No.218 SQUADRON COMMANDING OFFICERS

1918 - 1945

 

1918 - 1919

Major B.S.Wemp.   24th April 1918
Captain A.W.E Reeves.   29th December 1918
Major W.E.Collison.   9th January 1919
Major C.H.Hayward.   30th January 1919

1936 -1939

Flight Lieutenant B.M Carey.   16th March 1936 - 2nd November 1936
Squadron Leader F.H.Shales.   2nd November 1936 - 1st June 1937
Squadron Leader J.C.Cunningham.   1st June 1937 - 4th January 1938
Wing Commander J.B.Duggan.   4th January 1938

1939 - 1945

Wing Commander J.B.Duggan.   28th June 1940
Wing Commander A.R.Combe.   29th June 1940 - 2nd February 1941
Wing Commander G.N.Amison.   2nd February 1941 - 22nd April 1941
Wing Commander H.J.Kirkpatrick ,D.F.C.   22nd April 1941 - 31st December 1941
Wing Commander P.D.Holder, D.F.C   1st January 1942 - 30th August 1942

Wing Commander F.B.M Read, 33076 RAF

 

2nd September 1942 - 1st October 1942

Wing Commander O.A.Morris.   October 1942 - 29th March 1943
Wing Commander D.T.Saville, D.S.O,D.F.C   28th March 1943 - 24th July 1943
Wing Commander W.O.Oldbury, D.F.C   28th July 1943 - 9th March 1944
Wing Commander R.M.Fenwick-Wilson, A.F.C.   9th March 1944 21st October 1944
Wing Commander W.J.Smith.   21st October 1944 - 10th August 1945

Sir Alan Burns, The Governor - Designate of the Gold Coast visits the squadron, August 1941. Sir Allan spent the day and night with the squadron, A number of the squadron Vickers Wellingtons had Gold Coast place names painted on their nose.

WING COMMANDER AMISON IN ATTENDENCE