Officers Commanding

January 1918: formed

1

January 1918 – October 1919

Major A R Stanley Clarke MC

October 1919 – June 1941: temporarily disbanded

2	June 1941 – August 1941	Wing Commander W N Cumming DFC
3	August 1941 – July 1942	Wing Commander V H A McBratney AFC
4	July 1942 – February 1943	Wing Commander S J Harrison DFC
5	February 1943 – April 1943	Wing Commander P A Gilchrist
6	April 1943 – October 1943	Wing Commander R M Longmore OBE (missing 4 October 1943)
7	October 1943 – July 1944	Wing Commander J R Bland
8	July 1944 – June 1945	Wing Commander J Avent DFC

June 1945 – October 1946: temporarily disbanded

9	October 1946 – August 1948	Wing Commander R D Williams
10	August 1948 – February 1949	Squadron Leader V F Cave
11	February 1949 – January 1951	Squadron Leader F A Pentycross
12	January 1951 – January 1952	Squadron Leader P G D Farr OBE DFC
13	January 1952 – May 1952	Squadron Leader A W Harding
14	May 1952 – July 1953	Squadron Leader A H Simmonds DFC
15	July 1953 – April 1955	Squadron Leader R G Ravenscroft
16	April 1955 – October 1956	Wing Commander P R Casement DSO DFC AFC
17	October 1956 – November 1958	Wing Commander G Buckle
18	November 1958 – December 1960	Wing Commander L G A Reed MVO DFC
19	December 1960 – December 1962	Wing Commander H M Carson
20	December 1962 – November 1964	Wing Commander K Courtnage OBE AFC
21	November 1964 – November 1966	Wing Commander N G Ashcroft
22	November 1966 – March 1969	Wing Commander P J Wells
23	March 1969 – December 1971	Wing Commander A R Amos
24	December 1971 – January 1974	Wing Commander C J Phillips
25	January 1974 – December 1975	Wing Commander R Kidney AFC
26	December 1975 – September 1977	Wing Commander T C Flanagan
27	September 1977 – November 1979	Wing Commander C J Sturt
28	November 1979 – December 1981	Wing Commander M G Peaker
29	December 1981 – May 1984	Wing Commander M J Butler
30	May 1984 – November 1986	Wing Commander J C Platt
31	November 1986 – May 1989	Wing Commander W Metcalfe
32	May 1989 – August 1991	Wing Commander A E Neal
33	August 1991 – February 1994	Wing Commander M N Lees
34	February 1994 – September 1996	Wing Commander R W Henry
35	September 1996 – February 1999	Wing Commander S F Warren
36	February 1999 – August 2001	Wing Commander A N McLaughlin
37	August 2001 – February 2004	Wing Commander J Horrocks OBE
38	February 2004 – August 2006	Wing Commander J R Broadbent
39	August 2006 – December 2008	Wing Commander M W Cannard OBE
40	December 2008 – January 2011	Wing Commander P M Williamson
41	January 2011 – May 2011	Squadron Leader A Angell

May 2011 – April 2018: temporarily disbanded

42	April 2018 – September 2021	Wing Commander J J Hanson OBE
43	September 2021 – May 2024	Wing Commander B L Livesey
44	May 2024 –	Wing Commander D J Higgins MBE