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Squadron Commanding Officers, Nos 221 - 240 Squadrons


[221 Sqn |  222 Sqn |  223 Sqn |  224 Sqn |  225 Sqn |  226 Sqn |  227 Sqn |  228 Sqn |  229 Sqn |  230 Sqn |  231 Sqn |  232 Sqn |  233 Sqn |  234 Sqn |  235 Sqn |  236 Sqn |  237 Sqn |  238 Sqn |  239 Sqn | 240 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  221 Squadron

xx Aug 1918

Maj A F F Jacob

xx Oct 1918

DB

20 Dec 1918

Maj John O Andrews DSO, MC; later AVM

xx Apr 1919

Maj Baron E A de LaVille

 1 Jan 1919

DB

21 Nov 1940

Wg Cdr T R Vickers

11 Sep 1941

Wg Cdr A M Murdoch

11 May 1942

Wg Cdr J D T Revill

23 Sep 1942

Wg Cdr R A Sprague DFC

 6 Oct 1942

Wg Cdr E P W Hutton AFC

17 Jun 1943

Wg Cdr M J A Shaw

31 Jan 1944

Wg Cdr J H Hoskins DFC

13 Jul 1944

Wg Cdr J H Simpson DFC (WIA 12 Dec 1944)

13 Dec 1944

Sqn Ldr R H Prior DFC (Acting)

10 Jan 1945

Wg Cdr R H Prior DFC

 2 Jun 1945

Wg Cdr G Taylor DFC, AFC

26 Jul 1945

Wg Cdr W H Hankin

21 Aug 1945

DB

No  222 Squadron

 1 Apr 1918

?

27 Feb 1919

DB

 5 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr Herbert W Mermagen AFC; later A/Cdre

31 Jul 1940

Sqn Ldr J H Hill

 4 Jan 1941

Sqn Ldr R C Love DFC

 1 Nov 1941

Sqn Ldr H F Gilbert

22 Dec 1941

Sqn Ldr M B Czernin DFC

19 Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr R M Milne DFC

22 May 1942

Sqn Ldr J S Jomkiewicz DFC (KIA 25 May 1942)

27 May 1942

Sqn Ldr N Anderson

 2 Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr H J L Hallowes DFM*

12 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr R W Oxspring DFC (Temp)

23 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr Archibald L Winskill DFC; later A/Cdre (posted 10 Sep 1942)

15 Sep 1942

Sqn Ldr E J F Harrington

22 Jul 1943

Sqn Ldr G J Stonhill DFC

17 Feb 1944

Sqn Ldr R F Inness

 6 Jun 1944

Sqn Ldr D G S R Cox DFC*

17 Jul 1944

Sqn Ldr J B Rigby DFC*

23 Jan 1945

Sqn Ldr E B Lyons DFC

 7 May 1945

Sqn Ldr R M Matheson (posted 22 Oct 1945)

12 Nov 1945

Sqn Ldr G E Ball DFC wef 26 Oct 1945 (KIFA 1 Feb 1946)

 5 Feb 1946

Sqn Ldr C C F Cooper DFC

xx Oct 1947

Sqn Ldr S H Troughton-Smith

 1 Sep 1949

Sqn Ldr P J C Stephenson

xx Jan 1950

Flt Lt John W Frost DFC; later A/Cdre (Temp)

xx Mar 1950

Sqn Ldr John W Frost DFC; later A/Cdre

xx May 1952

Sqn Ldr R K Wilson AFC

xx Sep 1954

Sqn Ldr K F W Tapper

xx Jan 1956

Sqn Ldr C K Cooke

xx Sep 1956

Sqn Ldr G Gray

 1 Nov 1957

DB

 1 May 1960

?

30 Jun 1964

DB

No  223 Squadron

18 Sep 1918

Maj A B Gaskell DSC

xx Oct 1918

Maj H F de la Rue DFC

16 May 1919

DB

15 Dec 1936

Sqn Ldr John Whitworth-Jones; later ACM

 8 Apr 1937

Sqn Ldr R T Taaffe

28 May 1938

Flt Lt D P Frost

30 Dec 1938

Sqn Ldr R T Taaffe

 2 Feb 1940 Sqn Ldr J C Larking DFC
 9 Nov 1940 Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr J F Roulston DFC (Roulston was also concurrently Stn Cdr, RAF Shandur, Egypt, from 8 Sep 41)
28 Oct 1941 Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr W A Wild
27 Jun 1941 Wg Cdr T H Horgan DFC

 2 May 1943

Sqn Ldr Peter de L Le Cheminant DFC

12 Jan 1944

Wg Cdr Griffiths DFC

14 Jan 1944

Wg Cdr K F Mackie DFC

xx Mar 1944

Names for this period have not yet been found

11 Aug 1944

DB

23 Aug 1944

Squadron reformed in No 100 Group, Bomber Command

23 Aug 1944

Wg Cdr D J McGlinn DFC (Temp)

22 Sep 1944

Wg Cdr H H Burnell AFC

12 Jul 1945

Sqn Ldr R Van der Bok DFC*

29 Jul 1945

DB

 1 Dec 1959

Sqn Ldr F W Lister

xx Nov 1961

Sqn Ldr C W Bruce

23 Aug 1963

DB

No  224 Squadron

 1 Apr 1918

Maj J S F Morrison

15 Apr 1919

DB

 1 Feb 1937

Flt Lt L H Anderson

 3 Mar 1937

Sqn Ldr Reginald N Waite; later A/Cdre

xx Jan 1939

Wg Cdr E A Hodgson

 3 Dec 1940

Sqn Ldr C F C Wright?

10 Dec 1940

Wg Cdr R N Clark

15 Marr 1941

Wg Cdr T C Curnow

14 Mar 1942

Wg Cdr W H Kearney

24 Mar 1943

Wg Cdr Arthur E Clouston DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre

28 Feb 1944

Wg Cdr W T McComb OBE

19 Jan 1945

Wg Cdr M A Ensor DSO*, DFC*

xx Nov 1946

Sqn Ldr H M S Green

xx Oct 1947

Flt Lt Hammatt

 6 Nov 1947

Flt Lt D L MacGregor

10 Nov 1947

 DB

 1 Mar 1948

Squadron reformed

 1 Mar 1948

Sqn Ldr G Davison

 9 Aug 1948

Sqn Ldr A H Dart DSO, DFC

20 Oct 1948

Sqn Ldr F A B Tams

xx Nov 1949

Sqn Ldr G F Morley-Mower DFC

xx Feb 1952

Sqn Ldr G L Mattey

xx Nov 1953

Sqn Ldr J G Roberts DFC, DFM

 1 May 1955

Wg Cdr J D E Hughes DFC

 7 Jan 1957

Wg Cdr G E Willis DFC, AFC

31 Jan 1959

Wg Cdr A S Baker OBE, DFC

 8 Dec 1959

Sqn Ldr N G Ashcroft (Temp)

xx Dec 1959

Wg Cdr B Lewin DFC

17 Oct 1960

Wg Cdr J G Duncan MBE

xx Dec 1962

Wg Cdr E J A Patterson

xx xxx 1964

Wg Cdr G Bates

31 Oct 1966

DB

No  225 Squadron

 1 Apr 1918

Maj T Hinshelwood

19 Dec 1918

DB

 3 Oct 1939

Flt Lt L J Stickley (Temporary - No 614A Sqn)

12 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr Peter L Donkin; later A/Cdre

 1 Jun 1940

Wg Cdr G H Stilwell

 4 Feb 1941

Wg Cdr A A N Malan

 4 Oct 1941

Wg Cdr R J Burrough

 2 Apr 1942

Wg Cdr H V Alloway

 7 Oct 1942

Wg Cdr Edward G L Millington DFC; later A/Cdre

27 Sep 1943

Sqn Ldr A W McCandlish DFC

11 Dec 1943

Lt Col R H Rogers DFC

22 May 1944

Wg Cdr J W C Goldthorp

18 Sep 1944

Maj W G Andrew (Temp)

29 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr A W McCandlish DFC

 6 Oct 1945

Wg Cdr W A Laurie DFC

 1 Jan 1946

Sqn Ldr G Henderson DFC

xx Nov 1946

Flt Lt Stonier

30 Dec 1946

DB

 1 Jan 1960

Sqn Ldr A Twigg

xx Apr 1962

Sqn Ldr H T Price

xx Nov 1964

Sqn Ldr P J Bulford

1 Nov 1965

DB

No  226 Squadron

 1 Apr 1918

Maj M S Marsden

19 Jun 1918

Maj R F S Leslie DSC DFC AFC

18 Dec 1918

DB

15 May 1937

?

23 Apr 1937

Sqn Ldr R L Edward

 7 Dec 1938

Sqn Ldr Charles E S Lockett; later A/Cdre

 1 Mar 1939

Wg Cdr Sydney L G Pope; later A/Cdre

 1 May 1940

Sqn Ldr Charles E S Lockett; later A/Cdre

 4 May 1940

Wg Cdr H C Parker

17 Jan 1941

Sqn Ldr R G Hurst (Temp)

31 Jan 1941

Wg Cdr J A P Harrison

 4 Jun 1941

Sqn Ldr R G Hurst (Temp)

19 Jun 1941

Wg Cdr R G Hurst (KIA 4 Jul 1941)

 5 Jul 1941

Wg Cdr V S Butler (KIA 8 Mar 1942)

31 Mar 1942

Wg Cdr W H Surplice DSO

 1 May 1943

Wg Cdr C E R Tait DFC

25 Jan 1944

Wg Cdr J S Adams DFC*

 2 Jun 1944

Wg Cdr Arthur D Mitchell DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre

21 Aug 1944

Wg Cdr H M Kerr AFC

 8 Nov 1944

Wg Cdr H F Wood

20 Sep 1945

DB

 1 Aug 1959

Sqn Ldr E R Morriss

29 May 1961

Sqn Ldr P I Hart

 9 Mar 1963

DB

No  227 Squadron

 1 Apr 1918

?

 9 Dec 1918

DB

 1 Jul 1942

?

 7 Sep 1942

DB

20 Aug 1942

Wg Cdr D R Shore DFC

10 Oct 1942

Wg Cdr C A Masterman OBE

29 Dec 1942

Wg Cdr A Watson (posted 22 Feb 1943)

xx Apr 1943

Wg Cdr R M Mackenzie DFC, AFC

17 Oct 1943

Wg Cdr J K Buchanan (shot down 16 Feb 1944)

17 Feb 1944

Sqn Ldr D B Bennet DFC

15 Mar 1944

Wg Cdr J R Blackburn DSO, DFC

12 Aug 1944

DB

 7 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr D M Balme DSO, DFC

18 Jun 1945

Wg Cdr B W McMillan

 5 Sep 1945

DB

No  228 Squadron

20 Aug 1918

Maj R Leckie DSO DSC DFC

xx Jan 1919

Maj S J Fetherston

30 Jun 1919

DB

15 Dec 1936

Flt Lt G A Bolland (Temporary)

15 Feb 1937

Sqn Ldr J E G Thomas DFC

16 Feb 1939

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Leonard K Barnes MBE; later A/Cdre

 9 Nov 1939

Wg Cdr Gilbert E Nicholetts AFC; later AM

13 May 1941

Wg Cdr E J Brooks DFC

28 Dec 1941

Wg Cdr Davy

 2 May 1942

Wg Cdr Moseley (KIFA 25 Aug 1942)

xx Sep 1942

Wg Cdr N F Eagleton DFC

 6 Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr T O Marshall (Temp)

11 Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr J R Bloxam (Temp)

 1 Sep 1943

Wg Cdr P A Lombard

 7 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr A M G Lywood DFC

 4 Jun 1945

DB

 1 Jun 1946

Squadron reformed

 1 Jun 1946

DB

 1 Jul 1954

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr K M Murray DFC

 3 Jul 1956

Wg Cdr J G Graham DFC

 6 Mar 1959

DB

 1 Sep 1959

Sqn Ldr R J Badeni

xx Nov 1961

Sqn Ldr N E Taylor

xx Dec 1963

Sqn Ldr G Stafford BA

28 Aug 1964

DB

No  229 Squadron

20 Aug 1918

Capt B C H Cross [temp]

21 Sep 1918

Maj A B Gaskell DSO

xx Oct 1918

Maj H Stewart

xx Jan 1919

Maj A B Gaskell DSO

 4 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr Harold J Maguire; later AM

 6 Sep 1940

Sqn Ldr Banham

16? Oct 1940

Sqn Ldr Frederick E Rosier; later ACM

13 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr W A Smith

16 Feb 1942

Sqn Ldr D Kain

21 Apr 1942

Sqn Ldr Dafforn DFC

29 Apr 1942

DB

 3 Aug 1942

Sqn Ldr W A Douglas

11 Sep 1942

Sqn Ldr H C Baker

13 Oct 1942

Sqn Ldr M M Stephens DSO, DFC**

 6 Nov 1942

Sqn Ldr T Smart (KIA 12 Apr 1943)

14 Apr 1943

Sqn Ldr P W E Heppell

 3 May 1943

Sqn Ldr B E G White (KIA 5 Jul 1943)

 6 Jul 1943

Sqn Ldr G J Cox DFC

15 Oct 1943

Flt Lt H Hopkinson (Temp)

15 Nov 1943

Maj N F Harrison SAAF

13 Dec 1944

Sqn Ldr Patterson

10 Jan 1945

DB

No  230 Squadron

20 Aug 1918

Capt C J Clayton

 9 Oct 1919

Wg Cdr C E Risk OBE

22 Dec 1920

Wg Cdr I T Courtney CBE

xx xxx xxxx

Flt Lt Edward J P Burling DSC, DFC

 1 Apr 1923

DB

 1 Dec 1934

Reformed

16 Jan 1935

Flt Lt R W Hill

 6 Mar 1935

Wg Cdr/Gp Capt Wilfred H Dunn DSC; later A/Cdre

 3 Dec 1938

Wg Cdr G M Bryer OBE, AFC

 1 May 1940

Wg Cdr G Francis

13 Sep 1941

Wg Cdr T W G Eady

13 Oct 1941

Wg Cdr M C Collins

18 Nov 1942

Wg Cdr C R Taylor

25 Aug 1943

Wg Cdr D K Bednall

 5 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr C E L Powell

21 Aug 1945

Wg Cdr Desmond E Hawkins DFC; later AVM

xx Oct 1946

Wg Cdr V H A McBratney AFC

 1 Jul 1947

Sqn Ldr G A Huxford

30 Mar 1948

Sqn Ldr A J Payn MBE

13 Feb 1950

Sqn Ldr O J Wells

17 Nov 1950

Sqn Ldr A M Campbell

xx Jan 1952

Sqn Ldr J G Higgins DFC, AFC

 7 Dec 1953

Sqn Ldr E C Bennett DFM

 3 Jan 1955

Sqn Ldr C M Stavert AFC

27 Dec 1955

Sqn Ldr P G Adams DSO

28 Feb 1957

DB

1 Sep 1958

Squadron reformed from No 215 Sqn

1 Sep 1958

Sqn Ldr W J Simpson

xx Jul 1960

Sqn Ldr H J West DSO, AFC

xx Oct 1962

Sqn Ldr D H Thomas

xx xxx xxxx

Sqn Ldr D E Too

xx xxx xxxx

Names for this period have not yet been found

xx xxx xxxx

Sqn Ldr T S C Jones

3 Dec 1971

DB

 1 Jan 1972

Wg Cdr P D A Austin

xx Jan 1974

Wg Cdr Ian Horrocks; later A/Cdre

xx Jun 1977

Wg Cdr A N D Parker-Ashley

xx Jun 1979

Wg Cdr B A Wright

xx xxx xxxx

Names for this period have not yet been found except: -

xx xxx xxxx

Wg Cdr C Hunter (2007)

No  231 Squadron

20 Aug 1918

Maj J O Galpin

 7 Jul 1919

DB

 1 Jul 1940

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr R H Humphries

 4 Sep 1941

Wg Cdr E D Joyce

28 Oct 1942

Wg Cdr V A Pope

23 Jul 1943

Sqn Ldr J P Lucas

13 Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr W E V Malins

20 Dec 1943

Sqn Ldr G H Nelson-Edwards

15 Jan 1944

DB

 7 Sep 1944

Names for this period have not yet been found

15 Jan 1946

DB

No  232 Squadron

20 Aug 1918

Maj J Gordon DFC

 5 Jan 1919

DB

17 Jul 1940

Flt Lt M M Sephens DFC

 7 Oct 1940

Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr J Pennington-Legh

 1 May 1941

Wg Cdr William J Crisham; later AVM

 6 Jun 1941

Sqn Ldr C A Masterton OBE (OBE)

19 Jul 1941

Sqn Ldr A W Pennington-Legh

21 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr A J A Llewellin

25 Feb 1942

DB

14 Apr 1942

Sqn Ldr A McDowell DFM

10 Sep 1942

Sqn Ldr Archibald L Winskill DFC; later A/Cdre

xx Jun 1943

Sqn Ldr C I R Arthur

 1 Jan 1944

Sqn Ldr G W Garton DFC

22 Apr 1944

Sqn Ldr H S Jackson DFC (MIA 29 Apr 1944)

 1 May 1944

Sqn Ldr A F Roscoe AFC

31 Oct 1944

DB

15 Nov 1944

Wg Cdr D W Balden

22 Jan 1945

Wg Cdr Sir R H Barlow AFC

16 Nov 1945

Wg Cdr D L Prichard DSO

15 Aug 1946

DB

No  233 Squadron

31 Aug 1918

Capt H V German [temp]

xx xxx 1918

Capt A C Reid (by 10 Nov 1918)

21 Nov 1918

Maj Ronald Graham DSO, DSC, DFC; later AVM

15 May 1919

DB

18 May 1937

 

22 May 1937

Sqn Ldr John B M Wallis; later A/Cdre

 8 Nov 1937

Wg Cdr Lewis G le B Croke; later A/Cdre

xx xxx 1939

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr W C P Bullock

 1 Jun 1940

Wg Cdr H A Purvis DFC, AFC

xx May 1941

Wg Cdr E C Kidd AFC, AFM

xx Oct 1941

Wg Cdr E H Clarke AFC (KIA 15 Mar 1942)

15 Mar 1942

Wg Cdr T W T McComb

xx Nov 1942

Wg Cdr H G D Devey

 5 Dec 1943

Wg Cdr M E Morrison AFC

11 Jul 1944

Sqn Ldr B A Miller (Temp)

18 Jul 1944

Wg Cdr William E Coles DFC, AFC; later AM

 6 Nov 1944

Wg Cdr K G Mellor DFC

xx Jul 1945

Wg Cdr E Banthorpe

15 Dec 1945

DB

 1 Sep 1960

Sqn Ldr Perry

xx xxx 1962

Sqn Ldr D W Barnard

31 Jan 1964

DB

No  234 Squadron

20 Aug 1918

Maj Richard B Maycock; later A/Cdre

xx Jan 1919

Maj G H Cox

15 May 1919

DB

30 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr W A J Satchell

xx Nov 1939

Sqn Ldr R E Barnett

17 Aug 1940

Sqn Ldr J S O'Brien

 7 Sep 1940

Flt Lt Page (Temporary)

22 Sep 1940

Sqn Ldr M V Blake DFC

29 Jan 1942

Sqn Ldr F E W Birchfield AFC

25 Oct 1942

Sqn Ldr Barning-Lever AFC

20 Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr M G Barnett

 6 Oct 1943

Flt Lt Glaser DFC (Temp)

15 Oct 1943

Sqn Ldr I M T de K Bocock DFC

25 Oct 1943

Sqn Ldr P L Arnott

27 Dec 1944

Maj Christie SAAF

10 Feb 1945

Sqn Ldr J A S Storrar DFC*

27 Apr 1945

Sqn Ldr P F Steib DFC

 1 Jan 1946

Sqn Ldr Plagis DFC

 1 Sep 1946

DB

 1 Aug 1952

Sqn Ldr R M Chatfield

xx Mar 1955

Sqn Ldr R E Emmett AFC

17 Aug 1956

Sqn Ldr E A Riseley

15 Jul 1957

DB

22 Oct 1958

Part of No 229 OCU

 2 Sep 1974

Part of TWU/No 1 TWU

 1 Sep 1992

Part of No 4 FTS

 1 Apr 1994

DB

No  235 Squadron

20 Aug 1918

Maj A K Robertson

15 May 1919

DB

31 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr R I G McDougall

22 May 1940

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr R N Clarke DFC

xx Dec 1940

Sqn Ldr I M T de K Bocock

30 Apr 1941

Sqn Ldr A G Wincott

18 Oct 1941

Wg Cdr H J Garlick DFC

xx Aug 1942

Wg Cdr G H B Hutchinson (posted 29 Mar 1943)

xx Apr 1943

Wg Cdr R H McConnell DFC

25 Apr 1944

Wg Cdr J V Yonge

22 Oct 1944

Wg Cdr R A Atkinson DSO, DFC (KIA 14 Dec 1944)

20 Dec 1944

Wg Cdr A H Simmonds DFC

10 Jul 1945

DB

No  236 Squadron

20 Aug 1918

Maj R S Booth

15 May 1919

DB

31 Oct 1939

Sqn Ldr P E Drew

 1 Aug 1940

Flt Lt R M Power (Temporary)

 3 Aug 1940

Flt Lt R W Denison (Temporary)

15 Aug 1940

Sqn Ldr G W Montagu (KIA 21 Dec 1940)

30 Dec 1940

Sqn Ldr F Harrison

 3 May 1941

Sqn Ldr A M Glover

 1 May 1942

Wg Cdr H F Wood

17 Sep 1942

Wg Cdr H D Fraser OBE

30 Nov 1942

Wg Cdr Henry N G Wheeler DFC; later ACM

 6 Sep 1943

Wg Cdr W H Cliff DSO

13 Mar 1944

Wg Cdr P D F Mitchell

25 Aug 1944

Wg Cdr Ernest W Tacon; later A/Cdre (POW 12 Sep 1944)

14 Sep 1944

Wg Cdr D G Hall

25 May 1945

DB

No  237 Squadron

20 Aug 1918

?

15 May 1919

DB

22 Apr 1940

Sqn Ldr V E Maxwell

11 Jun 1941

Sqn Ldr G A Smith (posted 29 Sep 1941)

17 Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr E T Smith DFC

23 Apr 1943

Sqn Ldr J Walmisley

12 Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr I H R Shand DFC

xx Apr 1945

Sqn Ldr P P Devenish DFC

 1 Jan 1946

DB

No  238 Squadron

20 Aug 1918

Maj R H Kershaw

15 Oct 1919

Sqn Ldr George F Breese DSC

20 Mar 1922

DB

18 May 1940

Sqn Ldr C E J Baines

15 Jul 1940

Sqn Ldr Harold A Fenton; later A/Cdre

xx Oct 1941

Sqn Ldr O'Neill DFC

 1 Mar 1942

Sqn Ldr Christopher J Mount DFC; later A/Cdre

 5 Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr R G A Barclay DFC (KIA 17 Jul 1942)

20 Jul 1942

Sqn Ldr R Marples DFC

25 Nov 1942

Capt T W Phillips

 6 Dec 1942

Sqn Ldr H P Cocrane DFC

 5 Aug 1943

Sqn Ldr A Wilson

16 Aug 1944

Sqn Ldr D H McBurnie DFM

26 Oct 1944

DB

26 Dec 1944

Wg Cdr R E Bailey DSO, DFC

29 Jan 1945

Wg Cdr Harry Burton DSO; later AM

29 Jan 1946

Sqn Ldr E V Applin AFC

 9 Feb 1946

DB

 1 Dec 1946

Wg Cdr D K Bennett

xx Sep 1947

Sqn Ldr G M Pinney

xx Nov 1947

Sqn Ldr T F C Churcher

 4 Oct 1948

DB by being renumbered No 10 Sqn

No  239 Squadron

20 Aug 1918

Capt N G Stewart Dawson

15 May 1919

DB

18 Sep 1940

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Peter L Donkin; later A/Cdre

 1 Oct 1942

Wg Cdr P Legge

26 Sep 1943

Wg Cdr P M J Evans DFC

13 Sep 1944

Sqn Ldr J S Booth DFC (Temp)

25 Sep 1944

Wg Cdr W F Gibb

 1 Jul 1945

DB

No 240 Squadron

20 Aug 1918

Capt C L Scott

15 May 1919

DB

30 Mar 1937

Sqn Ldr J McFarlane

14 Oct 1937

Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr M W C Ridgway

25 Aug 1939

Wg Cdr R H Carter OBE, DFC

28 Sep 1940

Wg Cdr A W Bates

 5 Feb 1941

Wg Cdr C A Watt

 1 Oct 1941

Wg Cdr C A V Clayton DFC

28 Oct 1943

Wg Cdr B A A C Wood

15 Feb 1945

Wg Cdr C B Gavin Robinson AFC

21 Mar 1946

DB

 1 May 1952

Sqn Ldr L F Banks DFC

xx Apr 1954

Sqn Ldr A P Smallman

 4 Jul 1955

Wg Cdr C R Alexander

 8 Aug 1957

Wg Cdr William D Hodgkinson DFC, AFC; later ACM

18 Jun 1958

Wg Cdr H R Ken MBE

 1 Nov 1958

DB

 1 Aug 1959

Sqn Ldr R W Steel

xx Jul 1961

Sqn Ldr L E A Hacke

 8 Jan 1963

DB

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