15 Feb 1942

Wg Cdr Edward H Fielden DFC, AFC; later AVM

 1 Oct 1942

Wg Cdr P C Pickard, DSO**, DFC

 6 May 1943

Wg Cdr Lewis M Hodges DFC*; later ACM

10 Feb 1944

Wg Cdr A H C Boxer

 9 Jan 1945

Wg Cdr G Watson (KIA 21 Feb 1945)

23 Feb 1945

Wg Cdr M A Brogan, DFC (KIA 5 Mar 1945)

 9 Mar 1945

Wg Cdr L F Ratcliff, DFC, AFC

 5 Jun 1945

DB

 4 Jan 1942

Wg Cdr D H S Rusher DSO

10 Mar 1943

Wg Cdr G F L Scott

 6 Dec 1943

Wg Cdr Appleby-Brown

20 Jan 1944

Sqn Ldr H A Lax

25 Sep 1944

DB

16 Dec 1944

Wg Cdr J D Bolton DFC

10 Apr 1945

Wg Cdr M K Sewell DFC

14 Jul 1946

DB

10 Jul 1942

Names for this period have not yet been found

16 Jun 1943

DB

25 Jan 1945

Wg Cdr Ivor G Broom DFC; later AM

10 Aug 1945

DB

 6 Apr 1942

Sqn Ldr T Rowland

13 Feb 1943

Sqn Ldr D P McKeown DFC (KIA 2 Sep 1943)

 5 Sep 1943

Sqn Ldr H A B Russell DFC (MIA 28 May 1944)

30 May 1944

Sqn Ldr P H Beake DFC

xx Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr I D Waddy (MIA 25 Aug 1944)

xx Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr R van Lierde DFC*

xx Jan 1945

Sqn Ldr P L Bateman-Jones

18 Aug 1945

Sqn Ldr P C Farnes DFM

31 Aug 1946

DB

 6 Apr 1942

Sqn Ldr Archibald L Winskill; later A/Cdre

12 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr H J L Hallowes DFC

16 Feb 1943

Sqn Ldr E G A Seghers DFC

19 Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr H A S Johnston DFC

 3 Jan 1944

Sqn Ldr M E Blackstone

 5 Nov 1944

Sqn Ldr J E Storrar DFC

 9 Feb 1945

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr B E Gale DFC

 1 Jan 1946

Sqn Ldr K C Doran DFC*

 1 Sep 1946

DB

11 Jan 1956

Names for this period have not yet been found

13 Mar 1958

DB

13 Jun 1918

?

31 May 1919

DB

 1 Nov 1936

Flt Lt C D C Boyce; later AVM

 2 Jan 1937

Sqn Ldr John H C Wake; later A/Cdre

 2 Oct 1937

Wg Cdr J C Foden AFC

xx Oct 1938

Sqn Ldr R W M Clark

 6 Apr 1940

DB

26 Jan 1943

Wg Cdr R A C Barclay

 3 Jul 1943

Wg Cdr R J Twamley

15 Dec 1943

Wg Cdr Colin Scragg; later AVM

15 Jan 1944

Wg Cdr F S Powley

30 Apr 1944

Wg Cdr D A Gamer

14 Dec 1944

Wg Cdr R L Vivian

17 Aug 1945

?

18 Nov 1945

DB

18 Nov 1918

?

21 May 1919

DB

 6 Apr 1942

Sqn Ldr D S Edwards

13 Feb 1943

Sqn Ldr Archibald C Stewart; later A/Cdre

12 Jun 1943

DB

 1 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr H R Collins AFC

 1 Feb 1946

DB

 1 Feb 1953

Squadron reformed

 1 Feb 1953

Sqn Ldr D E Bennett (Wg Cdr from 1 Jan 1954)

15 Mar 1954

Sqn Ldr H B Byrne

14 Apr 1956

Sqn Ldr F E Lord AFC

 3 Mar 1958

Sqn Ldr D F Orchard

15 Sep 1958

DB

15 Jun 1942

Wg Cdr G F Watson Smyth

xx Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr P W Mason DFC

 7 Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr D W Barlow DFC (MIA 13 Aug 1944)

13 Aug 1944

Flt Lt C A M Barbour

 2 Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr L H Lambert DFC

26 Feb 1945

DB

15 Jun 1942

Wg Cdr E G Campbell-Voullaire DFC

28 Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree CBE, DFC; later AVM

30 Sep 1943

DB

 1 Oct 1943

Wg Cdr E J Gracie DFC

28 Feb 1944

Wg Cdr R G Slade

24 Apr 1944

Wg Cdr N B R Bromley OBE (KIA 6 Sep 1944)

18 Sep 1944

Wg Cdr T A Heath DFC, AFC

17 Jan 1945

Wg Cdr N E Reeves DSO, DFC

10 Aug 1945

DB

15 Jun 1942

Sqn Ldr G B Walford

18 Jun 1942

Wg Cdr J A C Fuller (posted 22 Jun 1943)

xx Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr G P Wildish

15 Jan 1944

DB

15 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr P D W Hackforth

25 Feb 1945

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Basil Templeman-Rooke

15 Nov 1945

DB

15 Jun 1942

Wg Cdr P Hadfield

31 Dec 1942

DB

 7 Sep 1944

Wg Cdr M W Renault

27 Jul 1945

DB

13 Mar 1942

Wg Cdr John B Russell; later AVM

24 Oct 1942

Wg Cdr J B Brolly

24 Mar 1943

Wg Cdr R G Musson

25 Aug 1943

Wg Cdr E G Palmer

23 May 1944

Wg Cdr K Petrie (KIA 15 Jun 1944)

16 Jun 1944

Wg Cdr S R Ramsey Smith

24 Apr 1945

Wg Cdr C E Payne

 4 Jun 1945

DB

14 Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr T H Archbell DFC

29 Feb 1944

DB

 1 Feb 1953

Sqn Ldr P R Robinson

13 Aug 1953

Sqn Ldr N Briggs AFC

 1 Nov 1953

Sqn Ldr P E H Thomas AFC

 2 Sep 1957

DB

 9 Mar 1942

Sqn Ldr R C Wilkinson DFM*

 6 May 1942

Sqn Ldr Page

 1 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr E F R Fayolle DFC

23 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr W W McConnell DFC (MIA 14 Feb 1944)

25 Feb 1944

Sqn Ldr William Pitt-Brown; later A/Cdre

25 Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr J C Melvill (Sick 19 Oct 1944)

19 Oct 1944

Flt Lt D T N Kelly

xx Jan 1945

Sqn Ldr D T N Kelly

23 Mar 1945

Sqn Ldr R R Monk DFC

10 Apr 1945

DB

26 Aug 1945

Sqn Ldr D Murray DFC

 7 Sep 1945

DB

 7 Sep 1945

Sqn Ldr Usher DFC, DFM

20 Apr 1946

DB

 9 Mar 1942

Sqn Ldr F M Smith

31 Mar 1942

Sqn Ldr J R Pennington-Legh DFC

10 Jul 1943

Sqn Ldr R T P Davidson (posted 13 Sep 1943)

24 Sep 1943

Sqn Ldr M R Ingle-Finch

 9 Nov 1944

Sqn Ldr R W Campbell

30 Sep 1945

DB

14 Jan 1943

Wg Cdr J A O'Neill DFC

11 May 1943

Wg Cdr H G Goddard DFC, AFC

18 Feb 1944

Wg Cdr G R Nottage AFC

 6 Nov 1944

Wg Cdr P G Hill

23 Jan 1945

Wg Cdr G M Merrifield AFC

 3 Sep 1945

Sqn Ldr L W H Welch DFC*

 1 Jun 1946

DB

11 Jan 1956

Names for this period have not yet been found

22 Oct 1958

DB

11 Jan 1943

Fg Off A P Wills

19 Feb 1943

Plt Off W J Westood

16 Mar 1943

Plt Off H G A Scilley

28 Mar 1943

Flt Lt W J Westood

 1 May 1943

Flt Lt H B Hunt

 5 Jun 1943

Wg Cdr P H Baldwin

17 Jan 1944

Wg Cdr J E S Hill (KIA 5 Oct 1944)

 6 Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr H B Hunt DSO, DFC

 7 Nov 1944

Wg Cdr G R Nottage DFC

1 Jul 1945

DB

15 Jan 1943

12 Mar 1943

21 Aug 1943

17 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr J C Miller

 1 Jul 1945

Wg Cdr R R Banker DSO, DFC

xx Jan 1946

Wg Cdr L M Whetham DSO, DFC, AFC

15 Apr 1946

DB

11 Sep 1942

Sqn Ldr W B A Keppel

 2 Oct 1942

Wg Cdr A N Combe AFC

12 Jun 1943

Wg Cdr Jeaffreson H Greswell DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre

28 Mar 1944

Wg Cdr R R Russell

31 Jan 1945

Wg Cdr P H Alington DFC

 4 Dec 1945

Wg Cdr L M Moore

25 Feb 1946

Sqn Ldr A E Henderson (179Y (Warwick) to Jun 1946)

25 Feb 1946

Sqn Ldr A W Hornby (179X (Lancaster) to Sep 1946)

30 Sep 1946

DB

11 Sep 1942

Wg Cdr C C Hodder AFC (KIA 22 Jan 1943)

xx Jun 1943

Wg Cdr Graham R Magill DFC*; later AVM

27 Sep 1943

Wg Cdr J F Castle DFC

 6 May 1944

Wg Cdr R W Goodwin

 4 Jul 1944

Wg Cdr N deW Boult DFC, AFC

 1 Aug 1944

Wg Cdr R I K Edwards DFC, AFC

 1 Dec1944

Wg Cdr K J Powell DFC

14 Feb 1945

Wg Cdr T A Cox DSO

 1 May 1945

Wg Cdr J R Davenport

31 Mar 1946

DB

 4 Sep 1942

Sqn Ldr Denis Crowley-Milling DFC; later AM

21 Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr F W M Jensen AFC

 2 Nov 1943

Sqn Ldr J G Keep

27 May 1944

Sqn Ldr Christopher D North-Lewis DFC; later A/Cdre

14 Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr A E S Vincent DFC

 2 Dec 1944

Sqn Ldr W H B Short DFC (KIA 27 Dec 1944)

31 Dec 1944

Sqn Ldr D R Crawford

10 Feb 1945

Sqn Ldr H Ambrose DFC

30 Sep 1945

DB

11 Sep 1942

Sqn Ldr T P Pugh DFC (KIA 2 Aug 1943)

 2 Aug 1943

Flt Lt Ireson (Temp)

20 Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr D R Walker

 4 Oct 1943

Sqn Ldr M E Reid

12 May 1944

Maj D H Barlow SAAF

 3 Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr G J Gray DFC

29 Mar 1945

Sqn Ldr J D Derry DFC

30 Sep 1945

DB

 7 Nov 1942

APO O'Hara

20 Nov 1942

Sqn Ldr A V Gowers DFC

25 Oct 1943

Sqn Ldr W Dring

xx Apr 1944

Sqn Ldr F H Scarlett (KIA 12 Jul 1944)

xx Jul 1944

Sqn Ldr R W Mulliner

xx Jan 1945

Sqn Ldr H M Mason

12 Feb 1945

Sqn Ldr J R Cullen DFC

 3 Oct 1945

Sqn Ldr F W M Jensen DFC, AFC

15 Nov 1945

DB

 2 Dec 1942

Sqn Ldr J Rose DFC

 5 Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr J W Wilson DFC

 9 Oct 1944

Sqn Ldr W B Edwards DFC

10 Nov 1944

Sqn Ldr W Smith DFC

29 Aug 1945

DB

21 Oct 1918

?

14 Apr 1919

DB

 1 Jun 1938

Flt Lt D Addenbrooke

15 Oct 1938

Sqn Ldr A E Louks

21 Apr 1939

Sqn Ldr C Guppy

xx May 1939

Wg Cdr E D Barnes; later A/Cdre

 8 Apr 1940

DB

12 May 1941

Sqn Ldr P W O Mould DFC

 1 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr J M N Pike

 2 Jan 1942†

Sqn Ldr McGregor

16 Feb 1942†

Sqn Ldr P D Chaffe

20 Mar 1942†

Sqn Ldr M Rose

16 May 1942†

Sqn Ldr Lloyd DFC

29 May 1942†

Sqn Ldr Lawrence

xx Jul 1942†

Sqn Ldr W G New

 6 Aug 1942†

Maj C J O Swales SAAF

 3 Nov 1942†

Sqn Ldr B E G White

23 Jan 1943†

Sqn Ldr J Ashton

 8 Feb 1943†

Sqn Ldr H A Crafts

 1 Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr Ian N MacDougall DFC; later A/Cdre

30 Dec 1943

Sqn Ldr T W Wilmott DFM

22 Sep 1944

Sqn Ldr M V Christopherson

14 Aug 1945

DB

15 Sep 1951

Sqn Ldr R A Inness

 8 Sep 1952

Sqn Ldr P H P Roberts

 1 May 1953

DB

31 Dec 1918

?

 1 Feb 1920

DB

27 Apr 1943

Squadron reformed

27 Apr 1943

Fg Off W H King (Adjutant)

14 Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr F E G Hayter

 7 Jan 1944

Sqn Ldr W H Ireson

5 Apr 1944

DB

 1 Oct 1944

Squadron reformed

 9 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr John H Giles DFC; later A/Cdre

16 Mar 1945

Wg Cdr E L Hancock

17 Jul 1945

DB

27 Feb 1945

Wg Cdr R I Alexander DFC

xx Sep 1945

Wg Cdr V G Daw DFC, AFC

 5 Mar 1946

Wg Cdr H D Newman

14 Mar 1946

Wg Cdr P Fleming

 1 Dec 1946

DB

 1 Feb 1953

Squadron reformed

 1 Feb 1953

Sqn Ldr G Smythe

15 Apr 1954

Sqn Ldr J J Hall

30 Apr 1956

Sqn Ldr R E W Smerdon

 2 Sep 1957

DB

26 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr J S Shorthouse DFC (posted 16 Jun 1945)

 9 Jul 1945

Wg Cdr C Fothergill

 8 Aug 1945

Sqn Ldr C O Stephens

 8 Sep 1945

Wg Cdr F W Triggs DFC

28 Oct 1945

Wg Cdr E F Smith

20 Nov 1945

DB

17 Feb 1943

?

 1 Mar 1943

Wg Cdr P H Alington DFC

 1 Jan 1944

DB

 5 Jan 1944

Wg Cdr G E Harrison

 2 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr R H Bunker DSO, DFC*

24 Mar 1945

Wg Cdr G H Briggs DFC

25 Jun 1945

Wg Cdr L C Bartram

21 Jan 1946

DB

17 May 1943

?

 1 Jun 1943

Wg Cdr K E Cornabe

12 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr R A Phillips

17 Apr 1945

Wg Cdr Arthur F Johnson DFC; later A/Cdre

15 Jun 1945

DB

 4 Jan 1943

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Charles V D Willis; later A/Cdre

12 Mar 1944

Wg Cdr E P M Fernbank (Temp)

13 Jun 1944

Wg Cdr D W Donaldson DSO, DFC

22 Aug 1945

DB

15 Jul 1951

Sqn Ldr W A C Emmett

21 Aug 1958

DB