609 Commanding Officers

The Commanding Officers of 609 Squadron

Date fromNameNotes
10 Feb 36Sqn Ldr Harald Peake
8 Dec 38Sqn Ldr Geoffrey H Ambler AFC
28 Dec 39Sqn Ldr M T Avent
28 Jun 40Sqn Ldr Horace S ‘George’ Darley DSO
4 Oct 40Sqn Ldr Michael L Robinson DSO DFCKIA 10 Apr 42
29 Jul 41Sqn Ldr George K Gilroy DFC*
1 Jun 42Sqn Ldr Paul H M Richey DFC*
3 Oct 42Sqn Ldr Roland P Beamont DSO* DFC*POW 12 Oct 44
5 May 43Sqn Ldr Alec Ingle DFC AFCPOW 11 Sep 43
18 Aug 43Sqn Ldr Patrick Thornton-Brown DFCKIA 21 Dec 43 – shot down by USAAF P-47s
29 Dec 43Sqn Ldr John C Wells DFC*
30 Jun 44Sqn Ldr Lodewijk E J M ‘Manu’ Geerts DFCIst Belgian OC
14 Aug 44Sqn Ldr Raymond A Lallemant DFC*2nd Belgian OC
17 Sep 44Sqn Ldr Thomas Y Wallace DFMKIA 11 Nov 44
14 Nov 44Sqn Ldr Charles J G Demoulin DFC3rd Belgian OC
6 Dec 44Sqn Ldr Eric R A Roberts DFCPOW 9 Mar 45
16 Mar 45Sqn Ldr Laurence W F ‘Pinkie’ Stark DFC* AFCSqn disbanded  15 Sep 45



10 May 46Sqn Ldr Patrick H Womersley DFC*
Jan 50Sqn Ldr Arthur Hudson DFC AFC
Dec 53Sqn Ldr Ernest ‘Tommy’ Evans
Jan 56Sqn Ldr David ShawSqn disbanded  7 March 57



1 Jul 98Air Defence Support Squadron (ADSS) Sqn Ldr R Walters-MorganThe ADSS was awarded the 609 Sqn numberplate on 1 Oct 99
Sep 99Sqn Ldr F P ‘Monty’ Smith
Jan 01Sqn Ldr Brian Waite
Feb 06Sqn Ldr Hilary Vincent-Philpot
Nov 08Sqn Ldr Jeffrey W Metcalfe QVRM AE
Feb 17Sqn Ldr Merv J Ashe MBE GCGI
Jul 23Sqn Ldr Wayne Lovejoy