Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Squadron Commanding Officers, Nos 500 - 598 Squadrons
[No 500 Sqn | 501 Sqn | 502 Sqn | 503 Sqn | 504 Sqn | 510 Sqn | 511 Sqn | 512 Sqn | 513 Sqn | 514 Sqn | 515 Sqn | 516 Sqn | 517 Sqn | 518 Sqn | 519 Sqn | 520 Sqn| No 521 Sqn | No 524 Sqn | No 525 Sqn | No 526 Sqn | No 527 Sqn | No 528 Sqn | No 529 Sqn | No 530 Sqn | No 531 Sqn | No 532 Sqn | No 533 Sqn | No 534 Sqn | No 535 Sqn | No 536 Sqn | No 537 Sqn | No 538 Sqn | No 539 Sqn | No 540 Sqn | 541 Sqn | 542 Sqn | 543 Sqn | 544 Sqn | 547 Sqn | No 548 Sqn | No 549 Sqn | No 550 Sqn | No 567 Sqn | No 570 Sqn | No 571 Sqn | No 575 Sqn | No 576 Sqn | No 577 Sqn | No 578 Sqn | No 582 Sqn | No 587 Sqn | No 595 Sqn | No 598 Sqn]
16 Mar 1931 |
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30 Mar 1931 |
Sqn Ldr S R Watkins AFC |
29 Jul 1931 |
Wg Cdr L F Forbes MC |
1 Jul 1933 |
Wg Cdr R Halley DFC, AFC |
xx May 1935 |
Sqn Ldr George M Lawson MC; later A/Cdre |
xx Apr 1936 |
Flt Lt W G Wooliams |
20 Oct 1936 |
Sqn Ldr C G Hohler |
2 Jan 1940 |
Flt Lt R E X Mack (Temporary) |
13 Jan 1940 |
Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr W K Le May |
19 Jul 1940 |
Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr C H Turner |
xx Mar 1941 |
Wg Cdr M Q Candler |
xx Jul 1941 |
Wg Cdr G T Gilbert |
xx Apr 1942 |
Wg Cdr Denis F Spotswood DSO, DFC; later MRAF |
xx Apr 1943 |
Wg Cdr D G Keddie |
xx Apr 1944 |
Wg Cdr C K Bonner |
xx Jun 1944 |
Wg Cdr C E A Garton |
11 Jul 1944 |
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13 Jul 1944 |
Wg Cdr H N Garbett |
xx Aug 1945 |
Wg Cdr H J D Matson DFC |
25 Oct 1945 |
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10 May 1946 |
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xx Aug 1946 |
Sqn Ldr P Green OBE, AFC |
xx Feb 1949 |
Sqn Ldr M C Kennard DFC |
xx Mar 1952 |
Sqn Ldr D de Villiers |
xx Aug 1954 |
Sqn Ldr D M Clause |
xx Oct 1954 |
Sqn Ldr D H M Chandler |
10 May 1957 |
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14 Jun 1929 |
Flt Lt L P Winters |
26 Aug 1929 |
Sqn Ldr R S Sugden AFC |
17 Jan 1933 |
Sqn Ldr William Elliot DFC; later ACM |
21 Jan 1935 |
Sqn Ldr Hugh G White; later AVM |
24 Apr 1936 |
Flt Lt E S Finch |
7 Jun 1936 |
Flt Lt Herbert M Pearson; later A/Cdre |
14 Dec 1936 |
Flt Lt H R L Hood |
15 Mar 1937 |
Flt Lt F W Stannard |
12 Jul 1937 |
Sqn Ldr M V M Clube AuxAF |
29 Jun 1940 |
Sqn Ldr Henry A V Hogan; later AVM |
6 Nov 1940 |
Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr E Holden DFC |
xx Jun 1941 |
Sqn Ldr A H Boyd DFC |
xx Aug 1941 |
Sqn Ldr C F Currant DFC |
xx Jun 1942 |
Sqn Ldr J W Villa DFC* |
xx Sep 1942 |
Sqn Ldr A J Robinson |
xx May 1943 |
Sqn Ldr E Barthold |
xx Oct 1943 |
Sqn Ldr M G Barnett RNZAF |
xx Aug 1944 |
Sqn Ldr J Berry DFC |
xx Nov 1944 |
Sqn Ldr A Parker-Rees DFC |
20 Apr 1945 |
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10 May 1946 |
? |
xx Aug 1946 |
Flt Lt R F W Cleaver DSO, DFC [Temp] |
xx Dec 1946 |
Sqn Ldr T James |
xx Sep 1949 |
Sqn Ldr A C Henderson DFC |
xx Sep 1950 |
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson DSO, DFC |
xx Oct 1952 |
Sqn Ldr G B Mercer |
xx May 1955 |
Sqn Ldr M C Collings |
10 May 1957 |
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15 May 1925 |
Flt Lt E F Turner (Temporary) |
3 Jun 1925 |
Sqn Ldr Robert D Oxland; later AVM |
1 May 1926 |
Wg Cdr Arthur C Wright AFC; later A/Cdre |
10 Sep 1929 |
Sqn Ldr Charles L King MC, DFC; later A/Cdre |
2 Nov 1929 |
Wg Cdr Francis P Don;, later AVM |
9 Jan 1931 |
Wg Cdr R T Leather, AFC |
22 Dec 1931 |
Sqn Ldr Charles L King MC, DFC; later A/Cdre (Temporary) |
18 Jan 1932 |
Wg Cdr R T Leather, AFC |
5 Mar 1932 |
Wg Cdr L T N Gould, MC |
4 Dec 1933 |
Sqn Ldr Henry E Walker MC, DFC; later A/Cdre |
12 Mar 1934 |
Wg Cdr J C Russell, DSO |
12 Jun 1936 |
Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr G V Tyrell, MC |
14 Apr 1937 |
Flt Lt T P Gleave (Temporary) |
1 Jul 1937 |
Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr L R Briggs AuxAF |
30 Dec 1940 |
Wg Cdr T B Cooper |
xx Nov 1941 |
Wg Cdr F C Richardson |
xx Sep 1942 |
Wg Cdr J C Halley |
xx Aug 1943 |
Wg Cdr N M Bayliss |
xx May 1944 |
Wg Cdr C A Maton, DSO, SAAF |
xx Oct 1944 |
Wg Cdr K B Corbould, DFC |
xx Nov 1944 |
Wg Cdr H H C Holderness, DFC, AFC, RCAF |
25 May 1945 |
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10 May 1946 |
? |
xx Jul 1946 |
Sqn Ldr W H McGiffin |
xx xx xxxx |
Sqn Ldr D F B Sheen, DFC*, RAAF |
xx xxx xxxx |
Sqn Ldr N G Townsend, DFC |
xx xxx 1956 |
Sqn Ldr J H Pearce |
10 May 1957 |
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5 Oct 1926 |
? |
xx Nov 1926 |
Sqn Ldr Robert D Oxland; later AVM |
21 Feb 1927 |
Wg Cdr The Hon L J E Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes |
7 Mar 1930 |
Sqn Ldr H E P Wigglesworth DSC; later AM |
20 May 1930 |
Wg Cdr H P Lale, DSO, DFC |
10 May 1931 |
Wg Cdr H I Hanmer, DFC |
23 Aug 1933 |
Wg Cdr A P V Daly, AFC |
21 Sep 1935 |
Sqn Ldr J L M de C Hughes-Chamberlain |
1 Mar 1936 |
Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr H E Power |
31 Oct 1938 |
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26 Mar 1928 |
? |
23 Apr 1928 |
Sqn Ldr Charles H Elliott-Smith; later A/Cdre |
10 Feb 1930 |
Sqn Ldr H I Hanmer DFC |
1 May 1931 |
Sqn Ldr C T Anderson DFC |
24 Mar 1934 |
Sqn Ldr Harold S Kerby DSC, AFC; later AVM |
22 Jul 1935 |
Sqn Ldr E Thornton |
1 Sep 1936 |
Flt Lt John R H Pott |
1 Jun 1937 |
Sqn Ldr Sir Hugh M Seely Bart, MP |
9 Sep 1939 |
Sqn Ldr F Y Beamish |
13 Jan 1940 |
Sqn Ldr H Watson (KIFA 30 Apr 1940) |
6 May 1940 |
Sqn Ldr J B Parnall (KIA 14 May 1940) |
xx May 1940 |
Sqn Ldr J H Hill |
xx May 1940 |
Flt Lt W B Royce, DFC |
29 May 1940 |
Sqn Ldr J Sample, DFC |
xx Mar 1941 |
Sqn Ldr M Rook |
xx Jul 1941 |
Sqn Ldr P T Parsons |
xx Feb 1942 |
Sqn Ldr R Lewis |
xx Jan 1943 |
Sqn Ldr J I Kilmartin, DFC |
xx Mar 1943 |
Sqn Ldr R C Kilian |
xx Jul 1943 |
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson, DFC |
xx Oct 1943 |
Sqn Ldr H J L Hallowes, DFC, DFM* |
xx Mar 1944 |
Sqn Ldr Banning-Lover |
xx Oct 1944 |
Sqn Ldr M Kellett |
10 Aug 1945 |
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10 May 1946 |
Sqn Ldr A H Hook, DFC, AFC |
xx xxx 1948 |
Sqn Ldr J M Birkin |
xx Mar 1950 |
Sqn Ldr G J Beardsall |
xx xxx 1954 |
Sqn Ldr P I Briggs, DFC |
10 May 1957 |
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15 Oct 1942 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
8 Apr 1944 |
DB |
10 Oct 1942 |
Wg Cdr W J Pickard |
xx Mar 1943 |
Wg Cdr J N Glover |
xx Jun 1943 |
Wg Cdr C E Slee, MVO, AFC |
xx Jun 1944 |
Wg Cdr E W Whitaker, DFC, AFC |
xx Sep 1945 |
Wg Cdr Sidney W R Hughes OBE; later AM |
7 Oct 1946 |
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16 Oct 1946 |
Wg Cdr R J Burrough, DFC |
xx Jan 1948 |
Sqn Ldr G H Smith |
xx Jan 1950 |
Sqn Ldr M C S Haycroft |
xx Apr 1952 |
Sqn Ldr Langdon |
xx May 1954 |
Sqn Ldr R E Dyson, DFC |
xx Jun 1956 |
Sqn Ldr G W Turner |
xx May 1958 |
Sqn Ldr W L Green |
xx Dec 1959 |
Wg Cdr A W G Le Hardy |
1 Sep 1958 |
DB |
15 Dec 1959 |
Names for this period have not yet been found except: - |
xx xxx xxxx |
Wg Cdr J H Lewis |
xx xxx xxxx |
Wg Cdr Peter A Ward; later A/Cdre |
xx Jun 1972 |
Wg Cdr R J Hutchings |
xx Jul 1974 |
Wg Cdr R G Robertson |
7 Jan 1976 |
DB |
18 Jun 1943 |
? |
xx Aug 1943 |
Wg Cdr M Booth, DFC |
xx Sep 1943 |
Wg Cdr K J D Dickson |
xx Dec 1943 |
Wg Cdr R M Blennerhassett |
xx Feb 1944 |
Wg Cdr B A Coventry, DFC |
xx Jan 1945 |
Wg Cdr R G Dutton, DSO, DFC* |
xx Jul 1945 |
Lt Col P G A McMurdock |
xx Dec 1945 |
Sqn Ldr W A Mostyn-Brown |
14 Mar 1946 |
DB |
15 Sep 1943 |
Wg Cdr G E Harrison, DFC |
21 Nov 1945 |
DB |
1 Sep 1943 |
Wg Cdr A J Sampson, DFC |
15 May 1944 |
Sqn Ldr E G B Reid [Temp] |
25 May 1944 |
Wg Cdr M Wyatt, DFC |
xx Jan 1945 |
Wg Cdr P I B Morgan |
22 Aug 1945 |
DB |
1 Oct 1942 |
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas, DFC, AFC |
xx Jul 1943 |
Wg Cdr J F Inkster |
xx Jan 1944 |
Wg Cdr F F Lambert, DSO, DFC |
xx Dec 1944 |
Wg Cdr H C Kelsey, DFC |
10 Jun 1945 |
DB |
28 Apr 1943 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
2 Dec 1944 |
DB |
7 Aug 1943 |
Names for this period have not yet been found except:- |
xx xxx 1944 |
Wg Cdr V H P Lynham DSO |
xx xxx 1945 |
? |
21 Jun 1946 |
DB |
6 Jul 1943 |
? |
21 Jul 1943 |
Wg Cdr H R Lawson |
xx Nov 1943 |
? |
14 Feb 1944 |
Wg Cdr H R Lawson |
xx Mar 194 |
? |
xx xxx xxxx |
Wg Cdr N F Morris |
21 Jan 1945 |
? |
1 Oct 1946 |
DB |
7 Aug 1943 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
31 May 1946 |
DB |
20 Sep 1943 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
25 Apr 1946 |
DB |
22 Jul 1942 |
? |
22 Mar 1943 |
DB |
1 Sep 1943 |
Sqn Ldr D R Williams |
xx Nov 1944 |
Flt Lt Braithwaite |
xx xxx 1944 |
Sqn Ldr J Dobbs |
xx Jul 1945 |
Sqn Ldr A W Southall |
31 Mar 1946 |
DB |
20 Oct 1943 |
Wg Cdr W E M Lowry |
7 Dec 1943 |
DB |
7 Apr 1944 |
Sqn Ldr A W B Naismith |
xx Jul 1944 |
Wg Cdr Ronald G Knott DSO, DFC; later AVM |
xx May 1945 |
Sqn Ldr G E Willis, DFC |
24 May 1945 |
DB |
1 Sep 1943 |
? |
xx Oct 1943 |
Wg Cdr C E F Riley |
xx Sep 1944 |
Wg Cdr D R Miller |
xx Jun 1945 |
Wg Cdr R G Dutton, DSO, DFC |
xx Mar 1946 |
Wg Cdr H G Newman |
1 Dec 1946 |
DB |
15 Jun 1943 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
1 May 1945 |
DB |
15 Jun 1943 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
15 Apr 1946 |
DB |
1 Aug 1952 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
21 Aug 1958 |
DB |
15 Jun 1943 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
1 Sep 1944 |
DB |
15 Jun 1943 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
20 Oct 1945 |
DB |
1 Oct 1942 |
Sqn Ldr C M Miller, DFC |
25 Jan 1943 |
DB |
8 Sep 1942 |
Sqn Ldr G R Turner |
xx Oct 1942 |
Sqn Ldr N M Browning |
25 Jan 1943 |
DB |
2 Sep 1942 |
Sqn Ldr C L W Stewart |
25 Jan 1943 |
DB |
8 Sep 1942 |
Sqn Ldr D P McKeown, AFC |
xx Nov 1942 |
? |
25 Jan 1943 |
DB |
2 Sep 1942 |
Sqn Ldr K Matthews |
25 Jan 1943 |
DB |
2 Sep 1942 |
Sqn Ldr B H Moloney |
25 Jan 1943 |
DB |
8 Sep 1942 |
Sqn Ldr Motion |
25 Jan 1943 |
DB |
8 Sep 1942 |
Sqn Ldr P L Burke, AFC |
25 Jan 1943 |
DB |
2 Sep 1942 |
Sqn Ldr Charles V Winn DFC; later AVM |
25 Jan 1943 |
DB |
2 Sep 1942 |
Sqn Ldr J S Morton DFC |
25 Jan 1943 |
DB |
19 Oct 1942 |
Wg Cdr M J B Young, DFC |
xx May 1943 |
Wg Cdr Lord M Douglas-Hamilton, OBE |
xx Mar 1944 |
Wg Cdr J R H Merifield, DSO, DFC |
xx Sep 1944 |
Wg Cdr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM |
1 Oct 1946 |
DB |
1 Dec 1947 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
31 Mar 1956 |
DB |
19 Oct 1942 |
Sqn Ldr D W Stevenson DSO, DFC |
xx Jul 1943 |
Sqn Ldr E A Fairhurst DFC |
xx Nov 1943 |
Sqn Ldr J H Saffery DSO - Wikipedia |
xx Sep 1944 |
Sqn Ldr E A Fairhurst DFC |
xx Oct 1945 |
Sqn Ldr T D Calnan |
xx Mar 1946 |
Wg Cdr Edwards DFC |
1 Oct 1946 |
DB |
1 Nov 1947 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
7 Sep 1957 |
DB |
19 Oct 1942 |
Sqn Ldr D Salway DFC |
xx Jun 1943 |
Sqn Ldr E D L Lee DFC |
xx Jul 1943 |
Sqn Ldr D M Furniss DFC |
xx Dec 1943 |
Sqn Ldr D B Pearson DFC |
xx Mar 1944 |
Sqn Ldr Alfred H W Ball DSO, DFC; later AM |
xx Sep 1944 |
Sqn Ldr G B Singlehurst DSO, DFC |
27 Aug 1945 |
DB |
15 May 1954 |
Sqn Ldr A J Picknett DFC |
1 Oct 1955 |
DB |
1 Nov 1955 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
1 Oct 1958 |
DB |
19 Oct 1942 |
Sqn Ldr A E Hill, DSO, DFC* |
xx Oct 1942 |
Sqn Ldr G E Hughes, DFC |
18 Oct 1943 |
DB |
1 Apr 1955 |
? |
xx Jun 1955 |
Wg Cdr R E Havercroft, AFC |
xx Aug 1957 |
Wg Cdr Ronald Berry DSO, OBE, DFC*; later A/Cdre |
xx xxx xxxx |
Wg Cdr C G St D Jeffries |
xx Jan 1962 |
Wg Cdr Basil Hamilton CBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre |
xx xx xxxx |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
24 May 1974 |
DB |
19 Oct 1942 |
Sqn Ldr W R Acott |
xx Jul 1943 |
Sqn Ldr J P H Merrifield DFC |
xx Oct 1943 |
Wg Cdr D C B Walker |
xx Nov 1943 |
Wg Cdr D W Steventon DSO, DFC |
xx Sep 1945 |
Sqn Ldr Frank L Dodd DSO, DFC, AFC; later AVM |
13 Oct 1945 |
DB |
22 Oct 1942 |
Sqn Ldr H N Garbett |
xx May 1943 |
Wg Cdr R N McKern |
xx Apr 1944 |
Wg Cdr C F C Wright DFC |
xx Feb 1945 |
Wg Cdr D McKenzie |
4 Jun 1945 |
DB |
15 Dec 1943 |
Sqn Ldr W H A Wright |
xx Jul 1944 |
Sqn Ldr Raymond A Watts; later A/Cdre |
xx Feb 1945 |
Sqn Ldr E D Glaser |
31 Oct 1945 |
DB |
15 Dec 1943 |
Sqn Ldr E P W Bocock, DFC |
31 Oct 1945 |
DB |
22 Nov 1943 |
Wg Cdr J J Bennett |
15 May 1944 |
Wg Cdr P E G Connolly |
15 Jul 1944 |
Wg Cdr A F M Sisley |
1 Sep 1944 |
Sqn Ldr B J Ramond |
18 Sep 1944 |
Wg Cdr B Bell |
25 Feb 1945 |
Wg Cdr J C McWatters |
1 Nov 1945 |
DB |
1 Dec 1943 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
15 Jun 1946 |
DB |
15 Nov 1943 |
Wg Cdr R J M Bangay |
17 Jun 1945 |
Wg Cdr K R Slater |
xx Aug 1945 |
Wg Cdr R E Young, DSO, DFC |
15 Dec 1945 |
Wg Cdr J Blackburn, DSO, DFC |
28 Dec 1945 |
DB |
1 Apr 1944 |
Wg Cdr J M Birkin, DSO, DFC, AFC |
3 Nov 1944 |
Wg Cdr R J Gosnell, DSO, DFC |
2 Mar 1945 |
Wg Cdr R W Bray, DFC |
20 Sep 1945 |
DB |
1 Feb 1944 |
Wg Cdr T A Jefferson, AFC |
xx Dec 1944 |
Wg Cdr E C Deanesly, DFC |
xx Jul 1945 |
Wg Cdr B L Duigan, DSO, DFC |
15 Aug 1946 |
DB |
25 Nov 1943 |
Wg Cdr Gareth T B Clayton; later AM |
24 Jun 1944 |
Wg Cdr B D Sellick |
1 Mar 1945 |
Wg Cdr MacAllister |
xx Jun 1945 |
? |
19 Sep 1945 |
DB |
1 Dec 1943 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
15 Jun 1946 |
DB |
14 Jan 1944 |
Wg Cdr D S S Wilkerson DFC |
23 Aug 1944 |
Wg Cdr A G T James OBE |
20 Feb 1945 |
Wg Cdr E L Hancockson |
15 Apr 1945 |
DB |
1 Apr 1944 |
? |
18 Apr 1944 |
Wg Cdr C M Dunnifliffe DFC |
25 Jul 1944 |
Wg Cdr/Gp Capt Peter H Cribb DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre |
xx Nov 1944 |
Wg Cdr/Gp Capt S P Coulson DSO, DFC |
10 Sep 1945 |
DB |
1 Dec 1943 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
15 Jun 1946 |
DB |
1 Dec1943 |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
11 Feb 1949 |
DB |
1 Dec 1943 |
Sqn Ldr DuGuid |
xx xxx xxxx |
Names for this period have not yet been found |
30 Apr 1945 |
DB |
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