Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Squadron Commanding Officers, Nos 161 - 200 Squadrons
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15 Feb 1942
Wg Cdr Edward H Fielden DFC, AFC; later AVM
xx Oct 1942
Wg Cdr P C Pickard, DSO**, DFC
xx May 1943
Wg Cdr Lewis M Hodges DFC*; later ACM
xx Jan 1945
Wg Cdr G Watson
xx Feb 1945
Wg Cdr M A Brogan, DFC
xx Mar 1945
Wg Cdr L F Ratcliff, DFC, AFC
5 Jun 1945
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4 Jan 1942
Wg Cdr D H S Rusher DSO
xx Mar 1943
Wg Cdr G F L Scott
xx Dec 1943
Wg Cdr Appleby-Brown
xx Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr H A Lax
25 Sep 1944
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16 Dec 1944
Wg Cdr J D Bolton DFC
10 Apr 1945
Wg Cdr M K Sewell DFC
14 Jul 1946
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10 Jul 1942
Names for this period have not yet been found
16 Jun 1943
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25 Jan 1945
Wg Cdr Ivor G Broom DFC; later AM
10 Aug 1945
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6 Apr 1942
Sqn Ldr T Rowland
xx Feb 1943
Sqn Ldr D P McKeown DFC
xx Sep 1943
Sqn Ldr H A B Russell DFC
xx May 1944
Sqn Ldr P H Beake DFC
xx Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr I D Waddy
xx Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr R van Lierde DFC*
xx Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr P L Bateman-Jones
xx Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr P C Farnes DFM
31 Aug 1946
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6 Apr 1942
Sqn Ldr Archibald L Winskill; later A/Cdre
12 Aug 1942
Sqn Ldr H J L Hallowes DFC
xx Mar 1943
Sqn Ldr E G A Seghers DFC
xx Jun 1943
Sqn Ldr H A S Johnston DFC
xx Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr M E Blackstone
xx Nov 1944
Sqn Ldr J E Storrar DFC
xx Mar 1945
Sqn Ldr B E Gale DFC
xx Jan 1946
Sqn Ldr K C Doran DFC*
1 Sep 1946
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11 Jan 1956
Names for this period have not yet been found
13 Mar 1958
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13 Jun 1918
?
31 May 1919
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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
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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
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18 Nov 1918 ?21 May 1919
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6 Apr 1942
Sqn Ldr D S Edwards
13 Feb 1943
Sqn Ldr Archibald C Stewart; later A/Cdre
12 Jun 1943
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1 Oct 1944
Wg Cdr H R Collins AFC
1 Feb 1946
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1 Feb 1953
Names for this period have not yet been found
15 Sep 1958
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15 Jun 1942
Wg Cdr G F Watson Smyth
xx Jun 1943
Sqn Ldr P W Mason DFC
xx Jun 1944
Sqn Ldr D W Barlow DFC
xx Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr D A D L Nichols
xx Oct 1944
Sqn Ldr L H Lambert DFC
26 Feb 1945
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15 Jun 1942
Wg Cdr E G Campbell-Voullaire DFC
xx Jun 1943
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree CBE, DFC; later AVM
30 Sep 1943
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1 Oct 1943
Wg Cdr E J Gracie DFC
xx Feb 1944
Wg Cdr R G Slade
xx Apr 1944
Wg Cdr N B R Bromley OBE
xx Sep 1944
Wg Cdr T A Heath DFC, AFC
xx Jan 1945
Wg Cdr N E Reeves DSO, DFC
10 Aug 1945
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15 Jun 1942
Sqn Ldr G B Walford
18 Jun 1942
Wg Cdr J A C Fuller
xx Jun 1943
Sqn Ldr G P Wildish
15 Jan 1944
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15 Oct 1944
Wg Cdr P D W Hackforth
25 Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Basil Templeman-Rooke
15 Nov 1945
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15 Jun 1942
Wg Cdr P Hadfield
31 Dec 1942
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7 Sep 1944
Wg Cdr M W Renault
27 Jul 1945
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13 Mar 1942
Wg Cdr John B Russell; later AVM
24 Oct 1942
Wg Cdr J B Brolly
xx Mar 1943
Wg Cdr R G Musson
xx Aug 1943
Wg Cdr E G Palmer
xx May 1944
Wg Cdr K Petrie
xx Jun 1944
Wg Cdr S R Ramsey Smith
xx Apr 1945
Wg Cdr C E Payne
4 Jun 1945
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14 Jul 1942
Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr T H Archbell DFC
29 Feb 1944
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1 Feb 1953
Sqn Ldr P R Robinson
xx Jun 1953
Sqn Ldr N Briggs AFC
1 Nov 1953
Sqn Ldr P E H Thomas AFC
2 Sep 1957
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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
xx Feb 1944
Sqn Ldr William Pitt-Brown; later A/Cdre
xx Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr J C Melvill
xx Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr D T N Kelly
xx Mar 1945
Sqn Ldr R R Monk DFC
10 Apr 1945
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26 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr D Murray DFC
7 Sep 1945
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7 Sep 1945
Sqn Ldr Usher DFC, DFM
20 Apr 1946
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9 Mar 1942
Sqn Ldr F M Smith
31 Mar 1942
Sqn Ldr J R Pennington-Legh DFC
xx Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr R T P Davidson
xx Sep 1943
Sqn Ldr M R Ingle-Finch
xx Nov 1944
Sqn Ldr R W Campbell
30 Sep 1945
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14 Jan 1943
Wg Cdr J A O'Neill DFC
11 May 1943
Wg Cdr H G Goddard DFC, AFC
xx Feb 1944
Wg Cdr G R Nottage AFC
xx Oct 1944
Wg Cdr P G Hill
xx Jan 1945
Wg Cdr G M Merrifield AFC
xx Sep 1945
Sqn Ldr L W H Welch DFC*
1 Jun 1946
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11 Jan 1956
Names for this period have not yet been found
22 Oct 1958
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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
xx Jan 1944
Wg Cdr J E S Hill
xx Sep 1944
Wg Cdr H B Hunt DSO, DFC
xx Nov 1944
Wg Cdr G R Nottage DFC
1 Jul 1945
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15 Jan 1943
Wg Cdr D I P McNair12 Mar 1943
Wg Cdr J J McKay21 Aug 1943
Wg Cdr D C Smythe GMxx xxx xxxx
Names for this period have not yet been found
15 Apr 1946
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11 Sep 1942
Sqn Ldr W B A Keppel
2 Oct 1942
Wg Cdr A N Combe AFC
xx Jul 1943
Wg Cdr Jeaffreson H Greswell DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
xx Mar 1944
Wg Cdr R R Russell
xx Jan 1945
Wg Cdr P H Alington DFC
xx Dec 1945
Wg Cdr L M Moore
xx Feb 1946
Sqn Ldr A W Hornby (179X to Sep 1946)
xx Feb 1946
Sqn Ldr A E Henderson (179Y to Jun 1946)
30 Sep 1946
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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
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4 Sep 1942
Sqn Ldr Denis Crowley-Milling DFC; later AM
xx Aug 1943
Sqn Ldr F W M Jensen AFC
xx Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J G Keep
xx May 1944
Sqn Ldr Christopher D North-Lewis DFC; later A/Cdre
xx Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr A E S Vincent DFC
xx Dec 1944
Sqn Ldr W H B Short DFC
xx Dec 1944
Sqn Ldr D R Crawford
xx Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr H Ambrose DFC
30 Sep 1945
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11 Sep 1942
Sqn Ldr T P Pugh DFC
xx Aug 1943
Sqn Ldr D R Walker
xx Oct 1943
Sqn Ldr M E Reid
xx Apr 1944
Maj D H Barlow SAAF
xx Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr G J Gray DFC
xx Mar 1945
Sqn Ldr J D Derry DFC
30 Sep 1945
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7 Nov 1942
APO O'Hara
20 Nov 1942
Sqn Ldr A V Gowers DFC
xx Oct 1943
Sqn Ldr W Draing
xx Apr 1944
Sqn Ldr F H Scarlett
xx Jul 1944
Sqn Ldr R W Mulliner
xx Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr H M Mason
xx Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr J R Cullen DFC
xx Oct 1945
Sqn Ldr F W M Mason DFC, AFC
15 Nov 1945
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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
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21 Oct 1918
?
14 Apr 1919
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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
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12 May 1941
Sqn Ldr P W O Mould DFC
1 Oct 1941
Sqn Ldr J M N Pike
xx Jan 1942
Sqn Ldr McGregor
xx Feb 1942
Sqn Ldr P D Chaffe
xx Mar 1942
Sqn Ldr M Rose
xx May 1942
Sqn Ldr Lloyd DFC
xx Jun 1942
Sqn Ldr Lawrence
xx Jul 1942
Sqn Ldr W G New
xx Aug 1942
Maj C J O Swales SAAF
xx Nov 1942
Sqn Ldr B E G White
xx Feb 1943
Sqn Ldr H A Crafts
xx Jun 1943
Sqn Ldr Ian N MacDougall DFC; later A/Cdre
xx Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr T W Wilmott DFM
xx Sep 1944
Sqn Ldr M V Christopherson
14 Aug 1945
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15 Sep 1951
Sqn Ldr R A Inness
xx Sep 1952
Sqn Ldr P H P Roberts
1 May 1953
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31 Dec 1918
?
1 Feb 1920
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27 Apr 1943
Sqn Ldr F E G Hayter
xx Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr W H Ireson
5 Apr 1944
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1 Oct 1944
?
7 Oct 1944
Wg Cdr John H Giles DFC; later A/Cdre
16 Mar 1945
Wg Cdr E L Hancock
17 Jul 1945
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1 Feb 1945
Wg Cdr R I Alexander DFC
xx Sep 1945
Wg Cdr V G Daw DFC, AFC
xx Mar 1946
Wg Cdr P Fleming
1 Dec 1946
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1 Feb 1953
Names for this period have not yet been found
2 Sep 1957
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15 Oct 1944
Wg Cdr J S Shorthouse DFC
xx Jun 1945
?
20 Nov 1945
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17 Feb 1943
?
1 Mar 1943
Wg Cdr P H Alington DFC
1 Jan 1944
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5 Jan 1944
Wg Cdr G E Harrison
xx Oct 1944
Wg Cdr R H Bunker DSO, DFC*
24 Mar 1945
Wg Cdr G H Briggs DFC
xx Jul 1945
Wg CdrL C Bartram
21 Jan 1946
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17 May 1943
Wg Cdr K E Cornbe
xx Oct 1944
Wg Cdr R A Phillips
xx Apr 1945
Wg Cdr Arthur F Johnson DFC; later A/Cdre
15 Jun 1945
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4 Jan 1943
Wg Cdr Charles V D Willis; later A/Cdre
12 Mar 1944
Wg Cdr E P M Fernbank (Temp)
xx Jun 1944
Wg Cdr D W Donaldson DSO, DFC
xx xxx 1945
Sqn Ldr J Crotch DFC (Caretaker)
22 Aug 1945
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15 Jul 1951
Sqn Ldr W A C Emmett
18 Jan 1954 Sqn Ldr Norman H Hoad, AFC xx xxx 1955 Sqn Ldr W M Dixon DSO, DFC, AFC (promoted W/C 1 Jan 56) 7 July 1958 Wg Cdr D S V Rake OBE, AFC (took command 1 Aug 58)21 Aug 1958
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18 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr W H A Wright
xx Jan 1943
Sqn Ldr G W Petrie
xx Feb 1944
Sqn Ldr D G Ross DFC
xx Jun 1944
Sqn Ldr J C Button
xx Aug 1944
Sqn Ldr J M G Plamondon
xx Nov 1944
Sqn Ldr C D Erasmus DFC
xxApr 1945
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor
31 Aug 1945
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13 Oct 1942
Wg Cdr A C Pearson
xx Jun 1944
Wg Cdr R T Chisholm
xx Dec 1944
Wg Cdr R C Crawford
xx Jun 1945
Sqn Ldr P M Bristow
xx Aug 1945
Wg Cdr D Penman DSO, DFC
15 Feb 1946
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2 Feb 1953
Sqn Ldr G R G Henderson, AFC
xx xxx 1955
Sqn Ldr C R Turner
xx xxx 1957
Sqn Ldr F Barnes
3 Jun 1959
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15 Nov 1942
?
15 Feb 1944
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1 Oct 1944
Wg Cdr D H Burnside, DFC*
10 Apr 1945
Wg Cdr B R W Forster
17 Apr 1944
Wg Cdr D H Burnside, DFC*
25 Apr 1945
Wg Cdr A E Cairnes
14 Aug 1945
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7 Nov 1942
Wg Cdr R H Waterhouse
31 Mar 1943
Wg Cdr A Duguid
26 Jun 1943
Wg Cdr N Alexander DFC
xx Aug 1944
Wg Cdr M W L Baker
xx Feb 1945
Wg Cdr R T F Turner DFC, MC
8 Jan 1946
Wg Cdr J Blackburn DSO*, DFC*
16 Mar 1946
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21 Nov 1942
Sqn Ldr P O Prevot DFC
xx Jun 1943
Sqn Ldr A H Corkett
xx Jul 1943
Sqn Ldr M P C Holmes DFC
xx Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr D M Taylor DFC
xx Jul 1944
Sqn Ldr A H Smith DFC*
xx Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr R C Curwen DFC
xx Feb 1945
Sqn Ldr K J Harding DFC
xx Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr R E G Sherward DFC
31 Aug 1945
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7 Dec 1942
Sqn Ldr J W Villa DFC
xx May 1943
Sqn Ldr J Manak DFC
xx Aug 1943
Sqn Ldr C C F Cooper
xx Aug 1943
Sqn Ldr J M Bryan DFC
xx Nov 1943
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin DSO, DFC*
xx Apr 1944
Sqn Ldr J M Bryan DFC
xx May 1944
Sqn Ldr J Niblett DFC
xx June 1944
Sqn Ldr I J Davies DFC
xx June 1944
Sqn Ldr Y P E H Ezanno
xx Oct 1944
Sqn Ldr A W Ridler
xx Dec 1944
Sqn Ldr N J Durrant DFC
15 Sep 1945 DB7 Nov 1942
Wg Cdr C R Hattersley
1 Dec 1942
Wg Cdr A S B Blomfield
20 Mar 1943
Wg Cdr L W Howard DFC
6 Oct 1943
Wg Cdr N A N Bray DFC
xx Aug 1944
Names for this period have not yet been found
29 Jul 1945
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15 Jul 1951
Names for this period have not yet been found
17 Dec 1958
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25 May 1941
Wg Cdr C D Candy
30 Jun 1941
Wg Cdr B O Dias
xx Sep 1942
Wg Cdr W H Ingle
xx Sep 1943
Wg Cdr J B P Thomas
xx Nov 1944
Wg Cdr G McKenzie DFC
15 May 1945
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