb 1969	Wg Cdr H D Costain MBE
xx Mar 1973	Wg Cdr Jack Broughton; later A/Cdre
xx Apr 1975	Wg Cdr G A Massie
xx May 1977	Wg Cdr E Durham
xx Dec 1978	Wg Cdr J Ault DFC
xx Nov 1981	Wg Cdr A C Collins
xx Nov 1984	Wg Cdr G C Smith AFC
xx Jul 1987	Wg Cdr J P Anderson
xx Jul 1989	Wg Cdr A M Martin
xx Dec 1992	Wg Cdr J Middleton
xx Jul 1997	Wg Cdr P C Goodman MBE
xx Feb 1998	Wg Cdr A J Deya
xx Jul 2000	Wg Cdr Ian C Morrison; later A/Cdre (Gp Capt from 1 Jan 2003)
xx Feb 2003	Wg Cdr Richard J Atkinson; later A/Cdre (Gp Capt from xx Sep 2005)
xx Sept 2005	Wg Cdr J C Prescott

No 26 Squadron

8 Oct 1915	Maj G P Wallace
xx Jan 1916	Capt G S Creed [Temp]
20 Mar 1916	Maj G P Wallace
25 Mar 1917	Capt J C Clisdal MC [Temp]
17 May 1917	Maj G P Wallace DSO
8 Jul 1918	DB
11 Oct 1927	Sqn Ldr Robert L Stevenson
7 Feb 1931	Sqn Ldr Paul B Hunter
22 Aug 1932	Sqn Ldr George R A Deacon
14 Feb 1934	Sqn Ldr Christopher H Stilwell
2 Oct 1935	Sqn Ldr Colin P Brown DFC; later AVM
12 Oct 1937	Sqn Ldr T J Arbuthnot
1 Feb 1940	Sqn Ldr R C M Ferrers
1 Jun 1940	Wg Cdr R W K Stevens
19 Oct 1940	Wg Cdr W D Butler
xx Jul 1942	Wg Cdr T W C Fazan
xx Apr 1943	Wg Cdr J R Wilson DFC
xx May 1943	Wg Cdr P Hadfield
xx May 1943	Sqn Ldr A H Baird DFC
xx Mar 1944	Sqn Ldr B J A Fleming
xx Jan 1945	Sqn Ldr J F Roberts DFC
xx Jan 1947	Sqn Ldr H Ambrose DFC
xx May 1947	Sqn Ldr J Brandt DFC
xx Dec 1947	Sqn Ldr Arthur D Mitchell DFC*, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Jun 1948	Sqn Ldr John W Frost DFC; later A/Cdre
xx Sep 1948	Sqn Ldr J F McPhie
xx May 1951	Sqn Ldr T James
xx Mar 1952	Sqn Ldr K Smith DFC
xx Sep 1954	Sqn Ldr John A G Jackson DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Oct 1955	Sqn Ldr J B Jay
xx Jan 1956	Sqn Ldr John deM Severne AFC; later AVM
xx Sep 1957	DB
xx Jun 1962	Sqn Ldr P H Hart
xx Nov 1965	Absorbed into No 66 Sqn
xx Feb 1969	Names for this period have not yet been found
1 Apr 1976	DB

No 27 Squadron

5 Nov 1915	Capt G J Malcolm
xx Nov 1915	Maj S Smith DSO
22 Dec 1915	Maj Amyas E Borton DSO; later AVM
29 Jul 1916	Maj S Smith DSO
21 Sep 1917	Maj W D Beatty
3 Jan 1918	Maj M G Lee
17 Mar 1918	Maj G D Hill
20 Jan 1919	Capt F A V Cook
3 Feb 1919	Maj John C Quinnell; later A/Cdre
6 Feb 1919	Maj G D Hill
26 May 1919	cadre
22 Jan 1920	DB
22 Apr 1920	Sqn Ldr Roland J Mounsey OBE
15 Mar 1923	Sqn Ldr Ralph T Whitehead
27 Nov 1924	Sqn Ldr Lionel M Bailey AFC
7 Mar 1930	Sqn Ldr Francis W Trott OBE, MC
14 Aug 1931	Sqn Ldr Gerald M Bryer OBE, AFC
28 Nov 1934	Sqn Ldr Kenneth H Riversdale-Elliot
4 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr Rowland Costa; later A/Cdre Rowland Coats
7 Apr 1937	Flt Lt G G House (Temporary)
1 Aug 1937	Sqn Ldr A M Stevens
25 Apr 1938	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr C Stephenson
20 Oct 1938	Sqn Ldr W N McKechnie EGM
6 May 1939	Sqn Ldr A H Fear
26 Jun 1939	Flt Lt W R Selkirk (Temporary)
10 Jul 1939	Fg Off F F Lambert (Temporary)
27 Jul 1939	Plt Off J A Carmichael (Temporary)
28 Aug 1939	Fg Off F S Powley (Temporary)
17 Sep 1939	Flt Lt F R C Fowle (Temporary)
20 Sep 1939	Fg Off F S Powley (Temporary)
26 Sep 1939	Flt Lt F R C Fowle (Temporary)
8 Oct 1939	Sqn Ldr A H Fear
xx xxx xxxx	Names for the this period have not yet been found
xx Feb 1941	Sqn Ldr C D Hackett
xx May 1941	Sqn Ldr F R C Fowle
xx Dec 1942	Wg Cdr H C Daish
xx Aug 1943	Wg Cdr J B Nicholson VC
xx Jun 1944	Wg Cdr J H McMichael
xx Mar 1945	Wg Cdr T P A Bradley
xx Apr 1945	Lt Col E T Strever DFC
xx Sep 1945	Wg Cdr A F Binks
xx Nov 1945	Sqn Ldr A G Perrin
1 Feb 1946	DB
xxNov 1947	Sqn Ldr E J Harrod
xx Sep 1949	Sqn Ldr K Jones DFC
xx Mar 1950	Sqn Ldr D J Penman DSO, DFC
xx Nov 1950	DB
xx xxx 1953	Names for this period have not yet been found
1 Apr 1961	Wg Cdr V N Cramer
20 Jun 1963	Wg Cdr John Gingell MBE; later ACM
10 Jun 1965	Wg Cdr K C D Nixon AFC
27 May 1967	Wg Cdr P J Goodall
6 Jun 1969	Wg Cdr J S Cresswell
21 Jun 1971	Wg Cdr I Fraser
29 Mar 1972	DB
1 Nov 1973	Names for this period have not yet been found except: -
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr John M M Ponsonby; later AVM
xx xxx 1997	Wg Cdr Carl W Dixon; later AVM
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr Sean K P Reynolds; later AVM
xx xxx 2003	Wg Cdr Guy G S van den Berg; later A/Cdre
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr S Shell (2007)
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr N Knight
xx xxx 2016	Wg Cdr P Wadlow

No 28 Squadron

7 Nov 1915	Capt A C E Marsh
22 Jan 1916	Capt K P Atkinson
15 Feb 1916	Capt L A Tilney
29 Feb 1916	Maj A Shekleton
7 Jun 1917	Capt Robert D Oxland; later AVM
30 Jun 1917	Capt P C Campbell
12 Jul 1917	Maj H F Glanville
19 Mar 1918	Maj C A Ridley DSO, MC
8 Oct 1918	Capt Noel S Paynter; later A/Cdre
1 Nov 1918	Maj William J M Guilfoyle MC; later A/Cdre
3 Dec 1918
24 Dec 1918	Maj J Gilmour
xx Feb 1919	?
20 Jan 1920	DB
16 Jan 1920	Sqn Ldr Robert J F Barton OBE
7 Mar 1922	Sqn Ldr John T Whittaker MC
1 Aug 1922	Sqn Ldr Arthur W F Glenny MC, DFC; later A/Cdre
14 Sep 1923	Sqn Ldr Henry S Powell MC
23 Sep 1924	Sqn Ldr Charles S Wynne-Eyton DSO
15 Feb 1926	Sqn Ldr Athol W Mylne; later A/Cdre
16 Sep 1927	Sqn Ldr John T Whittaker MC
23 Feb 1928	Sqn Ldr Arthur F Brookes
xx Aug 1931	Sqn Ldr F W Trott
29 Mar 1932	Sqn Ldr Frank Fernihough MC
15 Jun 1934	Flt Lt Findlay W Sinclair (Temporary)
24 Sep 1934	Sqn Ldr Cuthbert J S Dearlove
29 Jun 1936	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr Arthur F Hutton DFC; later A/Cdre
13 Jan 1938	Sqn Ldr Ellacott L S Ward; later A/Cdre
10 Jul 1938	Flt Lt Henry G Blair; later A/Cdre [Temp]
29 Aug 1938	Sqn Ldr Roger C Mead ; later A/Cdre [Temp]
25 Sep 1938	Flt Lt Henry G Blair; later A/Cdre [Temp]
29 Sep 1938	Sqn Ldr Ellacott L S Ward; later A/Cdre
9 Oct 1938	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr Henry G Blair; later A/Cdre [Temp]
22 Dec 1938	Sqn Ldr Ellacott L S Ward; later A/Cdre
12 Dec 1939	Sqn Ldr G E Jackson DFC
xx Jan 1941	Sqn Ldr R M Coad AFC
xx xxx 1941	Sqn Ldr P N Jennings
xx Mar 1942	Sqn Ldr O R W Hammerbeck
xx Nov 1942	Sqn Ldr A S Mann
xx Mar 1943	Sqn Ldr Thomas R Pierce; later A/Cdre
xx Aug 1943	Sqn Ldr H G F Larsen
xx Jul 1944	Flt Lt A E Guymer
xx Oct 1944	Sqn Ldr H G F Larsen DFC
xx Feb 1945	Sqn Ldr E G Pannell
xx Apr 1945	Sqn Ldr A E Guymer
xx Jun 1945	Sqn Ldr J Rhind
10 Oct 1945	Sqn Ldr D T A Douglas DFC
25 May 1946	Sqn Ldr P R W Wickham DSO DFC*
12 Dec 1946	Sqn Ldr I G Broom DSO DFC
xx Mar 1948	Sqn Ldr R D Yale DSO DFC
3 Sep 1950	Sqn Ldr P L Arnott DFC
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx Mar 1955	Sqn Ldr J Welch DFC
xx xxx xxxx	Sqn Ldr M I Stanway
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
2 Jan 1967	DB
xx Apr 1968	Sqn Ldr J Cumming
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 1999	Wg Cdr David J Stubbs OBE; later AVM
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx May 2003	Wg Cdr A Turner
10 Mar 2006	Wg Cdr R Luck
xx xxx 2008
xx Nov 2010	Wg Cdr J L Appleton

No 29 Squadron

7 Nov 1915	Maj L Dawes
25 May 1916	Maj E L Conran MC
5 Sep 1916	Maj W A R Grattan-Bellew MC
22 Mar 1917	Maj Hugh V Champion de Crespigny MC; later AVM
21 Jul 1917	Maj C M B Chapman MC
4 Oct 1917	Maj Hugh V Champion de Crespigny MC; later AVM
20 Nov 1917	Maj C H Dixon MC
9 Feb 1919	Maj Hugh G White; later AVM
31 Dec 1919	DB
1 Apr 1923	Wg Cdr The Hon L J E Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
12 Aug 1923	Sqn Ldr R H G Neville MC
12 Aug 1924	Sqn Ldr Malcolm L Taylor AFC; later AVM
26 Feb 1929	Flt Lt J V Kelly (Temporary)
5 Mar 1929	Flt Lt E Brewerton (Temorary)
3 May 1929	Sqn Ldr Malcolm L Taylor AFC; later AVM
6 Dec 1929	Sqn Ldr P G Scott
9 Jun 1930	Sqn Ldr E J D Routh
14 Apr 1931	Sqn Ldr Henry D O'Neill AFC, later A/Cdre
24 Aug 1933	Sqn Ldr J H Butler
24 Aug 1934	Sqn Ldr C Chapman DSC
13 Nov 1935	Sqn Ldr E P Mackay
22 Nov 1935	Sqn Ldr C Chapman DSC
10 Dec 1935	Sqn Ldr E P Mackay
18 Apr 1936	Sqn Ldr D M Fleming
1 Sep 1936	Sqn Ldr J B Lynch
17 Dec 1937	Sqn Ldr Robert C Jonas; later A/Cdre (posted 10 Nov 1938)
2 Dec 1938	Sqn Ldr Maurice W S Robinson; later A/Cdre
13 Feb 1939	Sqn Ldr P S Gomez
8 Jul 1940	Sqn Ldr E R Bitmead (taken ill on 10 July)
16 Jul 1940	Sqn Ldr Stanley C Widdows DFC; later A/Cdre
13 Jun 1941	Wg Cdr Edward L Colbeck-Welch DFC; later AVM
10 Jul 1942	Wg Cdr R Cleland
10 Sep 1942	Wg Cdr Cathcart M Wight-Boycott DSO*; later A/Cdre
29 Jan 1943	Wg Cdr C M Miller
12 Jun 1943	Wg Cdr R E X Mack DFC (KIA 23 Feb 1944)
23 Feb 1944	Sqn Ldr P W Arbon (Temporary)
7 Mar 1944	Wg Cdr G F Powell-Shedden DSO, DFC (taken ill 16 Apr 1944)
22 Apr 1944	Wg Cdr P W Arbon
12 Jul 1944	Wg Cdr G F Powell-Shedden DSO, DFC
18 Dec 1944	Wg Cdr John W Allan DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
29 Jan 1946	Sqn Ldr T C Wood DFC
1 Nov 1946	Sqn Ldr P S Q Anderson
3 Feb 1947	Sqn Ldr D Hawkins DFC
10 Mar 1949	Sqn Ldr M J B Young DFC
7 Jul 1949	Sqn Ldr M J A Shaw DSO
18 Sep 1951	Sqn Ldr H E Bodien DSO DFC
30 Jun 1952	Sqn Ldr Beresford P T Horsley AFC; later AM
11 May 1953	Sqn Ldr Edward B Sismore DSO, DFC**; later A/Cdre
2 Jan 1956	Wg Cdr John A C Aiken; later ACM
2 Jan 1958	Wg Cdr William Harbison AFC; later AVM
31 Jul 1959	Wg Cdr A R Gordon-Cumming
3 Jul 1961	Wg Cdr R E Gardiner DFC
18 Apr 1962	Wg Cdr Ernest G P Jeffery later A/Cdre
1 Jan 1965	Wg Cdr K Burge
23 Nov 1966	Wg Cdr R Neil
10 May 1967	Sqn Ldr L A Boyer
18 Sep 1967	Wg Cdr Leslie W Phipps AFC; later AVM
20 Jan 1969	Wg Cdr B Carroll
31 Jul 1971	Wg Cdr P Carter
7 Jul 1973	Wg Cdr J D C Hawtin
31 Dec 1974	Wg Cdr B W Lavender AFC
4 Jul 1975	Wg Cdr D I Oakden
23 May 1977	Wg Cdr Timothy C Elworthy; later A/Cdre
1 Feb 1980	Wg Cdr Ian D MacFadyen; later AM
17 Dec 1982	Wg Cdr G C Smith AFC
1 Jun 1983	Wg Cdr Ian D MacFadyen; later AM
2 Aug 1983	Wg Cdr A J H Alcock MBE
13 Nov 1985	Wg Cdr Nigel J Sudborough; later AVM
1 Apr 1987	Wg Cdr Lloyd A Doble; later A/Cdre
10 Nov 1989	Wg Cdr R W D Trotter
24 Jul 1992	Wg Cdr P Hodgson
20 Jan 1995	Wg Cdr Martin J Routledge; later AVM
18 Jul 1997	Wg Cdr Nicholas C Randle; later A/Cdre
1 Dec 2003	Wg Cdr J J Hitchcock
1 Jan 2005	Sqn Ldr I J Hargreaves
1 Apr 2005	Wg Cdr A J Mackay
7 Sep 2007	Sqn Ldr A J Gregory
xx Nov 2009	Wg Cdr J J Stringer
xx Jan 2012	Wg Cdr A J Seymour
	Wg Cdr G A Pemberton

No 30 Squadron

30 Apr 1915	Capt H L Reilly
20 Nov 1915	Maj R Gordon RNAS
24 Nov 1915	Maj S D Massy DSO
30 May 1916	Maj E M Murray MC
7 Aug 1916	Maj J E Tennant DSO MC
10 Jan 1917	Maj H de Havilland DSO
21 Apr 1918	Maj D A Westendarp
24 May 1918	Maj J Everidge MC
2 May 1919	Reduced to Cadre
1 Feb 1920	Reformed
31 Mar 1920	Sqn Ldr William Sowrey AFC; later A/Cdre
12 Nov 1920	Sqn Ldr Raymond Collishaw DSO, OBE, DSC, DFC; later AVM
13 Dec 1922	Sqn Ldr Ernest H Johnston OBE
19 Jan 1924	Sqn Ldr J ames M Robb DFC; later ACM
5 Jun 1925	Sqn Ldr Francis H Coleman; later A/Cdre
23 Jul 1927	Flt Lt Richard Harrison; later AVM (Temporary)
23 Oct 1927	Sqn Ldr Francis H Coleman; later A/Cdre
7 Jan 1927	Sqn Ldr Horace P Lale
11 Feb 1930	Sqn Ldr Robert V Goddard; later AM
9 Jul 1931	Sqn Ldr George S N Johnston
4 Aug 1932	Sqn Ldr Paul R T J M I C Chamberlayne AFC; later A/Cdre
26 Mar 1935	Sqn Ldr Arthur L Fiddament DFC; later AVM
12 Nov 1936	Sqn Ldr Archibald J Rankin OBE, AFC; later A/Cdre
21 Aug 1937	Sqn Ldr G H Stainforth AFC
3 Nov 1937	Sqn Ldr U Y Shannon
xx Jan 1941	Sqn Ldr R A Milward
xx Jun 1941	Sqn Ldr F A Marlow
xx Feb 1942	Sqn Ldr G F Chater DFC
xx May 1942	Sqn Ldr A W A Bayne DFC
xx Feb 1943	Sqn Ldr S R Peacock-Edwards DFC
xx May 1944	Sqn Ldr T A Stevens
31 May 1945	Flt Lt H F Whidborne
xx Jul 1945	Sqn Ldr T H Meyer
6 Aug 1946	Sqn Ldr R A Newberry DFC*
1 Dec 1946	Reduced to Number only basis
1 Apr 1947	DB
1 Nov 1947	Sqn Ldr F G Dutton
24 Nov 1947	Sqn Ldr R C Wood
xx Dec 1947	Flt Lt J C Ward (Temporary)
18 Jan 1948	Sqn Ldr A McC Johnstone
4 Mar 1950	Sqn Ldr A Reece DSO, DFC, AFC
15 Aug 1951	Sqn Ldr R S Kerby
xx Aug 1952	Flt Lt S R Dixon
1 Sep 1952	Sqn Ldr D A Peacock DFC
4 Oct 1954	Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker DFC
xx Oct 1956	Sqn Ldr P G Coulson AFC, MBE
19 Nov 1958	Sqn Ldr E J Churchill AFC
xx Oct 1959	Sqn Ldr T C Waugh DFC
1 Nov 1961	Sqn Ldr C R Evans
20 Dec 1963	Sqn Ldr R A W Harrison DFC
xx Apr 1965	Sqn Ldr R P J King
7 Sep 1967	DB
10 Jun 1968	Wg Cdr K J Parfitt
xx Jan 1971	Wg Cdr D N Galpin
xx Mar 1973	Wg Cdr B P Earle
xx Feb 1975	Wg Cdr J R Hardwick
xx Jul 1977	Wg Cdr A C Tolhurst
xx Sep 1979	Wg Cdr B Latter
xx Sep 1981	Wg Cdr A R Tolcher
xx Sep 1983	Wg Cdr J V Bell
xx Feb 1986	Wg Cdr D M Adams
xx Sep 1988	Wg Cdr D M Guest
xx Apr 1991	Wg Cdr A P T Main MIMgt, MIPD, MRAeS
xx Nov 1993	Wg Cdr R K Gault
xx May 1996	Wg Cdr Jonathan Lamonte; later AVM
xx Aug 1998	Wg Cdr J A Barrass MA, BSc
15 Dec 2000	Wg Cdr P G Dixon
xx xxx 2003	Wg Cdr A Willis
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr D Stamp
xx xxx 2008	Wg Cdr M Wilson
xx xxx 2011	Wg Cdr P Cochrane

No 31 Squadron

11 Oct 1915	Capt C Y MacDonald
27 Mar 1916	Maj C R S Bradley
23 May 1917	Maj S Hutcheson
22 Jul 1917	Maj R G H Murray MC
xx Sep 1918	Capt O Hughes
1 Dec 1918	Maj E L Millar MBE
10 Aug 1919	Flt Lt D H M Carbery MC DFC
22 Jan 1920	Sqn Ldr A L Neale
26 Jan 1921	Sqn Ldr Arthur T Harris AFC; later MRAF
6 May 1922	Sqn Ldr Arthur C Maund CBE, DSO; later AVM
xx May 1924	Sqn Ldr Andre A Walser MC, DFC; later A/Cdre
20 Jun 1924	Sqn Ldr Henry S Powell MC
18 Nov 1925	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr J O Archer CBE
1 Apr 1926	Sqn Ldr John F Gordon DFC
8 Apr 1931	Sqn Ldr Burton Ankers DCM
12 Mar 1934	Sqn Ldr Cuthbert J S Dearlove
21 Sep 1934	?
27 Oct 1934	Sqn Ldr Ruthven M C Macfarlane MC
19 Oct 1935	Sqn Ldr J L Airey DFC
16 Jun 1937	Sqn Ldr A V Hammond DFC
9 Oct 1938	Sqn Ldr F F Wicks
17 Nov 1938	Sqn Ldr C Stephenson
xx Aug 1939	Wg Cdr G J L Reid AFC
xx Dec 1940	Wg Cdr W T H Nicholls
1 Jun 1941	Wg Cdr Sydney R Ubee AFC; later AVM
xx Oct 1941	Wg Cdr H P Jenkins DFC
xx Jun 1942	Wg Cdr W H Burbury AFC
xx May 1943	Wg Cdr H A Olivier
xx Jan 1944	Wg Cdr W H Burbury DFC, AFC
xx Feb 1945	Wg Cdr R O Altman DSO, DFC
xx Sep 1945	Wg Cdr Brian R Macnamara DSO; later A/Cdre
xx Jul 1946	Wg Cdr T W Gillan
xx Sep 1946	Wg Cdr R G F Drickwater
xx xxx xxxx	Sqn Ldr D W S Evans (Acting)
xx Nov 1946	Wg Cdr J M Cooke DSO, DFC
xx Sep 1947	Wg Cdr C Fothergill
xx Jul 1948	Wg Cdr A R Fane de Salis
xx Mar 1950	Wg Cdr R E Risgway DSO
xx Apr 1952	Sqn Ldr C G StD Jeffries DFC
xx Nov 1952	Sqn Ldr N Williamson DFC
xx Nov 1954	Sqn Ldr R F V Ellis
xx Mar 1955	Sqn Ldr J C Stead DFC
xx Jul 1957	Sqn Ldr F H P Cattle AFC
xx Jan 1958	Sqn Ldr L A Ferguson
xx Feb 1958	Wg Cdr Patrick A Kennedy DSO, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
xx Jun 1960	Wg Cdr C T Dalziel
xx Dec 1962	Wg Cdr Peter H L Scott AFC; later A/Cdre
xx May 1965	Wg Cdr Robert G Price; later AVM
xx May 1967	Wg Cdr R L Bennett
xx Oct 1967	Wg Cdr Raymond J Offord; later A/Cdre
xx Jun 1971	Wg Cdr J C Sprent
2 Aug 1974	Wg Cdr Thomas H Stonor; later AM
xx Jul 1976	Wg Cdr T J Nash
xx Jul 1978	Wg Cdr R J Howard AFC
xx Dec 1980	Wg Cdr P Edwards
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 1989	Wg Cdr Jeremy J Witts DSO; later A/Cdre
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 1994	Wg Cdr Stephen L Parkinson; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 1997	Wg Cdr S Randles
xx xxx xxxx	Names for this period have not yet been found
xx Apr 2008	Wg Cdr Ian D Gale; later A/Cdre
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr P Teakle
xx xxx 2013	Wg Cdr R Yates
xx Jan 2015	Wg Cdr J Freeborough

No 32 Squadron

1 Feb 1916	Maj L W Rees VC
xx Jul 1916	Capt S G Gilmour [Temp]
7 Jul 1916	Maj T A E Cairnes DSO
8 Sep 1917	Maj John C Russell; later A/Cdre
31 Dec 1919	DB
xx Jul 1923	Sqn Ldr R S Maxwell MC, DFC
4 Apr 1923	Flt Lt Henry E Walker MC, DFC; later A/Cdre
1 May 1923	Flt Lt Thomas E B Howe AFC; later A/Cdre
2 Jul 1923	Sqn Ldr R S Maxwell
22 Oct 1923	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr Thomas E B Howe AFC; later A/Cdre
15 Apr 1924	Sqn Ldr Horace P Lale MC, DFC
3 Aug 1926	Sqn Ldr Reginald B Mansell OBE; later AVM
30 Nov 1929	Sqn Ldr B rian E Baker DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
12 Dec 1932	Sqn Ldr Douglas L Blackford; later A/Cdre
5 Mar 1934	Sqn Ldr George T Richardson
12 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr A rthur W B McDonald; later AM
24 Jan 1938	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Reginald Pyne DFC; later A/Cdre
2 Nov 1938	Flt Lt Colin C McMullen; later A/Cdre
8 Dec 1938	Sqn Ldr Thomas B Prickman; later A/Cdre
30 Oct 1939	Sqn Ldr R A Chignell
6 May 1940	Sqn Ldr John Worrall; later AVM
16 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr M N Crossley DSO, DFC
xx Apr 1941	Sqn Ldr R A B Russell
25 Oct 1941	Sqn Ldr T Grier DFC (KIA 5 Dec 1941)
13 Dec 1941	Sqn Ldr R L Smith
xx Apr 1942	Sqn Ldr E R Thorn DFC, DFM*
xx Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr E J Gracie DFC
xx Sep 1942	Sqn Ldr J T Shaw
xx Aug 1943	Sqn Ldr D Carlson
xx Dec 1943	Sqn Ldr M S Lewis
xx May 1944	Sqn Ldr N D Harrison
xx Aug 1944	Sqn Ldr G F Silvester DFC
xx xxx xxxx	?
17 Apr 1946	Sqn Ldr Cyril S J West DFC; later Act A/Cdre
xx Feb 1947	Sqn Ldr A G Todd DF
xx Feb 1948	Sqn Ldr G R Crankthorp DFC
xx Jun 1948	Sqn Ldr L F Kelley
xx Aug 1949	Sqn Ldr P G Leggett
xx Nov 1951	Sqn Ldr R N H Courtney DFC
xx May 1952	Sqn Ldr R F T Doe DFC
xx May 1953	Sqn Ldr J A Hemingway DFC
xx Aug 1954	Sqn Ldr A H W Gilchrist DFC
xx Nov 1956	Sqn Ldr G D Sutcliffe
18 Jan 1957	Sqn Ldr P B Wills
17 Sep 1959	Sqn Ldr W F Knapper
15 Nov 1961	Sqn Ldr Michael W P Knight BA; later ACM
22 Oct 1963	Sqn Ldr E S Dodds
21 Jan 1966	Sqn Ldr M J R Waters
12 Jun 1968	Sqn Ldr I Henderson
10 Jan 1969	Sqn Ldr B Butterworth BA
3 Feb 1969	Sqn Ldr I Semple
1 Jan 1970	Sqn Ldr A A Wckham
2 Aug 1971	Wg Cdr G Ross BSc
11 Jun 1973	Wg Cdr G O Graydon
20 Oct 1975	Wg Cdr Thomas G R Osborn MBE; later A/Cdre
23 Dec 1977	Wg Cdr R Felix MVO
21 Dec 1979	Wg Cdr A F A Gallow
12 Dec 1981	Wg Cdr P Goodman
27 Apr 1984	Wg Cdr Martyn J Gardiner BSc (Eng); later AVM
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 1995	Wg Cdr A J Barrett
xx xxx 1997	Wg Cdr S Newton
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 2001	Wg Cdr John D Maas; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 2003	Wg Cdr D Lee
xx xxx 2005	Wg Cdr T Barrett
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr ?
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr ?
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr ?
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr ?
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr ?
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr ?
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr D Chadwick

No 33 Squadron

15 Jan 1916	Maj Phillip B Joubert de la Ferte; later ACM
2 Jun 1916	Capt J A Cunningham
13 Jun 1916	Capt W C K Birch
5 Oct 1916	Maj R M Vaughan
3 Nov 1916	Maj Arthur A B Thomson MC; later A/Cdre
21 Nov 1917	Maj C G Burge
5 Jun 1918	Capt G M Turnbull
13 Jun 1919	DB
10 Apr 1929	Sqn Ldr Francis P Don; later AVM
2 Nov 1929	Sqn Ldr John J Breen; later AM
5 Jan 1931	Sqn Ldr William H de W Waller
18 Jan 1932	Sqn Ldr Robert A George MC; later AVM
18 Nov 1933	Sqn Ldr H ugh S P Walmsley MC, DFC; later ACM
26 Jan 1935	Sqn Ldr J ohn W Baker MC, DFC; later ACM
29 Apr 1936	Sqn Ldr John Bradbury DFC
6 Oct 1936	Sqn Ldr E R C Hobson DFC
12 Jan 1937	Flt Lt J S Sabine (Temporary)
5 May 1937	Sqn Ldr J H McC Reynolds
29 Sep 1938	Sqn Ldr H ector D McGregor; later AM
6 Dec 1939	Sqn Ldr D V Johnson
24 Aug 1940	Sqn Ldr C Ryley
xx Mar 1941	Sqn Ldr M T St J Pattle DFC (KIA 20 Apr 1941)
xx May 1941	Sqn Ldr Howell (OC, 'The Hurricane Unit, Crete')
28 Jul 1941	Sqn Ldr J W Marsden
xx Dec 1941	Sqn Ldr D L Gould
xx May 1942	Sqn Ldr J Proctor
xx Jul 1942	Sqn Ldr J F F Finnis
xx Nov 1942	Sqn Ldr S C Norris DFC
xx Feb 1943	Sqn Ldr G May
xx Sep 1943	Sqn Ldr R R Mitchell
xx Sep 1944	Sqn Ldr I G S Matthews DFC
xx Mar 1945	Sqn Ldr A W Bower
xxJun 1946	Sqn Ldr R H G Allan DFC
xx Jul 1948	Sqn Ldr D enis G Smallwood DSO, DFC; later ACM
xx Sep 1948	Sqn Ldr A K Furse DFC
xx Apr 1951	Sqn Ldr C C F Cooper
xx Sep 1953	Sqn Ldr N P W Hancock
xx Apr 1955	Sqn Ldr W K Jacobs
xx Oct 1955	Wg Cdr R C Patrick DFC, AFC
xx Oct 1957	Wg Cdr J C Forbes DFM
xx Jan 1958	Wg Cdr N Poole
xx May 1960	Wg Cdr D L Hughes
xx Mar 1962	Wg Cdr C R Gordon
xx Nov 1962	DB
xx xxx 1965	Names from this period have not yet been found
xx xxx 1970	DB
14 Jun 1971	Names from this period have not yet been found except: -
xx Dec 1979	Wg Cdr S Coy
xx xxx 1982	Names from this period have not yet been found except: -
xx xxx 1994	Wg Cdr Roger Utley; later A/Cdre
xx Oct 1999	Wg Cdr Barry M North; later AM
xx Apr 2002	Wg Cdr Paul Lyall; later A/Cdre
xx xxx 2004	?
xx xxx 2007	Wg Cdr Christopher J Luck; later A/Cdre
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr ?
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr ?
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr M Biggadike

No 34 Squadron

12 Jan 1916	Capt John A Chamier; later A/Cdre (Maj wef 27 Mar 1916)
xx Apr 1917	Maj A H Morton
26 Jun 1917	Maj Charles H B Blount MC; later AVM
29 Apr 1918	Maj R J Mounsey
xx Mar 1919	Capt W H Naylor
25 Oct 1919	DB
3 Dec 1935	Fg Off P C Lawrence
4 Aug 1936	Flt Lt P W M Wright
5 Jan 1937	Sqn Ldr Henry F V Battle DFC; later A/Cdre
14 Oct 1938	Sqn Ldr A W S Matheson
1 Jun 1939	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr W M C Kennedy
21 May 1940	Sqn Ldr A W S Matheson
30 Sep 1940	Sqn Ldr J Duncan (Temporary)
23 Dec 1940	Sqn Ldr A W S Matheson
25 Jan 1941	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr G P Longfield
xx Jun 1942	Wg Cdr T A Cox
xx Aug 1943	Sqn Ldr C P A Newman DFC*
xx Jun 1944	Sqn Ldr J A Bushbridge
xx May 1945	Sqn Ldr G T A Douglas
18 Oct 1945	DB
xx Mar 1949	Names from this period have not yet been found
xx Nov 1952	DB
xx Jul 1954	Sqn Ldr Wilson
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this period have not yet been found
10 Jan 1958	DB
1 Oct 1960	Sqn Ldr J W Adams
xx xxx xxxx	Sqn Ldr M G Bennett
xx xxx 1964	Wg Cdr D J Green
xx xxx 1966	Sqn Ldr M G Bennett DFC
xx Dec 1967	DB

No 35 Squadron

3 Feb 1916	Maj B F Vernon-Harcourt
21 Feb 1917	Maj A V Holt DSO
15 Apr 1918	Maj K F Balmain
8 Sep 1918	Maj Donald F Stevenson DSO, MC; later AVM
xx Jun 1919	DB
1 Mar 1929	Flt Lt L M Elworthy
11 Mar 1929	Sqn Ldr Gilbert S M Insall VC, MC
10 Jul 1929	Sqn Ldr Bernard E Harrison AFC
20 Jun 1931	Sqn Ldr Hugh M K Brown
8 Mar 1933	Sqn Ldr John F Gordon
5 May 1933	Sqn Ldr Vincent Buxton OBE
xx Aug 1935	Sqn Ldr Alan P Ritchie
22 Sep 1935	Sqn Ldr Cedric W Hill
xx xxx 1936	Sqn Ldr Albert G Thackray
5 Sep 1938	Sqn Ldr H F Chester
12 Oct 1939	Wg Cdr W M M Hurley
8 Apr 1940	Absorbed into No 17 OTU
5 Nov 1940	Wg Cdr R W P Collings AFC
3 Jul 1941	Wg Cdr B V Robinson DFC, AFC
26 Jan 1942	Wg Cdr John N H Whitworth DSO, DFC*; later A/Cdre
12 Mar 1942	Wg Cdr J H Marks DSO, DFC
20 Sep 1942	Wg Cdr B V Robinson DFC, AFC (Gp Capt from 3 Feb 1943)
1 May 1943	Wg Cdr D F E C Dean DFC
17 Nov 1943	Wg Cdr S P Daniels
25 Jul 1944	Wg Cdr D F E C Dean DSO, DFC (Gp Capt from Sep 1943)
25 Feb 1945	Wg Cdr H J Le Good AFC
11 Sep 1945	Wg Cdr A J L Craig DSO, DFC
24 Oct 1946	Wg Cdr J N D Chapple
1 May 1947	Sqn Ldr R J Boulding
18 Oct 1948	Sqn Ldr B H D Foster DSO, DFC
23 Feb 1950	DB
1 Sep 1951	Sqn Ldr F R Flynn AFC
1 Sep 1953	Sqn Ldr R S Sanders DFC, AFC
6 Jun 1955	Sqn Ldr J R Musgrave DSO
4 Nov 1955	Sqn Ldr T A McCulloch
5 Mar 1956	Sqn Ldr R G Price DFC
3 Feb 1958	Wg Cdr G Newberry
18 Jul 1960	Wg Cdr H Neubroch OBE
11 Sep 1961	DB
5 Nov 1962	Wg Cdr A A Smailes AFC
16 Apr 1963	Wg Cdr David B Craig; later MRAF
1 Jun 1965	Wg Cdr Donald A Arnott AFC; later A/Cdre
19 Jun 1967	Wg Cdr H S Carver MVO
2 Sep 1969	Wg Cdr R K Hepburn
23 Aug 1971	Wg Cdr John B Fitzpatrick; later AM
18 Dec 1972	Wg Cdr K I Watson
xx Jun 1975	Wg Cdr A T Atkinson
xx Jun 1977	Wg Cdr R Sweatman
xx May 1979	Wg Cdr I O Junor
19 Jun 1981	Wg Cdr Nicholas I Hamilton; later A/Cdre

No 36 Squadron

1 Feb 1916	Capt R O Abercromby
26 Apr 1916	Maj Charles S Burnett; later ACM
26 Oct 1916	Maj A C E Marsh
22 Jan 1917	Maj John H S Tyssen MC; later AVM
1 Jan 1918	Maj S W Price MC
26 Jul 1918	Maj W J Tempest DSO MC
16 Jan 1919	?
13 Jun 1919	DB
2 Jul 1928	Sqn Ldr Athol W Mylne; later A/Cdre
8 Nov 1932	Sqn Ldr Thomas A Langford-Sainsbury DFC, AFC; later AVM
9 Sep 1935	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr A H Paull (Sqn Ldr from 1 Oct 1935)
13 Oct 1935	Sqn Ldr Edward D H Davies; later A/Cdre
14 Dec 1936	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr George B Beardsworth; later AVM
20 Oct 1938	Sqn Ldr R L Wallace
6 Dec 1939	Sqn Ldr D S E Vines
xx Feb 1941	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr R C Gaskell
22 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr G F Witney (KIFA 10 Dec 1941)
xx Oct 1942	Fg Off T S Percival
xx Dec 1942	Flt Lt Desmond E Hawkins DFC; later AVM
xx Jan 1943	Wg Cdr K J Mellor DFC
xx May 1943	Wg Cdr E K Piercy
xx Sep 1943	Wg Cdr D P Marvin
xx Jun 1944	Sqn Ldr G Williams
4 Jun 1945	DB
1 Oct 1946	Names from this period have not yet been found
15 Oct 1947	DB
1 Jul 1953	Sqn Ldr P R Godly
xx Aug 1955	Wg Cdr D A Lindsay OBE, DFC
xx Jan 1957	Sqn Ldr C L Roy DSO
xx Feb 1957	Sqn Ldr D D Pearce
xx Sep 1958	Wg Cdr L W Green DFC
xx Jun 1960	Wg Cdr L F Wolsey
xx Dec 1962	Wg Cdr R J Wilson
xx Oct 1964	Wg Cdr D J Dodimead
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr J D Payling
xx xxx 1966	Names from this period have not yet been found
xx Oct 1969	Wg Cdr G H Gilbert
xx Sep 1971	Wg Cdr R McN Brown
xx Aug 1973	Wg Cdr R A Miller
3 Nov 1975	DB

No 37 Squadron

15 Apr 1916	?
20 May 1916	DB
15 Sep 1916	Maj W B Hargrave
1 Nov 1917	Maj F W Honnett
24 Feb 1919	Maj J Sowery
6 Jun 1919	Maj P hillip Babington MC; later AM
1 Jul 1919	DB
26 Apr 1937	Wg Cdr H V Drew
26 Feb 1938	Sqn Ldr J H Hargroves
3 Aug 1938	Sqn Ldr P L P Marett
8 Sep 1938	Wg Cdr F rancis J Fogarty DFC, AFC; later ACM
1 Jun 1940	Wg Cdr Walter H Merton; later ACM
18 Jan 1941	Wg Cdr R C M Collard
21 Aug 1941	Wg Cdr R R Nash
22 Aug 1941	Sqn Ldr G W Golledge
17 Sep 1941	Wg Cdr R R Nash
xx xxx 1942	Names from this period have not yet been found
1 Apr 1947	DB
14 Sep 1947	Names from this period have not yet been found
xx Sep 1967	DB

No 38 Squadron

1 Apr 1916	Capt G B Rickards
22 May1916	Redesignated No 25 Reserve Sqn
14 Jul 1916	Capt Arthur T Harris; later MRAF
15 Sep 1916	Maj The Hon. L J E Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
18 Jul 1917	Maj C C Wigram
20 Oct 1918	Maj Robert D Oxland; later AVM
17 Jan 1919	Maj W E Collison
7 Feb 1919	Capt G T Wix
4 Jul 1919	DB
16 Sep 1935	Sqn Ldr Stanley M Park
4 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr Walter J M Akerman; later AVM (Temporary)
18 May 1937	Wg Cdr J Cottle
3 Jun 1937	Sqn Ldr Walter J M Akerman; later AVM (Temporary)
28 Jun 1937	Sqn Ldr Walter H Merton; later ACM (Temporary)
5 Aug 1937	Wg Cdr Edwin S Goodwin AFC; later AVM
15 Jan 1939	Sqn Ldr M W Bukley
8 Feb 1939	Wg Cdr Cyril D Adams; later A/Cdre
1 Dec 1939	Wg Cdr J E W Bowles, DFC
1 Aug 1940	Wg Cdr W P J Thompson, DFC
1 May 1941	Wg Cdr R J Goswell DFC
22 Sep 1941
21 Oct 1941	Wg Cdr John H Chaplin DSO; later A/Cdre
8 Jun 1942	Wg Cdr C V J Pratt
15 Dec 1942	Wg Cdr B C Merharg
1 Jul 1943	Wg Cdr F R Worthington
31 Jul 1943	Wg Cdr W W T Ritchie AFC
25 Jan 1944	Wg Cdr W Appleby-Brown DFC
25 Jan 1945	Wg Cdr R R Barker DSO, AFC
4 May 1945	Wg Cdr John H Simpson DFC; later A/Cdre
12 Jul 1946	Wg Cdr K M M Wasse AFC
24 Jan 1947	Sqn Ldr Porter
18 Mar 1947	Wg Cdr V C Barling OBE
15 Sep 1947	Sqn Ldr W G K Gorrie DFC
21 Sep 1948	Sqn Ldr A D Lambert DFC
20 Sep 1949	Sqn Ldr W J O Coleman DFC
9 May 1952	Sqn Ldr E D T Norman
23 Sep 1954	Sqn Ldr J B McWilliams
17 Jan 1955	Wg Cdr Desmond E Hawkins DFC*; later AVM
1 Oct 1955	Wg Cdr Wg Cdr H M S Green
28 Apr 1958	Wg Cdr J R Saunders
20 Aug 1960	Wg Cdr A W Harding MBE, AFC
14 May 1963	Wg Cdr I Thomas OBE, DFC
xx xxx 1965	Wg Cdr M O Bergh
31 Mar 1967	DB

No 39 Squadron

1 May 1916	Maj Thomas C R Higgins; later A/Cdre
13 Jun 1916	Maj W C H Mansfield
26 Jul 1916	Maj A H Morton MC
20 Mar 1917	Maj R G H Murray MC
7 Jul 1917	Maj J C Halahan
1 Aug 1917	Maj W H D Acland MC
20 Nov 1917	Maj G Allen
24 Apr 1918	Maj W T F Holland
16 Nov 1918	DB
1 Jul 1919	Fg Off Richard (Temporary)
16 Oct 1919	Flt Lt A A B Thomson
1 Nov 1919	Sqn Ldr Phillip Babington; later AM
2 Apr 1921	Sqn Ldr Thomas S Impey
18 Jan 1922	Sqn Ldr Arthur A B Thomson MC, AFC; later A/Cdre
8 Feb 1923	Sqn Ldr John T Whittaker MC
26 Jan 1925	Sqn Ldr Hugh V Champion de Crepigny MC, DFC; later AVM
4 Apr 1930	Sqn Ldr Stafford B Harris DFC, AFC
14 Mar 1933	Sqn Ldr Stuart D Culley DSO
5 Nov 1935	Sqn Ldr J H Butler
11 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr S H V Harris
28 Sep 1938	Sqn Ldr W N McKechnie
9 Oct 1938	?
9 Dec 1938	Sqn Ldr A F McKenna
xx xxx 1939	Wg Cdr Brookes
2 Aug 1939	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr A McD Bowman DFC
4 Sep 1941	Wg Cdr R B Cox
17 Dec 1941	Wg Cdr A I Mason DFC
xx Aug 1942	Wg Cdr R P M Gibbs DSO, DFC
11 Sep 1942	Wg Cdr M L Gaine AFC
12 Jun 1943	Wg Cdr N B Harvey
19 Jun 1944	Wg Cdr A R De L Innis DFC
1 Mar 1945	Wg Cdr D Griffiths DFC
23 Mar 1946	Wg Cdr C J O'Donovan
30 Jun 1948	Sqn Ldr Alasdair McK S Steedman, DFC; later ACM
21 Apr 1949	Sqn Ldr R D Doleman DSO, DFC
25 Oct 1951	Sqn Ldr J C Coghill DSO, DFC
xx Feb 1954	Sqn Ldr J J O'Meara DSO, DFC
xx Oct 1956	Sqn Ldr A J Owen DFC, DFM
30 Jun 1958	DB
xx Jul 1958	Wg Cdr V C Woodward DFC
xx Aug 1959	Wg Cdr Ruthven L Wade DFC; later ACM
xx Dec 1960	Wg Cdr W L McD Scott
xx Dec 1962	Wg Cdr F G Agnew AFC
xx Jun 1965	Wg Cdr Hugh A Caillard; later AVM
xx Mar 1967	Wg Cdr T P O'Brien
xx Jun 1967	Wg Cdr A MclCobban
xx Jun 1969	Wg Cdr Colin H Foale; later A/Cdre
xx Apr 1971	Wg Cdr Cdr T P O'Brien
xx Apr 1973	Wg Cdr F Allen
xx Jun 1975	Wg Cdr Barry Higgs; later AVM
xx Dec 1977	Wg Cdr L S Frame
xx Dec 1979	Wg Cdr A R P Phipps
6 Nov 1981	Wg Cdr C Adams AFC
xx Jun 1982	DB
xx xxx xxxx	Names from this period have not yet been found
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr C Mitchell
28 Jul 2006	DB
1 Jan 2007	Wg Cdr A Jeffrey
xx xxx 2009	Wg Cdr J Ball
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr A Bird
xx xxx 2012	Wg Cdr T Burke
xx xxx xxxx	Wg Cdr C Welsh (2019/20)

No 40 Squadron

26 Feb 1916	Capt R G Howard
15 Mar 1916	Maj R Loraine MC
12 Feb 1917	Maj L A Tilney MC
9 Mar 1918	Capt G H Lewis
15 Mar 1918	Maj R S Dallas DSO MC
1 Jun 1918	Capt I P R Napier
3 Jun 1918	Maj A W Keen MC
15 Aug 1918	Capt J L Middleton
16 Aug 1918	Capt I P R Napier
20 Aug 1918	Maj R J O Compston DSC, DFC
13 Feb 1919	Capt R L Chidlaw-Roberts
4 Jul 1919	DB
1 Apr 1931	Sqn Ldr Malcolm L Taylor AFC; later AVM
1 Apr 1934	Sqn Ldr Edward I Bussell; later A/Cdre
6 Aug 1935	Sqn Ldr Arthur P Ledger MBE; later AVM
1 Jan 1937	Sqn Ldr A H H MacDonald
21 Feb 1938	Sqn Ldr H C Parker
24 Apr 1939	Wg Cdr E C Barlow (KIA 15 May 1940)
15 May 1940	Sqn Ldr B Paddon (Temporary)
20 May 1940	Wg Cdr J G Llewelyn (KIA 23 May 2940)
3 Jun 1940	Wg Cdr D H F Barnett; later ACM
23 Dec 1940	Wg Cdr E J P Davy
23 Aug 1941	Wg Cdr L J Stickley DFC (ME Echelon from Oct 1941)
xx Oct 1941	Sqn Ldr Pretty [Temp] (Home Echelon)
11 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr Spence[Temp] (Home Echelon)
26 Nov 1941	Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr P G R Heath (Home Echelon)
31 Dec 1941	Home Echelon reverted to No 40 Sqn
30 Apr 1942	Wg Cdr R E Ridgway
21 Dec 1942	Wg Cdr J E S Morton
31 Mar 1943	Wg Cdr D R Bagnall DFC
19 Feb 1944	Wg Cdr J E Kirwan DFC
xx xxx 1944	Sqn Ldr C Mervyn-Jones DFC [Temp] (until 12 Aug 1944)
31 Jan 1945	Wg Cdr P N Smith DFC
6 Feb 1946	Wg Cdr G A Mills
5 Sep 1946	Sqn Ldr J D Melrose DFC
1 Apr 1947	DB
1 Dec 1947	Sqn Ldr W Beringer
xx Mar 1948	Sqn Ldr B G Meharg AFC
15 Mar 1950	DB
28 Oct 1953	Sqn Ldr K B Rogers DFC AFC
xx May 1956	Sqn Ldr E L Wallane
1 Feb 1957	DB

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