Fighter Squadrons 250-299

No. 250 (Sudan) Squadron:

Apr 41: S/L J.E. Scoular
Sep 41: S/L E.J. Morris
Apr 42: S/L M.T. Judd
Nov 42: S/L N.P.W; Hancock
Feb 43: S/L G.B. Johns
Aug 43: Maj Servaas van B. Theron (P102649V – South Africa)
Apr 44: S/L G.J. Black
May 44: S/L J.R.R. Wells
Sep 44: S/L P.J.B. Bagshawe
Feb 45: Maj F.K; Weingartz
Jun 45: S/L P.J.B. Bagshawe

No. 253 (Hyderabad State) Squadron:

May 40: S/L D.F.W. Atcherley
Jun 40: S/L T.P. Gleave
Aug 40: S/L H.M. Starr
Sep 40: S/L G.R. Edge
Sep 40: S/L R.M.B. Duke-Wolley
Nov 40: S/L P.R. Walker
Nov 41: S/L R.F. Watts
May 42: S/L D.S. Yapp
Sep 42: S/L Leonard H.T. Barlett (102959 – UK)
Jan 44: S/L H. Hopkinson
May 44: S/L P.C. Webb
Sep 44: S/L J.R.C.H. Graves

No. 255 Squadron:

Nov 40: S/L Roddick L. Smith (37129 – UK)
Jun 41: W/C J.S. Bartlett
Sep 41: W/C C.M. Windsor
Dec 41 : W/C Dillon P.D.G. Kelly (33168 – UK)
Mar 43: W/C J.H. Player
Aug 43: W/C Hugh W. Eliot (42490 – UK)
Feb 44: W/C L.W. Stewart
Nov 44: W/C J.W.R. Kempe
Jul 45: W/C J.R.H. Lewis

No. 256 Squadron:

Nov 40: S/L George H. Gatheral (34134 – UK)
Sep 41: S/L Edward C. Deanesly (90251 – UK)
Apr 42: W/C J.S. Adams
Oct 42: W/C T.N. Hayes
Jun 43: W/C G.R. Park
Feb 44: W/C P.M. Dobree-Bell
Oct 44: W/C Hugh W. Eliot (42490 – UK)
Mar 45: W/C H.E. Tappin

No. 257 (Burma) Squadron:

May 40: S/L D.W. Bayne
Jul 40: S/L T. Harkness
Oct 40: S/L Robert R.S. Tuck (37306 – UK)
Jul 41: S/l H.P. Blatchford
Sep 41: S/L F.J. Soper
Oct 41: S/L R.E. Drake
May 42: S/L Peter G. Wykeham-Barnes (33211 – UK)
Sep 42: S/L George A. Brown (39851 – UK)
Apr 43: S/L C.L.C. Roberts
May 43: S/L Patrick H. Lee (39796 – UK)
Jul 43: S/L R.H. Fokes
Jun 44: S/L W.C. Ahrens
Jul 44: S/L W.J. Johnston
Oct 44: S/L D.P. Jenkins
Jan 45: S/L A.G. Todd
Mar 45: disbanded

No. 258 Squadron:

Nov 40: S/L Wilfried G. Clouston (39223 – New Zealand)
Sep 41: S/L Cooke
Sep 41: S/L Thompson
Feb 42: disbanded
Mar 42: S/L Peter C. Fletcher (80028 – Southern Rhodesia)
Aug 42: S/L R.J. Walker
Mar 43: S/L F.G. Land
Feb 44: S/L Neil Cameron (102585 – UK)
Aug 45: S/L William B. Berry (45593 – UK)
Dec 45: F/L Denis M. Finn (133445 – UK)
Disbanded 31.12.45

No. 260 Squadron:

Nov 40: S/L W.B. Royce
Apr 41: S/L A.N. Cole
Apr 41: S/L Christopher J. Mount (36162 – UK)
Aug 41: S/L D.R. Walker
Mar 42: S/L Osgood V. Hanbury (81357 – UK)
Jul 42: S/L Paul P. Devendish (80198 – South Africa)
Nov 42: S/L Osgood V. Hanbury (81357 – UK)
May 43: Maj E.C. Saville
Sep 43: Maj P.W. Venter
Apr 44: S/L L.A. Mallins
May 44: S/L D.P. Jandrell
Jul 44: S/L G.B. Johns
Dec 44: S/L P.S. Blomfield

No. 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Squadron:

Oct 39: S/L John W. Donaldson (32074 – UK)
Jun 40: S/L Henry Eeles (26177 – UK)
Dec 40: S/L John G. Munro (36016 – UK)
Feb 41: S/L Arthur H. Donaldson (34150 – UK)
Aug 41: S/L Thomas P. Pugh (40137 – UK)
Feb 42: S/L R.S. Woodward
Dec 42: S/L Geoffrey B. Warnes (78429 – UK)
Jun 43: S/L Ernest R. Baker (40660 – UK)
Dec 43: S/L Geoffrey B. Warnes (78429 – UK)
Feb 44: S/L Henri A.C. Gonay (81635 – Belgium)
Jun 44: S/L R.D. Rutter
Jan 45: S/L M.T.S Rumbold
Aug 45: disbanded

No. 264 Squadron:

Oct 39: S/L Stephen H. Hardy (16153 – UK)
Mar 40: S/L Philip A. Hunter (32081 – UK)
Aug 40: S/L George D. Garvin (34237 – UK)
Nov 40: S/L Arthur T.D. Sanders (33095 – UK)
Jun 41: S/L Philip J. Sanders (36057 – UK)
Dec 41: S/L Charles A. Cooke (43634 – UK)
May 42: W/C Hamish M. Kerr (27030 – UK)
Jun 43: W/C William J. Alington (70006 – UK)
Apr 44: W/C Edward S. Smith (90093 – UK)
Jun 45: W/C Eric G. Barwell (77454 – UK)

No. 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron:

Oct 39: S/L J.W.A. Hunnard
Jul 40: S/L R.L. Wilkinson
Aug 40: S/L Patrick G. Jameson (37813 – New Zealand)
Jun 41: S/L Tristam B. de la P. Beresford (33156 – UK)
Oct 41: S/L Charles L. Green (41527 – Rhodesia)
Jul 43: S/L A.S. Macintyre
Aug 43: S/L P.W.L. Lefevre
Mar 44: S/L Joseph W.E. Holmes (114291 – UK)
Jul 44: S/L J.D. Wright
Oct 44: S/L J.H. Deall
Mar 45: S/L Ronald A.G. Sheward (120531 – UK)

No. 274 Squadron:

Aug 40: S/L Patrick H. Dunn (34018 – UK)
Feb 41: S/L J.A. Lapsey
Apr 41: S/L G.E. Hawkins
Aug 41: S/L D.S.G. Honor
Nov 41: S/L S. Linnard
Mar 42: S/L Dean
Jul 42: S/L J.C. Hayter
Sep 42: Maj J.R.R. Wells
Jul 43: S/L D.L. Gould
Oct 43: S/L J.M. Morgan
Mar 44: S/L James F. Edwards (J1607 – Canada)
Aug 44: S/L M.G. Barnett
Sep 44: S/L J.R. Heap
Nov 44: S/L A.H. Baird
Feb 45: S/L David C. Fairbanks (J9096 – USA)
Mar 45: S/L W.J. Hibbert
Apr 45: S/L D.C. Usher