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OFFICERS'
COMMANDING XV SQUADRON AND LOCATIONS
Officers' Commanding XV Squadron:
| 1915 – 1919: | |
| Apr 1915 | Major P B Joubert de la Ferte |
| Aug 1915 | Capt L Daws* |
| Sep 1915 | Major E Ludlow-Hewitt |
| Nov 1915 | Major H le M Brock DSO |
| Dec 1916 | Major G I Carmichael DSO |
| Feb 1917 | Major H S Walker |
| Jan 1918 | Major H V Stammers DFC |
| Nov 1918 | C C Durston |
| 1924 – 1934: | |
| Mar 1924 | Squadron Leader P C Sherren MC |
| Nov 1927 | Squadron Leader C E H James MC |
| Sep 1929 | Wing Commander J K Wells AFC |
| Mar 1933 | Squadron Leader G H Martingell AFC |
| Apr 1933 | Squadron Leader R M Foster DFC AFC |
| 1934 – 1957: | |
| Jun 1934 | Squadron Leader T W Elmhurst AFC |
| Aug 1935 | Squadron Leader C H Cahill DFC AFC |
| Jan 1936 | Squadron Leader F G Robinson |
| Feb 1936 | Squadron Leader C D Adams |
| May 1938 | Squadron Leader J G Llewelyn |
| Mar 1939 | Wing Commander J L Wingate |
| Dec 1939 | Squadron Leader R W Lywood** |
| Jun 1940 | Wing Commander J Cox DFC |
| Dec 1940 | Wing Commander H R Dale |
| May 1941 | Wing Commander P B Ogilvie DSO DFC |
| Jan 1942 | Wing Commander J C MacDonald DFC AFC |
| Jun 1942 | Wing Commander D J H Lay DSO DFC |
| Dec 1942 | Wing Commander S W Menaul DFC AFC |
| May 1943 | Wing Commander J D Stephens DFC |
| Sep 1943 | Wing Commander A J Elliot |
| Apr 1944 | Wing Commander W D Watkins DFC DFM |
| Nov 1944 | Wing Commander N G Macfarlane DSO |
| Mar 1946 | Wing Commander D T Witt DSO DFC DFM |
| Aug 1946 | Wing Commander G B Bell OBE |
| Apr 1947 | Squadron Leader L F Kneil DFC |
| Aug 1948 | Squadron Leader J H Blout DFC |
| Dec 1949 | Squadron Leader J R Denny MBE DFC |
| Apr 1953 | Flight Lieutenant J Vnoucek* |
| Jun 1953 | Squadron Leader J M Ayshford DFC |
| Mar 1955 | Squadron Leader A R Scott DFC |
| 1958 – 1964: | |
| Sep 1958 | Wing Commander D A Green DSO OBE DFC |
| Apr 1960 | Wing Commander J G Matthews AFC |
| Dec 1962 | Wing Commander N G Marshall |
| Oct 1964 | Wing Commander D J Collins |
| 1970 – 1992: | |
| Oct 1970 | Wing Commander D J Collins |
| Apr 1971 | Wing Commander R Watson |
| Apr 1973 | Wing Commander M G Simmons |
| Jan 1976 | Wing Commander P D Oulton |
| Jul 1978 | Wing Commander T Nattrass AFC |
| Jul 1981 | Wing Commander E Cox |
| Sep 1983 | Wing Commander B Dove AFC |
| Aug 1986 | Wing Commander M C Rudd AFC |
| Jan 1989 | Wing Commander J A Broadbent DSO |
| Aug 1991 | Wing Commander A D White |
| XV(R) Squadron 1992 – Present: | |
| Apr 1992 | Wing Commander A T Hudson OBE |
| May 1994 | Wing Commander G A Bowerman OBE |
| Feb 1997 | Wing Commander G P Dixon |
| Sep 1999 | Wing Commander S K Dobb |
| Feb 2002 | Wing Commander W R Gibson |
| Sep 2004 | Wing Commander I D Chalmers |
| Mar 2007 | Wing Commander M A Saunders |
| Sep 2009 | Wing Commander B James |
| * Temporary
Command ** Promoted to Wing Commander, 1 January 1940 |
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XV Squadron Locations:
| World War One | ||
Location |
Country |
Date |
| South Farnborough | England | March 1915 |
| Hounslow | England | April 1915 |
| Swingate Down | England | May 1915 |
| Lydd (Detachment) | England | June-July 1915 |
| St Omer | France | December 1915 |
| Droglandt | France | May 1916 |
| Vert Galand | France | March 1916 |
| Marieux | France | March 1916 |
| Lealvillers | France | October 1916 |
| Courcelles-le-Comte | France | June 1917 |
| La Gorque | France | July 1917 |
| Savy | France | August 1917 |
| Longavesnes | France | August 1917 |
| Lechelle | France | October 1917 |
| Dapaume (ALG) | France | November 1917 |
| Lechelle | France | November 1917 |
| Lavieville | France | March 1918 |
| La Houssoye | France | March 1918 |
| Fienvillers | France | March 1918 |
| Vert Galand | France | April 1918 |
| Senlis | France | September 1918 |
| Quatre Vents Ferme | France | October 1918 |
| Selvigny | France | October 1918 |
| Vignacourt | France | December 1918 |
| Fowlmere | England | February 1919 |
| Squadron disbanded December 1919; Reformed 1924. | ||
| Inter War Years | ||
| Martlesham Heath | England | March 1924 |
| Abingdon | England | June 1934 |
| World War Two | ||
| Betheneville | France | September 1939 |
| Conde-Vaux | France | September 1939 |
| Wyton | England | December 1939 |
| Alconbury | England | April 1940 |
| Wyton | England | May 1940 |
| Bourn | England | August 1942 |
| Mildenhall | England | April 1943 |
| Post War Years | ||
| Wyton | England | August 1946 |
| Marham | England | November 1950 |
| Coningsby | England | January 1951 |
| Cottesmore | England | May 1953 |
| Honington | England | February 1955 |
| Squadron disbanded April 1957; Reformed September 1958. | ||
| Cottesmore | England | September 1958 |
| Squadron disbanded October 1964; Reformed October 1970 | ||
| Honington | England | October 1970 |
| Laarbruch | West Germany | January 1971 |
| Squadron disbanded July 1983; Reformed September 1983 | ||
| Laarbruch | West Germany | September 1983 |
| Muharraq | Bahrain | December 1990 |
| Laarbruch | West Germany | March 1991 |
| Squadron disbanded 1992; Reformed 1992 as XV(R) Squadron Tornado Tactical Weapons Conversion Unit. | ||
| Honington | England | April 1992 |
| Lossiemouth | Scotland | November 1993 |
