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Coastal Command Commanders

A list of Coastal Commanders from April 1918 to April 1956.

No. 10 Group
  • April 1918 - Wing Commander A.W. Bigsworth, CMG, DSO, AFC

Air Officers Commanding Coastal Area

  • Sept 1919 - Air Vice-Marshal A.V. Vyvyan, CB, DSO
  • Sept 1924 - Air Vice-Marshal F.R. Scarlett, CB, DSO
  • May 1928 - Air Vice-Marshal C.L. Lambe, CB, CMG, DSO
  • Oct 1931 - Air Vice-Marshal R.H. Clark-Hall, CMG, DSO
  • Oct 1934 - Air Vice-Marshal A.M. Longmore, CB, DSO

Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, Coastal Command

  • July 1936 - Air Marshal Sir Arthur M. Longmore, KCB, DSO
  • Aug 1936 - Air Marshal P.B. Joubert de la Ferte, CB, CMG, DSO
  • Aug 1937 - Air Marshal Sir Frederick W. Bowhill, KCB, CMG, DSO
  • June 1941 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip B. Joubert de la Ferte, KCB, CMG, DSO
  • Feb 1943 - Air Marshal J.C. Slessor, CB, DSO, MC
  • Jan 1944 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas, KCB, MC, DFC
  • June 1945 - Air Marshal Sir Leonard H. Slatter, KBE, CB, DSC, DFC
  • Nov 1948 - Air Marshal J.W. Baker, CB, MC, DFC
  • Jan 1950 - Air Marshal C.R. Steele, CB, DFC
  • June 1951 - Air Marshal A.C. Stevens, CB
  • Nov 1953 - Air Marshal Sir John N. Boothman, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC
  • April 1956 - Air Marshal Sir Bryan V. Reynolds, KCB, CBE

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