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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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RAF Station Commanders - South West England
[Aston Down | Beaulieu | Boscombe Down | Calshot | Chivenor | Church Stanton | Colerne | Culmhead | Dunkeswell | Exeter | Filton | Harrowbeer | Holmsley South | Hullavington | Ibsley | Innsworth | Keevil | Kemble | Locking | Melksham | Merryfield | Middle Wallop | Mount Batten | Netheravon | Old Sarum | Pembrey | Portreath | Pucklechurch | St Eval | St Mawgan | Staverton | Tarrant Rushton | Trerew | Upavon | Warmwell | Weston Zoyland | Whitchurch | Winkleigh | Yatesbury]
23 Aug 1939 Sqn Ldr J L F Fuller-Good
4 Oct 1939 Wg Cdr B B Caswell
15 Nov 1939 Gp Capt G W Murlis-Green
xx xxx 1940 Wg Cdr P J H Halahan (Temp)
5 Dec 1940 Gp Capt R Grice
xx Mar 1943 Gp Capt F E Rosier
11 Jun 1944 Gp Capt A D Selway
xx xxx xxxx
27 May 1953 Wg Cdr E J Davidge
20 Jun 1955 Wg Cdr L T Bryant-Fenn
xx Jan 1958 Wg Cdr H D Clark (OC, 20 MU)
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt C W Dicken
11 Sep 1930 Wg Cdr W R Read
20 Mar 1931 Gp Capt A Corbett-Wilson
26 Jan 1933 Gp Capt S Smith
26 Jan 1935 Gp Capt A Corbett-Wilson
22 Apr 1936 Wg Cdr M B Frew (Temporary)
29 May 1936 Gp Capt R M Field
19 Sep 1936 Wg Cdr M B Frew (Temporary)
2 Nov 1936 Gp Capt R M Field
20 Jan 1938 Wg Cdr J Potter (Temporary)
29 Apr 1938 Wg Cdr G S Oddie
9 Oct 1938 Sqn Ldr L B Duggan (Temporary)
5 Dec 1938 Sqn Ldr E J D Routh (Temporary)
29 Dec 1938 Gp Capt A H Wann
20 Sep 1939 Gp Capt B McEntegart
xx xxx 1940
A/Cdre R S Sorley
xx xxx 1942
A/Cdre R B Mansell
xx xxx 1943
xx Jul 1944
A/Cdre J N Boothman
xx xxx 1945
A/Cdre H P Fraser
xx xxx 1946
A/Cdre C B R Pelly
xx Jul 1948 A/Cdre H L Patch
xx xxx 1950
A/Cdre A W B McDonald
xx xxx 1953?
A/Cdre A H Wheeler
xx xxx 1955
A/Cdre R A R Rae
xx xxx 1957
A/Cdre A E Clouston
xx xxx 1960
A/Cdre J F Roulston
xx xxx 1964
A/Cdre F R Bird
xx xxx 1968
xx xxx 1970
A/Cdre R L Topp
12 Aug 1972
A/Cdre G C Cairns
12 Oct 1974
A/Cdre A D Dick
6 Sep 1975
A/Cdre H A Merriman
26 Mar 1977
A/Cdre B Brownlow
22 Dec 1979 A/Cdre R J Spiers
10 Sep 1983
A/Cdre G C Williams
20 Dec 1985
xx xxx 1988
A/Cdre D L Bywater
xx xxx 1992
xx xxx 1994 A/Cdre C J Cruickshanks?
23 Sep 1996 A/Cdre N R Wood
28 Nov 2006 Gp Capt G A Borland
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt R W Humpries
xx Dec 2014 Gp Capt T P Lyons
xx Dec 2016 Gp Capt G E Littlejohns
xx Feb 2019 Gp Capt S J Austin
RAF
Calshot (RAF Base Calshot up to 1934/5)
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr E D M Robertson*
27 Jul 1921 Wg Cdr G R Bromet
6 Apr 1923 Wg Cdr R J Bone
7 Sep 1925 Wg Cdr F E T Hewlett
1 Sep 1928 Gp Capt E R C Nanson
26 Apr 1932 Gp Capt H R Nicholl
1 Sep 1933 Gp Capt W B Callaway
xx xxx 1935 Wg Cdr E A B Rice (Temp)
31 Jul 1936 Gp Capt R E Saul
11 Jun 1937 Gp Capt A Coningham
5 Jul 1939 Gp Capt L G LeB Croke
*Cmdt, School of Naval Co-op & Aerial Navigation
xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt P D Cracroft
xx xxx
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt B V Reynolds
1 Jan 1951 Gp Capt P L Donkin
xx xxx 1953 Gp Capt A A Case
xx xxx xxxx
28 Dec 1959 Gp Capt P O V Green
27 Jun 1962 Gp Capt B Drake
1 Apr 1963 Gp Capt D W B Farrar
27 Aug 1965 Gp Capt H L Calder-Jones
24 Nov 1967 Gp Capt G A Mason
22 May 1970 Gp Capt G M Hermitage
20 Mar 1972 Gp Capt I M Pedder
1 Apr 1974 Gp Capt P H Champniss
xx xxx xxxx
1 Jul 1980 Gp Capt R M Austin
xx xxx xxxx
23 Jul 1984 Gp Capt A J Chaplin
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1992 Gp Capt D K Norriss
xx xxx 1995
xx Jun 1942 Gp Capt J A Kent
xx xxx 1944 Wg Cdr A Gawith RNZAF
16 Sep 1940 Wg Cdr C E St J Beamish
xx May 1942 Gp Capt H M Pearson
23 Dec 1944 Gp Capt E M Donaldson
xx xxx 1952 Gp Capt C M Wight-Boycott
xx Mar 1954 Gp Capt L Fox
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1959 Gp Capt Bretherton
xx xxx 1961
13 Jul 1964 Gp Capt A C L Mackie
16 May 1966 Gp Capt F O Barratt
8 Jan 1968 Gp Capt C J Turner
10 Feb 1969 Gp Capt G Young
6 Sep 1971 Gp Capt D W Richardson
xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr R H E Emson
6 Jul 1940 Wg Cdr J S Dewar (killed 12 Sep 1940)
13 Sep 1940 Sqn Ldr R S Mills (Temporary - OC, No 87 Sqn)
5 Oct 1940 Wg Cdr H S Darley
9 Aug 1941 Gp Capt C Walters
4 May 1936 Sqn Ldr M V M Clube
7 May 1939 Wg Cdr H D O'Neill
21 Dec 1939 Sqn Ldr A E Pratt (Temporary)
1 Jan 1940 Wg Cdr T B Prickman
11 Feb 1940 Sqn Ldr A E Pratt (Temporary)
15 Feb 1940 Wg Cdr T B Prickman
18 Apr 1940 Gp Capt F Fernihough
14 Jun 1940 Gp Capt R H Hanmer
1 Aug 1945 Gp Capt J C A Johnson
15 Sep 1941 Wg Cdr Hon E F Ward
xx Sep 1943 Gp Capt R C Mead
1 Jun 1937 Gp Capt C H Elliott-Smith*
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt F R Drew (1951)
8 Jun 1959 Gp Capt G B Blacklock
xx xxx 1961 Gp Capt R D Max
10 Jan 1964 Gp Capt T Knight
xx xxx xxxx
29 Mar 1971 Wg Cdr P T Hall
29 Jan 1974 Wg Cdr E J Strangeway
30 Aug 1975 Wg Cdr R W Watson
12 Sep 1977 Wg Cdr E W Helsley
21 Jul 1980 Wg Cdr J A B Mutsaars
26 Nov 1982 Gp Capt W A Mears
30 Nov 1984
Gp Capt P S E Tootal
*Cmdt, No 9 FTS
xx Feb 1941 Wg Cdr A N Benge
xx Jun 1942 Wg Cdr C F Durrant
xx Aug 1942 Sqn Ldr S C Willis
xx Jan 1943 Wg Cdr A Donaldson
xx Sep 1943 Wg Cdr D Blackwood
xx Mar 1944 Wg Cdr Folkard
xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr Lovell
xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr Selsdon
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr Ford
xx Nov 1957 Gp Capt S E D Mills
xx Sep 1958 Wg Cdr H Bamforth
17 Oct 1960 Gp Capt J W Taylor
8 Jan 1964 Gp Capt E J Brice
1 Jan 1968 Gp Capt H J Hillyard
1 Feb 1971 Wg Cdr A A Cartwright
26 Mar 1973 Wg Cdr C G H Pierce
13 Oct 1975 Wg Cdr J F Edgington
15 Aug 1977 Wg Cdr T F Dole
xx xxx xxxx
26 Oct 1981 Wg Cdr D J Malpass
23 Aug 1982 Wg Cdr J Rennie
4 Feb 1985 Wg Cdr P C Squire
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1997 Wg Cdr A Spearpoint?
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr C Hopkirk (until 31 Mar 2008)
22 June 1945 Gp Capt J D Miller*
23 Jul 1945 Gp Capt D M Fleming* (posted out on 31 May 1946)
17 Jun 1946 Gp Capt J D'A Keary*
*OC, No 61 OTU
26 Oct 1940 Gp Capt C D Adams
8 Jan 1939 Gp Capt J McCrae
xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt D N Kington-Blair-Oliphant
xx Apr 1958 Gp Capt A P Chamberlain
23 May 1959 A/Cdre H G Leonard Williams
xx xxx 1962 A/Cdre W D Disbrey
13 Dec 1971 Gp Capt W Ormrod*
1 Apr 1974 Gp Capt F M Holroyd*
25 Feb 1976 Gp Capt J M Walker*
21 Nov 1977 Gp Capt P J Hector*
7 Jan 1979 Gp Capt D G Harrington*
11 Jan 1982 Gp Capt K G Lewis*
xx xxx 1984 Gp Capt M Heyes*
xx xxx 1987 Gp Capt R C R Johnston*
xx xxx 1989 Gp Capt R J Holt*
xx xxx 1991 Gp Capt C M Davison*
xx xxx 1993 Gp Capt I Sloss*
*Cmdt, No 1 Radio School
xx Sep 1941 Wg Cdr J B Lynch
xx Aug 1954 Gp Capt D W Williams
xx Aug 1956
20 Apr 1959 Gp Capt J L Davey
22 Sep 1960 Gp Capt T L Davies
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt L M E Jarman
xx Mar 1954
Gp Capt
xx Dec 1955: Wg Cdr B Everton -Jones
1 May 1939 Gp Capt P E Maitland (OC, No 15 FTS)
11 Jun 1940 Wg Cdr D N Roberts
xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt W Elliott
20 Jul 1941 Wg Cdr/Gp Capt D N Roberts
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt S H Hardy
xx Jul 1943 Gp Capt C H Appleton
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1949 Gp Capt Macpherson
xx Aug 1952 Gp Capt C M M Grece (shown below, killed in a flying accident 13 Jul 1954)
xx Jul 1954 Gp Capt A D Messenger
RAF
Mount Batten (Cattewater until 1930)
31 Oct 1928 Gp Capt H R Busteed
31 Jan 1929 Wg Cdr S W Smith
1 Oct 1931 Wg Cdr E J P Burling
31 Dec 1932 Wg Cdr J O Andrews
7 Feb 1934 Wg Cdr I T Lloyd
25 Jan 1937 Wg Cdr K B Lloyd
12 Oct 1937 Gp Capt E D Johnson
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr K B Lloyd
1 Dec 1939 Gp Capt H W Evens
xx xxx xxxx
23 Mar 1964 Wg Cdr D T Beamish
xx xxx xxxx
31 Mar 1969 Wg Cdr P Wevill
28 Sep 1970 Wg Cdr K P Lucas
27 Aug 1974 Wg Cdr A Redfern
18 Oct 1976 Wg Cdr J E F Williams
xx xxx xxxx
23 Aug 1982 Wg Cdr B J Main
23 Dec 1919 Wg Cdr P H L Playfair*
15 Nov 1922 Wg Cdr J N Fletcher*
1 Jan 1925 Wg Cdr R F S Morton*
19 Dec 1927 Wg Cdr R G D Small*
31 Aug 1929 Wg Cdr R J F Barton*
No 1 FTS closed 1930-31
1 Jun 1931 Wg Cdr H P Lale
10 Jul 1933 Wg Cdr L F Forbes
1 Apr 1935 Gp Capt A ap Ellis**
2 Mar 1936 Gp Capt L F Forbes*
16 Nov 1938 Gp Capt W B Farrington*
xx xxx 1949 Gp Capt H Day
xx xxx 1951
*Cmdt, No 1 FTS
**Cmdt, No 6 FTS
xx xxx xxxx ?
24 Jan 1921 Wg Cdr E L Gossage*
15 Feb 1923 Wg Cdr O T Boyd*
14 Jan 1926 Wg Cdr A S Barratt*
10 Apr 1927 Wg Cdr T L Leigh-Mallory*
1 Jan 1930 Wg Cdr R E Saul*
3 Apr 1933 Gp Capt C H B Blount*
29 Jul 1936 Gp Capt A J Capel*
xx xxx 1937 Gp Capt A J Capel**
xx xxx 1939 Gp Capt J B Cole-Hamilton**
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt Saward (1943)
xx xxx 1949 Wg Cdr E J Morris
xx xxx xxxx Sqn Ldr Gill
xx xxx 1956 Wg Cdr J N Kentish
23 Mar 1959 Wg Cdr C F Bradley
16 Jul 1959 Wg Cdr N Briggs
xx Dec 1961 Wg Cdr D Shepherd
xx Nov 1964
16 Mar 196? Wg Cdr C J Samouell
2 Jul 1969 Wg Cdr A T Powell
5 Jan 1970 Wg Cdr D C G Brook
*Cmdt, Sch of Army Co-op
**OC, Old Sarum & Cmdt, Sch of Army Co-op
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr Hutchinson (1940)
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr Heber Percy
2 May 1941 Gp Capt J Boret
xx xxx 1955 Wg Cdr D Davies
xx Jan 1958 Wg Cdr C D Connerton
xx xxx 1939 ?
1 Apr 1940 Gp Capt C L Scott
1 Sep 1940 ?
25 Sep 1940 Gp Capt L G LeB Croke
xx xxx 1942 Gp Capt R N Waite
xx Aug 1942? Gp Capt W L Dawson
xx xxx 1944 Gp Capt R C Mead
xx xxx 1945: Gp Capt J G Davis
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1951
Gp Capt D M Somerville
xx xxx 1954 Gp Capt R Faville
xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt W I C Inness
xx xxx 1957 Gp Capt J R Whelan
20 Aug 1944 Gp Capt J C A Johnson
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1946 Gp Capt A M Rodgers
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1951: Gp Capt G G Barrett
xx xxx 1953: Gp Capt Parnaby
xx xxx 1955 Gp Capt J M N Pike
xx xxx 1958 Gp Capt W D Hodgkinson
15 Feb 1961 Gp Capt E F J Odaire
29 Apr 1963 Gp Capt D S Lindsay
11 Jun 1965 Gp Capt J R Saunders
6 Dec 1967 Gp Capt K J Barratt
26 May 1970 Gp Capt P M Harvey
9 Jun 1972 Gp Capt D A Arnott
14 Jun 1974 Gp Capt H M Archer
4 Jun 1976 Gp Capt J B Duxbury
16 Dec 1977 Gp Capt D W Hann
14 Dec 1979 Gp Capt C J Phillips
13 Mar 1982 Gp Capt A A G Woodford
16 Dec 1983 Gp Capt R G Peters
6 Dec 1985 Gp Capt P M Stean
xx xxx 1987 Gp Capt B C Laite
xx xxx 1989 Gp Capt C Moore
xx xxx 1991
xx xxx 1995 Gp Capt M R Trace
xx xxx xxxx
xx xxx 1999 Gp Capt M W Leaming
11 Jan 2002 Gp Capt S O Falla
xx xxx 2004 Gp Capt J A Goodboum
9 Dec 2005 Gp Capt S N Garden
xx xxx 2008 Wg Cdr J Lawson
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr P Loader
xx xxx 2010 Wg Cdr G House
xx xxx 2012 Wg Cdr P Lamb
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr A Mason
xx xxx 2018 Wg Cdr H Madden
xx xxx 2020 Wg Cdr M Kinnear
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt G H Harrison
24 Jul 1943 Gp Capt T B Cooper
25 Nov 1945
xx Nov 1953 Gp Capt J C Larking
xx Mar 1954 ?
xx xxxx 1958 Plt Off/Fg Off I P Morgan
xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr P K Wise (OC, FIS)
3 May 1920 Gp Capt N D K MacEwen*
1 Jan 1923 Gp Capt F V Holt*
22 Apr 1925 Gp Capt W R Freeman*
6 Sep 1926 Wg Cdr V S Brown
19 Jan 1928 Wg Cdr W R Reid
18 Aug 1930 Wg Cdr E W Norton
23 Jul 1932 Wg Cdr G S M Insall
8 May 1934 Wg Cdr A D Pryor
14 Dec 1936 Wg Cdr J M Robb*
*Cmdt, CFS
24 May 1937 Sqn Ldr M Thomas*
22 Apr 1938 Sqn Ldr-Gp Capt W H Poole?*
17 May 1940 ?
14 Jul 1940 Gp Capt G V Howard
xx xxx 1943 Wg Cdr S P Richards
xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt Morrison
*OC, No 6 Armament Training Camp
1 Jan 1941 Sqn Ldr Cooper
xx xxx xxxx
xx Apr 1954 Gp Capt H E Hopkins
xx May 1958
20 Jan 1943 Gp Capt R G Harman*
*OC, No 81 OTU
29 Mar 1944 Wg Cdr Lord M Douglas-Hamilton
RAF
Yatesbury (No 2 Radio School)
xx May 1954 Gp Capt N F Simpson
30 Sep 1959 Gp Capt C H Press
2 Jan 1961 Gp Capt D W Densham
12 Aug 1963 Gp Capt K W T Pugh
Officers shown in Italics either never reached Air Rank or were not in the General Duties Branch when they did so
[Aston Down | Beaulieu | Boscombe Down | Calshot | Chivenor | Church Stanton | Colerne | Culmhead | Dunkeswell | Exeter | Filton | Harrowbeer | Holmsley South | Hullavington | Ibsley | Innsworth | Keevil | Kemble | Locking | Melksham | Merryfield | Middle Wallop | Mount Batten | Netheravon | Old Sarum | Pembrey | Portreath | Pucklechurch | St Eval | St Mawgan | Staverton | Tarrant Rushton | Trerew | Upavon | Warmwell | Weston Zoyland | Whitchurch | Winkleigh | Yatesbury]
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