Fighter Squadrons 500-600 series

No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron:

  • Jul 37: S/L Montagu V.M. Clube (90015 – UK) – Vol. V
  • Jun 40: S/L Henry A.V. Hogan (26181 – UK)
  • Nov 40: S/L Eustace Holden (37970 – UK) – Vol. II
  • Jun 41: S/L Adrian H. Boyd (39101 – UK)
  • Aug 41: S/L Christopher F. Currant (43367 – UK) – Vol. VI
  • Jun 42: S/L John W. Villa (39768 – UK) – Vol. VII
  • Sep 42: S/L Andrew J. Robinson (39569 – UK)
  • May 43: S/L Bertram Barthold (33218 – UK)
  • Oct 43: S/L Matthew G. Barnett (NZ391338 – New Zealand)
  • Aug 44: S/L Joseph Berry (118435 – UK) – Vol. I
  • Nov 44: S/L Alastair Parker-Rees (85665 – UK)

No. 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron:

  • Sep 39: S/L Francis V. Beamish (16089 – Ireland) – Vol. V
  • Jan 40: S/L H. Watson
  • May 40: S/L J. Parnall
  • May 40: S/L John H. Hill (32172 – UK) – Vol. IV
  • May 40: F/L W.B. Royce
  • May 40: S/L John Sample (90278 – UK) – Vol. II
  • Mar 41: S/L M. Rook
  • Jul 41: S/L Philip T. Parsons (90491 – UK)
  • Feb 42: S/L James R.H. Lewis (39997 – UK)
  • Jan 43: S/L John I. Kilmartin (39793 – Ireland) – Vol. IV
  • Mar 43: S/L John R.C. Kilian (NZ1043 – NZ) – Vol. II
  • Jul 43: S/L Peter J. Simpson (41875 – UK)
  • Oct 43: S/L Herbert J.L. Hallowes (45010 – UK)
  • Mar 44: S/L George C. Banning-Lover (40283 – UK)
  • Oct 44: S/L M. Kellett

No. 515 Squadron:

  • Oct 42: S/L S.R. Thomas
  • Jul 43: W/C J.F. Inkster
  • Jan 44: W/C F.F. Lambert
  • Dec 44: W/C H.C. Kelsey

No. 530 Squadron:

  • Sep 42: S/L Dudley O. Hobbis (42709 – UK)
  • Sep 42: S/L Charles M. Miller (72437 – Ireland)
  • Disbanded 25 January 1943

No. 531 Squadron:

  • Sep 42: S/L G.R. Turner
  • Oct 42: S/L Neville M. Browning (70092 – UK)

No. 532 Squadron:

  • Sep 42: S/L Kenneth H. Blair (39704 – UK)
  • Sep 42: S/L Charles L.W. Stewart (40646 – UK)
  • Disbanded 25 January 1943

No. 533 Squadron:

  • Sep 42: S/L Desmond P. McKeown (32176 – UK)
  • Nov 42: ?

No. 534 Squadron:

  • Sep 42: S/L Kenneth Mathews (82954 – UK)
  • Disbanded January 1943

No. 535 Squadron:

  • Sep 42: S/L Brian H. Moloney (90237 – UK)
  • Disbanded January 1943

No. 536 Squadron:

  • Sep 42: S/L Motion

No. 537 Squadron:

  • Sep 42: S/L Patrick L. Burke (39490 – UK)
  • Disbanded 25 January 1943

No. 538 Squadron:

  • Sep 42: S/L Charles V. Winn (40586 – UK) – Vol. IV
  • Disbanded 25 January 1943

No. 539 Squadron:

  • Sep 42: S/L James S. Morton (90727 – UK) – Vol. VI
  • Disbanded 25 January 1943

No. 548 Squadron:

  • Dec 43: S/L William H.A. Wright (70834 – UK)
  • Jul 44: S/L Raymond A. Watts (65530 – UK)
  • Feb 45: S/L Ernest D. Glaser (82178 – UK) – Vol. IV

No. 549 Squadron:

  • Dec 43: S/L Eric P.W. Bocock (61215 – UK) – Vol. V

No. 600 (City of London) Squadron:

  • Jun 37: S/L G.L.S Dawson-Damer
  • Dec 39: S/L J.M. Wells
  • May 40: S/L D de B Clarke
  • Sep 40: S/L H.L. Maxwell
  • Nov 40: S/L C.A. Pritchard
  • Jan 41: W/C G. Stainforth
  • Dec 41: W/C H.M. Pearson
  • May 42: W/C Anthony G. Miller (90088 – UK) – Vol. IV
  • Nov 42: W/C J.R. Watson
  • Dec 42: W/C C.P. Green
  • Mar 44: W/C L.H. Styles
  • Dec 44: W/C A.H. Drummond

No. 601 (County of London) Squadron:

  • Mar 36: S/L B.S. Thynne
  • Dec 39: S/L L. Guinness
  • Jun 40: S/L John W.M. Aitken (91028 – UK) – Vol. I
  • Jul 40: S/L William F.C. Hobson (26180 – UK)
  • Aug 40: S/L Edward F. Ward (32144 – UK)
  • Aug 40: S/L Archibald P. Hope (90127 – UK)
  • Dec 40: S/L John A. O’Neill (37117 – UK)
  • Apr 41: S/L Edward J. Gracie (29090 – UK) – Vol. I
  • Dec 41: S/L E.J. Jones
  • Mar 41: S/L J.D. Bisdee
  • Apr 42: S/L R.G.A. Barclay
  • Jul 42: S/L J.D. Bisdee
  • Aug 42: S/L Arthur V. Clowes (44780 – UK) – Vol. VI
  • Mar 43: S/L G.H.F. Plinston
  • Mar 43: S/L J.S. Taylor
  • Jul 43:  S/L Stanislaw Skalski (76710 – Poland) – Vol. I
  • Sep 43: Maj Malcolm S. Osler (102677V – South Africa) – Vol. V
  • Mar 44: S/L J.H. Nicholls
  • Jul 44: S/L Robert W. Turkington (117519 – UK) – Vol. IV
  • Jan 45: S/L C.T. Simpson

No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron:

  • Oct 37: S/L A.D. Farquhar
  • Mar 40: S/L G. Pinkerton
  • Jul 40: S/L Alexander V.R. Johnstone (90163 – UK) – Vol. III
  • Apr 41: S/L John I. Kilmartin (39793 – Ireland) – Vol. IV
  • Jun 41: S/L Patrick E. Meagher (34072 – Ireland) – Vol. V
  • Aug 41: S/L Alan C. Deere (40370 – New Zealand) – Vol. III
  • Jan 42: S/L Brendan E.F. Finucane (41276 – Ireland) – Vol. I
  • Jun 42: S/L Peter M. Brothers (37668 – UK) – Vol. VII
  • Oct 42: S/L Michael L.F. Beytagh (39052 – UK) – Vol. V
  • Oct 43: S/L Ronald A. Sutherland (41079 – UK)
  • Jul 44: S/L Johannes J. Le Roux (42240 – South Africa) – Vol. II
  • Aug 44: S/L A.R. Stewart
  • Sep 44: S/L R.A. Sutherland

No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron:

  • Jul 38: S/L E.H. Stevens
  • Jun 40: S/L George L. Delhom (90190 – UK)
  • Apr 41: S/l F.M. Smith
  • Jul 41: S/L J.M. Loudon
  • Oct 41: S/L R.G. Forshaw
  • Dec 41: S/L D. Douglas-Hamilton
  • Jul 42: S/L Anthony D.J. Lovell (40402 – UK) – Vol. VI
  • Not anymore a fighter squadron after July 42
  • Jan 45: S/L E.H.M. Patterson
  • Jan 45: S/L Thomas C. Rigler (114032 – UK)
  • Apr 45: S/L Harold R.P. Pertwee (121361 – UK)

No. 604 (County of Middlesex) Squadron:

  • Jan 39: S/L R.A. Budd
  • Mar 40: S/L Michael F. Anderson (90206 – UK)
  • Feb 41: W/C Charles H. Appleton (24139 – S. Rhodesia) – Vol. VI
  • Aug 41: W/C John Cunningham (90216 – UK) – Vol. I
  • Jul 42: W/C Wood
  • Apr 43: W/C M.H. Constable-Mawxell
  • Jul 44: W/C F.D. Hughes

No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron: 

  • Mar 36: S/L Willoughby de Broke
  • Dec 39: S/L G.V. Perry
  • May 40: S/L Walter M. Churchill (90241 – UK) – Vol. II
  • Sep 40: S/L A.A. Kellar
  • Nov 40: S/L C.F. Currant
  • Nov 40: S/L G.R. Edge
  • Sep 41: S/L R. Reid
  • Jan 42: S/L S.E. Andrews
  • Jun 42: W/C Peter W. Townsend (33178 – UK) – Vol. III
  • Aug 42: W/C G.L. Denholm
  • May 43: W/C C.D. Tomalin
  • Sep 43: W/C B.R. O’B Hoare
  • Apr 44: W/C N.J. Storr
  • Sep 44: W/C R.A. Mitchell
  • Apr 45: W/C A.W. Horne

No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron:

  • Jan 39: S/L Launcelot E. Smith (90273 – UK) – Vol. I
  • May 40: S/L G.M. Fidler
  • May 40: S/L James A. Vick (90274 – UK)
  • Oct 40: S/L A.W. Vincent
  • Mar 41: S/L G.D. Craig
  • Nov 41: S/L H.C. Dawson
  • Dec 41: S/L N.J. Mowat
  • Oct 42: S/L R.H. Holland
  • Mar 43: S/L N.J. Mowat
  • Apr 43: S/L Patrick J.T. Stephenson (81343 – Ireland) – Vol. VI
  • Mar 44: S/L G.G.A. Davies
  • May 45: S/L C.M. Humphreys
  • Jun 45: S/L Constantine O.J. Pegge (41317 – UK) – Vol. VI

No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron:

  • Dec 38: S/L G.H. Ambl
  • Dec 39: S/l M.T. Avent
  • Jun 40: S/L Horace S. Darley (32191 – UK)
  • Oct 40: S/L Michael L. Robinson (37300 – UK) – Vol. III
  • Jul 41: S/L G.K. Gilroy
  • Jun 42: S/L P.H.M. Richey
  • Oct 42: S/L Roland P. Beamont (41819 – UK) – Vol. II
  • May 43: S/L A. Ingle
  • Aug 43: S/L P.G. Thornton-Brown
  • Dec 43: S/L J.C. Wells
  • Jun 44: S/L Lodewijk E.J.M. Geerts (130202 – Belgium) – Vol. V
  • Aug 44: S/L Raymond A. Lallemant (116742 – Belgium) – Vol. IV
  • Sep 44: S/L T.Y. Wallace
  • Nov 44: S/L C.J.G. Demoulin
  • Dec 44: S/L E.R.A. Roberts
  • Mar 45: S/L L.W.F. Stark

No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron:

  • Feb 36: S/L I.R. Parker
  • Jan 40: S/L A.L. Franks
  • May 40: S/L A.T. Smith
  • Jul 40: S/L John Ellis (37850 – UK)
  • Apr 41: S/L H. de CA Woodhouse
  • Jun 41: S/L K. Holden
  • Nov 41: S/L B.J. Wicks
  • Dec 41: S/L Constantine O.J. Pegge (41317 – UK) – Vol. VI
  • Feb 42: S/L G.S.K. Haywood
  • Jul 42: S/L John E. Johnson (83267 – UK) – Vol. I
  • Mar 43: S/L W.A. Laurie
  • Jan 44: S/L R.A. Newbury

No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron:

  • Sep 39: S/L James E. McComb (90352 – UK) – Vol. VI
  • Oct 40: S/L E.R. Bitmead
  • May 41: S/L Basil G. Stappleton (41879 – South Africa) – Vol. V
  • Jun 41: S/L Eric H. Thomas (39138 – UK) – Vol. IV
  • Nov 41: S/L D.H. Watkins
  • Sep 42: S/L Hugo T. Armstrong (Aus406022 – Australia) – Vol. IV
  • Feb 43: S/L Charlton Haw (117992- UK) – Vol. VI
  • Apr 43: S/L Edward F.J. Charles (36198 – Canada) – Vol. III
  • Aug 43: S/L William A. Douglas (90986 – UK) – Vol. VI
  • Aug 44: S/L P.R. McGregor
  • Jan 45: S/L Dunham H. Seaton (46705 – UK) – Vol. II
  • Jul 45: S/L Paul C.P. Farnes (88437 – UK)

No. 613 (City of Manchster) Squadron:

  • Jun 41: W/C Acheson
  • Sep 42: S/L C.L. Page
  • Dec 42: W/C Charles B.E. Burt-Andrews (37379 – UK)
  • Oct 43: W/C K.H. Blair
  • Feb 44: W/C Robert N. Bateson (39054 – UK)
  • Jun 44: W/C C. Newman
  • Dec 44: W/C Percy B. Lucas (100626 – UK) – Vol. III

No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron:

  • Jun 37: S/L Arthur V. Harvey (90395 – UK)
  • Mar 40: S/L J.R. Kayll (90276 – UK)
  • Dec 40: S/L Raymond A. Holmwood (Aus1086 – Australia)
  • Feb 41: S/L Anthony Eyre (90408 – UK) – Vol. I
  • Apr 41: S/L G.F. Powell-Shedden
  • Jul 41: S/L Denys E. Gillam (37167 – UK) – Vol. II
  • Feb 42: S/L Byron L. Duckenfield (43368 – UK) – Vol. VI
  • Jan 43: S/L W.D. Williams
  • Mar 43: S/L Robert H. Holland (33487 – UK)
  • Jan 44: S/L David W. McCormack (Aus400232 – Australia) – Vol. III
  • Aug 44: S/L K.F. Gannon
  • Sep 44: S/L T.H. Meyer
  • Jun 45: S/L Leonard C.C. Hawkins (102129 – UK) – Vol. I
  • Jul 45: S/L P.J. Anson

No. 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron:

  • Sep 39: S/L W.K. Beisiegel
  • May 40: S/L M. Robinson
  • Sep 40: S/L Howard F. Burton (33227 – UK)
  • Sep 41: S/L Colin F. Gray (41844 – New Zealand) – Vol. VI
  • Feb 42: S/L Harry L.I. Brown (37060 – UK)
  • Jan 43: S/L Gordon S.K. Haywood (37879 – UK)
  • Apr 43: S/L Peter W. Lefevre (40719 – UK)
  • Apr 43: S/L Percy B. Lucas  (100626 – UK) – Vol. III
  • Jul 43: S/L Leslie W. Watts (117728 – UK)
  • Jul 44: W/C Andrew McDowall (89299 – UK) – Vol. III
  • May 45: W/C Warren E. Schrader (NZ411944 – NZ)

No. 1435 Squadron:

  • Aug 42: S/L Anthony D.J. Lovell (40402 – UK) – Vol. VI
  • Jan 43: S/L W.A. Smith
  • Jan 43: S/L H.F. O’Neill
  • Jul 43: S/L R. Webb
  • Feb 44: S/L J.D. Clements
  • Mar44: S/L N.V. Glew
  • May 44: Maj F.J.M. Meaker
  • Jan 45: S/L R.G.G. Saril