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Royal Air Force Masirah
Commanding Officers


List stolen from the UKMAMS Old Bods Association
More very comprehensive history and information about Masirah at their website

5 June 1944              Wing Commander B P Young OBE
18 July 1945              Flight Lieutenant D Usher
26 August 1945         Squadron Leader H C Bownas
8 December 1945      Squadron Leader J Cartwright
30 April 1946            Flight Lieutenant F Clark
17 August 1946         Flying Officer Nielson
23 November 1946    Flying Officer J K Marsh
25 July 1947              Flying Officer A E Burton
12 September 1947   Flying Officer K J Wallace
5 May 1948                Flight Lieutenant J L Bulmer
23 July 1948               Flying Officer D R Hinton
13 April 1949             Squadron Leader W H Jones
5 November 1949       Flight Lieutenant P H Drabble
26 January 1950         Flight Lieutenant R T Johns DFC
22 June 1950              Flight Lieutenant R W Murphy
15 July 1950               Flight Lieutenant J V E P Carter
10 February 1951       Flight Lieutenant J L Goldby DFC
8 September 1951      Flight Lieutenant C C MacGillivray
10 February 1952       Flight Lieutenant A L Matthew
1 August 1952            Flight Lieutenant O G Williams
22 January 1953         Flying Officer D Graham
7 March 1953             Flight Lieutenant E J Forbes
21 September 1953    Flight Lieutenant T H James
23 February 1954       Flying Officer F Stokes
29 August 1954          Flying Officer T Bate
12 April 1955              Flying Officer A F W Keeley
21 0ctober 1955         Flying Officer F E W Hambly
14 Aprl 1956               Flying Officer W R Price
11 December 1956      Flying Officer J A Lamb
9 May 1957                 Flight Lieutenant J D Payling
12 October 1957         Flight Lieutenant T N Paddon
22 December 1957      Flight Lieutenant E I Owen
9 June 1958                 Flight Lieutenant R C A Kerry DFM
3 January 1959             Flight Lieutenant P J Hudson
29 June 1959                Flight Lieutenant M C Nush
18 June 1960               Squadron Leader A G L Higgins
3 June 1961                 Squadron Leader J McLeod
11 July 1962                Squadron Leader R C Parker
4 June 1963                 Squadron Leader R L T Polgreen
15 December 1964      Squadron Leader J Sweet
26 March 1965            Wing Commander K W McKenzie DFC AFC
4 May 1965                 Squadron Leader H Armitage
3 May 1966                 Squadron Leader D Bish
15 March 1967            Squadron Leader R J Spiers
24 March 1968            Squadron Leader R F Grattan
10 April 1969              Wing Commander G H Cunnington
10 May 1970                Wing Commander W K Sewell MBE
14 June 1971              Wing Commander E M Higson
18 March 1972           Group Captain C P Donovan
8 December 1972       Group Captain L C Swalwell
18 August 1973          Group Captain F D G Clark OBE BA
20 July 1974               Group Captain R K Hepburn
15 0ctober 1975         Group Captain J Byard

Wg Cdr Cunnington - April 1969
Photographs reproduced by kind permission of his daughter, Sarah Moss, nee Cunnington.

Fg Off Terry Bate - August 1954
Terry oversaw the reception and construction of the desalination plant which supplied fresh water to the camp and the local population.

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