RAF Brize Norton List of CO's

Station Commanders (1937-1980)

September 1937 Group Captain F L Robinson DSO MC DFC
May 1939 Group Captain C R Carr DFC AFC
August 1939 Group Captain S Smith DSO AFC
January 1940 Group Captain E B Rice
May 1941 Group Captain R H Kershaw
March 1943 Group Captain J E M MacCullum
October 1943 Group Captain C A Horn OBE
April 1944 Group Captain T M Abraham DFC
September 1944 Group Captain C A Horn OBE
June 1945 Group Captain F G Argyle-Robinson DFC
December 1945 Group Captain D J Alvey OBE
October 1947 Group Captain J M Cohu CBE
July 1949 Group Captain D W F Bonham-Carter DFC
1950-1951 Lieutenant Colonel H O Hamilton USAF
1951-1952 Colonel C B Steely USAF
1952-1953 Colonel T G Corbin USAF
1953-1955 Colonel W M Van Sickle USAF
1955-1956 Colonel F M Hardison USAF
1956-1958 Colonel E A Loberg USAF
1958-1959 Colonel O O Schurter USAF
1959-1961 Colonel E D Edwards USAF
1961-1962 Colonel E F Arnold USAF
1962-1964 Colonel E A Van Dyke USAF
1964-1965 Colonel H C Bayne USAF
March 1965 Group Captain R G Wilson DFC AFC
January 1968 Group Captain D L Attlee MVO
January 1970 Group Captain T L Kennedy AFC
April 1971 Group Captain J Richardson MBE AFC MBIM
January 1974 Group Captain P A Ward
November 1975 Group Captain R D Bates AFC
June 1978- Group Captain W H Croydon OBE

 

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