103 Squadron COs from Formation to Final Disbandment.
Formed at Beaulieu. UK
1st September 1917 – Maj Thomas Maxwell-Scott MC
1st February 1918 – Maj W A S Rough.
26th March 1918 – Maj E N Fuller.
21st September 1918 – Maj Michael H B Nethersole DSO.
Disbanded at Shotwick UK 26th March 1919.
Reformed at Andover. UK
10th August 1936 - S/L Denis H Carey.
19th February 1938 – S/L W J Millen.
22nd August 1938 – S/L John Coverdale MID. Later Wing Commander. Killed in action 21st June 1943 with 431 Sqn.
27th January 1939 – W/C H J Gemmell.
12th March 1940 – W/C T C Dickens CB CBE. Later Air Commodore.
23rd November 1940 – S/L Charles E R Tait DFC
5th December 1940 – W/C Charles Eric Littler. Killed in action 30th March 1941
4th April 1941 – W/C Brian Everard Lowe. Later Group Captain. Killed in flying accident near Scunthorpe 18th July 1943.
25th August 1941 – W/C R S Ryan.
9th March 1942 – W/C Joscelyn F H Du Boulay DFC. Later Group Captain
9th September 1942 – W/C Robert A C Carter CB DSO DFC A.F.R.Ae.S. Later Air Commodore.
17th April 1943 – W/C J A Slater DFC
18th October 1943 – W/C E D McK Nelson CB. Later Air Commodore
6th May 1944 – W/C Hubert Reginald Goodman RHAFC Killed in action 12th May 1944,
12th May 1944 – W/C John Ramsey St John DSO DFC and bar
1st December 1944 – W/C Duncan F MacDonald. Later Air Commodore.
7th August 1945 – W/C Michael W Renaut DFC
Disbanded at Elsham Wolds UK 26th November 1945
Reformed at Gutersloh Germany.
30th November 1954 – S/L R C Schuster DFC
Disbanded at Gutersloh 1st August 1956.
Reformed at Nicosia, Cyprus
30th November 1959 – S/L J L Price.
9th August 1961 – S/L L A Wilson.
Disbanded at Nicosia 31st July 1961.
Reformed at Seletar, Singapore.
1st August 1963 – S/L P L Davis MC.
19th August 1965 – S/L F D Hopkins.
1st March 1968 – S/L I Horrocks.
20th February 1970 – S/L P R Bond.
Finally disbanded at Tengah, Singapore. 31st July 1975.
Compiled by David Fell
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