|
No 46 SQUADRON - COMMANDING OFFICERS
Major G E Todd April 1916 Major E L Conran May 1916 Major L Dawes May 1916 Major P Babington July 1916 Major R H S Mealing December 1917 Major A H O’Hara Wood July 1918 Major G Allen October 1918 Squadron Leader M F Calder September 1936 Squadron Leader P R Barwell June 1937 Squadron Leader K B B Cross October 1939 Squadron Leader J R MacLachlan June 1940 Squadron Leader A R Collins October 1940 Squadron Leader L M Gaunce October 1940 Squadron Leader A C Rabagliatti December 1940 Wing Commander G A Reid May 1942 Wing Commander T P K Seade October 1943 Wing Commander R W Dennison June 1944 Squadron Leader G E Robertson August-November 1944 (Temp Command) Wing Commander B A Coventry January 1945 Wing Commander S G Baggott December 1945 Wing Commander R G Dutton March 1946 Wing Commander G Burges July 1946 Squadron Leader E Moody October 1947 Squadron Leader A G Salter April 1948 Squadron Leader A Reece August 1949 Squadron Leader D F C Ross August 1954 (on re-forming) Wing Commander F E W Birchfield March 1955 Wing Commander H E White June 1956 Wing Commander F B Sowrey May 1958 Wing Commander D B Wills June 1960 Squadron Leader M T Rayson September 1966(on re-forming) Squadron Leader J B Gratton December 1967 Squadron Leader D O Crwys Williams January 1970 Wing Commander F A Mallett February 1971 Wing Commander J A Scambler April 1973 Wing Commander S Hitchen March 1975
|
|
No 46 SQUADRON - AIRCRAFT
Nieuport 12 Apr 1916 - Apr 1917 BE 2c Nov 1916 - Apr 1917 BE 2e Feb 1917 - Apr 1917 Pup Apr 1917 - Nov 1917 Camel Nov 1917 - Feb 1919 Gauntlet II Sep 1936 - Feb 1939 Hurricane I Feb 1939 - Dec 1940 Hurricane IIA Dec 1940 - May 1941 Hurricane IIC May 1941 - Jun 1941 Beaufighter I May 1942 - Jul 1942 Beaufighter VI May 1942 - Dec 1944 Beaufighter X Apr 1944 - Jul 1944 Mosquito XII Apr 1944 - Jul 1944 Stirling V Feb 1945 - Feb 1946 Dakota III, IV Feb 1946 - Feb 1950 Meteor NF 12 Aug 1954 - Mar 1956 Meteor NF 14 Aug 1956 - Mar 1956 Javelin FAW 1 Mar 1956 - Nov 1957 Javelin FAW 2 Aug 1957 - Jun 1961 Javelin FAW 6 May 1958 - Jun 1961 Andover C 1 Dec 1966 - Aug 1975
|
|
Squadron Code Letters
RJ: Gauntlet, Hurricane to Sep 39 PO: Hurricane XK: Stirling and Dakota |
|
Squadron Name “Uganda” |
|
Squadron Badge Description: “Two arrow heads surmounted by a third, all in bend.” Explanation: “The arrows stand for speed in getting into action and their position is meant to give the impression of 3 aircraft climbing rapidly Motto: “We rise to conquer” Authority: King George VI, June 1937
|