| Date appointed |
Name |
| 13 May 1912 |
Major H R M Brooke-Popham |
| 12 Aug 1914 |
Major J M Salmond DSO |
| Apr 1915 |
Major D S Lewis DSO |
| 1 Nov 1915 |
Major E R Ludlow-Hewitt MC |
| Jan 1916 |
Major H D Harvey-Kelly DSO |
| Sep 1916 |
Major D E Stodart |
| May 1917 |
Major E D Horsfall |
| Jun 1917 |
Major J A De Courcy |
| Sep 1917 |
Major R Raymond-Barker |
| Apr 1918 |
Major R St Clair-McClintock MC |
| Dec 1920 |
Sqn Ldr G G A Williams |
| Jun 1922 |
Sqn Ldr D G Donald |
| Feb 1923 |
Sqn Ldr C C Miles |
| Apr 1924 |
Sqn Ldr J C Russel DSO |
| Apr 1926 |
Sqn Ldr J M Robb DFC |
| Sep 1927 |
Sqn Ldr E D Johnson AFC |
| Aug 1930 |
Sqn Ldr C A Stevens MC |
| Mar 1934 |
Sqn Ldr G Martyn |
| Mar 1936 |
Sqn Ldr H L P Lester |
| Aug 1938 |
Sqn Ldr H H Chapman |
| Nov 1939 |
Sqn Ldr P Gifford DFC |
| May 1940 |
Sqn Ldr W M Churchill DSO DFC* |
| Jun 1940 |
Sqn Ldr S F Godden |
| Sep 1940 |
Sqn Ldr G F Chater DFC |
| Nov 1940 |
Sqn Ldr A W Cole |
| Jan 1941 |
Sqn Ldr R E Barnett MBE |
| Jan 1941 |
Sqn Ldr E P P Gibbs |
| Apr 1941 |
Sqn Ldr R F Aitken |
| Apr 1942 |
Sqn Ldr A E Berry DFC |
| Aug 1942 |
Sqn Ldr L F De Soomer |
| Aug 1943 |
Sqn Ldr S R Thomas DFC AFC |
| Sep 1943 |
Sqn Ldr R Hawkins MC DFC |
| Oct 1943 |
Sqn Ldr A C Dredge DFC AFC |
| Aug 1944 |
Sqn Ldr K A Wigglesworth DFC |
| Sep 1944 |
Sqn Ldr H N Sweetman DFC |
| Jan 1945 |
Sqn Ldr K F Thiele DSO DFC** |
| Feb 1945 |
Sqn Ldr R B Cole DFC* |
| May 1947 |
Sqn Ldr C H Macfie DFC |
| Nov 1949 |
Sqn Ldr D R Griffiths DFC |
| Jun 1952 |
Sqn Ldr W J S Sutherland |
| Dec 1953 |
Sqn Ldr D C H Simmons CBE AFC |
| Dec 1954 |
Sqn Ldr T H Hutchinson |
| 15 Jun 1957 |
Sqn Disbanded |
| Jan 1959 |
Wg Cdr D W B Farrar DFC AFC |
| May 1960 |
Wg Cdr A F Peers DFC |
| Jan 1961 |
Wg Cdr D G Walker AFC |
| Jan 1961 |
Wg Cdr D F C Ross DFC |
| Jul 1963 |
Wg Cdr J L Field CBE |
| Jul 1965 |
Wg Cdr L E H Scotchmer OBE |
| May 1967 |
Wg Cdr R Hollingworth |
| Dec 1969 |
Wg Cdr M R T Chandler |