Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
RAF Station Commanders - 2 TAF, BAFO & RAF Germany
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xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt P Kelly
xx xxx 1954
xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt P H Cribb
xx xxx 1959
xx May 1953 Gp Capt W V Crawford-Compton
xx Dec 1955 Gp Capt A G Dudgeon
xx Oct 1957 Gp Capt C D Tomalin
7 Dec 1959 Gp Capt E D Crew
5 Nov 1962 Gp Capt I G Broom
xx xxx 1964 Gp Capt E B Sismore
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt C D A Browne
xx xxx 1968 Gp Capt D C A Lloyd
17 Apr 1970 Gp Capt J B Curtiss
11 Aug 1972 Gp Capt D Harcourt-Smith
26 Jul 1974 Gp Capt P R Harding
27 Feb 1976 Gp Capt J R Walker
6 Jan 1978 Gp Capt G C Williams
12 Dec 1978 Gp Capt P P W Taylor
11 Dec 1981 Gp Capt C J Thomson
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt J K Sim
6 Dec 1985 Gp Capt J E Houghton
xx xxx 1987 Gp Capt R H Goodall
xx xxx 1989 Gp Capt A J Harrison
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt R A Wright
xx xxx 1995 Gp Capt G L Torpy
xx xxx xxxx A/Cdre N D A Maddox
11 Dec 1998 A/Cdre I W McNicoll
xx xxx 2000 Gp Capt T M Anderson
xx xxx 1944 Gp Capt H L Smeddle
xx May 1945 Gp Capt A E Clouston
7 Jun 1960 Wg Cdr C V Beadon
21 Nov 1962 Wg Cdr T P McGarry
xx Mar 1954 Gp Capt K J Mellor
xx xxx 1956 Gp Capt C D Tomalin
xx xxx 1945 ? A Denison
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt A Ingle
6 Jul 1945 Gp Capt T L B McGuiness (OC, No 145 Wing)
3 Sep 1945 Wg Cdr R W F Sampson (OC, No 145 Wing)
8 Oct 1945 Cmdt G M F Guizard (OC, No 145 Wing)
18 Oct 1945 Gp Capt P R Walker (OC, No 135 Wing)
14 Nov 1945 Gp Capt H L Maxwell (OC, No 135 Wing)
11 Mar 1946 Gp Capt J E Johnson (OC, No 135 Wing)
28 May 1946 Gp Capt H P Broad (OC, No 135 Wing)
xx Aug 1946 Gp Capt M F D Williams (OC, No 135 Wing)
xx May 1951 Gp Capt J E Johnson
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt E M Donaldson (1951+)
RAF Fuhlsbuttel
xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt J Cox
xx Aug 1945 Gp Capt D M Somerville
xx Jul 1947 Gp Capt B C Yarde
xx Nov 1949 Wg Cdr A D Grace
xx Dec 1951 Sqn Ldr P D J Wood
xx Jan 1953 Sqn Ldr F A Drury
xx Aug 1956 Sqn Ldr W D Caldwell
xx Jun 1958 Sqn Ldr F E Smith
xx Jan 1961 Wg Cdr L A Ferguson
xx Feb 1963 Wg Cdr W E Pettifer
xx Jun 1965 Gp Capt R W Oxspring
xx Aug 1967 Gp Capt H L Lewis
xx May 1970 Gp Capt B E de Iongh
xx Oct 1971 Gp Capt J Wilson
xx Aug 1974 Gp Capt R L Tavanyar
xx Sep 1976 Gp Capt T E Benson
8 Sep 1978 Gp Capt R M Robson
17 Oct 1980 Gp Capt D E Leppard
10 Dec 1982 Gp Capt D J Loveridge
xx Jan 1985 Gp Capt M Arnold
xx Mar 1987 Gp Capt P H Eustace
xx Apr 1989 Gp Capt P J Wilkinson
xx Jul 1991 Gp Capt M L Feenan
xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt J A Holmes
xx xxx 1959 Gp Capt F D Hughes
2 Aug 1961 Gp Capt P de L Le Cheminant
7 Dec 1963 Gp Capt D F Rixson
11 Jun 1965 Gp Capt W E Hedley
9 Feb 1961 Gp Capt D B Bretherton
3 Nov 1945 Gp Capt R N Bateson
xx Mar 1946 Gp Capt R Faville
15 Dec 1947 Gp Capt L F Sinclair
23 Aug 1948 Gp Capt G N Amison
1 May 1949 Gp Capt W B Murray
21 Nov 1949 Gp Capt R J Clare-Hunt
19 Apr 1951 Gp Capt J H Chaplin
8 Jul 1952 Gp Capt D G Lewis
19 Jan 1955 Gp Capt D Peveler
24 Sep 1956 Gp Capt G A Brown
30 Jul 1957 Gp Capt R MacFarlane
1 Sep 1958 Gp Capt P H Cribb
17 Sep 1959 Gp Capt R G Knott
28 Jul 1961 Gp Capt C W Coulthard
15 Apr 1964 Gp Capt D G Evans
12 Oct 1966 Gp Capt D F C Ross
15 Jul 1968 Gp Capt K A Williamson
4 Jan 1971 Gp Capt M H Miller
20 Jan 1973 Gp Capt J F G Howe
5 Dec 1974 Gp Capt P S Collins
8 Dec 1976 Gp Capt D B Leech
25 Nov 1977 Gp Capt G E Ord
8 Mar 1980 Gp Capt M J D Stear
17 Mar 1982 Gp Capt R E Johns
24 Nov 1984 Gp Capt F W Mitchell
12 Dec 1986 Gp Capt A J M McKeon
xx Feb 1953 Wg Cdr A H Dormer
xx Feb 1955 Wg Cdr C G Kimbrey
xx Jul 1955 Sqn Ldr W Edwards
The station closed in November 1957
15 Sep 1951 Sqn Ldr J W Henderson
2 Jan 1952 Gp Capt A C Brown
1 Dec 1952 Gp Capt G Powell-Shedden
1 Aug 1954 Gp Capt T O Prickett
1 Dec 1955 Gp Capt S W R Hughes
1 Oct 1958 Gp Capt I S Smith
21 Sep 1961 Wg Cdr P H Cleaver
29 Dec 1961 Handed over to German Air Force
1 Jun 1954 Gp Capt G W Petre
29 Dec 1957 Gp Capt C V Winn
6 Jun 1959 Gp Capt H N G Wheeler
3 Dec 1960 Gp Capt C S G Stanbury
24 Sep 1963 Gp Capt J N Stacey
1 Mar 1966 Gp Capt K Stevens
4 Oct 1968 Gp Capt R B Roche
28 Nov 1969 Gp Capt J G G Beddoes
10 Dec 1971 Gp Capt J G Matthews
14 Dec 1973 Gp Capt M W P Knight
7 Dec 1974 Gp Capt A G Skingsley
10 Dec 1976 Gp Capt J W Price
16 Dec 1978 Gp Capt R J Kemball
15 May 1981 Gp Capt G A Smart
9 Sep 1983 Gp Capt D Cousins
13 Dec 1985 Gp Capt J B Hill
1 Apr 1988 Gp Capt G L McRobbie
1 May 1990 Gp Capt N A Buckland
1 Oct 1992 Gp Capt P V Harris
26 Oct 1994 Gp Capt M G F White
31 Oct 1996 Gp Capt C R Loader
14 May 1999 Wg Cdr M A Williams
30 Nov 1999 Station Closed
xx Aug 1945 Gp Capt J E Johnson
1 May 1946 Gp Capt M H Dwyer
xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt T N Coslett
xx Mar 1955 Gp Capt D C Stapleton
xx Mar 1957 Gp Capt P H Cribb
8 Nov 1975 Wg Cdr R Ford
6 Nov 1978 Wg Cdr R W Keppel-Compton
26 Oct 1981 Wg Cdr P A Garth
20 May 1985 Wg Cdr G M Goddard
5 Apr 1961 Wg Cdr N W Maskell
xx Sep 1945 Gp Capt P G Jameson
xx xxx 1947 Gp Capt H Day
xx xxx 1953 Flt Lt G Garrat
xx xxx 1955 Sqn Ldr R G English
xx xxx 1957
xx Jan 1957 Wg Cdr N Arden
xx xxx xxxx (1946) Wg Cdr Elwyn-Jones
xx Feb 1954 Gp Capt D S Wilson-MacDonald
xx Dec 1956 Gp Capt T W Kean
23 Nov 1959 Gp Capt W A Toyne
xx May 1945 Gp Capt P H Hamley
xx Aug 1946 Wg Cdr W N Ash
xx Feb. 1949 Wg Cdr W H Kearney
xx Jun 1951 Wg Cdr S G Pritchard
xx Feb 1952 Wg Cdr R A Milward
xx Jan 1953 Sqn Ldr N R Stevens
xx Mar 1953 Sqn Ldr W Edwards
xx xxx xxxx Flt Lt W E Langley
Station closed for operations in July 1955 and finally closed down on 28th November 1955
1 Nov 1945 Wg Cdr W E V Malins
14 Mar 1946 Gp Capt S C Widdows
23 May 1947 Gp Capt J C MacDonald
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt R C Porteous (killed in a flying accident 9 Jul 1953)
xx xxx 1953 Gp Capt J H Chaplin
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt N D Gilbart-Smith (killed in a flying accident - 21 Oct 1954)
xx xxx 1954 Gp Capt J H Lapsley
xx Jan 1952 Gp Capt J E Johnson
xx Apr 1954 Gp Capt R J Gosnell
xx Dec 1955 Gp Capt R J B Burns
xx May 1958 Gp Capt M D Lyne
25 May 1960 Gp Capt B Barthold
27 Jul 1962 Gp Capt J D Thirlwell
xx xxx 1965 Gp Capt W D Robertson
18 Aug 1967 Gp Capt P P Walker
xx xxx 1968 Gp Capt D G Bailey
6 Jun 1970 Gp Capt D McL Scrimgeour
14 Jan 1971 Gp Capt G P Black
1 Mar 1973 Gp Capt J F H Tetley
30 Jan 1974 Gp Capt P B Hine
xx Jul 1975 Gp Capt D B Leech
3 Dec 1976 Gp Capt J B Mitchell
xx xxx 1979 Gp Capt D Lavender
27 Mar 1981 Gp Capt R H Palin
10 Dec 1982 Gp Capt J S Allison
8 Mar 1985 Gp Capt I A D MacBride
xx xxx 1945/6 Gp Capt P G Jameson
xx xxx 1948 Gp Capt J H Chaplin
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt E M Donaldson (1951+)
xx xxx 1951 Gp Capt F S Stapleton
xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt P G Jameson
xx Jun 1954 Gp Capt R W Cox
Officers shown in Italics either never reached Air Rank or were not in the General Duties Branch when they did so
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